Jon Techilovsky

This was 8 years ago. Back when we taught our children to befriend those who were different to us, not shout at them in the street to "go home".

@RefinedLurk @lazyplankton @upstatefederlst The key error in these comments is that most people don't believe they are most people. It's an ego issue.

@lazyplankton @upstatefederlst The key error here is “most people”.

Last year I listened to a CD instead of audio files for the first time in a long time and it's crazy how much lower the sound quality is on streaming and we've just gotten used to it.

@swyftcities One of the things London desperately needs is a better major road network. Going East to West North or South of the river is a total nightmare.

In the 1960s, London planned to build hundreds of miles of huge freeways that would encircle & cut through the city. Luckily, the project was abandoned but 1 million Londoners were displaced. London came perilously close to becoming a freeway-clogged city like Los Angeles.

@zacbowden Who is really crying out for this? I don't get it.

Some fun insider info tidbits here: The new movable Taskbar is labeled "Priority 0" internally. Resizable Taskbar is "Priority 1" Both features will work similarly to how they did on Windows 10, with the smaller Taskbar option reducing both the height of the Taskbar and size of the icons. The ability to customize this and move the Taskbar will exist in the Windows Settings app. windowscentral.com/microsoft/wind…

@dchidyllo @united You purchase the two seats and then just snuggle up with a stranger.

@united So if you have two people and you want that setup, you purchase all three seats @united ?

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@gnukeith I think Windows is ok but the hardware choices are terrible. Why can't laptops have webcams same standard as phones? Why don't all laptops have SD card readers? Why does the Bluetooth always suck? Etc

The problem is Windows

@I_amMukhtar I honestly think its pathetic that you can't ride e-scooters on roads in the UK. It's a law the needs addressing. It's far better for the environment than cars or motorbikes.

This illegal e-scooter rider led police on a 10-minute pursuit through Nottingham city centre before losing control and tumbling. "I'm not going to stop following ya, Graham. Just pull over and stop."

@wonderofscience Presumably for countries without rigorous checks on the maintenance of lorries. We don't need them in the UK.

Runaway truck ramps are a last resort for brake failure, using sand, gravel, or nets to reduce the speed of heavy vehicles quickly.

@freemaowtf They don't need a proven, serial winner? Erm, I think they do.

aston martin already has enough problems they don’t need horner on top of it 😭😭

@centregoals @Telegraph He's presenting his 1000 year plan to the board on Friday.

🚨🚨| JUST IN: Adolf Hütter is understood to be a serious contender if Igor Tudor is sacked as Tottenham coach. ⚪️👔 [@Telegraph]

@losojosdesartre @jchaney01 @aakashgupta A better use of AI would be to have it double check a human's instructions, constantly running in the background and observing aircraft and ground vehicles positions. And interrupting and intervening when required.

@jchaney01 @aakashgupta AI, am I clear to cross the runway? Clear to cross! AI, I see an aircraft taking off right now... You're right! Good catch! Here's a better—and safer—taxi instruction:

The air traffic controller cleared the fire truck onto the runway. Seconds later, the same controller screamed “stop, stop, stop.” The plane was doing 93 to 105 mph. Both pilots are dead. Everyone will frame this as controller error. One controller was simultaneously managing a United flight that aborted takeoff after an anti-ice warning, dispatching a fire truck across an active runway, and sequencing an inbound Air Canada landing at highway speed. At 11:40 PM. On a mandatory overtime shift at a facility that has been understaffed for years. A system that assigns one person that workload will produce exactly this outcome. The only variable is when. The FAA is short approximately 3,000 controllers. The headcount dropped 13% from 2010 to 2024 while flight volume rose 10%. Over 40% of the FAA’s 290 terminal facilities are understaffed. The New York TRACON, which manages the most congested airspace in America across LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark, has been chronically below target. Newark was operating at 59% of its staffing goal. LaGuardia handles 900 flights a day. The hiring pipeline is broken at every stage. Only 2% of applicants complete the full process. Training takes up to 6 years. The FAA Academy in Oklahoma City is a bottleneck, with roughly 35% of trainees washing out. Congress blocked legislation to build a second academy. In one recent hiring cycle, the FAA brought on 1,512 candidates and lost 1,300 in the same window. Net gain: around 160 controllers for an entire country. Three things need to happen and everyone who can make them happen has known for years. Congress needs to fund and authorize a second FAA training academy. One facility in Oklahoma City cannot produce enough controllers for 900 million annual passengers. Members of Congress from Oklahoma have actively blocked this. That needs to end yesterday. The FAA needs to cut certification time. Six years from application to fully certified controller is absurd. The agency’s own data shows tower simulators reduce certification time by 27%. They’ve installed them at 95 facilities. That should be every facility, and the simulated hours should count toward more of the certification requirement. The FAA needs to stop plugging staffing gaps with mandatory overtime. Controllers at understaffed facilities are working six-day weeks rotating between morning, mid, and night shifts. The NTSB has flagged fatigue repeatedly. The controller last night was managing overlapping emergencies during a nighttime operation. Overtime is not a staffing plan. It’s a countdown to the next runway collision. The controller said “I messed up” to a Frontier pilot who watched the whole thing. The pilot responded “No man, you did the best you could.” One of them is right. The answer determines whether this happens again.

@theo I don't get why Zoom tries to get you to install it, but then it says you can use it in your browser with installing it.

Google Meet is an order of magnitude better than Zoom. It’s also free. I straight up don’t get why people use Zoom.

@roeymiterany @GergelyOrosz If you're paying for windows you're doing something wrong.

Paying for an OS is one of the dirtiest moves possible. Linux and macOS are free and better. Making users pay for the OS is like saying you should pay to breathe air. I've felt this way for a long time, and I believe the era of paying for an OS should end. I am glad I’m no longer MS hostage. I’ve switched to macOS 6 years ago.

Windows is the only: 1. Mainstream OS that is *paid* (Linux: free; Mac: free as part of buying an Apple device) 2. OS that doesn't allow use without creating a Microsoft account Kind of ridiculous, especially in light of #1. A big turn-off for me. Microsoft SHOULD remove it

@pavandavuluri Can you get rid of this annoyance? Thanks

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@FormulaUR_ I watch a lot of both but F1 always takes priority.

F1 doesn’t touch ball I’m afraid 😭

@nk4jess @tim_cook I think the colour choices might be a big factor. The windows laptops are all so corporate looking. There's nothing fun on the market. Chromebooks the same. Younger people especially don't want to look like Bill Gates sat in a cafe.

@tim_cook Curious where people land on this. Are these new buyers switching because Windows is actively getting worse, or is Apple’s marketing just unbeatable? A. Windows failing B. Apple marketing

Mac just had its best launch week ever for first-time Mac customers. We love seeing the enthusiasm!

@masuzafi Giving these people access to the American military is like leaving a toddler in charge of your house.

"How Did You Not Plan For This?"

@gandalf1267 @Planet_F1 @OllieHarden That's simply not true, if you have the best car on the grid, the pressure to perform is at it's highest. You HAVE to nail that qualifying lap, you're expected to get pole. No mistakes allowed. It's more forgiving as you go down the grid.

@Planet_F1 @OllieHarden Hamilton has won his titles in a technically superior Mercedes, didn’t need to fight on track. The impact of the driver was literally zero. See Rusell and Antonelli now. 1 sec quicker in every lap. So even the P22 driver could have won these titles…

A first Ferrari podium is nice... But look at what you could've won, Lewis Hamilton. ✍️ @OllieHarden [Link in first comment]

@nothing Maybe it's just me but if you have an OS across multiple phones, you should release updates on all those phones, otherwise you just totally alienate previous customers who wouldn't buy your phones again.

We’re excited to bring a series of Nothing OS updates to Phone (4a) series, improving everyday usability, focus, and customisation across the system.

@AlanJLSmith Source?

UK government spending per person: 2004: ~£8k Today: ~£18.6k Even after inflation that’s ~40% higher. Two decades of the internet. Cloud. AI. Automation. Yet public service productivity is still below 2019. Where did the efficiency gains go?

@CharlieMoloney I think most people would be surprised that someone would be turned down for a job because of the age of their car, therefore a legimate reason for writing up the story.

I actually give up at this point. To whoever has put their thumb on the scale at the BBC to produce endless articles like this - congratulations. I have no words left