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This is a link post OG free climber

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 18:43, Reply)
This is a normal post Not a free climber - ladders are aid.
Unroped aid soloist is a bit of a special niche.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 18:57, Reply)
This is a normal post special tactics
He'd fucking love climbing with East Europeans
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 20:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Wooden wedges, dogs and warthogs
is all the gear anyone should need.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 22:11, Reply)
This is a normal post oh, and 50 feet of hemp rope
slings? People always leave slings for abseiling, why bother?
I briefly climbed with someone who was more interested in scavenging gear from cracks than finishing the route. He had many nuts and and quite a few friends, which even back in those days might have been in place for a looong time. It was actually the fucking waiting that put me off him, not the safety aspect. Although I never let him use his rope.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 22:24, Reply)
This is a normal post some lovely knotted rope/slings and ancient ring bolts in Poland and Czech
vimeo.com/106265007
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 10:20, Reply)
This is a normal post I have never met Pete Whittaker
but Tom Randall is a lovely guy. Perfectly happy to talk to a bumbly like me!

Talking of dodgy old fixed gear I went looking for the ring piton at paviland a couple of years ago. For my sins I found it, and decided to do the walk around instead of abseiling.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 20:27, Reply)
This is a normal post he's probably had 6 pints of brown ale before setting off

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 10:16, Reply)
This is a normal post it ended before his basejump!
i like his commentary though
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 22:36, Reply)
This is a normal post
I don't like the look of those ladders as they go over vert.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 3:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Trufax .... Fred only climbed ladders that had been
drilled, pegged and lashed by his own hand. Fred never trusted putting his peg into a hole made by another man.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 22:01, Reply)
This is a link post Animal impressions I made this!

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 17:57, Reply)
This is a link post Classy Yorkshire bird

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:47, Reply)
This is a normal post Haha i want a bird like this to annoy the cats with.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:56, Reply)
This is a normal post The cats have told me that you're quite irritating enough without a corvid sidekick.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 17:40, Reply)
This is a link post So THAT'S what was in the briefcase! I made this!
Vincent and Jules crack the decades old mystery!
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 13:41, Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus. And I thought I was the one stuck in the twentieth century.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 13:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't. Open. The. Box.
it glows
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 22:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Or the trunk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZjZbJuhPAo
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 15:24, Reply)
This is a link post Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at EU copyright law
The EU Parliment is voting on this tomorow and there's some heavy lobbying going on to get it passed.

If the M.E.Ps are fans of the Beatles or Blunt the internet is fucked.
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sir-paul-mccartney-tells-european-parliament-vote-through-article-13-to-ensure-a-sustainable-future-for-music/


www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/07/01/article-13-james-blunt-copyright-directive/

Blah, blah, EU is lully, never will happen etc but just note that the people who invented and pretty much run the whole internet are shitting bricks about this right now.

[edit]
Just in case anyones got benny of ignore and can't see my post below it's just been rejected in parliament.
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/european-copyright-laws-memes-link-tax-article-13-11-a8432486.html

[edit 2]
Or maybe not
"In practice, the vote only delays the final decision on the rules and gives the European Parliament more time to deliberate on them. Another decision will be taken in September."
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 11:53, Reply)
This is a normal post this is what they should be shitting bricks about
twitter.com/EmporersNewC/status/1014431972662358021
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 14:54, Reply)
This is a normal post That's very nice benny and russia truely are shits but the discussion is the EU's proposed censorship laws they are about to vote for.
You have no opinion on the proposed changes? Good or bad?
Come on it's your beloved EU, can't you defend them on this topic?
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 15:39, Reply)
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I refer the honorable gentleman to his previous post on this subject where I said that it's pretty much a non-starter and impossible to enforce.

So, although it's bad (tm) it doesn't matter.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:19, Reply)
This is a normal post ^this
Article 11 and 13 are about as precisely written and enforceable as GDPR.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:27, Reply)
This is a normal post So the argument is that it's vague and unenforceable?
I would argue that vague laws are very dangerous.

And as for being unenforceable the EU is making that the problem of the hosts to solve.

Rather than go over old arguments here's one of them wide eyed EU optimists that's put together everything that's bad about it.
juliareda.eu/eu-copyright-reform/censorship-machines/

Anyway, just thought I would share with the class that the next stage of this law is being voted on tomorrow.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:51, Reply)
This is a normal post On the issue of automated content detection/removal, what do you think of 38(e) in the directive?
"should only be expected to expeditiously remove specific unauthorised works and other subject matter upon notification by rightholders"... unless you're Google or Facebook? Given the love the EU has for Google it wouldn't be surprising if this is aimed more squarely at them. Genuinely interested in your thoughts.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 17:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Well at a guess that's the bit designed to avoid small start-ups from needing to pay for costly AI filtering.
Here's the full text for that section.

"(38e) The measures taken by the online content sharing service providers to prevent the availability of unauthorised works or other subject-matter should be effective but remain proportionate, in particular with regard to the size of the online content sharing service provider. While this

Directive is expected to foster the development of effective technologies on the market, the availability of the measures may differ according to the type of content for which the measures are applied. Having regard to the technological developments in line with industry best practices, those measures should consequently ensure a level of efficiency appropriate to the amount and the type of works or other subject matter uploaded by the users of the services. For the purposes of assessing the proportionality of measures to be taken by the online content sharing service providers, the state of the art of existing technologies for the different types of content as well as the size of the services should be taken into account notably whether they are small and micro enterprises. Different measures may be appropriate and proportionate per type of content and itIt is therefore not excluded that in some cases unauthorised content may only be avoided upon notification of rightholders. The measures should be proportionate in order to avoid imposing disproportionately complicated or costly obligations on certain online content sharing service providers, taking into account notably their small size. In particular, small and micro enterprises as defined in Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC, should be expected to be subject to less burdensome obligations than larger service providers. Therefore, taking into account the state of the art and the availability of technologies and their costs, in specific cases it may not be proportionate to expect small and micro enterprises to apply preventive measures and that therefore in such cases these enterprises should only be expected to expeditiously remove specific unauthorised works and other subject matter upon notification by rightholders."

If I could understand all of the above I would have chosen a different career path. But as far as I can make out from people a lot smarter than me in this regards it's still pretty bad news and becomes a startup killer. Depending on where the bar is set if you start to become competition you get this burden regulation slapped on you. So rather than being against Google and facebook it stops a competitor growing.

But say you are small fry. Is you work hosted on imgr, wordpress, Adobe, facebook, instagram etc? They'll be filtering all your uploads of images, text, audio for possible breaches. So it will still kill your site.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 17:48, Reply)
This is a normal post well I was just saying it was badly written
I don't think it's a good idea in any shape or form.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 10:31, Reply)
This is a normal post *sighs* You're missing the point.
Paul McCartney is down to his last 820 million quid so if we could all just change the law in his favour to extend his copyright (not for the first time), that'd be great. Peg leg turned out to be a real gold digger and the maintenance is killing him.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:28, Reply)
This is a normal post here we go again
You:
- this decision is bad
- the legislature is evil
- the forrins are all against us

People who understand:
- I disagree with this legislation, this has happened many times in my life, but understand that I am not the only person on the planet and some people think differently to me
- the concept of intra-national cooperation is sound and generally results in better outcomes for us all than narrow nationalistic self-interest
- I would prefer not to experience a 10 year recession
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 9:52, Reply)
This is a normal post Well that was certainly worth the wait...

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 10:28, Reply)
This is a normal post I go back through all our old discussions and add the last word after you've stopped looking

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 10:56, Reply)
This is a normal post That certainly sounds productive.
Anyway I thought you were all for listening to experts?
www.eff.org/files/2018/06/13/article13letter.pdf
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 11:05, Reply)
This is a normal post you are again implying that criticism of the legislation is the same as criticism of the legislature
You know that pretty much every person who's signed that letter thinks the UK leaving the EU is a stupid idea. Because nearly everyone with a professional qualification does, nearly everyone who has to attend international seminars does, nearly everyone who talks or thinks about things for a living or knows anything about how the world around them works does.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 11:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Hey i'm trying to keep this to a single issue not the wider brexit stuff.
Anyway you're free to say it's a bad law now without upsetting the eu's feelings because it's just been rejected.
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/european-copyright-laws-memes-link-tax-article-13-11-a8432486.html

Now if we can only get out before they try something like this again that would be nice.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 11:29, Reply)
This is a normal post and there we have it
the decision went your way and you still feel persecuted. There is literally nothing they could do that would convince you that this otherness you feel is all in your head
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 11:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Still feel persecuted?
Well yes because it was a close thing.

And sadly it looks like it's not over.
"In practice, the vote only delays the final decision on the rules and gives the European Parliament more time to deliberate on them. Another decision will be taken in September."

Shall we pick this up in a couple of months?
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 11:49, Reply)
This is a normal post yes your 'they nearly did something I didnt like' argument is a bit weak
Get back to the newt thing again, I preferred all that
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 11:57, Reply)
This is a normal post They nearly did something that would fuck over the internet.
I like the internet, I take offence when people try to fuck it over.

Btw 278 for it 318 against 31 abstaining and they get to vote again in September. What is it about the EU that makes people want to keep voting on the same thing until people vote the right way?

Anyway tata for now benny!
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 12:00, Reply)
This is a normal post what sort of slice off the British economy would you be prepared to sacrifice to make sure we arent subjected to a poorly conceived copyright law?
Could you quantify it? How many millions unemployed? How many quarters of negative growth? That sort of thing
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 12:17, Reply)
This is a normal post Somewhere between a bit and eleventy.

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 14:29, Reply)
This is a normal post typically votes happen more than once, it's equivalent to first reading, second reading in the UK
where the bill is passed to and from lower and upper house, you know, democracy. Except the upper house in the EU is elected.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 14:15, Reply)
This is a normal post A lot of people were hoping that it being defeated would be the end of it but apparently now.
I'll just have to keep being a boring sod complaining about it until they stop trying to pass it.
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 14:31, Reply)
This is a normal post taking part in democracy you mean?
what a novel idea
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 14:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Every time I do that people keep telling me i'm voting wrong :(

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 17:09, Reply)
This is a normal post here we go again
You:
- patronising cunt

People who understand:
- yes he is
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 18:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Had to scroll up and down a few times to work out if it's me or benny that should be offended...

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 19:03, Reply)
This is a link post Well, no fucking shit!

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 11:52, Reply)
This is a normal post "there are generally like literally a thousand engineers "
When did everyone start talking like children?
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 15:39, Reply)
This is a normal post
On the plus side he feels quite guilty about infinite scroll.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:07, Reply)
This is a normal post When they try to sound young and 'cool.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:43, Reply)
This is a normal post generally like literally a thousand engineers working to make the way we talk go dumb

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 22:44, Reply)
This is a normal post
He didn't invent infinite scroll. What utter utter shite. It's been around since the 90s.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:16, Reply)
This is a normal post I expect he also invented the concept of pagination

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 10:34, Reply)
This is a normal post fucksticks
that's why my anti-social media network failed, I designed it specifically for lonely middle-aged men to pour out their frustrations to the empty void. The first funding round went well, because all the VCs were target audience. It just didn't grow as I hoped. Still, the original VCs are still writing some lovely stuff about sheds.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 21:29, Reply)
This is a normal post You invented B3ta?

(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 6:32, Reply)
This is a link post Perfect timing
For no other reason than it still makes me laugh
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 10:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 11:04, Reply)
This is a normal post not seen it before
hahaha
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 11:57, Reply)
This is a normal post Who wouldn't, eh?

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 15:14, Reply)
This is a link post 'Major incident' declared after two collapse in Wiltshire
Oh Putin you scamp...
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 7:20, Reply)
This is a normal post That's BBC clickbait right there

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 9:06, Reply)
This is a normal post It’ll turn out to be a dodgy batch of brie

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 9:24, Reply)
This is a normal post post match speedballs

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 9:45, Reply)
This is a normal post They should end games like M$ Solitaire.
Thousands of footballs cascading on to the pitch.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd stay off the Colombian marching powder for a bit.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 10:49, Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder what the intended narrative is

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 13:08, Reply)
This is a normal post I wonder what your intention is when you use the term 'intended narrative'

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 13:12, Reply)
This is a normal post The narrative is whatever you want it to be. That's the joy of internet speculation!
Ok here's mine for shits n giggles.
These two are actually the Russian agents that poisoned the Skripals and have been dosed by MI5 as part of a wetwork op.

It could just be bad skag but you don't normally get Porton Down involved in those cases.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 15:45, Reply)
This is a normal post Novichok 100/1, Fentanyl 25/1, Horlicks evens.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Where can you get "Horlicks" that knocks you out for 5 days?
I ask for a friend....
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Horlicks is just what I call Ketamine.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 17:42, Reply)
This is a normal post How did you know they intended having a narrative?
Could be botulism.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 16:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Interesting narrative
Edit: it is being reported as the same chemical agent as the last time out.

Thankfully I don't believe in conspiracy theories, so am waiting for the official spin on things so I can sleep at night.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 20:46, Reply)
This is a link post this is me telling jokes living the Crip life I made this!
The depressing crip life not the gangster crip life.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 5:23, Reply)
This is a normal post that was really good. great energy, nice delivery
I sometimes think you need to go a bit broader than just making jokes about yourself, but then I remember there's quite a few successful comedians that have made a career out of doing exactly that. So don't listen to me
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 6:00, Reply)
This is a normal post I thought you were funny.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 14:16, Reply)
This is a link post one of the better of the many neymar memes floating around

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 5:20, Reply)
This is a normal post not a patch on this though
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOjCpzRnxOY
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 9:45, Reply)
This is a normal post
Haha, nope. *clicks*
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 10:05, Reply)
This is a normal post
Lol
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 3:30, Reply)
This is a link post Wrong sign in street.
Ronseal and no-one mentions obvious joke.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 19:06, Reply)
This is a normal post Knock Knock!
Who's there?
Knightly Avenue!
Knightly Aven..
MOO!
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 19:32, Reply)
This is a normal post The council's logo looks like it's still buffering

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 19:52, Reply)
This is a normal post WIRRAL
NIRRAL
VIRRAL
IIRRAL
100% .. COMPLETE
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 22:37, Reply)
This is a normal post
"Keighley Avenue's street signs were lost after they came loose from the wall stolen by scallies."
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 0:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Cue
pedants who complain about changing an e to an n and adding a t.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 6:02, Reply)
This is a normal post That joke doesn't really wank.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 10:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Pedant.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 11:20, Reply)
This is a normal post Pendant

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 13:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Knecklace.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 15:34, Reply)
This is a normal post

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 9:54, Reply)
This is a normal post Keighley is a shit hole.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 22:52, Reply)
This is a link post Baz Tonks World Cup Adventure Ep 6 I made this!
Baz and some pissed off German hooligans get into some mischief...
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 15:15, Reply)
This is a link post adam and joe football song
due another posting.
I've got a rat-tle.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 14:50, Reply)
This is a normal post Glenn Hoddle is having a goal!

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 18:48, Reply)
This is a normal post 21 years old FFS

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 23:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, Adam Buxton has really moved on since then.

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 23:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Yes!

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 11:39, Reply)
This is a link post N.A.S.A. "Spacious Thoughts" (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
G.C from 6 years ago, I think we can afford a repost.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 14:16, Reply)
This is a link post Kate Moss 25/1, Katie Price 10/1, Kerry Katona evens.

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 13:51, Reply)
This is a normal post You have very up-to-date celebrity reference points.
I reckon it is Jean Boht.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 14:06, Reply)
This is a normal post It's whatsherface Windsor, big posh spot in the city

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 14:34, Reply)
This is a normal post sounds like a load of old bollocks to me

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 14:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Well that's just typical of you to denigrate the vital and complex good work of our front line social workers.

(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 18:00, Reply)
This is a normal post Im now convinced you're katie hopkins and this article is about you
3/12
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 1:53, Reply)
This is a normal post You clearly need to go to bed at a sensible hour.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 13:17, Reply)
This is a normal post This is the perfect non-story
It has everything.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 19:29, Reply)
This is a normal post oh come on
I'd lay Kerry (arrf) It's so obviously Katie:
www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6687136/katie-price-children-celebrity-mum-foster-care/
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 23:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck me she's looking rough these days.

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 8:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Well, she did age a year during the first three paragraphs
So it's to be expected.
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 9:08, Reply)
This is a normal post It's catherine middleton

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 1:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Kerry 'Ketamine' Katona

(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 12:25, Reply)
This is a normal post Ok, i'll play.
What do I get for Lily Allen?
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 15:50, Reply)
This is a link post World's Worst Snooker Commentary NSFW I made this!
Bit bored this morning so I did this daft thing. NSFW mild swearies.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 13:27, Reply)
This is a normal post Fucking hilarious =D
Wish it was longer
(, Thu 5 Jul 2018, 3:14, Reply)
This is a link post If you like synth improvisation stuff methinks you will like this
Synth noodling and whatever like kraftwerk only British
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 13:21, Reply)
This is a normal post
I like this.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 17:01, Reply)
This is a normal post I'd have said more Jarre than Kraftwerk, from the lack of drum pads.
Still very nice though.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 23:17, Reply)
This is a normal post This is a bit more Kraftwerky
https://youtu.be/zeLxpDlJv90
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 3:12, Reply)
This is a link post Danny Dyer soundboard I made this!


A significant advance in cockney technology that'll allow you generate Dyerisms from your phone or desktop or phablet.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 9:35, Reply)
This is a normal post you made my day!
the mad riddle button is handy for when the wife is ranting
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 9:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Woo!
You should tweet and ask if he'll record you a "Xylophone Buggery!" for old time's sake.
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 10:15, Reply)
This is a normal post Oh that’s good
Very bloody good
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks Rob
Gave me a right old chuckle down the Cabin Cruiser!
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 17:55, Reply)
This is a normal post
i like to swipe my hand across the keyboard for that pub full of Dyer feeling
(, Tue 3 Jul 2018, 18:30, Reply)
This is a normal post excellent
having making my own techno loop of bongo christs with a twat backbeat
(, Wed 4 Jul 2018, 8:02, Reply)

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