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This is a link post Indie Game Review: Thibalryn I made this!
Spherical object rolls around in a NES-inspired landscape.

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 20:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yay!
Also I've got embedded videos hidden, but for some reason as of this one they're showing again. I'm pretty sure it's your fault somehow.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 21:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post can you post that on bugs and feature requests?
i tried to, but I've been banned for some reason
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 21:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Pfft, as if that'll do anything
Done anyway.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 0:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post ta

(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 20:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yay!
It's mostly fixed!
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This is a normal post Shoot the blue testicles

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This is a link post Dave Gilmour's Guitars sell for $21.5 mil
120 lots. The Black Strat selling at just shy of $4 mil.
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This is a normal post With a name like that, I wonder what his username on B3ta is.

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This is a link post Recoil - Electro Blues for Bukka White
Friday
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This is a normal post "Produced by Alan Wilder (c) 1992"
- explains everything, really.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 6:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed.
The entire album is a jem. Douglas McCarthy does vocals on a couple of tracks.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 18:06, , Reply)
This is a link post Because Gove Got High I made this!
Another one I've made for JOE. I would've never started making these vids, if I hadn't got really stoned one afternoon whilst watching Jingle All the Way. 20 years ago.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post superbly done
the absolutely perfect rhythm of how you make these things flow always makes me utterly delighted
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post We will enjoy the link
When perusing the Friday newsletter sometime next week
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 16:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post brilliant

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post lovely stuff :)

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Superb.
I want to know what dirt he has on Bojo the Clown though...

Presumably it's slightly more juicy than Boris' own opinions on mid-term replacements of Prime Ministers:
www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3640768/Browns-looking-for-a-Scottish-ally.html
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This is a normal post That first sniffle on the pause...
Very good!
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 15:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post You've just improved my Friday

Very well done!
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 20:39, , Reply)
This is a link post well this is annoying
Both equally to blame it seems, but the cyclist didn't put in a counter claim, the fool, so now he's liable to meet all the costs of the case at 100k

As a cyclist I've never run over any pedestrian, I've come close on a couple occasions but never been in any danger of hitting anyone. And I commuted in rush hour in central london for years and years.

Thing is with cycling you really have to expect pedestrians to do dumb things and you actively look out for it. This is why I avoid trouble.

Feel sorry for the guy and hope the yoga lady meets some of the costs (which I doubt, why should she?)
Title:
Cyclist who knocked over woman on phone must pay up to £100,000
Description:
Man claims case in which both found equally to blame may set alarming precedent


(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:23, , Reply)
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to add: I guess he could file a civil case now? Any lawyers out there?
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:24, , Reply)
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Terrible headline; "up to £100,000" could be anything. Could be a fiver. I wonder where they got that figure from.

Hazledean's press release says, "Covering the costs and the compensation is going to exceed £20,000".[1] - as reported by the Metro. The judge apparently said £10,000.[2]. Still a lot, but more credible. The skeptic in me wonders if the inflated figure is a way to gain more from the crowdfunding of the amount.

What he has been ordered to pay is £4,161.79 in damages. I don't know the case details, but that does not seem unreasonable for knocking someone over, causing a facial scar, if it was demonstrated that he was responsible.

If he believes that he suffered damages that she was responsible for, he could take her to court over that, sure - but that's a totally separate issue.

Costs incurred through defence are a complicated issue. To be frank, he should've just admitted he knocked her over and paid a few grand compo. I'm basing that on the finding from the case that they "were equally culpable in this accident". He chose to contest his own responsibility in the matter, and was shown to be incorrect. His choice incurred costs, which someone has to pay.

Edit: Ah, "Ms Brushett has sought almost £100,000 in costs". Frankly, that means jack shit. You start negotiations with an arbritrarily high number, in the hope of a better (realistic) settlement. ("This bloke won't haggle!").

He'll probably end up paying 15-20K, or something like that. The crowdfunder has already raised over £12k.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post You don't seem to have realised that you were reading a Guardian article.

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 17:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post quite a good argument for there being bike insurance for anyone riding on the roads
(which is also a terrible thing)
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post I had to use mine once, very glad of it, wouldn't have wanted to fight her insurer on my own

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 20:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post "was told to also pay the legal costs of the two-day case, estimated to be as much as £100,000."
the real crime is the legal costs, I'd love to see the breakdown of that invoice
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:20, , Reply)
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I know, who had the expensive lawyers? It's insane.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post £80k on wigs and sherry is my reckoning

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post She's blundered into moving traffic and therefore she's to blame
This isn't like that tit with no brakes going 30mph.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:42, , Reply)
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Based on what?
Have you seen video of the incident or something?
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 15:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm sorry, the case is closed

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 16:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nothing to add. Completely agree.
I will however add that Yoga lady sounds like an unbearable megacunt.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 17:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Deffo this
Would it be the same if a car had hit her? Walking out into a road blindly staring at her mobile while the lights for traffic was green. "No but it's me and I am important and did nothing wrong."
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 21:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Would be slightly different
...in that the car driver's insurance company would probably have had their own lawyers involved. Who would have said "You have no chance at all. Pay up."

If you hit someone in your car, it's pretty much 100% your fault. You're supposed to be aware of the potential that someone might cross the road, and allow yourself adequate time to brake or otherwise avoid the hazard.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 8:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just ride off if you hit someone.
Admittedly might be a bit harder if you're knocked out, but I'd say that a potential £100k hit in the pocket is a good advert for wearing a helmet and zooming off as soon as you do something bad.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 14:46, , Reply)
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I'm struggling to equate "calm and reasonable road user" with cycling into a pedestrian hard enough to knock both of you out.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 15:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don’t think he aimed at her

(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 19:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post 70-80kg slamming into you at 15-20mph
Is going to leave a mark. Especially when it's a surprise.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 19:57, , Reply)
This is a link post Mario Battle Royale
Browser based Mario Battle Royale game, nicely done.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 8:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cease and desist in
3...
2..
1.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 12:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah
Especially as in screenshots I've seen of this there seem to be a lot of "4chan" style names (for want of a better term) which family-friendly Nintendo might not be too impressed by.
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 14:53, , Reply)
This is a link post Don't do drugs kidz - it's not big and it's not clever
Don't be like Gove
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 3:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post ah
I was about to post this, I should get on it earlier but by the time ive finished one of these and its up on twitter or whatever im so fucking sick of it i just wanna get away from the screen and get pissed
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post POST IT ANYWAY
Go on lad
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post that was so good i liked both posts

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 15:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post I still adore everything you do.

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 16:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^this

(, Sun 23 Jun 2019, 18:03, , Reply)
This is a link post More spraypaint animal vandalism.
Kinkier though.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 22:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post if the police can't catch those halfwits...

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 10:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post "The vandals are thought to have some the can of..."
These rural dialects can be hard to fathom sometimes...
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 12:05, , Reply)
This is a link post Seals have been trained to sing the Star Wars theme
Have a listen
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 21:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Would have loved to have had the "Close Encounters" five note theme added....

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 22:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Haaaaa haaaaa HAAAA!

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 22:57, , Reply)
This is a link post D'you like animals? NSFW
This gentleman does.


(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post before I click this is there bestiality

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:26, , Reply)
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Yes
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, it's this
Seen it but i watched it again anyway
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post Preview looks familiar.
Still worth another watch though.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post GC but great.

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sorry :-(

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 1:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Goat cock?

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 20:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Goat Simulator : Adult game package

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 21:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post I've posted this at least twice over the years
I will force myself to watch it again.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 21:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Indeed you did.
The 2013 post must be the most recent: b3ta.com/links/1089354
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 2:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post A new one on me, at least!

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 22:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not seen it before. 5/7.

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 0:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post ah as old as the hills :)

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 10:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post That is actually a really good short

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 10:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ooooooohhhhhhhh
THAT one...
;-)
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 16:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ah love this!
Back in the YouTube days of old
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 9:29, , Reply)
This is a link post Mowtörhead
Lawnmower designed by Mikkey Dee

Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZkAMWabhHc
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 15:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post How long has Terry Jones been moonlighting as a rockstar?

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 6:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ever since he found that unconvincing wig in the BBC wardrobes.

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This is a link post Self explanatory

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 14:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Is Lincolnshire though

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 15:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Aliens!

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Looks a bit threatening

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 15:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post there's two more wandering around that say PASS and BABTRIDGE

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This is a normal post Arse candle

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This is a normal post Fucknut

(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 16:20, , Reply)
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cowe gonna Be chopps
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 18:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Definitely
a homosexual
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 23:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post this all has a simple explanation
the farmer has failing eyesight and likes to be able to know what he's fucking
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 3:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Before that he'd just fuck anything that moos

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 7:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 11:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post Most of all,
Most of all,
I like the way you MOOOOO!
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 12:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Enough!

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 12:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I once disposed of some old speed by sprinklng it on some buttered bread and chucking it into the back garden for the squirrels to eat...
They went mental...
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 17:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post Did they go fucking nuts?

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 0:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post How is the squirrel supposed to get it's meth now?
It's mouth and hands are too small for conventional methods.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 18:46, , Reply)
This is a link post Murray is a very naughty 'boy'.

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 10:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post what are naturally born hermaphrodites classed as in science?

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 10:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post intersex

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 10:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post You mean Murray is wrong?!

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 10:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post yes

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 10:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post :O this is my shocked face

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 10:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Intersex I think.

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 15:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus, I've just read some of the replies to the video

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post 'marxist academics' haha

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not sure about the ending.
The camera should have turned around to reveal Murray is a talking dog
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'd like to see it redubbed with this guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9xLoTXC5fk

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 15:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post How times have changed
Orson Welles needed a hole dug in the floor, all-night filming and benzedrine for similar results
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTlbCCASW_A
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This is a link post Brilliant user experience design
Was that 7 seconds or 9 seconds on the 3rd click?
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 7:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fucking hell.
That could have so easily been a parody for terribly designed smart home products.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 7:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab8GtuPdrUQ
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 7:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post dear lord just make it work with a controller and then enter
up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A

it doesn't need to be complicated
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 7:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Must be an effective way to improve timing

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 7:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Christ
just put a fucking reset button on the side.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post that's what SHE said

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post "smart"
I was given a NEST to try out. We turned off the "intelligence" after two weeks and just use it like any other thermostat now. Fucking useless thing.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm too old for this shit

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 11:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post It’s a fucking BULB!
Smart bulbs are a dim idea in the first place, doubly so when they’re this poorly designed.

Who the hell is going to retain the packaging?
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 13:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post We recently installed smart lighting, and it's actually rather good!
We have it set up so that all the lights turn off when we leave the house.
We've got motion sensors in the upstairs and downstairs hall that turn on the hallway lights when movement is detected once the ambient light level drops beyond a certain point.
The upstairs light turns on when our doorbell detects movement on our driveway, and the downstairs light turns on 5 seconds after the doorbell is pressed.
The living room lights automatically dim when we begin watching a film, and brighten once the film ends.

A great deal of it is just for showing off, but it's definitely a QoL improvement.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 18:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post What happens when your WiFi router craps itself?
Something mine does on a monthly basis.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post No idea, I've got a rather snazzy third party router which has been hugely reliable for the past three or so years.
I'd assume they do the same thing as they do after a power outage, default to their most recent 'on' state. They're all controlled by a central local hub, so we avoid all the nonsense featured in the video.
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 23:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nice
What system are you using so I can shamelessly copy you?
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 10:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Philips Hue for the lighting.
Ring Doorbell, Samsung motion sensors and a Samsung Smartthings hub to make everything play nicely together. It's a bit of a faff getting everything set up but once you figure out what should be controlling what it's all relatively simple.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 0:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post LIFX ones seem to work well
Plus they have an API, so if you are handy with coding you can get them to alert you to all kinds of things. Obviously not much use when you just want to turn the lights on and off, but if you want to know when things are about to happen or someone is at the door, they work pretty well.

The big downside? No internet and you are stuffed for flashy effects, but they still work as normal lights.
(, Sat 22 Jun 2019, 8:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Jesus fucking christ

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 14:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post sleeper marketing
so stupid it must be deliberate
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 18:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post More overcomplicated electronic tat gimmicks.

(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 19:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post wake me up in 20 years
when this stuff just works
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 13:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post ALEXA
remind me to wake Rob up on the 21st June 2039
(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 16:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post What the FUCK are you doing here?

(, Fri 21 Jun 2019, 19:31, , Reply)
This is a link post Lophophora williamsii (Peyote) in Mexico and redundant facts
Quite like his patter
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This is a normal post remnants of the permian sea, as they say
more interesting in 5 minutes than pretty much anyone i've listened to in the last year
thanks :)
(, Thu 20 Jun 2019, 22:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post yo, dis is da Cephalocereus fucking -senilis, but wadda ya godda do about it, ey? Don't go breaking my balls.
you just sit there all nice and quiet like, or I'ma gonna take dis fuggin Cactaceae and shove it right up yer ass, capiche? Don't be a fuggin wiseguy
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