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Re: Audi to build all-electric rugged 4x4 to rival Defender and G-Class

gedcarroll — Mon, 15 May 2023 19:12:40 -0000

Will it have a frame and ladder chassis. Interesting that Audi is ignoring the Toyota Land Cruiser and the Ineos Grenadier. Nissan still sells a rugged successor to the Nissan Patrol / Safari / Armada as well, just not in Western Europe.

Re: Lexus LM revealed: return of the luxo-MPV

gedcarroll — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:44:25 -0000

Unfortunately still not bringing the LX to Europe

Re: POTD: Lantac Battle Raven LA-M4 – U.K. Special Ops Prototype Rifle

gedcarroll — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 16:59:08 -0000

There's the challenge of punching through Chinese body armour which is likely be better made than what many of the Russians seem to have been issued with in Ukraine. Being able to engage further out prevents the need for sustained engagement closer in. I can see how the argument can go endlessy around and round.

Re: What’s in my NOW? — Gearóid “Ged” Carroll

gedcarroll — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:41:02 -0000

Rosie,you're right. Just be sure not to watch Return to Salem's Lot, which was a complete turkey developed to capitalise on the popularity of Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot.

Re: Is the Balaclava Trend Cultural Appropriation? | HYPEBAE

gedcarroll — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:41:17 -0000

Similar styles of headgear were known in the 19th century as the Uhlan cap worn by Polish and Prussian soldiers, and the Templar cap worn by outdoor sports enthusiasts. The name comes from their use at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War of 1854, referring to the town near Sevastopol in the Crimea, where British troops there wore knitted headgear to keep warm. Handmade balaclavas were sent over to the British troops to help protect them from the bitter cold weather. British troops required this aid, as their own supplies (warm clothing, weatherproof quarters, and food) never arrived in time. So not quite the cultural appropriation that you might think.

Re: BRI can help bind Britain’s economic Brexit wounds - Global Times

gedcarroll — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:06:35 -0000

Interesting article but it needs to take into account:
- Given the UK's role in China's century of shame, is this in China's interest?
- The UK doesn't have manufactured products that China would be that interested in. The UK has a current account deficit on an ongoing basis
- Chinese investment needs to be more cautious and the UK has interfered in Chinese investment on nuclear power.
- EU countries offer China better opportunities for win-win progress along BRI.

Re: It's Time for an RSS Revival

gedcarroll — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 14:26:54 -0000

@ha@Hacked2123 Amen hombre. Newsblur is awesome. I use ReadKit to access it on my Mac and the native Newsblur iOS app on my phone, I love it as a product, the way it seamlessly integrates into my bookmarking tool pinboard.in and social publishing tool Buffer.

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gedcarroll — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:23:17 -0000

Do you have a link to the original report by the think tank?

Re: Save Sarah Jeong! And Kevin Williamson, Quinn Norton, and Joy Reid Too

gedcarroll — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 14:16:35 -0000

I agree that Ms Jeong has a right to an opinion. She has a right to a bad day. However when she weighed into the Naomi Wu / Vice Media dispute; her contribution damaged some of the feminist and progressive viewpoints that she herself supports. As an international Wired subscriber I find it difficult to support her particularly aggressive form of American privilege. Ms Jeong used her skill in rhetoric to hide her lack of expertise in the legal and online social environment of China.

Re: "Game of Thrones’" Aidan Gillen to play comedian Dave Allen | IrishCentral.com

gedcarroll — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:49:09 -0000

Lilly Allen's dad is Keith Allen - neither were related to Dave Allen

Re: the power of a universal login – a history lesson from my time at Yahoo - part 2

gedcarroll — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:04:04 -0000

Hi Alick,

It's been a while! Great post, there was also experiments that interfaces with OpenID again a great idea that went nowhere. They did a better job of forcing the Yahoo! federated ID on flickr and delicious users eventually. In the end, the lack of care and maintenance around single ID seems to have fuelled the security breaches that have happened.

Best regards,

Ged

Re: Intel CEO admits to industry-wide conspiracy to slow CPU advances, kill frequency boosts

gedcarroll — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 08:49:15 -0000

Nicely done April Fools Day prank ExtremeTech - bravo

Re: Private: Last Exit to Brooklyn

gedcarroll — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 20:15:26 -0000

Nice one Scott, I just hope that Gartner put in a clause forcing you to keep making winners and losers videos

Re: Davos: A World Upside Down

gedcarroll — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:23:22 -0000

Richard, thanks an interesting if depressing write up. I suspect that Wolff is right to be downbeat when you have hedge fund managers and Silicon Valley CEOs becoming 'preppers' with farms and private air strips in New Zealand. President Xi's speech on globalisation said all the right things, but China continues to take a 'Hotel California' approach to free trade in many sectors of its economy (with some very good reasons, but still). Prime minster May came off her Brexit announcement and the response to her speech was mainly out of politeness - the reality is that she is whistling in the dark to keep Little England's spirits up. I guess its finally time to open that New Zealand office!

Re: Information Processing: "Forest City": $100 billion bet next to Singapore

gedcarroll — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 09:14:25 -0000

It may attract hot mainland money

Re: Something Different

gedcarroll — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 17:37:53 -0000

Using the wrong name (consistently) for a German client - somehow I managed to get away with it. I didn't realise until I came out of the meeting and my then boss told me right before she burst out laughing.

Re: Is Android the Future of Feature Phones?

gedcarroll — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:12:20 -0000

The main strength of a flip phone for me is that it does voice better than a smartphone and one handed operation. I would see it as a companion to my iPhone rather than as a replacement

Re: Breaking News

gedcarroll — Thu, 12 May 2016 18:30:49 -0000

Thanks Richard will check it out, currently I use a Twitter list for a similar purpose

Re: In search of the MacGuffin - Apple's quest for the next iPhone

gedcarroll — Wed, 11 May 2016 04:35:07 -0000

Presume that would be Steve Wozniak rather than Steve Wozniacki? (Got to love auto-correct sometimes.)

Re: Time to prosecute Apple for monopolization

gedcarroll — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:56:37 -0000

The monopoly has more to do with the outsized control Google and Qualcomm exert on the Android eco-system. Apple makes the majority of the profits simply because commoditisation in the Android eco-system drives loses or razor thin margins even for a player like Samsung or Huawei.

Re: The Definitive Jurassic World Product Placement List (and What People Think)

gedcarroll — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 03:24:18 -0000

Also Casio G-Shock worn by Chris Pratt

Re: Snapshot: South Korea’s Social Media Landscape

gedcarroll — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:28:35 -0000

Is Cafe Daum dead now and what about the Q&A aspects of Naver, any opportunities for brands

Re: An ad network just for kids with 200M viewers? This startup is bringing it to Southeast Asia

gedcarroll — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 09:12:21 -0000

I think that there is a typo, there isn't 200 million people in the UK to reach

Re: Say hello to Microsoft Lumia

gedcarroll — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:39:00 -0000

Does Nokia have a non-compete agreement in place so that they can't re-enter the smartphone market at a later date? Will Microsoft make more use of the Xbox branding for smartphones - the experience with consoles is almost comparable now on smartphone hardware? Will Microsoft move further away from the historic Nokia design language to reflect the new brand?

Re: A guide to the backlash against Vice

gedcarroll — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 12:05:40 -0000

@reed_s shouldn't it be 'You won't believe what happened next in this video when a kitten outlined 25 reasons why Buzzfeed is terrible'?