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After massively annoying off the Chinese government last week, the British move on to the Japanese one...
Japan  trade  fail  OhForFucksSake  uk 
4 days ago by andrewducker
“One man who made history” by another who seems just to make it up: Boris on Churchill
history  myths  fail  uk  wwii 
8 days ago by andrewducker
Your Smart TV is a computer. Which means you don’t really own it, and it breaks in unpredictable ways.
tv  Technology  fail 
12 days ago by andrewducker
NHS not sustainable and Theresa May's £20.5bn funding pledge won't fix it, NAO warns
NHS  fail  austerity 
5 weeks ago by andrewducker
Labour shares vision for Scotland with view of Welsh mountain
Scotland  Wales  Labour  fail 
5 weeks ago by andrewducker
HMV goes into administration for second time in six years
hmv  fail  music  business 
8 weeks ago by andrewducker
Open offices lead to closed minds
office  design  business  fail 
8 weeks ago by andrewducker
The Nine World convention seems to be imploding
conventions  scifi  fail 
9 weeks ago by andrewducker
Beijing is trying to rid city of Chinglish before 2022 Winter Olympics
China  language  translation  funny  fail 
10 weeks ago by andrewducker
The Death of Tumblr
tumblr  fail  OhForFucksSake 
11 weeks ago by andrewducker
Children who start school a year early more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD
adhd  diagnosis  fail  children  school 
12 weeks ago by andrewducker
UK has weakest wage growth in advanced G20 nations
uk  economy  wages  fail 
12 weeks ago by andrewducker
British government drops military-style rifle ban amid backbench revolt
UK  guns  law  fail 
november 2018 by andrewducker
Italy’s olive crisis intensifies as deadly tree disease spreads
disease  food  italy  trees  fail 
november 2018 by andrewducker
Owner of the Scotsman and i newspapers is bankrupt
newspapers  UK  fail 
november 2018 by andrewducker
Uber Revenue Slows as Quarterly Loss Surges to $1.1B
driving  business  fail 
november 2018 by andrewducker
Lawyers talk about the worst courtroom experience/case they've had
law  funny  fail 
november 2018 by andrewducker
'No completion date' for new Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh
Edinburgh  hospital  fail  construction 
november 2018 by andrewducker
Facebook says millions of users had phone numbers, search history and location data stolen
facebook  security  fail 
october 2018 by andrewducker
Why the Nordic Model hurts sex workers
sexwork  fail  law 
october 2018 by andrewducker
UK public finances are among weakest in the world
uk  economy  fail 
october 2018 by andrewducker
The truth about traditional JavaScript Benchmarks
javascript  benchmark  fail 
october 2018 by andrewducker
Magic Leap Review Part 1 – The Terrible View Through Diffraction Gratings
augmentedreality  fail 
october 2018 by andrewducker
Estonia sues Gemalto for 152 mln euros over ID card flaws
Estonia  identity  security  fail  fraud  viaFanf 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Solar panels replaced tarmac on a motorway. Here are the results.
solarpower  roads  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Two-thirds of secondaries can’t find maths teachers
teaching  fail  jobs  uk  mathematics 
september 2018 by andrewducker
UK children with maths difficulties (dyscalculia) are 100 times less likely to receive an official diagnosis than peers with dyslexia
mathematics  children  fail  uk 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Only a quarter of Mail readers think UK will get good Brexit deal. Mostly they blame the British government
UK  Europe  fail  polls  newspapers  DailyMail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
We tend to encounter the worst of outgroups, which makes us hate them all the more
communication  fail  groups  politics 
september 2018 by andrewducker
The UK's approach to negotiating with the EU continues to be...not good
uk  europe  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
EU Trials Tracker — Who's not sharing clinical trial results?
Europe  research  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
‘Super-recognisers’ employed by UK police to hunt criminals may not be identifying people correctly
faces  vision  uk  police  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Turns out Conservative eurosceptics can't even agree with each other about what they want
europe  Conservatives  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
"A family friend shares their experience of explaining nanotechnology to Boris Johnson."
technology  politics  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
3D printers connected to the internet - it's the start of a sci-fi movie!
3dprinting  security  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Automated copyright filters are still a terrible idea.
copyright  automation  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
Brexit: Hundreds of Whitehall officials leave department in charge of EU withdrawal
Europe  UK  fail 
september 2018 by andrewducker
The School Shootings That Weren't
research  guns  fail 
august 2018 by andrewducker
The war over supercooled water (and why researchers need to release their code)
software  physics  simulation  fail  research 
august 2018 by andrewducker
One in five genetics papers contains errors thanks to Microsoft Excel
excel  genetics  fail 
august 2018 by andrewducker
Second-hand smoke scientist points out terrible reporting of his findings
science  research  journalism  fail 
august 2018 by andrewducker
Job interviews are worse than useless (and so are academic ones)
interviews  fail  research  psychology  work  academia  viaSwampers 
august 2018 by andrewducker
Uber still losing billions per year, somehow still considered valuable
driving  business  fail 
august 2018 by andrewducker
Northamptonshire and Barnet have pursued outsourcing and austerity to the point of collapse.
fail  OhForFucksSake  uk  politics 
august 2018 by andrewducker
'Star Trek 4': Chris Pine, Chris Hemsworth Talks Fall Through
StarTrek  fail  movies 
august 2018 by andrewducker
Georgia defends voting system despite 243-percent turnout in one precinct
No voting system which can't be manually verified should ever be used.
voting  fail 
august 2018 by andrewducker
MoviePass Goes Black Just Days After Running Out of Cash
movies  business  fail 
july 2018 by andrewducker
Stockpiling food simply won't work. There's no space, money, or time
uk  europe  fail  doom 
july 2018 by andrewducker
Recycled packaging 'may end up in landfill', warns watchdog
recycling  uk  fail 
july 2018 by andrewducker
As I assumed, the Chequers agreement is totally unacceptable to the EU
UK  Europe  doom  fail 
july 2018 by andrewducker
If you like badly translated subtitles, and you like Star Wars, then the Chinese bootleg is what you want
China  translation  fail  funny  StarWars  subtitles 
july 2018 by andrewducker
If this is all the government has for its Brexit white paper, we're in trouble
UK  Europe  trade  fail  Conservatives 
july 2018 by andrewducker
Hilariously bad translations at the zoo
zoo  translation  funny  fail 
july 2018 by andrewducker
Hacker Steals Military Docs Because Someone Didn’t Change a Default FTP Password
military  security  fail  drone 
july 2018 by andrewducker
Open-plan offices drive down face-to-face interactions and increase use of email
office  design  work  fail  architecture 
july 2018 by andrewducker
The Stanford Prison Experiment is a fraud: why famous psychology studies are now being torn apart
psychology  research  science  fraud  fail 
june 2018 by andrewducker
The long, slow, death of Toys R Us
toys  business  fail 
june 2018 by andrewducker
Six reasons why Britain’s retailers can’t make ends meet
business  shopping  uk  fail 
may 2018 by andrewducker
The Number of Female Chief Executives Is Falling
women  business  fail 
may 2018 by andrewducker
Digital photocopiers contain copies of everything they've seen. Companies sell them without wiping them
data  Technology  privacy  fail 
may 2018 by andrewducker
Teen Monitoring Apps Don't Work and Just Make Teens Hate Their Parents
teenagers  parenting  surveillance  internet  phones  fail 
april 2018 by andrewducker
The chip credit card transition in the US has been a disaster
Because the USA hates actually regulating things, each part of the system made their own decision, leading to the worst of all possible worlds
USA  banking  technology  fail  OhForFucksSake 
april 2018 by andrewducker
The UK has no trade strategy, and the government is in chaos
UK  government  europe  fail  OhForFucksSake 
april 2018 by andrewducker
Another nail in the coffin for learning styles
learningstyles  research  learning  fail 
april 2018 by andrewducker
On the over reading of symbolism into ancient traditions
history  fail  myths 
march 2018 by andrewducker
Tesla is trying to overautomate their production line
automation  cars  Tesla  fail 
march 2018 by andrewducker
Arizona Government Suspends Uber's Self Driving Cars from Roads
automation  driving  cars  usa  fail 
march 2018 by andrewducker
The DNA errors which meant that Germany's most dangerous woman never existed
dna  genetics  crime  fail  germany 
march 2018 by andrewducker
Disagreements beteeen Kosovo and Serbia cause electronic clocks across Europe to run 6 minutes behind
time  electricity  europe  fail 
march 2018 by andrewducker
Theresa May's plan to tackle housing crisis will fail to give Britain the homes needed, senior Tories warn
housing  Conservatives  fail 
march 2018 by andrewducker
“More than a third of the biggest companies in the restaurant sector are losing money
UK  restaurant  business  fail 
march 2018 by andrewducker
Norway’s Olympic Team Bought 15,000 Eggs Due to a Google Translate Mistake
eggs  Norway  language  numbers  korea  translation  fail 
february 2018 by andrewducker
What happens in a working-class town when work is taken away? (they vote for Brexit, because the government blames Europe)
uk  jobs  Europe  poverty  fail 
february 2018 by andrewducker
California Crops Rot as Immigration Crackdown Creates Farmworker Shortage
farming  immigration  usa  Mexico  fail 
february 2018 by andrewducker
The government isn't planning for "No Deal" - here's how you can tell
uk  europe  fail  government  Conservatives 
february 2018 by andrewducker
Toronto cops eat cannabis on duty, freak out, call in reinforcements, climb tree
police  marijuana  fail  canada 
january 2018 by andrewducker
Theresa May dithers while her party burns
conservatives  uk  Europe  fail 
january 2018 by andrewducker
English NHS accused of fiddling A&E figures to downplay extent of crisis 
NHS  fail  OhForFucksSake 
january 2018 by andrewducker
Top tip: Murderers, don't tag yourself in photos with the victim and the murder weapon!
murder  facebook  fail 
january 2018 by andrewducker
NHS haemorrhaging nurses as 33,000 leave each year
NHS  fail 
january 2018 by andrewducker
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