Sycamore gap tree felled - Words Fail Me

[ChocolateFrog]

hidetheelephants said:

dingg said:

redback911 said:

Earthdweller said:

Hopefully well now find out WHY?

Someone with an axe to grind.

Chainsaw imo

They'd have been there all night chopping it down with an axe and got caught by dog walkers.

You two have a parrot incoming.

[Byker28i]

tangerine_sedge said:

Yes, I knew it was AI generated, it's just so painfully obviously bad - welcome to the future!

Is that a problem? At least it's obvious.

[ChocolateFrog]

AI is weird like that. Not sure why it can't just copy one of the billions of photos it has access to when it needs to render a Defender, for example.

But no the axle has to float in mid air for some reason.

[98elise]

119 said:

Have they said why they did it?

It seems the farmer was protesting his innocence but i wonder if he is linked in some way.

Unless they're going to plead guilty they aren’t going to say why they did it.

[vaud]

gotoPzero said:

Can we start a sweep on the punishment... assuming they are guilty obvs.... you know ooman rights etc etc.

Anyway, I go for 8 weeks custodial sentence, suspended for 2 years.

Depends on the value of the damage. My guess is a high level community order and a fine.

[dingg]

ChocolateFrog said:

You two have a parrot incoming.

Not me, I was taking the piss

[otolith]

98elise said:

119 said:

Have they said why they did it?

It seems the farmer was protesting his innocence but i wonder if he is linked in some way.

Unless they're going to plead guilty they aren’t going to say why they did it.

The prosecution might made deductions as to motive, though.

[Gareth79]

ChocolateFrog said:

AI is weird like that. Not sure why it can't just copy one of the billions of photos it has access to when it needs to render a Defender, for example.

But no the axle has to float in mid air for some reason.

AI/ML models don't have access to original data. It's a model which plots based on the statistical likelihood of what pixels should be plotted where. It doesn't know that what it has drawn is a car.

[808 Estate]

GliderRider said:

I hope the Police ask them if on Wednesdays they go shopping.

And have buttered scones for tea.

[pavarotti1980]

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

[Desiderata]

How on earth do you come up with a figure of £622191 as the value of a tree? Not disputing it, just wondering how on earth you get to that precise figure?

[otolith]

Desiderata said:

How on earth do you come up with a figure of £622191 as the value of a tree? Not disputing it, just wondering how on earth you get to that precise figure?

They used CAVAT

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071...

[Somewhatfoolish]

pavarotti1980 said:

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

How are we supposed to tell if they're guilty or not if they wear balaclavas? We need mugshots.

[Wacky Racer]

Wonder if blackmail was involved?


"Hello, is that the national trust?"


"Yes"


"Send us £5000 or we are going to cut your tree down"


Just a thought

[Pincher]

pavarotti1980 said:

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

Is that Kayvan Novak on the left?

[Slowboathome]

Somewhatfoolish said:

pavarotti1980 said:

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

How are we supposed to tell if they're guilty or not if they wear balaclavas? We need mugshots.

Helpful that they're wearing the universal emblem of ishness.

[sugerbear]

Somewhatfoolish said:

pavarotti1980 said:

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

How are we supposed to tell if they're guilty or not if they wear balaclavas? We need mugshots.

I think we should hold judgment until the Dailymail has published exactly how much their respective houses are worth (and where - council, wealthy area, leafy suburb, crime ridden estate etc).

[Silvanus]

Somewhatfoolish said:

pavarotti1980 said:

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

How are we supposed to tell if they're guilty or not if they wear balaclavas? We need mugshots.

Takes about 2 minutes online to work out they are, their ground works business has some interesting reviews post felling

[AceRockatansky]

pavarotti1980 said:

2 nuggets plead not guilty and sent to crown court
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-ne...

Was it the IRA?

[Bonefish Blues]

otolith said:

Desiderata said:

How on earth do you come up with a figure of £622191 as the value of a tree? Not disputing it, just wondering how on earth you get to that precise figure?

They used CAVAT

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071...

So did these poor unfortunates unwittingly cut down the UK's most valuable tree, do we think?