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EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 3 meses·discuss
No chance. Up like a rocket, down like a feather.

and that's without considering the lost production capacity.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 4 meses·discuss
You'd think they'd be complaints about the sonic booms...

What's that, mach 586?

Seems a bit excessive.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 4 meses·discuss
At that point, you stop watching, right?

Youtube isn't some life or death resource - if they go too far, users will switch off.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 6 meses·discuss
Very happy - the £100 fine isn't the problem, it's the points/day-wasted-on-useless-course that is the real deterrent to speeding.

And before people say "think of the children" and "I learned something I should have already known on the course" - Speed limits are increasingly being changed for political reasons: Safety has nothing to do with it, therefore, these arguments no longer stand (my local authority is determined to make cars as slow as buses, and is more than happy to "set aside" any suggestions that they do not do this).
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 7 meses·discuss
The "Yes or Maybe Later" dialogue boxes that festoon the internet & Windows 11 need to end - time for another law imo:

"No" must always be an option, and notices must not be shown again if this is selected.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 7 meses·discuss
lol, yes - if you're native. I doubt the average far-eastern grandparent would achieve C2 easily.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 7 meses·discuss
If this were true, the papers wouldn't have run an article yesterday bitching about the lords sending back the workers rights bill again.

The commons may _eventually_ overrule them, but it takes time and costs political capital.

The majority of our population want more law, more rules, more restrictions : they don't see the value or enjoyment in doing something, so they don't think anyone should be able to do it.

Ask the average joe whether or not cars should prevent drivers from being able to "chose" to break the speed limit: You'll get a resounding "yes" 8/10 times - the value of freewill seems to be increasing lost on my country men.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 8 meses·discuss
The lights aren't too bright, they're just poorly aligned.

Go for a walk of an evening along a footpath into traffic. I guarantee it'll be Teslas and Minis that are the routinely the culprits of dazzling.

I'd guess it's cheap, lazily aligned hardware in the Tesla, and the ridiculous design of the Mini that cause the problems.

Yes, sporadically you'll be blinded by another model- one that needs an alignment - but it'll consistently be Tesla's and Minis.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 9 meses·discuss
Fuel duty works out at about 5p/mile. Slightly more for thirstier vehicles, slightly less for lighter vehicles.

There is zero need to implement anything for petrol or diesel vehicles, which nicely eliminates the "pre-2016" problem (How many 10 year old electric vehicles are there? Not enough to worry about). I'd be inclined to provide a government API, and require the manufacturers to provide the data in a specified format. Make it part of type approval for use on the UK roads.

Not impossible, nor should a VIN + Mileage number be particularly risky for privacy concerns - the number should be pushed regularly, to prevent wind-back tricks.

15p/mile has got to be a joke though. That'd be the equivalent of setting fuel duty to £1.50/litre - it would immediately shag what's left of the economy.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 9 meses·discuss
I also use an MVNO service.

I have a horrible feeling that 3 traffic is being prioritised over Vodafone MVNO traffic, leading to service deg.

End of the day, I was on Vodafone's network for a reason - it was the least congested in my area. 3 was crap. If I’m suddenly fighting for bandwidth with 3 customers because of this merger I will have to try EE (o2 is known garbage around here; 2 mbps at most thanks to traffic management).

Ofcom should never have allowed it - the UK does not need reduced competition in this space.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 9 meses·discuss
Wasn't there a post the other day saying they'd moved it from "Ballache" to "All but impossible" to use a local account in 25H2?
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 9 meses·discuss
Lol.

One of my colleagues had Child Services round, as their daughter had told her school he was abusing her, because he confiscated her mobile (that he was paying for).

Good luck "parenting" any child in this day and age, when any seemingly minor things you think you can do as a parent, lead to that sort of outcome.

How'd you keep a kid off the internet, when they're happy to say anything to the authorities get that internet access back?
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 9 meses·discuss
Yep that.

30p/kWh in the day, 12p/kWh at night.

Dry an entire load for less than the cost of a Day Rate kWh, simply by pressing the "delay" button a few times.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 10 meses·discuss
Pretty common in dryers as well.

They turn over and blow cold air periodically to prevent them getting stinky.
EmptyCoffeeCup
·há 10 meses·discuss
Confused...

If "struct" is "squad"

Why is it "struct" in his example?