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Woolsack (Parliamentary furniture)
  • FTFA

    In 1938, it was discovered that the Woolsack was stuffed with horsehair. When it was remade, it was re-stuffed with wool from the British Isles and all over the British Commonwealth, supplied by the International Wool Secretariat, as a symbol of unity.

  • www.theatlantic.com Trump Suggests Planes Can’t Fly When It’s Not Sunny

    Battery and aviation experts were flummoxed by his recent assertions about electric aircraft, which are not yet in widespread use.

    Trump Suggests Planes Can’t Fly When It’s Not Sunny
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    Install only the "core" of the distro on an SSD, other packages on HDD?
  • I think you may have misunderstood your issue. 16 GB is more than is needed on / for a typical desktop Ubuntu installation. For example, here is a partial output of df -h on my Ubuntu 22.04 system- this is a server but it has a full desktop environment installed. I actually originally put 20.04 on it when that was current so it has accumulated some cruft. I also remove snaps:

    Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
    /dev/sda1 47G 11G 34G 25% /
    /dev/sda7 84G 26G 54G 33% /home
    /dev/sda6 88G 22G 62G 27% /var

    The thing you're most likely running into is that whilst everyone quickly realises the advantages of putting /home on a separate partition, it's not so obvious that /var should be on a separate partition as well. This is because /var is where all the logs and caches are stored, and if you have a runaway process that fills up /var/log, it can cause the system to crash. Experienced Linux users will have encountered situations where /var was not on a separate partition and their box broke because of logs not being cycled...

    I realise that you may be saying that you have 16GB total for 2 x installations. That is going it a bit but should be possible with some thought and care. Good luck!

  • Options for non-smart TV in UK 2024?
  • My reason for stipulating that is that lot of people saying it do so either from ignorance (they simply don't believe/understand that you might not be able to opt out) or on the basis of outdated information, e.g. "I bought my TV ten years ago and never had to do this". Your experience being in the recent past I guess I could try this as a sale stipulation point, thanks.

  • Options for non-smart TV in UK 2024?

    I am considering replacing my old 50" 1080p TV which I use with (external) Chromecast and Roku. I would like a 4K display 60" or greater but I really, really don't want any smart features. I am aware that I could purchase a commercial display to achieve this and that's my fallback option. Can anyone here make any useful recommendations? I am in the UK so e.g. 'Sceptre' is not available here.

    In advance, with respect, I am technically capable (check my post history) but could I ask to please avoid threads along the lines of:

    • 'non-smart TVs aren't a thing' - fallback is a commercial display
    • 'Nobody wants/buys non-smart TVs' - I do
    • 'Any TV not connected to internet is dumb'/ 'Just don't connect it' - This is no longer true since many TVs require a setup before use involving internet access and/or will seek access via open wifi/bluetooth/HDMI.

    Thanks!

    Edit:

    Some commenters seem to be struggling with the 'why do you care if it connects?'. Some examples why:

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    Where to discuss Home entertainment/TV hardware recommendations

    I'd like to ask about home entertainment hardware - I would have thought there would be an existing community or few but I am struggling to find any - can anyone point the way?

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    Father pays tribute to ‘daddy’s girl’ found d**d at school before detention

    www.theguardian.com Father pays tribute to ‘daddy’s girl’ found dead at school before detention

    Caitlyn Scott-Lee, 16, is thought to have taken her own life the day before she was due to have her first ever detention

    Father pays tribute to ‘daddy’s girl’ found dead at school before detention

    Trigger warning: self harm

    > Caitlyn Scott-Lee, 16, is thought to have taken her own life the day before she was due to have her first ever detention > > The father of an autistic schoolgirl who is believed to have taken her own life the day before she was due to have her first ever detention has paid tribute to his “daddy’s girl” at the inquest into her death.

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    www.theguardian.com Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’

    Shock in Brazil after woman is arrested and charged with violating a corpse and attempted theft through fraud

    Brazilian woman arrested after taking corpse to sign bank loan: ‘She knew he was dead’

    She should have said - well we tried calling first but were on the phone for quite a while- you said our call was important to you and you were 'experiencing an unusually high volume of calls'...

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    Lemmy 0.19 compatibility?

    Two instances I have accounts with have switched to Lemmy 0.19. This is a breaking change for many apps, including Connect. Is there any news re supporting this in the near future or is it time to look for another app?

    Edit:

    This is now working for me (at least for 2 separate instances) with Connect version 1.0.153 (details in comments below). Thanks so much for rapid response!

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