people cruising in the left
This is a camera on a single lane road in the UK. They should be driving on the left.
No. Traffic cameras in your area are there to generate revenue.
The camera being covered here is not at an intersection so your offtopic comment about revenue is irrelevant. This is a camera on a stretch of road where drivers usually speed, the cameras are painted bright yellow to make them obvious and do a far better job of getting people to slow for hazardous corners than a sign ever did.
Its only Americans that I see being puritanical as a general rule. There are Christian sects in the UK who are against drinking, but its not the majority.
Jesus handed out wine at parties, and ordered his followers to drink wine.
Pretty sure its only because he didn't have access a good bitter.
So the problem is crappy guides?
I was of the opinion that anything that suggested the terminal was purely for speed reasons.
Average Windows guide. Click here, dismiss the warning, click here, click here, close the advert, click next, type in 1, accept, reboot.
Average Linux guide, go to Gnome Tweaks, third option, type in 1, no reboot required. Or open a terminal and paste the following command.
It's precise, it's concise, and it's fast but it's not required.
the are so many desktop environments
I completely disagree. There is Gnome with 70% of the market, KDE with 30%, and then various hacked together desktops with <1%. Guides should be set up for Gnome because you stick with defaults if you are that scared, maybe a reference for KDE, and if you chose something else then your already in copy/paste commands territory.
There was no part of me setting up SteamOS on my couch PC that required a terminal, which is what we are talking about here.
Zero.
Steam doesn't require any terminal opening, the hard part are shitty Windows games that pop up boxes to install extra stuff because for some reason they can't install it when you install the game.
I haven't been required to use the terminal for anything in years.
Honestly. I've been using Linux as my daily driver since the mid-2000's (Warty Warthog?), and the only times the terminal gets opened these days is through pure choice. Maybe 10 years ago I would agree with you.
I'm running Linux for my couch based gaming and the experience is awesome. Much better than Windows ever was.
What makes you think that Linux is holding Linux back? The UI can be completely customised which makes Steam OS wonderful to use while Microsoft completely ban any customised interface out of the box.
Windows is only popular through inertia.
The only reason I mention Frarage was the rest of the language in that piece was a bit off.
Ed Davey is alright, he is fun yet also completely sincere.
That Labour needs a Farage like face at the front to make it "fun", or are you thinking more Ed Davey?
Not if you dont actually make them.
Depends if you go to Kentucky Fried Pigeon.
That’s high in calories.
What? Who introduced the Soft Drink levy?
You can’t say that anymore.
What are they wanting to say, that they feel they can't?
You’ve used the wrong pronoun.
Oh, here we go.
Funny jokes are welcome.
That was more the type of thing the annoying kid at the back of the class shouts out, where even their friends tell them to shut up.
Not following strangers advice != Doing the opposite of what strangers say
I had PS+ on the PS 3 & 4 when they moved to the new system.
I was grandfathered in and got the top tier for a lower tier price, and even then it was hard to justify.
I'm sticking to Steam for the most part these days, and using consoles for retro gaming. Excellent PS3 and early PS4 games can be picked up for cheap.
Ah, fuck I thought of that damn jump. I spent months trying to get over it, until someone found that it was small enough that you could walk over it.
Yeah, either that or for something that big I could get some USB 3.2 ports on a PCIe card.
I was just hoping for something a bit more compact and with high speed ports.
Old school Apple would have a load of high speed connectivity on the minis, but unfortunately it isn't what they do these days.
I just want loads of USB ports. The CPUs are fast enough for self hosting, but connectivity is now the most important.
Any mini PCs with 4+ usb3.2 or higher?
What are your red flags for job interviews?
I was looking at a potential new job until it occurred to me to ask about dealing with "on-call" support.
As I work in tech, there is usually an expectation that some level of support is handled off hours in case systems go down. However this position didn't have any compensation for making yourself available and generally only 15 mins from a phone or computer to support the systems. The best they could offer was "time in-lieu" if you get called, which is basically saying they'll let you work your contracted maximum hours despite it being unsociable hours.
Fuck that.
After seeing elsewhere someone commenting that they would refuse to on-call if there was also a "return to office", because if they had to go to the office to work, then how could they possibly support it from home, it made me wonder what other things should I remember to enquire about when interviewing and asking the hiring company?
What sort of outside lights would you call this?
I'm replacing the light at my front door, and I dont seem to be able to find what I want.
My current light is solar powered, light and motion sensitive so it only comes on at night and dims when there is no movement. However during winter there isn't enough light during the day to charge it so that it lasts longer than a couple of hours.
I would like to replace it with a mains powered one, but keeping the only on at night, and dims when there is no movement so that it illuminates the house number. Everything I see appears to only have one or the other (unless they actually have both but the listing details are terrible), does anyone know the terminology I need to use?
Controls on buy-to-let landlords in Reading: views sought
Currently, landlords that have HMOs with four people or less occupying them do not need a licence.
Reading Borough Council wants to extend licensing to all HMOs across the borough for those with three to four occupants.
Ideas for dealing with home cleaning refillables?
We are currently in a silly situation when dealing with refillable products for home, and I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas.
If I wanted shower gel (for example), all the refillable locations require a bottle with the capacity printed on it, and for it to be empty. And basically I don't want to wait until my shower gel is out completely before getting any more, so I would want an intermediate container however I cannot find a 1l bottle that has the capacity embossed on it so that I can take it to the refill station, and bring it home. I really don't want to buy another small plastic bottle with the capacity on a paper label that does one refill of the gel, and would have to be replaced when the label comes off.
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 arrives with twin RISC-V cores • The Register
Beefier Arms next to RV rival CPUs, offering a glimpse of the future
It's exciting news for RISC-V fans: Raspberry Pi is adding support for the open ISA with the launch of the Pico 2 and the company's new RP2350 microcontroller.
They encouraged us to insulate our home. Now it’s unmortgageable
Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use
Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use.
Why Britain is the world’s worst on homelessness
Pretty depressing reading.
[Edit] I had the archive link as a comment but this has gained enough traction that it's not obvious. Here it is again so you don't have to give FT any clicks https://archive.is/ypkln
Is there any better example of a food that doesn't deserve to exist?
There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.
I am referring to Branston Smooth.
I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?
Plex for books?
I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks.
I've seen Calibre but it doesn't seem to be quite the same thing, and running a sync is a bit clunky for the spouse factor.
Is there anything that would index the books, show a bookshelf and allow me to read them, with offline support?
Preferably with an Android app for reading with, and the reader handling eink rather than scrolling.
Getaway vehicle stolen while suspects rob business
While three armed and masked people robbed a check cashing business in Commerce City, someone else stole their getaway vehicle, police said.
> Posting archive link as 9news blocks the UK.
Netflix to produce Six Nations documentary
The Six Nations is live on free-to-air channels BBC and ITV in the UK (a deal that runs until 2025). The 2024 Six Nations is shared between the two channels with matches being available on their…
In addition to BBC and ITV showing the matches, Netflix had been documenting the time between the 2023 and 2024 Six Nations.
West Berkshire has the highest number of school exclusions in the county.
West Berkshire has the highest number of school exclusions in the county.
And it has more than twice the number of school suspensions in state-run and special schools under its control.
Government data says 1,263 suspensions were issued in West Berkshire in the 22.23 autumn term to 532 pupils.
That compares to 569 in Reading, 401 in Slough, 406 in Windsor and Maidenhead and 358 in Wokingham.
Does anyone else find the water companies to be unreasonable with their ghosting for 6 months, then nagging daily if you haven't paid them within a week?
Probably just me being a little grumpy after getting a phone call from Southern Water, but it feels a little unreasonable that I only get billed every 6 months (I can't make it more frequent), and they expect a random amount to be settled within the week.
I got a bill last week and I'm already recieving phone calls because I'm "late", even though it's only the first, since now it's payday I'll pay it but I'm not happy with the harassment.
Inside the 80's Welsh Punk Scene
‘Wastelands of my Fathers’ is a new exhibition taking a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk’s story.
We aren't leading the world: we're trying to catch up
How to catch up on games shown on the World Rugby website?
A few games have been shown on the World Rugby website, but not via YouTube directly on their website, it's unclear why but does anyone know how to rewatch these matches if you missed them?
Things for teens in Manchester
We will be visiting Manchester this coming weekend, and was wondering if there any locals here that might be able to suggest anything that might be quirky and fun to go and see?
For context, I have 13 and 8 year old daughters to try and keep interested so I want to mix a couple of things to keep them interested in with the things I want to do. I think doing a run around some of the vintage stores and the Pankhurst Centre could be good but does anyone have any other suggestions?