GJim

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by GJim 2y ago
I should remind you that the Scottish character can be summed up by the simple observation that Scotland is the only country whose national dress includes a knife in the sock.
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by GJim 2y ago
> Only 80%? Chorley wood bread makes *terrific* toast. This explains its popularity in Blighty. > I'm in the UK now and it seems all but impossible to buy bread not made this way. Utter rubbish! 30 years ago maybe, but these days
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by GJim 2y ago
> GPS coordinates * coordinates There are many methods for determining ones lat and long that do not involve one particular GNSS constellation.
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by GJim 2y ago
"Toimii kuin junan vessa" A Finnish saying "Works like a train toilet" meaning something that works with utter reliability. This is because old Finnish trains simply had a flap in the toilet to dump the shit out onto t
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by GJim 2y ago
> I had a take-home assignment to build a Dropbox competitor around 10 years ago, it was a pretty big project I'm genuinely amused you thought (think?) it acceptable to do such work without payment. Here, any potential employer subm
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by GJim 2y ago
> My guess is the higher-paying jobs are more interesting and fulfilling; Numerous surveys show the people happiest in their jobs are hairdressers. It's not highly paid, but it's a simple job in the warm and dry, chatting and m
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by GJim 2y ago
> they asked the jurors to hang around for a while (voluntarily) and talk to both the defense attorney and the prosecutor about how we reached our decision My jaw is on the floor. Here in Blighty, a jury deliberates in absolute secrec
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by GJim 2y ago
> Its crazy to me that there isn't a modern version of this kind of camera You can bluetooth-pair (most) modern 'pocket' cameras with your phone to get this functionality. (And for the uninitiated; such cameras will have i
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by GJim 2y ago
> the HN operators (pg himself IIRC) said downvoting for disagreement was right. Wow! I think that is called doing an Elon Musk!
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by GJim 2y ago
Which is when the temp donation centres are set up to overcome such a shortage. There is still no need for payment (aka bribes) my capitalist friend.
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by GJim 2y ago
> I often notice how the communication style on the West Coast is much less confrontational and more “everything is awesome”, which I think leads to the sort of fake enthusiasm the author grew tired of projecting. I raise you British cyn
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by GJim 2y ago
> Which is something totally different from saying that it is never for sale. I never said otherwise. If that was your takeaway from my comment, I'd politely question your reading comprehension!
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by GJim 2y ago
Not in Blighty. We would regard being paid to donate blood (!) as rather distasteful. We do not have a lack of donors and I do not know a single heathy person who hasn't voluntarily donated blood at some time in their life. NHS blood d
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by GJim 2y ago
The GDPR says my personal data is not for sale without my consent. The only people objecting to this are some US companies who haven't yet understood that unnecessary personal data is now a liability & trading it without the owners
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by GJim 2y ago
What a ridiculous comment! Have you any idea how cheap shipping is?
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by GJim 2y ago
> I love chatGPT for information lookup (while knowing that it hallucinates) Hallucinates? I'd use the term 'bullshits' when it doesn't know the right answer. This makes it a dangerous thing to trust.
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by GJim 2y ago
> nearly all of which are indeed better than Royal mail Because none of them have the universal service obligation that the Royal Mail has. Apples <-----> Oranges
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by GJim 2y ago
Privatise the profits, socialise the losses. It's the Tory way. Though one not opposed by nu-Labour when in power during the 2000's.
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by GJim 2y ago
PHP forums and their ilk (including R*ddit) very commonly provide tutorials and clear advice from skilled hobbyists all happy to help newcomers...... ....and without 5-10 minutes of video padding and waffle from some "influencer"
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by GJim 2y ago
> A smart speaker Can we give these things their real name: Smart Microphones Alexa = Amazons microphone.
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by GJim 2y ago
You're complaining that personal data was well secured? This should be a given. The fact you think otherwise is worrying. (Yes, data security legislation does introduce barriers. Tough. Get used to it.)
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by GJim 2y ago
Your limited posting history suggests you are a Russian troll. Please go away.
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by GJim 2y ago
We laugh at him for throwing his toys out of the pram every five minutes, not because of his politics!
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by GJim 2y ago
As I said earlier.... Most companies of any size, and civil servants, have policies to travel with burner phones/laptops when crossing (even benign) international boarders; including into Australia and "the land of the free"
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by GJim 2y ago
> is the juvenile nonsense really just political Elon-Hate Juvenile? No. That is reserved for those who choose to refer to Mr Musk as "Xitler". Frankly, 'shitter' is a very accurate description of what x/twitter
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by GJim 2y ago
We've all taken to calling it Xitter...... pronounced 'shitter'. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Xitter https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xitter
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by GJim 2y ago
> but significant crime The crime that has been *falling* throughout the entire western world after peaking in the mid 1990's ?
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by GJim 2y ago
> driver was at no fault as it was impossible to see the girl from his position WTF ! Pedestrian mirrors (allowing lorry drivers to see any pedestrians immediately in front and to the side) have been a legal requirement for years in Blig
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by GJim 2y ago
> use it for a few days before hand so it doesn't appear to be a burner phone No need to bother. Most companies of any size, and us civil servants, have policies to travel with burner phones/laptops when crossing (even some ben
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by GJim 2y ago
GPS *had* no encryption or authentication; indeed, such security is only a recent addition to the L2 frequency. USK: Galileo also has authentication available on its civilian frequencies.

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