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   by arethuza 1y ago

   My wife was in China recently and was sending back pictures of interesting things - one came in while I was driving and my iPhone read out a description of the picture that had been sent - "How cool is that!" I thought. However, w
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   We used to have Burmese cats and they loved to play fetch.
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   We walk him about 3 hours a day on average - fortunately for him he gets lot of attention from people when we are out.
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   Also allowing you to detect whether any changes have been made since the signature was applied.
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   Our samoyed is obsessed, if that is the right word, with being sociable - with people but also other dogs (and the occasional cat or cow). He likes balls but they are a means to an end - getting interaction from me or from other dogs. Edit:
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   Yes, my (private) dental insurance in the UK is similar. If you go private then no real problem getting treatment as soon as you need it (I got an appointment in the same day recently when I broke part of a tooth).
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   In my experience, its not so much what the NHS won't fund but getting access to what it does fund in a timely fashion. Of course there is dentistry, which is a complete nightmare... people trying to do their own extractions with a pair
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   Note the last sentence of what I said. Edit: Discussions of US healthcare all seem insanely complex to me - but it all seems to be about insurance and money - which are the last things I want to think about if I am ill or injured.
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   by arethuza 1y ago

   Thanks - I was having a quick read of the documentation for those projects and that makes perfect sense.
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    "Alpine or Stimulus features were natively included in htmx" I'm contemplating using HTMX in a personal project - do you know if there are any resources out there explaining why you might also need other libraries like Alpine
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I had a tick bite that was irritated (but not a bullseye rash that I could see) - phoned GP practise, doctor phoned me back a couple of hours later and discussed the situation, ruled out blood tests because they said they were inconclusive
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I used to know a guy who had a 45 minute commute who planned for ages to commute by autogyro - had spoken to farmers to get use of a field near his work to land etc. Eventually his wife said "fine, commute by motorbike" - which wa
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Have you seen the "sociopath, clueless, loser" model? https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Unilateral amendments appear to be fairly standard legal things: https://www.oncontracts.com/unilateral-amendments/
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Many years ago I used to work with a very senior project manager from Scottish Nuclear who was responsible for Torness - he had some great stories about various accident scenarios they considered. One was that the refuelling machine would
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Or A subcontracts to B who subcontracts with C and A tries to keep all of this secret until team C end up being involved in a war...
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Hamish MacInnes, the Scottish climber, was sectioned in a psychiatric hospital because of confusion and delirium caused by an undiagnosed UTI. It took 5 years for the infection to be diagnosed and treated. https://en.wikipedia.or
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I wonder what would happen if you used an LLM to write the rules?
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    "England was originally a homogeneous culture" When was that relative to the colonisation by Angles, Saxons, Jutes then Vikings and Normans? Edit: It always amuses me that Arthur, the great national hero, was fighting against th
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I've just finished "The Power Broker" about Robert Moses and it mentions a few times that bridges are actually fairly inexpensive to maintain?
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Definitely logged in using the same account.
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    When I watch YouTube on an Apple TV the ads seem slightly relevant - when I watch on a mobile device they are completely awful, literally no idea why I'm being shown most of them.
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I will always remember how happy my wife was as I drove her back from cataract surgery on both eyes - the world suddenly looked an awful lot better!
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Well, there is "The Book - The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization" - I don't have a copy but it certainly looks interesting: https://howtorebuildcivilization.com/en-gb
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    If the breach contains personal data then you are supposed to report it within 72 hours: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/report-a-breach/persona...
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    That could easily become a legal thing if someone sues the bike mechanic?
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I think that's the point? :-) The Reds want to preserve the environment and the Greens want to completely change it...
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    Hence the "Reds" vs. "Greens" in the KSR Mars trilogy.
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    As far as I can tell, here in Scotland it is 16? https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/50
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    by arethuza 1y ago

    I have a bad feeling that a prototype I wrote ~15 years ago is still being used by a multinational company... It was pretty crappy because it was supposed to be replaced by something embedded in the shiny new ERP system. Funnily enough the