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by gib444 8mo ago
It fixes like 1% of problems but sounds plausible to probably 95% of the population. Hence why it's peddled so often.
752.
by gib444 8mo ago
Will be so funny watching the rug pull when the cheap overnight electricity rates disappear, especially in the UK where electricity is very expensive. Not if. When. You never 'win' in the UK, not in the long term
753.
by gib444 8mo ago
> I used to work tech support Me too. Long time ago though. I get it. But my problem and main point is that now L2/L3 doesn't seem to exist, or is way way harder to access. When I did L1, I was trained to permit escalation. Now
754.
by gib444 8mo ago
Hah, I've seen your posts on RailForums! > One of the first things I did when I was involved in the set-up of online support ticket system for a GB rail retailer was https://xkcd.com/806/ compliance. If the sup
755.
by gib444 8mo ago
Nah, that doesn't wash. I can understand a default initial response for 99% of callers (a verbal FAQ as it were), but I do not accept the lack of breaking through. That is because managerial decree has mandated cost-cutting and chosen
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by gib444 8mo ago
> that’s such a cruel thing to inflict upon them It certainly is. Speaking from personal experience. And he let me know in a very direct and cruel way.
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by gib444 8mo ago
For a few years now, I've found every support department has been trained to treat every single person as if they were a dumb 5 year old. The condescending replies from the outset, the 'clear your cookies' first line response
758.
by gib444 8mo ago
I admire your frank honesty > Generally, I regret having kids Please don't ever, ever let them know this, or even allow them to figure it out. Especially before they're at least ~30 and able to begin to understand.
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by gib444 8mo ago
Coming soon: - New toaster requires permission from manufacturer to toast bread from a local bakery. - Car manufacturer to vet all passengers. Any unidentified and unvetted passengers will disable the vehicle. - TV manufacturer requires 7 d
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by gib444 8mo ago
Alternative headlines: Essex police, well aware of all the issues before using it, pause use until expected bad publicity dies down Or Essex police chosen as force to take some flack for the issues while other forces steam ahead
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by gib444 8mo ago
I understand there is context in this thread. I also understand that statements like "The UK is no longer part of Europe" are frequently used with political motivations, to sow division. Also, being geographically close, and only
762.
by gib444 8mo ago
"Terrible" is incorrect. Yes quite a few don't work but many many do . See: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...
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by gib444 8mo ago
No. The words are not interchangeable. Also, knowingly conflating them is politically charged. Learn the difference and use them correctly and respectfully.
764.
by gib444 8mo ago
Calling for regulators, especially the EU, is futile. They want this. All you'll get is something that feels and sounds like pushback, at most.
765.
by gib444 8mo ago
Oh sorry did it shift into the mid Atlantic or something? You need to learn the difference between Europe the continent and the EU the political union. The two are not interchangeable. The British continued to be European post 2020
766.
by gib444 8mo ago
Nah they're aware. They just think the US has the absolute right to be a hypocrite and not to be called out on it, ever
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by gib444 8mo ago
Sorry didn't mean to go off on a tangent, it's just I like trains, and Spain (and have an Interrail trip coming up and I was considering including Spain. They are famously Interrail unfriendly though) I followed the accident but n
768.
by gib444 8mo ago
Literally there is no public comment you are allowed to make that we haven't heard 100 times before. Congratulations though!
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by gib444 8mo ago
Shops are making extremely feeble efforts to curtail theft such that I think it's a nice cover for raising prices, slashing costs and increasing data capitalism etc For example at a local Asda, an expensive donut brand are placed right
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by gib444 8mo ago
Poor train service? (Recent accidents aside) Any areas in particular?
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by gib444 8mo ago
> Our debt to the US has long been paid off. It was paid off when we submitted to their economic world order, when we bought their goods and their entertainment, when we bought their software and let our own software industry dwindle, an
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by gib444 8mo ago
So if 10 million people from rural towns moved to their nearest cities, the cities would become cheaper? What would drop in price exactly?
773.
by gib444 8mo ago
Low-frequency noise is insidious and an assault on your sanity. Wind turbines are bad for it. And hea_t pump$ to a lesser extent. Blocking low-frequency noise requires very heavy, well-designed construction, and retrofitting a typical dwell
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by gib444 8mo ago
Absolutely. Calling out "just asking questions" to prevent derailing is helpful. Look at you asking questions again :)
775.
by gib444 8mo ago
No, he's evil.
776.
by gib444 8mo ago
I wonder what percentage of java code in the world is still java 8, and always will be?
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by gib444 8mo ago
People from the countryside were forced into cities in Britain as a result of the Enclosure acts, reduced demand for agricultural workers, population rises etc Revealed preference could just show it was the least bad option in that period
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by gib444 8mo ago
> but in reality a lot of those people are nasty when they encounter any kind of cultural diversity or difference. This is so so true Many villages in England it takes min 2 generations to begin being accepted as a proper local
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by gib444 8mo ago
Stop sealioning
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by gib444 8mo ago
Apple TV Bluetooth drives me insane. Congratulations to the psychologists and engineers at Apple who worked on making it so bad.. My (non apple) Bluetooth devices almost always need a manual connect step

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