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17h ago
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Something I've discovered as I've gotten older is "wrong glasses" is both a legitimate issue, a great excuse for any fuck ups.
rubikcuber
4d ago
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It depends how the retailer is set up for this. What should happen is that they don't charge VAT on goods over £135. You will then pay VAT plus a handling fee on import. What you might find is that some retailers don't know how to handle this, and will charge you VAT and you'll also be charged UK VAT by HMRC.
rubikcuber
6d ago
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The operator said it was working with the government to "simplify its price structure".
How about
- If a ticket is called an "anytime" ticket you should be able to use it at any time.
and
- Stop prosecuting people full stop.
rubikcuber
6d ago
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This fella pops up on a regular basis, but the "news" sites seem to have a short memory.
rubikcuber
7d ago
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Came here to say this.
British Bung Company.
rubikcuber
7d ago
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"I have done the proper paperwork"
Did you though?
rubikcuber
1w ago
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Hi-de-hi, racists!
rubikcuber
1w ago
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Wait until you find out that Butlins was still running the stage show in 1989.
rubikcuber
1w ago
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I get mine on a subscription from "Who Gives A Crap".
rubikcuber
1w ago
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Got it. Illuminate to illuminate.
rubikcuber
1w ago
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Instructions unclear. Used my phone to light up the wick but nothing happened.
rubikcuber
1w ago
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I'm not sure what I'm looking at here. But I choose to believe it's a photo of a baked potato with tadpoles crawling over it.
rubikcuber
2w ago
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Truly this is the worst timeline
rubikcuber
2w ago
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But it will have a banging soundtrack
rubikcuber
2w ago
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Just going to leave this here.
rubikcuber
2w ago
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Yeah. 11th gen Framework 13, so one of the first ones. Since I got it I had to use Windows exclusively because of some client work, and battery life was pitiful. 2-3 hours perhaps? Once that project finished I swapped out the SSD and put on Ubuntu with KDE. I was expecting the batter life to be worse, but it is demonstrably better. I now get more like 6 hours, albeit with my power plan on efficiency.
rubikcuber
2w ago
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Switching from Windows to Linux on my Framework laptop makes my battery last 2-3 times as long. They should just have a switch to Linux recommendation to reduce your carbon footprint.
rubikcuber
2w ago
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"These counterfeit phones, Cohen said, were either out of warranty or contained counterfeit parts, but Apple "wrongly" believed that they were real phones under real warranties"
So not counterfeit. Just real iPhones that were out of warranty or has been repaired by a third party.
rubikcuber
3w ago
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I just went cold turkey because I can't/won't watch content with ads, and already felt the cost of our streaming services was too much for what we get out of it.
What I've found myself doing is if I do buy from Amazon and it's below the free shipping amount, I try and buy from a marketplace seller who ships themselves for free. Often this ends up matching the Prime price, but it's buried further down the result because it doesn't have Prime shipping. Or I buy the same product via eBay, which is mostly cheaper. But main thing is, I've found I just buy less. Like A LOT less. As a family we'd often get 3 or 4 Amazon deliveries a week. That's not been replaced with orders from other retailers. It's almost as if having Prime encourages you to buy stuff you maybe don't need!
rubikcuber
3w ago
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We are halfway through it!
I saw this on Mastodon posted by @infobeautiful@vis.social and figured that it was appropriate for this community and absolutely not controversial in any way shape or form.
It's a Thursday again. The worst day of the week. Or is it? Disguised as a Wednesday for those south of the border, and a Tuesday for those of us in the land of the Scots. What are your moans for this day and this week, the first week of the work year? Personally, I've added app timers to all my time sink apps in an effort to become less dependent on my phone. It's 9.40am and I've already maxed out Megalodon, so I'm onto Lemmy/Voyager. Going well. Also... I'm still off with the kids. Edinburgh schools didn't break up until the 22nd of December. Which seemed like a good idea at the time, but we're paying for it now.
I'm sorry to report the continued decline of Aldi's "Scottish Blend" tea. It is now beyond terrible. Awful. The worst. The worse of the worst. Even worse than that. Naturally I'm not going to go from an Aldi special to Twinings. I'm not made of money. So, I'm looking for recommendations of a good cheap tea. Ideally one that goes well with your plant milk as well as cow juice. If possible, Sainsburys, M&S, Aldi, Food Warehouse or Poundies. Maybe Lidl at a stretch. They others are too far away and require me going in the car, and I'm too ~~lazy~~ environmentally conscious for that. Thanks in advance! Edit: Or Asda! For some reason I forgot that Asda is literally the nearest supermarket to the house.
Tuesday, Tuesday. Up here in Scotland (specifically Edinburgh) it's the last day of the school holidays. To any other parents north of the border - we've done it, folks. The end is in sight. Looking forward to tomorrow's hectic early morning followed by a day of bliss. Anyway, TV and Tunes Tuesday! Whatcha watching and listening to? Recommendations for movies, TV shows and music please! Personally I have the last episode of Strange New Worlds, which I'm saving for tomorrow lunchtime and then it's sayonara Paramount +. We've also just finished the reboot of Quantum Leap, which was cheesy but fun. Music wise. Well, I'm a gen-xer so I've been listening to the remasters of the Lush albums. Long live shoegaze, the only correct style of dancing.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a big fan of marmite. But I'm not an animal. I have it on toast, or a bagel, or maybe a toastie if I'm feeling reckless. But my son wants marmite sandwiches. Sandwiches! How is it possible to spread marmite on bread without the bread disintegrating? Is there a technique that in my five decades on this earth I have not been able to master?
It would be great to have the option of a short summary for the post content in the "Large list" view. For example the first 100 or so characters of a post text. Either that or the option to limit the length of the post content shown in the "full" view. Thanks!
It's Saturday! For many of us, probably the best day of the week. Even if it turns out to be crap then we still have Sunday waiting in reserve. So, what are your exciting plans for this, a traditional drizzly British summer weekend? We were planning another two day camping trip, but with thunderstorms forecast at our destination, I think as a family we have all decided to dump that concept and just doss around instead.
Yay! It's Friday! After a week of niceish weather, we await the inevitable rain. But on the plus side, it's almost the weekend! Personally we are off camping, in doing so encouraging precipitation. But what exciting things do you have planned for the weekend?
The tyranny of Thursday is upon us. Another one of these "not quite the weekend days" that life keeps throwing at us. What has got you fuming on this, the worst day of the week?
Oh hi. I'm not a mod or anything but felt the urge to try and post a daily chat thread. Game development can sometimes be a battle behind the scenes. I've been banging my head against a bug with a 3rd party library all week. Sometimes you need a fresh approach and today I came at it again from another angle. Turns out a DLL was being unloaded because of an API change, so the fix was to add a const & to stop my reference being deleted and the DLL unloading. 6 extra characters and it all works again! TODAY I FEEL INVINCIBLE! Have you had any gamedev wins this Wednesday? Big or small, there is nothing like a win halfway through the week.
Don't use the hump word or it's an instaban! Just kidding, I'm no mod, I'm just some guy, you know. What games have you been playing this last week? Video games or other. Have you gone back to Tears of the Kingdom yet? Are you spending the rainy school holidays stuck inside playing Pokemon cards with your kids? Found something in the Steam summer sale you want to shout about? Let us know here.
Didn't have my glasses on this morning when I ground the beans and my espresso seems to be 1ml of coffee oil.
Oh hi. Hopefully our mod is away on holiday and not come a cropper or worse, deserted us. In the meantime, I'm going to take it upon myself to post the "TV and Tunes Tuesday" thread. What TV shows or movies you been watching this week? Or perhaps you've got some great new music recommendations. Let us know how you've been whiling away the hours and trying to justify all those streaming subscriptions.
May all your cups be overflowing with crema this weekend.
