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- Comment on No criminal charges over British woman shot in US 1 day ago:
I better withdraw my original comment. I spent a while re-researching the original intent, the Heller case and some of the subsequent cases to its current interpretation.
I believe it was originally intended to prevent federal overreach. Except that when there was a belief by some people that that had happened and there was an invasion of the capital. That confused me. I don’t know what the rights and wrongs were - apparently the alleged overreach wasn’t adjudged to be severe by anyone.
- Comment on No criminal charges over British woman shot in US 1 day ago:
YSK that Americans will provide, carry and use their weapons for everything except the second amendment intended purpose.
- Comment on If government hackers can infiltrate big companies, why not hack normal people? 1 day ago:
Because they don’t need to. As Zuckerberg himself said: people will voluntarily give all kinds of private information to corporates without being asked or by the gentlest of requests.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
To be honest, learn who you are before going on an app or trying to engage for a partner.
You’ve been together (in perception, at least) a long time and you’re still that married person and it will take time to remember who you are without that other person, regardless of whether you were a functioning couple or two people in the same house.
The loneliness is just the transition sinking in.
I’m a couple years older than you.
- Comment on Has anyone migrated from a Markdown notes app to another? 6 days ago:
Logseq to Obsidian.
Logseq’s markdown is weird and not standard. Everything is indented and in a list, even headings. I love me some open source, but this is a hard no.
- Comment on How to get rid of swollen batteries? 1 week ago:
Incineration is the best way.
- Comment on All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years 1 week ago:
Thank god. Paternity fraud finally not so easy.
- Comment on Keir Starmer to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs 2 weeks ago:
Everyone knows what the conclusion will be and that it will end with the words: “lessons will be learned.”,
- Comment on Reeves vows to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by next election 2 weeks ago:
Once you can’t afford your homes because of the tax and other new charges together with the rising prices, hotels won’t be necessary.
- Comment on Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penalty 4 weeks ago:
Those might be the rules, but I was a child when the rules last actually applied or were applied.
No-one with any ability as a politician will go anywhere near politics this century. And when I say ability I mean moral compass.
- Comment on Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest ever penalty 4 weeks ago:
Thanks Water immediately raise prices to cover it. Ditto Anglian Water.
Nationalise it, accounting for the infrastructure deficit rerouted to dividends. De-gravy train it.
- Comment on Labour peer apologises for writing to UK Treasury to promote crypto firm he advised 1 month ago:
Would the first person to find a politician who isn’t bent, please turn out the lights.
Parliament is redundant.
- Comment on Mastodon doesn't like Addy aliases 1 month ago:
How does it defeat the purpose?
The domain have nothing that is traceable to you. What’s the issue?
- Comment on Mastodon doesn't like Addy aliases 1 month ago:
Get a domain and link it so you have your own domain addy.io . It’s not very hard.
You can use the domain for other things too.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Even in England, our gay PMs have to be married. At least until their wife finds out.
- Comment on Has anyone ever clicked on a reference url from OpenAI that didn't 404? 1 month ago:
Which model? I find the 4o to be rubbish; I just get bullshit. 4-turbo was great. 4.5 is the only useful model there at the moment. Perplexity is what I use for searches and it’s good on references. ChatGPT for making things.
- Comment on If your dog realizes that your leather jacket is the skin of another animal then it probably thinks you're a psycho. 1 month ago:
Anything oil based, like plastic, is the bodies of another animals. Your dog is probably wearing a plastic collar, if not a leather one … oh wait!
- Comment on Water bosses face two years in prison if they cover up sewage spills 2 months ago:
Likelihood of anyone ever being convicted whilst actually guilty: zero.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 2 months ago:
As a male. None.
- Comment on Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says 2 months ago:
They’re missing a word on the end of that sentence: “today”. Tomorrow, however …
- Comment on Traefik with Socket Activation via Podman Quadlets 2 months ago:
I’m not criticising you. I’m trying to get someone to explain what the end result is; which you did just above.
I don’t know the product names. I don’t tend to be focused on product names because they come and go. Your first message didn’t help me.
Your last precis is just what I needed. Ideal. Thank-you.
- Comment on Traefik with Socket Activation via Podman Quadlets 2 months ago:
Wasn’t being critical at all. Not expecting you to write for anyone.
I wondered what this actually provides. If you were explaining to someone with a good knowledge of the world, not grandma!!
- Comment on Traefik with Socket Activation via Podman Quadlets 2 months ago:
Thanks fella. What do they actually do? Elevator pitch stylie!
- Comment on Traefik with Socket Activation via Podman Quadlets 2 months ago:
Excuse the ignorance, what am I actually reading about here?
I read the first few paragraphs and an out of my league.
What are ‘we’ trying to achieve?
- Comment on UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent foot and mouth disease spreading - BBC News 2 months ago:
Foot in mouth*
- Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess. 2 months ago:
This got me wondering about lionising Go in films. I think I need to start a such a movement amongst directors or screen writers.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 2 months ago:
Oh ok.
I haven’t been to a circus recently. My knowledge in that area is wanting, I’ll admit. 😳
- Comment on Why do Americanized names of places etc exist? 2 months ago:
All good!
- Comment on Why do Americanized names of places etc exist? 2 months ago:
The irony of using ‘Z’ in the title.
It’s our language; you broke it.
- Comment on Why do some drivers turn off the signal sound so quickly? 2 months ago:
Cars younger than last century have two modes of indicator available.
[ BMW, Merc and Audi drivers: nothing to see here. Not in this whole post and comments. ]
A soft push in either direction gives a brief - I don’t know what the definition/legal requirement is - period where the indicator flashes before cancelling itself.
A harder push has the indicator stay in that position until the steering wheel or the driver cancels it and it stops.
Maybe you’re complaining about people using the soft mode.
In my country, there is no requirement to indicate when moving back to your lane after moving into the/a overtaking lane. I think that’s a little weird tbh. I’ve always indicated, wherever I’m going, on the basis that when I don’t, someone will sideswipe me through my own negligence.
Of course, these days the sodding lane-change Nazi in my car won’t let me pass any line, but happily forcefully steers me into the hedgerow/ditches on country lanes where there are no road markings. You can turn it off every time but not generally.