Chouxfleur
@Chouxfleur@lemmy.world
Je suis un Chouxfleur
- Comment on Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts 3 weeks ago:
They have enough of those in their club already tbh.
- Comment on It’s too late to save Britain from overheating, says UN climate chief 1 month ago:
It’s hard not to be a doomer with news like this - I’m glad I’m not having kids is all I can think about when I read this; I don’t want to think about what the world is going to look like when I’m (not much) older.
- Comment on Deaths outstrip births in UK for first time in nearly 50 years 1 month ago:
Population is increasing, despite this. But the current dialogue around immigration is absolutely horrific, so good luck to everyone who plans on living long enough to maybe need care.
- Comment on Iraqi refugee's 7-year old daughter who died in the Channel was born in Belgium and lived in Sweden, but has never been in Iraq 6 months ago:
I mean, It was that or being deported to Afghanistan - he obviously thought a boat journey was better than taking his daughter to “safe” Basra.
- Comment on Two UK water companies lack complete maps of sewage networks 6 months ago:
That’s sort of besides the point really, though, no?
If you’re tasked with maintaining a structure (lol) you can be expected to perhaps attempt to know where all the bits you’re responsible for are aren’t you?
But then again, Severn-Trent uses dousing rods to find water mains so who knows what they he’ll they’re actually doing.
- Comment on Jeffrey Katzenberg: AI Will Take 90% of Artist Jobs on Animated Films In Just Three Years 10 months ago:
Is it what AI is good at, or is it just that the image generation stuff is where the focus has been because it’s more accessible to non-tech literate?
- Comment on Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste 11 months ago:
I’ve found that breaking cables is a personal issue. I still have an old usb Xbox 360 controller for pc gaming from when I owned an xbox. My partner has destroyed cables for laptops, hairdryers, headphones in less than 12 months.
Some cables are objectively worse than others (macbook chargers I’m looking at you) but a modicum of care generally is enough to make sure they last without too much hassle.
- Comment on UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds 11 months ago:
And, you know, a society in which your parents bank balance and the school you get sent to is the single biggest indicator of your future successes.
Brexit was just some real end-game shit for them to cement their authority over us little folk.
- Comment on How do I self host data? 11 months ago:
Yeah, CalDAV looks like the best fit from my limited searching, it’s just actually putting that into a usable system that I can use that I’m struggling with!
- Comment on How do I self host data? 11 months ago:
I don’t mind a bit of proprietary-ness, what I’m after is controlling how and with whom I can share my data.
Essentially the goal is to have a family’s worth of accounts with Calendars, To-Dos/Reminders, and Notes that I can back up myself but still allows syncing to phones/PCs, etc. and basically a central calendar for ‘global’ (ie. Whole family) events.
- Comment on Average UK gig ticket to top £100: 'People treating concerts like mini-holidays' 11 months ago:
I (and plenty of people I know) regularly attend live music, with on the door prices that are equivalent to the cost of a few drinks. But equally I’ve been prices out of seeing some of my favourite acts because they’re big enough to demand higher costs so I totally get where you’re coming from.
I think what I’m getting at could better be phrased as; people don’t want to see small acts much these days.
There’s loads of acts like Ed Sheeran, but if you’re into Ed, not just music like him, it’s going to seem like it’s impossible to watch it live, when in actuality there’s a lot of gigging musicians who are out there with accessible performances.
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- Comment on Average UK gig ticket to top £100: 'People treating concerts like mini-holidays' 11 months ago:
That’s partly it as well! It’s fun to explore artists and genres who aren’t super mainstream.
Although sometimes it’s just artists who aren’t likely to be that well known. I saw Asgeir in Bristol for less than £50 - he’s pretty mainstream I’d say (>700k monthly listens on Spotify) - he just happens to be Icelandic and performing in his mother tongue at least half the time.
- Comment on King’s estate to transfer £100m into ethical funds after bona vacantia revelations 11 months ago:
Not the original commenter, but it think they’re not okay with it, just clarifying the situation…
- Comment on Average UK gig ticket to top £100: 'People treating concerts like mini-holidays' 11 months ago:
I think a lot of the issue is that people aren’t seeing as much music.
My fiancée saw Taylor Swift in London years ago when she was a country act and yeah it wasn’t cheap but she could afford to go as a teenager with a weekend job who happens to enjoy country music.
The acts people want to see are all huge by the time a lot of people would bother going to see them and they know they can charge insane prices for tickets because people will pay. It’s the same for theatre. There’s tonnes of awesome stuff you can see for peanuts (relatively, depending on your location) but people will still pay through the nose to see The Cursed Child™.
If you want to see live music (of any genre) you can - it’s cheap and easy. But you might have to go to a small cramped venue or see someone you’ve not heard of. Or seek out smaller acts before they become huge industry behemoths.
- Comment on Disabled people must work from home to do ‘their duty’, says UK minister 11 months ago:
What’s the countryside got to do with shitty governance and disability policy?
- Comment on Brexit backer Dyson says hypocrisy claim over HQ move to Singapore 'incredibly harmful' 11 months ago:
If you’re a billionaire you’re exploiting people - It’s literally impossible to become a billionaire without exploiting others.
- Comment on WhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inbox 1 year ago:
What are you using to browse lemmy?
In any case I was trying to link to matrix.org
- Comment on WhatsApp seems set on introducing ads, but they won't appear in your inbox 1 year ago:
- Comment on I Can't Drink Now Like I Used to a Few Years Ago (26M), is that Normal? 1 year ago:
33 here - if the staying up is enjoyable then 1-3am is fine. Hangovers are worse than when I was 23, but I’m usually back up to speed by lunchtime.
Of course this is heavily influenced by how much water I drink while I’m out. Hydration is important folks!
- Comment on Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate | What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it? 1 year ago:
Disney felt like a tipping point for me (and Netflix’s new role as a production company). It was only when that came about that people like Paramount started offering their own services (idk how true that is but it’s certainly how it felt).
I still pay for Disney+ right now, but a big part of the appeal of streaming for me was having lots of stuff in one place. Now it’s just cable/satellite all over again.