NotJohnSmith

@NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d been bullied into renting a small SUV as we were 4 friends travelling abroad for a wedding. Thankfully the rental car lady had more sense and seeing all our bags threw a Fiat Tipo estate at us. That thing swallowed bags, very impressed.

  We’re sweating our 10yr old SUV and then moving to an estate… as long as my wife agrees :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft mandates a return to office, 3 days per week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, I wasn’t clear but no - 3 days working from the office minimum but then they stipulate it can’t be a Friday!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft mandates a return to office, 3 days per week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not heard of that phrase before but 100% this is what will happen in my Co; the talent will leave so they’ll make their redundancy savings but at the cost of retaining all the life’s that put no effort in.

  p.s. I’m salt in this analogy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft mandates a return to office, 3 days per week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a little like my council saying "research shows you’ll recycle more if we collect your rubbish bins only once in 3 weeks.

  Wtf, no way the data shows that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft mandates a return to office, 3 days per week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m hearing more of the “3 days a week but Mon and Fri don’t count”. You can’t make this shit up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft mandates a return to office, 3 days per week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, that’s insanely unfair (25 miles), never heard of that. Either there is value that everyone is in, or not.

  Im waiting on my Co to pull this trigger too, jokes on them I’ll just pop in for breakfast and then leave again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like how you present information, thanks. Ever considered being a human AI? 😉

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good news. :)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus, you learn something every day

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Desiccant dehumidifiers are fascinating... but not for everyone [29:19]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had the same torment when buying mine, for an office-shed that’s just a swamp of English dampness.

  I opted for the desiccant one as while it used more energy it does heat the space, and actually works better at cooler temperatures. Very specific to my needs as I’d imagine that’s counter to most other use cases

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried it and in my country they’re restricted to 15.5mph so largely did nothing for me as my route is out in the countryside.

  I moved to an e-moped (like an electric vespa) and it’s been amazing. About £1k to buy, £80 to insure and albeit restricted to 50mile range the equivalent mpg is something like 400mpg.

  Naturally doesn’t work if you need to carry kids or large objects around routinely but has been great for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla sales plunge 40% in Europe as Chinese EV rival BYD's triple⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn good car too. My bro rocked one for years, deceptively large inside. Quarterly he’d drive about 1000km in it which I think was mad but made it work, 80km at a time!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Standing desks are like gym memberships. Plenty of people (and offices) pay for them but never use them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now that’s a great routine, will try it!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Standing desks are like gym memberships. Plenty of people (and offices) pay for them but never use them⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, I’m here to agree. Got one at home and work, only used it about twice in a day for all of 5 minutes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Average private rent in Great Britain falls for first time in five years⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to have a wild guess too. I’m going to guess the market is so poor that BTL landlords have just given up trying to get out and are renting. Supply therefore has increased slightly, having a slight decrease in demand and therefore what rent can be asked for

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European Commission launching #Wifi4EU initative, 93k high-speed private access points across the EU, free of charge.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t Lebara less than that per month and includes roaming?

  www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4655085

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel’s bestie going mask off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Erm, how did you get a pendant inside you?!?

  ;}

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How about Soundcloud? I ended up there and have been happy but knowing my luck someone will tell me that Putin and Netanyahu own it! :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I hacked my washing machine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting read, really like their writing style.

  I’ve got one coming and really can’t figure out any meaningful benefit to having the WiFi enabled

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a keeper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah ha, thanks. I’ve heard of it but never thought to watch it. Will give it a go

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She's a keeper⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What cartoon is this sorry? Looks vaguely family guy in its animation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK wants to weasel out of demand for Apple encryption back door⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I could be wrong but I don’t think s/he was being serious

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bluesky age verification uk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How come Lemmy isn’t obliged to also?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Solar + Battery (covering 97% of demand) is now cheaper than coal and nuclear⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Urgh, the ones that say “well my ice car can do 700 miles on a tank so until EV can do that I’m not doing it” annoy the hell out of me.

  I know damn well they’re never driven that far without stopping at least once

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hah, that’s a cool solution [no pun intended]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, spot on, I didn’t explain it clearly enough but how you articulate it is better: it does indeed have a digital “On” switch so just giving it power doesn’t achieve what I need

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I wish I did but alas not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3109: Dehumidifier⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like I’d benefit from a smart dehumidifier.

  I’m on a Time Of Use tariff where my electricity is very cheap at night. I’d like to be able to schedule for it to come on for those 5hrs in the winter to take the moisture out of my shed-office. It achieves nothing to put it on a smart meter as you have to physically press go on the dehumidifier

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No criminal charges over British woman shot in US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s madness to me is that people in my country have a holiday to the US booked… and are still going.

  My safety is worth more than a few sunk thousand

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Last year China generated almost 3 times as much solar power as the EU did, and it's close to overtaking all OECD countries put together (whose combined population is 1.38 billion people)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I immediately went looking on temu :)

  I don’t the poster meant to happen!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla customers in France sue over brand becoming 'extreme right'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, it’s a step beyond the little sticker on the back of the car.

  I’d do the same if I had one but pedoguygate switched me off the brand and it’s never been the direction that I wanted to see EVs go (look I have a button that makes the car/range go down really fast. I also don’t think talk of range without reference to battery size is helpful)