MrsDoyle
@MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on World's longest coastal path opens in England to the public 4 days ago:
It’s a local path, for local people.
- Comment on Customers of three UK banks report being able to see other people’s accounts on app 1 week ago:
Well that sounds like fun! Shame I’m with a different bank.
- Comment on How to I prove to someone that the U.S. moon landing wasn't staged? 2 weeks ago:
I saw a guy on YouTube talking about the capability of videotape tech at the time. Upshot was that it was that the footage had to have been broadcast live, it couldn’t have been prerecorded. Didn’t convince my idiot acquaintance of course.
You could always try the Buzz Aldrin approach: m.youtube.com/shorts/hqoYiUAppmI
- Comment on Meta's AI display glasses reportedly share intimate videos with human moderators 2 weeks ago:
It must be incredibly useful for blind people, but for everyone else it’s a pure wank.
- Comment on Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder? 4 weeks ago:
In a similar vein, Calum’s Road: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum_MacLeod_(of_Raasay)
- Comment on We conduct affairs of state in a building that’s riddled with asbestos and mice. Can’t Britain do any better? 4 weeks ago:
“Dangerous and squalid” describes quite a few MPs.
- Comment on Awkward interaction with my doctor 4 weeks ago:
I would appreciate someone just saying quickly, “oops, wardrobe malfunction!” in a jokey way with eyes covered. I’d hate to discover the open zip later and recall everything I’d done while exposed.
- Comment on YSK the phases of the moon 4 weeks ago:
Now do tides!
- Comment on ‘Seasons have become confused’: the people struggling in UK’s relentless rain 5 weeks ago:
In Scotland there’s “smirr”, which is a very light drizzle.
- Comment on Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport 5 weeks ago:
That’s what I do - an extra bonus is avoiding the tourist tax in the country of my birth.
- Comment on 15 degrees fahrenheit feels almost the same as 5 degrees. However 35 degrees feels WAY colder than 45 degrees. 5 weeks ago:
That’s amazing, thanks!
- Comment on 15 degrees fahrenheit feels almost the same as 5 degrees. However 35 degrees feels WAY colder than 45 degrees. 5 weeks ago:
My favourite way to comprehend it it by time:
A million seconds is 12 days. A billion seconds is 31 years. A trillion seconds is 31,688 years
- Comment on Are there any cultures where kissing is taboo? 1 month ago:
Lots of cuts to fireworks displays, crashing waves etc.
- Comment on What's with companies naming things "MyNoun"? 1 month ago:
Yup, myPhonak. They’d better be mine, given the cost!
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Too late for me. But thanks for telling me my computer wasn’t good enough for Win 11 and forcing me to install Linux. It was a breeze, and computing is fun again.
- Comment on Revolution bars set to disappear from the high street after going bust 1 month ago:
I see one of their reasons for going bust is the increase in the minimum wage. OK comrade…
- Comment on Why Do We Keep Fretting About the Future of the Full English? 1 month ago:
Bubble and squeak in a full English? I think not.
- Comment on Why are they different shapes? 1 month ago:
Love a well-packed baguette.
- Comment on The Traitors Is Fake Scotland at Its Worst 2 months ago:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darien_scheme
It’s a great yarn.
- Comment on Oh nooooooo 2 months ago:
My house spiders are cool. They eat the flies etc and I fish them out of the way before I have a shower. The only disagreement we have is over their little lair in the kitchen. There’s a tiny hole in the skirting board in one corner, and cobwebs gather there. Now and then I brush away the webs and plaster over the hole. A week later the hole is back and the webs too.
- Comment on Britain to be blanketed with snow and ice for new year as Met Office issues warnings 2 months ago:
The forecast for next week: “Scotland to be blanketed with sleet and drizzle.”
- Comment on Andrew will be banished from royal premises to King Charles' private and remote Sandringham estate 4 months ago:
You can have afternoon tea in the restaurant after your visit. And there’s a gift shop of course.
So remote though.
- Comment on Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while? 4 months ago:
No, is the answer. Moving to another ISP when my plan runs out. I’m paying extra for a VoIP line and want to move to WiFi calling.
- Comment on Why don't cars have a way to contact nearby cars like fictional spaceships do? 4 months ago:
I do a lot of water sports in the UK and we use VHF radios. Certain frequencies are used by marinas and the like, and nearby boats will be tuned into them. Then there is a frequency used for emergency calls - the coastguard listens on that and answers, and will move your call to another frequency for more details, leaving the mayday one open again.
We mainly use VHF for boat-to-boat comms, or boat-to-shore. The local range is decent - a few miles from our base, depending on atmospheric conditions, obstacles etc. I honestly have no idea if you could use VHF radios between cars though. It’s not private for a start - everyone can hear you - and once someone is yammering on the marina frequency no-one else can transmit. So it’s just brief messages with protocols.
- Comment on Why have so many services started using single-factor passwordless authentication in the last little while? 4 months ago:
I hate the SMS ones, because I don’t have a good phone signal in my home, so I have to ruin around trying to get a couple of bars so I can get the effing code. My banking app just uses a fingerprint.
- Comment on What's the best way to ease getting back in shape after years of little to no exercise? 4 months ago:
Swimming works for me. I joined a gym at a hotel that has a pool, reasonable price and usually fairly few people. I like to swim lengths, thinking of nothing at all, for half an hour to an hour. Good for general fitness, stamina.
- Comment on After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence 4 months ago:
I thought it was interesting that she was ok with all the neighbourhood surveillance until it was used against her.
- Comment on Where is modern Punk? 4 months ago:
- Comment on What went wrong with Pizza Hut? 4 months ago:
I’ve never had a Domino’s pizza and never will - they’re spending so much on TV adverts their food is probably shit.
- Comment on What are some good things to purchase to add a new distraction to my life? 4 months ago:
The best thing about digital photography is that you can keep trying your shot with different settings for exposure, aperture etc. it’s a great way to learn what works best in what situation.
