frazorth

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[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

I had this issue with Reddit. You need a lot of houses, making some available doesn't fix the issue with the vast majority.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

And thats fine. I'm just letting you know how I feel about this.

Banning short term rentals is one thing, but can we please at least request that hotels fill the gap that this creates?

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

Yes they did get a cast from other Asian countries to represent Koreans, however I think that most issues we would have were due to ham fisted producers who didn't "get it".

It improved significantly over the years, and although retrospectively it might seem racist, compared to the other shows listed it was fairly progressive.

Don't watch it now. Don't watch it as a progressive piece of programming, you will only be disappointed as its over 50 years old, and it was battling stereotypes of over half a century ago.

And yet even now its far more progressive than most Republicans.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

Although we are referring to the TV show that Alan Alder managed to get boomer to loath due to being so "PC".

 

Good news! Following up from this https://feddit.uk/post/18671151

The men's World Conker Championships winner has been cleared of cheating after a steel chestnut was found in his pocket.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wouldn't visit.

I have two children, and the number of hotels where I can get joining rooms so I dont have to actually share with them is basically zero.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

We can, but very few people own a second, let along a third or fourth.

Either they are landlords and running it through a business, and how do you prevent a business from owning two locations?

Sorry Londis, you can only have one store because you have a flat upstairs?

Or they own them privately, and in this country its massively overstated. Presumably to try and start a bit of class warfare, but folks see US news and think it applies here.

Fucking Tories, making the crabs pull everyone back into the bucket when there really aren't that many. Even Shelter doesn't call it out as a problem, compared to the many other things we could do to help.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

We're only short by about a million. That'll fix the problem!

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

So these could be houses that people don't actually want to live in? Maybe because work isn't there, or the cost of repair too high?

I remember some of those houses, as I was in Wavertree near the Botanic Gardens, Matalan and the burnt down pubs around 2000 and you couldn't give away some homes just a bit further down Picton.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

I have no idea about a reboot, but in Quantum Leap he has absolutely no control over the time periods he lept into.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

MASH was an anti-war, anti-violance, anti-racist show.

Its not like the others on the list.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How is learning C++ and QT not programming?

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 17 points 4 days ago (5 children)

While this is true, learning some kind of programming - shell scripting or BASIC in olden days - is a very useful endeavor.

And learning sewing is useful, but I dont need it to wear clothes.

 

Getting excited for the World Cup next summer!

 

Metal replica conker found in pocket of David Jakins AKA King Conker, first-time winner after competing since 1977

 

I was looking at a potential new job until it occurred to me to ask about dealing with "on-call" support.

As I work in tech, there is usually an expectation that some level of support is handled off hours in case systems go down. However this position didn't have any compensation for making yourself available and generally only 15 mins from a phone or computer to support the systems. The best they could offer was "time in-lieu" if you get called, which is basically saying they'll let you work your contracted maximum hours despite it being unsociable hours.

Fuck that.

After seeing elsewhere someone commenting that they would refuse to on-call if there was also a "return to office", because if they had to go to the office to work, then how could they possibly support it from home, it made me wonder what other things should I remember to enquire about when interviewing and asking the hiring company?

 

I'm replacing the light at my front door, and I dont seem to be able to find what I want.

My current light is solar powered, light and motion sensitive so it only comes on at night and dims when there is no movement. However during winter there isn't enough light during the day to charge it so that it lasts longer than a couple of hours.

I would like to replace it with a mains powered one, but keeping the only on at night, and dims when there is no movement so that it illuminates the house number. Everything I see appears to only have one or the other (unless they actually have both but the listing details are terrible), does anyone know the terminology I need to use?

 

Currently, landlords that have HMOs with four people or less occupying them do not need a licence.

Reading Borough Council wants to extend licensing to all HMOs across the borough for those with three to four occupants.

 

We are currently in a silly situation when dealing with refillable products for home, and I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas.

If I wanted shower gel (for example), all the refillable locations require a bottle with the capacity printed on it, and for it to be empty. And basically I don't want to wait until my shower gel is out completely before getting any more, so I would want an intermediate container however I cannot find a 1l bottle that has the capacity embossed on it so that I can take it to the refill station, and bring it home. I really don't want to buy another small plastic bottle with the capacity on a paper label that does one refill of the gel, and would have to be replaced when the label comes off.

 

Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use.

 

Pretty depressing reading.

[Edit] I had the archive link as a comment but this has gained enough traction that it's not obvious. Here it is again so you don't have to give FT any clicks https://archive.is/ypkln

 

There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.

I am referring to Branston Smooth.

Branston Smooth image

I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?

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Plex for books? (feddit.uk)
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I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks.

I've seen Calibre but it doesn't seem to be quite the same thing, and running a sync is a bit clunky for the spouse factor.

Is there anything that would index the books, show a bookshelf and allow me to read them, with offline support?

Preferably with an Android app for reading with, and the reader handling eink rather than scrolling.

 

While three armed and masked people robbed a check cashing business in Commerce City, someone else stole their getaway vehicle, police said.

Posting archive link as 9news blocks the UK.

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