Before I say anything, let me make one thing clear: 𝗜 ❤️ 𝟬.𝗔.𝗗.
This is yet another reason why Opensource and Linux are not more mainstream. I've been playing ALPHA 27 for a few days now. The only thing is, I'm playing on a Windows machine! According to the attached post, if you want it (On Linux), compile it yourself. 🤦♂️
One thing that annoys me about the Internet is the volume of keyboard warriors who proclaim themselves to be the champions of morals and "Doing the right thing" Yet when Labour announces a third runway, a deafening silence descends regarding Climate Change.
𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗮𝘆:
🛫 If Heathrow's total airport emissions (Scope 3 included) are around 20 million tonnes CO₂e per year, and the two runways handle all flight activity, A single runway could account for roughly 10 million tonnes CO₂e per year (very rough estimate). Thus increasing the total to 30 Million tonnes.🛬
If the Conservatives had announced this, the web would have gone into meltdown!
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpql1w…
Heathrow airport's expansion and a Bank of England bullion shortage feature in Thursday's papers.BBC News
And I have discovered a new level of stupidity for IT Support.
A guy calls saying he cannot receive emails from a contact in India, and the emails are going to spam.
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿: "It's not in spam; it's the other one."
𝗠𝗲: "Junk folder?"
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿: "That's the one, but it's not in there."
𝗠𝗲: "Wait, do you mean our quarantine?"
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿: "Yes."
𝗠𝗲: "OK, send us the email address, and we will have a look."
He promptly sends a phone screenshot of the IM conversation with the guy in India who has attached a photo of his desktop with his rejection message (and his email address). The phone screenshot is too small to read, let alone the picture from the IM conversation.
JUST GIVE US THE BLOODY EMAIL ADDRESS!
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There's the story I've told a few times before.
We used to use another program for remote support, I forget its name now but it began with A and had a red icon.
So one of the lads got this woman to download it and run the executable.
𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿: "Right, can you see that red icon on your desktop? Click on that, please."
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻: "There's no red icon."
𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 "𝘖𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵. 𝘖𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴."
𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿: "OK, What DO you have on your desktop?"
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻: "I've got a mouse, a keyboard, my coffee mug....."
I shit you not.
The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.Nick Triggle (BBC News)
Episode to be broadcast at 9pm tonight (Monday, January 13)By Stephen Briggs (Peterborough Telegraph)
Pastry giant Greggs has yet again hiked up its prices, with the nation's favourite sausage roll now costing £1.30 at most sites across the country.www.expressandstar.com
Meta’s lurch to the Right tees social media giant up for a clash with WestminsterMatthew Field (The Telegraph)
The government will be hoping the plans - with promises of billions of pounds and thousands of jobs - can help stymie the claims they are mismanaging the economy and stunting growth in the UK.Tim Baker (Sky News)
Hold on a minute, @HastingsDirect, how do I know I'm not entitled? I mean, you sent me an email saying that if, as I do, pay by instalments, you'll pay not only the higher rate difference but interest, too. I mean, you even list the date I renewed!
So are you saying not only did you 'mistakenly' overcharge, but you've now mistakenly offered a refund? Are you sure you haven't made another mistake, and I should be refunded?
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Forty minutes of light, sugar-coating snow this morning. The roads are just wet now.
People are driving like there are ten-foot drifts, and the road surface is like Streatham ice rink. 🤦♂️
We will never win another war; we're weak and feckless. 
#UKSnow
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𝐖𝐢𝐟𝐞: "I'm so glad you're back at work today!"
𝐌𝐞: "I'm so glad I'm back at work today!"
𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿
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Now that the dust has settled, #CastleCannon was incredibly underwhelmed with the final Gavin & Stacey. The cast seemed to be working extra hard to create comedy; it didn't come across naturally. The 'party' that led to Smithy oversleeping was a prime example, with the cast acting like they were having a good time rather than looking like they were having a good time. Pam (Alison Steadman) seemed wooden in her (stressed) performances, plus it didn't help that many loved characters were missing. Yeah, yeah. I know Doris is dead in real life.
Favourite bits:
Nessa - Mouth organ
Pete & Dawn
Gwen - Who's coming down the stairs?
Other than that, for me, meh.
#Shrug
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Just stop for a second, put down that nice coffee you're drinking in your secure Western country and think for a minute. Russia believes Ukraine is full of terrorists; Ukraine kills one of Russia's Generals on Russian soil in a bomb attack. Doesn't that sound like a terrorist attack to you? It's undoubtedly an assassination of foreign soil. Imagine if the roles were reversed and it was a Ukrainian General blown up; I bet you'd be ranting and raving then.
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
A man arrested over the killing of a senior Russian general in Moscow was offered $100,000 by Ukraine, authorities have claimed.The Telegraph
Campaigners say they were not properly informed of a pension age rise to bring them in line with men.Kevin Peachey (BBC News)
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This is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm convinced Israel is simply taking advantage of events. I find it hard to believe that with the leading intelligence service in the world, they were unaware of the terrorist attack about to happen on their soil. It gave them, in their view, the mandate to invade and eradicate Palestine "𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!" the opportunity to provide Lebanon with a bloody nose and with the current invasion of Syria and access to Eygipt Israel has managed to almost double its landmass without the West batting an eyelid.
Far be it from me to suggest that the UK, America, France, and a few others are lining up to restock Israel's dwindling arms
#Gaza #Lebanon #Syria #israel
amnesty.org/en/documents/mde15…
This is the executive summary of the report ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza (Index: MDE 15/8668/2024).Amnesty International
So Labour's 'quick fix' of halving prisoners' sentences hasn't worked then; it just bought a bit of time. Of course, far be it from me to point out that any political party could have done that!
#politics
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The Ministry of Justice has announced plans for four new prisons, but Shabana Mahmood said it is ‘still not enough’Millie Cooke (The Independent)
I'm starting to change my mind about #GreggWallce. I'm now thinking this is political correctness going too far yet again, and the so-called "distress" is exaggerated for media consumption.
Jim Davidson hit the nail on the head.
𝗕𝗕𝗖: "Did he touch your bum?"
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻: "No."
𝗕𝗕𝗖: "Did he touch your breast?"
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻: "No."
𝗕𝗕𝗖: "What did he do?"
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻: "Well, I'm still too traumatised to tell you; I haven't slept since he told me the joke.
Old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get poor Rover a bone, and when she bent over, up jumped Rover and gave her a bone of his own."
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FEMALE celebrities are said to be keen to appear on MasterChef after having previously turned it down in the past. In the wake of Gregg Wallace stepping down from his role as a host on the hit cook…Oliver Grady (The Sun)
𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰me 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵 '𝘐𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵' 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧.
We have a local cafe and sandwich shop that was very successful, although owned by a woman who was so large she could barely walk and her husband, who wore one of those medical boots you see a lot these days. I wanted a poached egg sandwich, but every time I phoned the cafe both on a mobile and landline, it immediately cut off, so I walked down the road to the cafe, where I was presented with a guy who had one arm and a stressed-looking young girl. "𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳" I said. The guy told me they had purchased the cafe, but the original owners didn't know the passwords to the Google account, and BT are being arseholes about giving him the original number. So, no telephone orders, then?
While my poached egg was cooked, it was probably the worst, pointless sandwich I've ever had. The yoke was everywhere inside the kitchen foil. It was slightly upsetting to watch him chase the fast-moving egg around the plate with his drainer spoon in an attempt to scoop it up onto the toast.
I await the business to go up for sale or to go under. 🤷♂️
Yet another #Raspberrypi CM module you wont be able to buy.
#CM5
Every year, they do this. Christmas is only four weeks away, and it's an ideal gift for yourself or your geek friend. All the 'influencers' are raving about it, and yet again, it's on pre-order. Do me a favour, Pi Foundation, and announce new stuff in the spring so you can have stock on the shelves by winter.
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Oh, I fully understand the technique. It's about raising desire. Many moons ago, when I was selling mobile phones, the ones that you had to carry the battery around in a suitcase. There was a ploy of handing the prospect the phone and letting them fondle it for a few minutes, and then I'd reach across and almost snatch it from their hands. You'd be amazed at their response, it was like you'd taken something from them and they wanted it back even though they didn't own it. You could see it in their eyes. I'd mess for a few seconds and hand it back, then hit them with the price. 99% of the time, they'd sign right away in case you snatched it from them again, even though I was going to because they hadn't bought my demo phone.
I think the Pi Foundation should do what most of the mobile guys do: talk about it, loan out a few presale models and then announce a release date.
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European equities slip as investors digest vow from president-electArjun Neil Alim (Financial Times)
MPs on the right of the Conservative Party and from Reform UK have been sharing the petition - with Elon Musk also commenting on its launch.Alix Culbertson (Sky News)
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We can only hope. Interestingly, I see from the news this morning that teenagers, the very people who voted #Labour in, will be forced to find work or lose their benefits, which will be difficult given Labour has ensured there are fewer jobs by raising business NI. You've gotta laugh.
𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲?
If you think it's OK for Israel to fire missiles at Lebanon and Iran because those countries fired rockets at Israel, then Russia has every right to fire missiles at the UK and US targets in Europe, given they fired on Russia via their proxy #Ukraine.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62j1g…
BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg assesses the Russian leader's next move.Steve Rosenberg (BBC News)
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That's a cop-out. The US supplied the missiles, and the US (The same as the UK) had to give permission to fire them, so your argument is it's the one who pushed the button or pulled the trigger is to blame.
By your definition, if we or the US, for that matter, give Zelenskyy Trident II SLBM and he fires them, it wouldn't it be our fault?
If you give someone a weapon and they go out and wound or kill someone, even in self-defence, you are complicit.
I thought #Labour had a magic wand to make everything better?
Inflation is on the rise. Pensioners are forced to use their life savings to keep warm, farmers are being squeezed out of business, and energy prices are on the rise.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz6jvl…
I loved the biased BBC presenter trying to put a positive spin on it by telling us that the rise isn't as high as when Ukraine was invaded, But it's getting there, you moron!
#politics
It means someone paying by direct debit and using a typical amount of energy will pay £21 more a year.Kevin Peachey (BBC News)
The fundraiser's family damaged public trust by not donating any money from his books, a report finds.Jon Ironmonger (BBC News)
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC he's "devastated" by the death of his former deputy at the age of 86.BBC News
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It seems that the outgoing president, Joe Biden's parting gift, will be to push Russia to the brink of war with the West, regardless of whether Putin is the aggressor in all this. Try to keep in mind the Russians are not just fighting Ukraine but twenty-six other countries as well, all of whom are supplying not only weapons but soldiers too.
Remember, children, the Russians have an ingrained devotion to their country. That's why they called WWII "The Great Patriotic War." and you thought Trump was dangerous, I'm more scared of Biden.
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It comes after Ukraine used US-made longer-range missiles for the first time to strike targets inside Russia.BBC News
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The corridors of Whitehall are in panic mode.
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in reply to dick_turpin • •For me, it looks like a lot of Smoke & Mirrors. I can't fathom how the voter falls for one minute, "We'll raise business NI to get some money in." the next telling everyone "We want to work closely with businesses."
These proposals are simply paper lanterns that will probably go up in smoke. Given it's going to take at least ten years for work to start and another fifteen years to complete, I suspect Labour's idea is to gain maximum kudos today for the idea, knowing full well the Tories or A-another will get into power and cancel it long before the first shovel of soil is turned.
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in reply to dick_turpin • • •(They learned this from UKIP, who had no ideas but hating 'forriners& Lefties' - that only upset people who were never going to vote for them and Tories who just told obvious lies.)
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in reply to dick_turpin • • •Dunno where you're getting the idea the left is silent about it, I've seen constant mockery disgust and alarm. The very post above yours in my timeline is linking to the Guardian [ theguardian.com/commentisfree/… ]. Even the Guardian!
I agree it'll probably just waste billions and then get cancelled before completion.
Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this?
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