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@WiteWulf "We share your information with 821 partners", says the cookie warning.

Eight
Hundred
And
Twenty
One.

Many of which are under "essential". Screw that.

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@WiteWulf "We share your information with 821 partners", says the cookie warning.

Eight
Hundred
And
Twenty
One.

Many of which are under "essential". Screw that.

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@Coinin @neil I suspect in many cases the enforced isolation in 20 and 21, coupled with very aggressive messaging from health authorities, governments and the conspiracy lobby removed or softened some of the previously held social rules about community. I'm no sociologist or psychologist, but it seems to me that a small but vociferous section of society were empowered to have a voice where previously they'd have just been the bloke in the pub that everyone laughed at.

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@Coinin @neil I suspect in many cases the enforced isolation in 20 and 21, coupled with very aggressive messaging from health authorities, governments and the conspiracy lobby removed or softened some of the previously held social rules about community. I'm no sociologist or psychologist, but it seems to me that a small but vociferous section of society were empowered to have a voice where previously they'd have just been the bloke in the pub that everyone laughed at.

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@neil I suspect the same sentiment was subsequently uttered by the woman he was with. Her face was one of simultaneous embarrassment and anger.

I expected to then keep bumping into them in various aisles, as one does, but no. Made me wonder if she'd dragged him outside for burial 😁

I did find myself wondering why he felt that anything needed to be said, though.

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@neil I suspect the same sentiment was subsequently uttered by the woman he was with. Her face was one of simultaneous embarrassment and anger.

I expected to then keep bumping into them in various aisles, as one does, but no. Made me wonder if she'd dragged him outside for burial 😁

I did find myself wondering why he felt that anything needed to be said, though.

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@neil I'm going through chemo for prostate cancer at the moment, so my immune system is compromised.

A couple of weeks ago I needed to go to the local supermarket, and was walking in having put a mask on when a bloke just ahead of me decided to say "you know you don't need to wear those now, right?"

The look on his face when I replied was priceless: "I'm having chemotherapy for stage 4 prostate cancer so I'm immunocompromised. How's your day going?"

If a hole opened up he'd have jumped in it.

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@neil I'm going through chemo for prostate cancer at the moment, so my immune system is compromised.

A couple of weeks ago I needed to go to the local supermarket, and was walking in having put a mask on when a bloke just ahead of me decided to say "you know you don't need to wear those now, right?"

The look on his face when I replied was priceless: "I'm having chemotherapy for stage 4 prostate cancer so I'm immunocompromised. How's your day going?"

If a hole opened up he'd have jumped in it.

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@WiteWulf my heat pump consumed 60 kWh to do the same job.

Eye wateringly expensive right now, but around 50% of the energy consumption prior to switching from a boiler and considerably lower CO2 emissions to boot.

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@WiteWulf my heat pump consumed 60 kWh to do the same job.

Eye wateringly expensive right now, but around 50% of the energy consumption prior to switching from a boiler and considerably lower CO2 emissions to boot.

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@neil @ben I've recently got myself a Pixel tablet to keep me company on my long and slow hospital visits.

It's really rather nice with the Google stuff on it. I'll see how long I keep thinking that before I try anything custom - I use Sky Go and I imagine that'll have a check for "ARGH THIS PERSON ISN'T USING THE RIGHT OS!"

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@neil @ben I've recently got myself a Pixel tablet to keep me company on my long and slow hospital visits.

It's really rather nice with the Google stuff on it. I'll see how long I keep thinking that before I try anything custom - I use Sky Go and I imagine that'll have a check for "ARGH THIS PERSON ISN'T USING THE RIGHT OS!"

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@neil That's a really good spot, thanks. That can go in the "just in case" mifi-widget.

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@neil That's a really good spot, thanks. That can go in the "just in case" mifi-widget.

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@ben I had one of them. It was *perfect*, so when it stopped getting updates and then the battery failed I was quite upset. I managed to resurrect it with TWRP, the old CyanogenMod and a replacement battery and got a couple more years out of it but ultimately the processor was left behind.

As a form factor though, they were superb.

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@ben I had one of them. It was *perfect*, so when it stopped getting updates and then the battery failed I was quite upset. I managed to resurrect it with TWRP, the old CyanogenMod and a replacement battery and got a couple more years out of it but ultimately the processor was left behind.

As a form factor though, they were superb.

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@bloor your parrot doesn't bark then?

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@bloor your parrot doesn't bark then?

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@WiteWulf if I want to use the bus to get to and from work, it takes longer than that. I have to catch a bus into town first, then walk a bit, wait, then get the bus to campus which at 9am is often so full you have to wait for the second or third one to come.

Radial bus services are a pain.

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@WiteWulf if I want to use the bus to get to and from work, it takes longer than that. I have to catch a bus into town first, then walk a bit, wait, then get the bus to campus which at 9am is often so full you have to wait for the second or third one to come.

Radial bus services are a pain.

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@TGG303 @WiteWulf it's really very good - very funny in parts, really touching in others.

And Kerry Godliman is a very funny woman, her standup stuff is brilliant 😁

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@TGG303 @WiteWulf it's really very good - very funny in parts, really touching in others.

And Kerry Godliman is a very funny woman, her standup stuff is brilliant 😁

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@WiteWulf ah. Much bruising?

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@WiteWulf ah. Much bruising?

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@WiteWulf I wasn't, I saw a notification from the Plod.

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@WiteWulf I wasn't, I saw a notification from the Plod.

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@WiteWulf Watch out for the jackknifed truck on Ashby Road. I think it's at the Snell's Nook junction, outbound to the motorway.

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@WiteWulf Watch out for the jackknifed truck on Ashby Road. I think it's at the Snell's Nook junction, outbound to the motorway.

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@WiteWulf Worth seeking out The End of the F***ing World again. Even if you did watch it first time round, the first series definitely bears rewatching.

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@WiteWulf Worth seeking out The End of the F***ing World again. Even if you did watch it first time round, the first series definitely bears rewatching.

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@WiteWulf @sodslawyer and caffeine, whether in tea, coffee, energy drink or tablet. Perfectly acceptable until someone takes too much of it.

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@WiteWulf @sodslawyer and caffeine, whether in tea, coffee, energy drink or tablet. Perfectly acceptable until someone takes too much of it.

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@matt303 Welcome to the American Way.

Ultimately you will need to thank them for employing you, rather than them thanking you for your work.

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@matt303 Welcome to the American Way.

Ultimately you will need to thank them for employing you, rather than them thanking you for your work.

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@WiteWulf well I for one am glad to see that the decorations from the former briefing room got properly upcycled.

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@WiteWulf well I for one am glad to see that the decorations from the former briefing room got properly upcycled.

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@greenjimll it's also been one of those days where I've been cursing the people who panic, refuse to actually think about the error message they've been given, and then randomly fire upset messages to colleagues who are nothing to do with the issue.

You know, by opening chats or discussions in entirely the wrong place. Disturbing all and sundry, and then disclaiming any prior knowledge of the work being done despite all the internal comms.

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@greenjimll it's also been one of those days where I've been cursing the people who panic, refuse to actually think about the error message they've been given, and then randomly fire upset messages to colleagues who are nothing to do with the issue.

You know, by opening chats or discussions in entirely the wrong place. Disturbing all and sundry, and then disclaiming any prior knowledge of the work being done despite all the internal comms.