Go on go on go on go on go on
I got another email from MS recently saying: “We understand that moving to a new PC can take time. As part of our ongoing commitment to helping customers stay secure during the transition, the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) programme for personal devices is being provided an additional year.”
Oh do fuck off. I don’t need a new computer, and I certainly don’t need YOU.
Who needs ammo when you’ve got a pointy stick?
May I present a Scottish delicacy - the macaroni cheese pie.
We hire glasses for parties.
https://eventhireuk.com/product-category/tableware-hire/glassware-hire/
It is indeed emus.
A victory for open, global science
I could weep reading this. It’s such a beautiful, pure project, retrieving words of wisdom from past millennia. Not for profit, but because they can. And now the tech is there for anyone with the skills to decipher hundred of other scrolls. Might be recipes for garum, might be poetry, might be complaints about copper, who knows!
Compared to the original it’s bloated. My friends very much enjoyed theirs and didn’t have any more issues than with any other cars. One of them drives a modern Mini Clubman now.
I stood next to a new Rav in the showroom, it seemed overly big to me. I want a small vehicle with a high wheelbase so I can drive on farm tracks.
I was standing in front of a parked SUV the other day and I swear its grille was chest-high. I’m 5’4", I’d definitely not survive if one hit me.
Some years back, a couple of my friends drove Toyota Rav 4s. They were cute little all-wheel drive cars with three doors. This article tracks how the Rav 4 “evolved” into the ugly, massively bloated vehicle it is today. https://www.carwow.co.uk/toyota/rav4/news/8854/toyota-rav4-generations-evolution
My most recent experience in the UK is that they’re fairly generous with painkillers. I was in an orthopedic ward - broken hips, ruptured tendons, that kind of thing. We all got oxycodone and paracetamol (plus laxatives to ward off the consequent constipation). I enjoyed the oxy but didn’t become an addict.
Duck Duck Go is my default, but increasingly I use the Wikipedia app, because usually I’m looking for detailed information, and it’s a cut-to-the-chase option.
I have zero shame. If I’ve had a bad day I watch a couple of episodes to get back on track.
There are three legal systems in the UK: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Scots law in particular has distinct differences from England - for example juries have 15 members.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_law
It’s because the UK is four countries smooshed together.
BLUEY!
BBC News - Woman covertly filmed for ‘humiliating’ social media content - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cdxpqg22q34o
Video version of the original story. He comes across as a creep.
I also have a boring dial toaster. It was given to me by a couple who were afraid of it because it doesn’t pop up. You have to work a lever to get the toast out. Makes great toast.
Comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy vs the then president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
From Wiki: “In place of traditional campaign rallies, [Zelenskyy] conducted stand-up comedy routines across Ukraine with his production company Kvartal 95.”
So I guess that counts…
Cape Horn is the southern tip of South America. The southern tip of Africa is the Cape of Good Hope.
Recently I was having a problem with my banking app and phoned for help. The robot who answered had a helpful suggestion: download the banking app. Then it hung up. I rang back and tried demanding to speak to a human. “All our agents are busy at the moment. Please wait…” While on hold I had a look at the website, and in the small print learned the humans all go home at 6pm. No-one had thought to tell the robot.
When I spoke to a human the next day, she advised me never to speak to the robot, not even to ask for a human. “Don’t say anything, and eventually you’ll be put through.”
Yes, I’m a normal person, and yes, I hate this bullshit. The bank’s human person probably hates this bullshit too, because she has to deal with the aftermath.
(I wrote a letter of complaint and got £50, so it wasn’t a complete bust…)