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Mate of mine installed a power shower on their lighting loop but got tired of it blowing the fuse so he soldered a spoon between the fuse contacts. He wouldn't hear a word of it. And this guy does the maintenance on his own motorcycle, too. 
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https://twitter.com/peston/status/1245469969284050945?s=21 Oh, well that’s reassuring
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Apr 1, 2020 23:24
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Azza Bamboo posted:Mate of mine installed a power shower on their lighting loop but got tired of it blowing the fuse so he soldered a spoon between the fuse contacts. He is the Ur-PO.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:25
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:TSB, sadly. If they have one of those machines in there, I'll use that, if not, I'm paying a builder. They probably won't even flicker. I took out £4k to buy a bike (and this was in the 90s when the Ks were much bigger), leaving my account with like a tenner in it, and all they asked was if they didn't mind it mostly in 20s because they didn't have many 50s.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:26
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It's almost like preventative measures were only put into place very recently, and the true number of cases was being underreported due to lack of testing, or something I dunno I'm not a government minister or one of their advisors though. Or a journalist!!
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Apr 1, 2020 23:27
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ThomasPaine posted:Roughly when is it that the supermarkets open their next day's delivery slots? We went on just after midnight and managed to book an Asda delivery for 2 weeks time. But there was also a random one for this Thursday.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:29
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Noxville posted:https://twitter.com/peston/status/1245469969284050945?s=21 Talking of non-essential workers, eventually the press owners are going to realise they can replace the entire lobby with a speech-to-text bot reading from Whatsapp and save themselves loving millions.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:30
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yeah until it publishes messages from Gibbo
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Apr 1, 2020 23:34
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xtothez posted:I like to think sparkies leave surprises like that as a form of Darwinism. Weed out the ones not paying attention.  Azza Bamboo posted:Mate of mine installed a power shower on their lighting loop but got tired of it blowing the fuse so he soldered a spoon between the fuse contacts. I proved it was because the breaker was a piece of poo poo first and replaced it straight after.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:37
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It's so loving wierd that the Daily Mail is presenting this as basically HIV where like The Test is some unending status when rona obviously is a very different thing practically speaking.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:39
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Ms Adequate posted:Alternative solution: Order something pricey online like a new computer. Make a sizeable donation to the UKMT Solidarity Fund.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:40
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Wonder what brought this on? Google to stop supporting climate change denial companies claiming CV made them rethink. https://agreenergoogle.com/ quote:Today Google stops funding climate change deniers
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Apr 1, 2020 23:42
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Vitamin P posted:It's so loving wierd that the Daily Mail is presenting this as basically HIV where like The Test is some unending status when rona obviously is a very different thing practically speaking. media Crusades are always a big thing for them, it's a way for them to keep relevant. There just needs to be OUTRAGE and FURY and claims that people are acting because some tabloid told them to, it's never been about accuracy (that kinda limits your options)
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Apr 1, 2020 23:45
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Lancet says the average time from infection until death is eighteen days, so we'll likely be on a steady exponential rise until early next week when the effects of the lockdown become apparent.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:51
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^^^ it's still gonna be high because we've been underreporting cases by not testing. Either that or our mortality rate is like 7% instead of 1Jaeluni Asjil posted:Wonder what brought this on? Google to stop supporting climate change denial companies claiming CV made them rethink. this virus (which isn't just something that affects the global south this time) is kinda like a dry run for things like climate change. like it seems a lot of people are suddenly discovering the realities of the way society is organised, how precarious everything is when conditions change, and there's a developing class consciousness where a lot more people are looking at billionaires and their companies and asking why they get to be safe and taken care of, why've they got everything? Why do people have to beg and shame the elon musks for a few crumbs when the world is falling over? so yeah there's gonna be a lot of performative "we're all in this together, you guys" and I reckon there'll be a bunch of PR exercises to try and paint capitalists as actually the good guys, actually, who are in a position of responsibility and who are going to make sure we're all ok, you guys
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Apr 1, 2020 23:52
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:It's because my mother booked a holiday using my account that's almost certainly going to be cancelled, and if it's refunded, it'll go back into my account. Except one of the conditions of my Carer's Allowance/Income Support is not having any more than £6k in savings, which the holiday being refunded would put me over. Your car died, you're buying a replacement. TBH, for that sort of money I've never been asked why I've wanted it.
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Apr 1, 2020 23:53
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Oodles posted:We went on just after midnight and managed to book an Asda delivery for 2 weeks time. But there was also a random one for this Thursday. Mate of mine who's on the vulnerable people list had his Asda delivery cancelled last minute; fortunately he'd been keeping track of it, saw it was going to be mostly unavailable even if it had arrived, and made other arrangements. (Also I offered to do a shopping run for him), so do not depend on Asda.
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Angrymog posted:Mate of mine who's on the vulnerable people list had his Asda delivery cancelled last minute; fortunately he'd been keeping track of it, saw it was going to be mostly unavailable even if it had arrived, and made other arrangements. (Also I offered to do a shopping run for him), so do not depend on Asda. There are a few reports in the Heil finance pages  of peoples' deliveries getting cancelled because when the supermarkets tried to take the money from the debit cards the bank he say no because 'suspicious activity' vulnerable people on a 12 week lockdown doing something unusual - ordering groceries online - causes the auto-fraud detector thing to kick in and by the time they answer the texts the delivery slot is lost.
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Apr 2, 2020 00:08
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i love the auto fraud detector. stops me buying steam games but not when someone emptied my account to buy petrol something i've never bought in a place i've never been to.
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Apr 2, 2020 00:12
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hemale in pain posted:i love the auto fraud detector. stops me buying steam games but not when someone emptied my account to buy petrol something i've never bought in a place i've never been to. I mustn't grumble - it's annoying when it kicks in, but one time it kicked in I was living abroad and someone had used my card number 3 x to get £79 from moneybookers on the same day - a site I have never used - and then the fraud thing blocked my card. This happened shortly (within 2 days) of me using my tablet (over my usual house network) to buy an airline ticket - the first and last time I will ever use a mobile phone or tablet to do anything involving money unless it becomes compulsory. Not convinced of the security of sites designed for mobiles.  (That was about 8 years ago now so I dare say things are more secure. Still, once bitten twice shy!)
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:Wonder what brought this on? Google to stop supporting climate change denial companies claiming CV made them rethink. It's a faaaaakeee.The logo is extinction rebellion, it's one of their stunts.
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Apr 2, 2020 00:23
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that would explain why they tell you to join extinction rebellion at the end there
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I share your view of mobile devices and interfaces to be honest. I have my computer plugged directly into the router too.
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UnquietDream posted:It's a faaaaakeee.The logo is extinction rebellion, it's one of their stunts. April fools  (I did fall for it though. I just went through my history to see what I had done to get to it but nothing sprang to the eyes).
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Darth Walrus posted:Lancet says the average time from infection until death is eighteen days, so we'll likely be on a steady exponential rise until early next week when the effects of the lockdown become apparent.  )i mean i know which one the tories are wanting for Number but we're in this for the the very long haul and wuhan's only slowly starting to get back after an absolute lockdown. ultimately because no one wants to be honest with the public there's going to be a quiet reseed globally when these lockdowns are lifted prematurely, and everyone's going to act surprised when we go into lockdown mk2 maybe let's try this time and the concept of an antibody test meaning you go back to work is comical. you're still be able to carry it from place to place, you just won't be incubating it - it'll still happily stick to your clothes and move from surface to surface
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UnquietDream posted:It's a faaaaakeee.The logo is extinction rebellion, it's one of their stunts. Yes, but the 'joke' is that Google hasn't stopped funding those shits, not that they never were.
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Noxville posted:https://twitter.com/peston/status/1245469969284050945?s=21 Idc if it's ghoulish I think the UK would be better of if he got it and maybe died. or any other high profile journo. They might do their loving jobs
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Apr 2, 2020 00:34
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Certainly the cessasion of them tweeting might be better for the world generally than the presence of it.
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Unkempt posted:Yes, but the 'joke' is that Google hasn't stopped funding those shits, not that they never were. Ah yes, gallows humour...
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Apr 2, 2020 00:37
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Thousands of people are likely to die because only BuzzFeed actually do journalism instead of scolding on twitter https://twitter.com/Richard_AHolmes/status/1245435680119033865?s=19
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It continues to bemuse me that BuzzFeed News and Vice News (as opposed to their entertainment verticals) are legitimately doing better reporting than most legacy media these days.
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Noxville posted:Oh, well that’s reassuring Yeah that's not a fun graph. We've overtaken italy and there's still several days until the delayed effect of the lockdown. When was boris' strong leadership announcement to not go to cafes but not close the cafes but not go to them if you like if you feel like it, the massive effect that must have had should be coming along any day now any day now any day https://mobile.twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1245466314665271298 E: the second graph i mean specifically, these twitter embeds and their inclusion of the last reply
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Angepain posted:Yeah that's not a fun graph. We've overtaken italy and there's still several days until the delayed effect of the lockdown. When was boris' strong leadership announcement to not go to cafes but not close the cafes but not go to them if you like if you feel like it, the massive effect that must have had should be coming along any day now any day now any day Don't forget "we're closing pubs at midnight on a Friday and not right now so the clear implication here is that you can all go and have one last jolly down the local like a good old chicken pox party"
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Obviously China didn’t actually bio-engineer this virus, but they’re probably kicking themselves for not having thought of doing so earlier. You couldn’t imagine a situation that paints China in a better light and hobbles its adversaries as well. The Coronavirus is like an organism genetically designed to showcase how incompetent Western governments have become and how broken Neoliberalism is.
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Apr 2, 2020 01:33
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Or maybe state capitalism is best capitalism.
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Bardeh posted:I'd legit go and pick some strawbs at the farm near my house (apparently 400 quid a week if you're decent at it) but my boss says we're not allowed under our furlough conditions. i'm pretty sure being furloughed at one job is not impacted at all by you taking on another job if you wanted to. Check it to be sure, but I'm fairly sure.
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Coohoolin posted:i'm pretty sure being furloughed at one job is not impacted at all by you taking on another job if you wanted to. To be more specific, check your contract for any clauses prohibiting you for having other employment. Assuming theres nothing there then you're all good. Don't forget though that that £400 is gonna be quite a bit less net as you won't have a tax free allowance on your second job. Now, if you can somehow get furloughed from your second job too you win at late stage capitalism.
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