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That's a poo poo chainsaw, very embarrassing for the lad.
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Dec 14, 2023 15:36
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Oh it absolutely didn’t happen. He’s taking a quality beating in the replies. Absolute tool
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Dec 14, 2023 15:42
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my front door also opens into the lightness shadow realm
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Dec 14, 2023 15:42
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Ah, Persimmon house?
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Dec 14, 2023 15:58
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fuctifino posted:Here's the graphic that Labour MPs were posting yesterday: Keith run out of policies/promises to walk back on, so he's made up some more?
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Dec 14, 2023 16:13
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ThomasPaine posted:Speaking of landlords I also have a question about maintenance stuff. Our flat is generally fine and the letting agent is refreshingly hands off most of the time, but does generally respond to repair requests quickly. We have one corner of the living room though where the wall is obviously hollow. I'm guessing it's where the pipes etc are. We've clearly got a leaky pipe somewhere because since like a year and a half ago we've noticed damp patches appearing on the wall and ceiling. They aren't getting massively worse but they occasionally do spread a bit. I've now reported this like 3 times, and beyond telling me to ask my upstairs neighbour if he's had any issues in his flat, which he hasn't, the letting agent has pretty much ignored the issue completely. Speaking as someone who's lived in a block with leaks, if your letting agent doesn't want to do anything about it and you're genuinely concerned about it (because it sounds like the agent/landlord couldn't give a poo poo) then consider speaking to the management company of the property directly. They get incredibly anxious about leaks since those tend to get everywhere and eventually becomes their problem as well if it encroaches into the communal areas. Then they're on the hook for repairs/insurance/etc since the structure insurance is by them.
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Dec 14, 2023 20:17
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Oh cool another authoritarian thing that the tories can fail to implement and that labour can pick up the embers of and make it shitter. Banning kids from the internet. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/14/rishi-sunak-considers-curbing-social-media-use-under-16s
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Dec 14, 2023 21:16
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quote:The government is considering further action despite bringing in the Online Safety Act, which requires social media platforms to shield children from harmful content or face fines of up to 10% of a company’s global revenue. lol ok sure, good luck with that
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Dec 14, 2023 21:37
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Seems like I've been hearing about this Online Safety Act, that's definitely going to happen, for years now.
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Dec 14, 2023 21:39
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keep punching joe posted:Oh cool another authoritarian thing that the tories can fail to implement and that labour can pick up the embers of and make it shitter. Banning kids from the internet. I'm using a new browser and got the cookies popup. I was about to close it when I noticed:  156 partners. Then at the bottom a request to sign up so I can pay a monthly fee for my personal data to be shared with 156 partners.
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Dec 14, 2023 21:48
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kecske posted:lol ok sure, good luck with that Rishi squaring up to Cleggy and demanding he gets the Facebook Chequebook out.
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Dec 14, 2023 21:57
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Pistol_Pete posted:Seems like I've been hearing about this Online Safety Act, that's definitely going to happen, for years now. We will all be being facially scanned before we can jack off by the General Election. Have no doubt.
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Dec 14, 2023 21:58
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I've seen a few of those recently, where the message is: " Hey, is it ok to share all your data with literally hundreds of other firms?" Dunno if there's some new law or something.
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Dec 14, 2023 22:00
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Sunak wants to extend No Nut November to the full year. edit: I have a firefox extension that automatically declines all optional cookies.
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Dec 14, 2023 22:00
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keep punching joe posted:Sunak wants to extend No Nut November to the full year. Trying to figure out if these 2 sentences are related
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Dec 14, 2023 22:06
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smellmycheese posted:We will all be being facially scanned before we can jack off by the General Election. Have no doubt. I guess that's one way to spoil your ballot.
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Dec 14, 2023 22:07
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Dec 14, 2023 22:10
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kecske posted:lol ok sure, good luck with that The funny thing is, doesn't the EU have some very similar laws in place now? Such as GDPR and all that stuff? If a company doesn't comply, the EU will fine them up to 10% of their global revenue or whatever that number was. What could be the difference between the EU threatening a 10% fine and the UK threatening a 10% fine? Why would one be more, or less, credible than the other? Could it be that... the UK's threat is maybe not as credible as the EU's?  It's almost as if... no, wait, sorry. I've just been informed that there is no such thing as an alliance of countries, there are only men and women and shining individualist Singapores on a hill
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Dec 14, 2023 22:25
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https://twitter.com/christiancalgie/status/1735399764991385864  e: If I was a betting person, I'd bet  Sebastian is Gove's lovechild
fuctifino fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Dec 14, 2023 |
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Dec 14, 2023 22:42
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smellmycheese posted:We will all be being facially scanned before we can jack off by the General Election. Have no doubt. Jesus christ, this is just basically dating now?
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Dec 14, 2023 22:51
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fuctifino posted:https://twitter.com/christiancalgie/status/1735399764991385864 I resent this. Michael Gove's species isn't capable of love.
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Dec 14, 2023 23:16
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Frogs are capable of love Anyway, this has just come across my radar - https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/secondary/talks-under-way-Alevel-replacement quote:A consultation on how to develop a new post-16 qualification - the Advanced British Standard (ABS) - aimed at replacing A levels is being launched by the government today. fuctifino fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Dec 14, 2023 |
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Dec 14, 2023 23:30
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please dont besmirch the reputation of frogs
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Dec 14, 2023 23:31
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Poor Seb. Years of strategic planning felching obediently at the Tory arse as a client journalist and the guy just can’t get a break. I guess the membership have decided they’re not quite ready for Gove 2: Briefcase Boogaloo
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Dec 14, 2023 23:34
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forkboy84 posted:I resent this. Michael Gove's species isn't capable of love. gently caress you, love is love 
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Dec 14, 2023 23:35
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Dec 14, 2023 23:40
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bollocks
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Dec 14, 2023 23:41
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NotJustANumber99 posted:bollocks Apparently not bollocks
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Dec 14, 2023 23:44
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NotJustANumber99 posted:bollocks Crocraft & Hambler (1989) noted that the frog seemed to benefit from living in proximity to the spider by eating the small invertebrates that were attracted to prey remains left by the spider. The frog presumably also benefits by receiving protection: small frogs like this are preyed on by snakes and large arthropods, yet on this occasion we have a frog that receives a sort of ‘protection’ from a large, formidable spider bodyguard. Hunt (1980) suggested that the spider might gain benefit from the presence of the frog: microhylids specialise on eating ants, and ants are one of the major predators of spider eggs. By eating ants, the microhylids might help protect the spider’s eggs.
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Dec 14, 2023 23:44
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The spiders are planning something
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Dec 14, 2023 23:45
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this is basically saying that slavery is ok
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Dec 14, 2023 23:45
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What I was trying to say, is that the Tories are the spiders and Michael Gove is the frogs. But I'm also ok with discussing the actual frogs.
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Dec 14, 2023 23:46
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Murdoch is Gove's spider
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Dec 14, 2023 23:49
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I think the frogs arrive of their own accord, unless the spider literally carries them in with their terrifying mandibles and fangs.
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Dec 14, 2023 23:49
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fuctifino posted:Frogs are capable of love Why don't they just do the IB instead of inventing our own version? IB is well developed and many people have heard of it, there are countless materials out there already for it. I recall back in the 80s before GCSEs were a thing, the plethora of variations of qualifications such as GCE O-level, CSE, GCE A-level, CEE (sort of 'A-level CSEs'), HND, OND, HNC, ONC, RSA, 'double science' or 'treble science' GCE which counted as 2 or 3 O-levels (which I know is common now with GCSEs but was a very new idea back then), and unless employers were familiar with changes in the education system, most weren't, young job applicants who had been subjected to these experimental qualifications were forced to try to explain them to interviewers while not fully understanding them themselves. CPVEs how could I have forgotten those! But one aspect of it was Scottish or Irish interviewees who had done Higher School Certificate (or whatever it was called) which were something like these 'broad' qualifications would tell employers they were the equivalent of 7 A-levels! And now they've completely inverted the grade scales. Some GCE O-level boards had 1-9 where 9 was essentially a grade showing you hadn't learned a thing (other boards had variations on A-E). CSEs had the same grading where a Grade 4 CSE (awarded for muddled and incomplete understanding - I kid you not) was supposed to be the standard achievable by a typical 16 year old. Whereas now, a 9 is top. What was that portfolio thing students were supposed to collect 'for employers to see' in the 90s I think? It was after my time, but probably in the timescale of some of you on here. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Dec 14, 2023 |
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Dec 14, 2023 23:50
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Sad to report that NJAN99 has been probated, once again, for posting Ogre Schlong
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Dec 15, 2023 00:18
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Because 'Baccalaureate' sounds french, so we can't have that. Instead we'll get A BS course.
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Dec 15, 2023 00:19
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:What was that portfolio thing students were supposed to collect 'for employers to see' in the 90s I think? It was after my time, but probably in the timescale of some of you on here. Records of Achievement. Started during my time just before doing GCSEs. Absolutely useless, still have mine and still has various teachers writing 'is ok but could do better' in different ways. And forever it shall be known that I am excellent at the recorder in year 2 of Music. Surprised that didn't get me into a 100k/yr job instantly. happyhippy fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Dec 15, 2023 |
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Dec 15, 2023 00:28
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Pistol_Pete posted:I've seen a few of those recently, where the message is: " Hey, is it ok to share all your data with literally hundreds of other firms?" Dunno if there's some new law or something. Technically, GDPR (including the UK version) requires that companies are transparent with you about who they are sharing your personal data with. Some of the strictest interpretations of it (which is pushed for by privacy advocates) suggest that this includes naming literally every single third party that they share the data with - this will include a wide range of data processors - this includes not only the sinister users you can imagine (who will use it to advertise to you for all eternity), but also perfectly legit service providers (ie: that the Guardian uses for normal stuff and relatively harmless stuff like understanding their analytics) Most companies don't bother listing every third party, because its quite onerous, and nobody cares enough to insist on it. They just give a general idea of the types of third parties they share with. GDPR also beefed up the rules around cookies - its the reason you're bombarded by requests to consent to cookies on every website you visit. They legally have to ask you for consent, for almost every type of cookie (even for non-sinister ones like understanding where you are visiting from), with the sole exception of ones that are 100% necessary to prevent the website from catching fire (ie: the kind that remember you have an item in your shopping basket, etc). This requirement is now widely considered to be a mistake (ie: the people writing it didn't realise it would be this intrusive), as the public honestly doesn't care that much about cookies, but is bothered by the fact every website pesters them with cookie pop-ups. Both the EU and UK plan to relax this requirement.
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Dec 15, 2023 00:31
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:What was that portfolio thing students were supposed to collect 'for employers to see' in the 90s I think? It was after my time, but probably in the timescale of some of you on here.
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