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OwlFancier, crispix)
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If you want to improve fixtures of any kind you can either improve the surface area of the join, or try to reduce the amount of weight they're supporting. Which if it's a coat rack attached to your door is going to look like extending the vertical fixture points so the leverage of the weighted hook isn't all being taken up by some screws directly behind it. You can get bracket plates at B&Q which might help, attach the coat rack to the plate and then the plate to the door to spread the fixings out further https://www.diy.com/departments/hardware/brackets/DIY580647.cat?Navigation+type=Plate Might look a bit unappealing (though you could paint it same colour as the door when you're done) but presumably it's going to be behind your coats 99% of the time anyway  Failing that yeah an over-door hook one is probably ideal, if your coats rip a chunk out of the outer edge of the door then god alone can help you (at least the aspect of Him that's a carpenter) OwlFancier fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Apr 9, 2024 |
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Apr 9, 2024 19:27
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Rachel Reeves on the news there putting distance between Starmer Tories and radical lefties like...Gordon Brown, who had the temerity to suggest that early childhood supports like SureStart are good for the country. Such a wonderful message of "no money for anyone or anything, gently caress off" which will surely resonate with the voting public
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Apr 9, 2024 19:42
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:
It's not an issue on 64 bit systems/software which have been standard for ages now (even longer for actual commercial Unix, back to the mid 90s ish). It is an issue with embedded stuff and legacy commercial software but the latter isn't prevalent quite the way mainframe stuff was. In any case its far enough off still nobody seems to be panicking yet. Nor were people in 1986 ofc...
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Apr 9, 2024 19:48
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Gordon Browns left nut has more economics knowledge than Rachel Reeves
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Apr 9, 2024 19:48
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Failed Imagineer posted:Rachel Reeves on the news there putting distance between Starmer Tories and radical lefties like...Gordon Brown, who had the temerity to suggest that early childhood supports like SureStart are good for the country. Such a wonderful message of "no money for anyone or anything, gently caress off" which will surely resonate with the voting public oh yes I accidentally saw that when quitting out of youtube earlier and after declaring some female anatomy managed to change the channel
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Apr 9, 2024 19:50
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We have an optional customer survey at work, and someone has complained about the question asking if the customer identifies as having a disability. Someone has written a very heartfelt complaint asking us to remove the word 'identify', because their disability is a diagnosis and not an identity they chose. There are people here much better placed than I to comment, so please cast your votes: hate crime or no?
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Apr 9, 2024 21:12
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you or them? verdict? both guilty
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Apr 9, 2024 21:14
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Just Another Lurker posted:Saw a Palestinian flag flying in a nearby village in N.I. , that was nice. Also went off on one about how we used to live in bog huts made out of mud so I should be thankful for my terraced house made from actual bricks rather than mud slapped into squares, but it was nice to see the murals.
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Apr 9, 2024 21:23
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Not a hate crime, but definitely needs a rewording. Might be better as "do you have a disability (with or without a formal diagnosis)." I can see what they're going for on a nitpicky point of accuracy. There are people with hidden disabilities who might find it difficult to get a diagnosis - autism, chronic fatigue and ME for example. Those people might technically 'identify as' disabled without being able to provide evidence of a diagnosis, because the waiting lists are nightmarish or a lot of doctors will just straight up not believe you. However those same people would also probably describe themselves as being disabled, because that is their experience - the same way trans women are women, and saying they 'identify as' implies to an extent that they aren't. Self diagnosis is a particular bugbear in autism communities for example, but again I can't see many people who would describe themselves as 'identifying as' autistic. We are autistic. It's an inseperable part of who we are. The whole thing sounds like someone who's attempting progressive language without really understanding the issues behind it.
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Apr 9, 2024 21:28
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Lady Demelza posted:We have an optional customer survey at work, and someone has complained about the question asking if the customer identifies as having a disability. The two aren't mutually exclusive. Like... you can have a diagnosis of the 'tism, but it's up to you whether you choose to identify as autistic. That person is being a dumbass.
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Apr 9, 2024 21:28
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bessantj posted:Oh hey, he's a comedian? Will have to look at his twitter, I love a good laugh aaaaaah they paid for a good and/or service, check mate, "marxists"!!!! 
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Apr 9, 2024 21:35
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crispix posted:aaaaaah they paid for a good and/or service, check mate, "marxists"!!!! Using capitalist money, I see??
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Apr 9, 2024 21:37
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The wording I remember encountering is "do you consider yourself to have a disability?"
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Apr 9, 2024 21:57
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mossyfisk posted:The wording I remember encountering is "do you consider yourself to have a disability?" which is kind of the same issue? I guess its like why are they asking the question? What outcomes are they after
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Apr 9, 2024 22:01
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NotJustANumber99 posted:which is kind of the same issue? I guess its like why are they asking the question? What outcomes are they after I assume to accommodate disabled customers better?
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Apr 9, 2024 22:03
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i guess they should just write: disabled? yes/no
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Apr 9, 2024 22:10
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NotJustANumber99 posted:i guess they should just write: But that raises the question of "according to who" which is where the distinction of diagnosis v. self-identifying comes into play
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Apr 9, 2024 22:26
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Two answers, and two opposite opinions! The survey isn't asking for people's medical history. It's asking people what they think, not what their doctor thinks.
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Apr 9, 2024 22:28
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Microplastics posted:But that raises the question of "according to who" which is where the distinction of diagnosis v. self-identifying comes into play whom
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Apr 9, 2024 22:30
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoCcDi8zH8M
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Apr 9, 2024 22:47
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This gave me a hearty chuckle https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1777812518716559429
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Apr 9, 2024 22:49
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A fart from fartlow I don't have an apple device to see.
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Apr 9, 2024 22:58
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I love that all the news about the Rwanda plan is either our government stepping on rakes or their government landing easy dunks on us
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Apr 9, 2024 22:59
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Lady Demelza posted:We have an optional customer survey at work, and someone has complained about the question asking if the customer identifies as having a disability. depends. what's their forums username
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Apr 9, 2024 23:01
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Jaeluni Asjil posted:A fart from fartlow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
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Apr 9, 2024 23:15
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Lady Demelza posted:Two answers, and two opposite opinions! Some people find the medicalization of aspects of themselves to be validating, or they find the imposition of a diagnosis consistent with feelings of imposition of an element of their being by a force outside their control, and might find the idea that disability can be an identity rather annoying. Other people are going to prefer to make the choice for themselves as to whether they identify with what other people might classify them as and view the idea that others get to classify them dehumanizing. You're not gonna please everyone unfortunately.
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Apr 9, 2024 23:21
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TACD posted:I love that all the news about the Rwanda plan is either our government stepping on rakes or their government landing easy dunks on us There was a story I saw this morning where a housing development that was build to house our refugees has ended up just being sold off to locals. So I think the Rwandans are just giving up
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Apr 9, 2024 23:25
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mediaphage posted:¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “Rome” brings up the flag of the Vatican City🇻🇦, I’ve not found any other non-obvious autocomplete suggestions so far
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Apr 9, 2024 23:29
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TACD posted:It actually does come up on my iPhone, I dunno why though. “London” doesn’t bring up the UK flag, “Dublin” doesn’t bring up the Irish flag. That's weird, it doesn't show up on mine (iOS 17.3.1).
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Apr 9, 2024 23:34
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Runcible Cat posted:That's weird, it doesn't show up on mine (iOS 17.3.1). Shows up for me on 17.4.1, presumably someone snuck it into the latest update
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Apr 9, 2024 23:45
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Interestingly (?) it looks like there are already two Unicode sequences for “Flag for Jerusalem”; IL-JM (🏴) and PS-JEM (🏴) The Palestinian Territories flag (🇵🇸) also contains the regional characters P-S so maybe there’s so weird autocomplete funkiness going on there? Whatever the real answer is I bet it’s ultimately because these flag emoji are just arcane Unicode sigils taped together.
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Apr 9, 2024 23:51
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OwlFancier posted:Some people find the medicalization of aspects of themselves to be validating, or they find the imposition of a diagnosis consistent with feelings of imposition of an element of their being by a force outside their control, and might find the idea that disability can be an identity rather annoying. I was diagnosed with ADHD last year. And it's not like the doctor magically waved a wand and made me disabled. I'm the exact same person I always was, it's just now I have someone with a piece of paper backing me up. I was just as disabled before my diagnosis as I am now. This is why I think the medicalisation of neurodiversity is bullshit because not everyone has had the chance to get diagnosed and some people haven't even figured out that they have something worth getting checked out. And even if they did that assessments can sometimes be a total pot luck based on the doctor you get matched with, how they're feeling that day and how willing the local Trust is to diagnose. But they're all still just as disabled now as they would be with a diagnosis. Just cause I lucked out and managed to get myself rubber stamped doesn't make me any better than the people who haven't.
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Apr 10, 2024 07:38
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Companies that only exist because enough people say they do promote countries that only exist because enough people say they do. Diagnosis works the same way. 🍎🍏
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Apr 10, 2024 07:46
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My wife says that my colourblindness makes me disabled. I laugh in her face. From the toilet, having eaten undercooked meat.
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Apr 10, 2024 08:23
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This produces the image of your wife crouching in front of you while you're making GBS threads, staring into each other's eyes.
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Apr 10, 2024 08:31
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Speaking of things that stop existing in any meaningful way if people just ignore them https://twitter.com/LGBwiththeT/status/1777737442612617248
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Apr 10, 2024 08:36
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Rarity posted:doesn't make me any better than the people who haven't. Its not a competition.
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Apr 10, 2024 09:18
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His Divine Shadow posted:This produces the image of your wife crouching in front of you while you're making GBS threads, staring into each other's eyes. Marriage means never having to poo poo alone 
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Apr 10, 2024 09:39
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Failed Imagineer posted:Marriage means never having to poo poo alone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avb1XbO0EIs
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Apr 10, 2024 09:42
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Failed Imagineer posted:Marriage means never having to poo poo alone NotJustANumber99 posted:Its not a competition.
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Apr 10, 2024 09:45
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