flexasync.bsky.social
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Surely any fule kno the UK doesn't believe in air con on a fairly basic level? Heh
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I thought at least some buses had aircon but it's laughably ineffectual?
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New baby is a tough moment for the parents' relationship, so it's...exactly when the (usually) man needs to step up and do more! Not disappear up a bot's arse
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With better software, that I already have for work so "free", in a sensible size rather than room-dominatingly-large
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That £150/year was money I couldn't afford when I first moved out on my own, would have cut right into my book budget!
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Computer monitors exist, come without a license fee, and show anything you want rather than what happens to be on. Our kids more often watch on a tablet, but they're still mostly watching stuff we've ripped to the NAS.
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Was at a (quite large) wedding attended by Richard E Grant; we passed one another in the crowd.
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The supreme court has gone American (derogatory), the direct solution is for the legislature to smack them down
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I didn't specify changing the prompt or the model or whatever other part of the system because I don't care and don't think it makes a difference to my point - they're still engaged in a sequence of shutting barn doors after each horse has bolted
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Yeah, I don't think "this updated model doesn't fall for the case that got media attention" is a good argument, sorry, we know these people tweak their models to make them less embarrassing all the time.
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If the true source of the error is an error of recording in the middle of one shift, but it's only noticed in the next shift, it might be coded in a study as a problem at shift change because that's what's on the records. Depends how the study is being run.
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Serious question, is that where they occur or where they're recorded? This sounds like a hard thing to check but I could easily see it going either way.
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My answer to 1) will note that there is according to the Supreme Court a conflict between sex for the GRA and sex for the EA, and the EHRC should help service providers to distinguish which definition is operative for them and how to - without unlawful discrimination - tell where service users fall
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AKA sit down and shut up Supreme court, we have a big majority and won't sit still for you rewriting the law. It could have been so easy
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"It appears the legislation was less clear than it's drafters thought at the time. We will be acting swiftly in Parliament to return to the situation where Gender Recognition Certificates were effective for their stated purpose and resolving any conflicts that raises with the Equality Act."
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There's spinach, I thought I also saw a floret. Might have been hallucinating
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Cabbage, carrot, broccoli?
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Whew lad, cos parents don't get stick from daring to take kids out when they're not perfectly behaved?
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I've been involved in hiring recently for a UK charity; substantial numbers of LLM applications, but get rid of those and it's...fine? Saying that though in our ATS the hiring manager can view *all* applicants, the filtered list is just the default.
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The whole thing feels very, very American (derogatory) - use a false reading of the law to get a court judgement, expect the legislature can't/won't smack the court down with fresh legislation, then expect that to win a culture war
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"We thought this would end the argument, but somehow people won't shut up about judges changing the law to enshrine rank bigotry??"
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Think I was aware the bus existed, but I walked everywhere at that age, didn't even consider alternatives if walking was <1 hour
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Ah, this was an open day that put me off a bit, I never made it there properly!
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I mean, this was 20 years ago but I don't remember seeing anything dodgy or rough, just a touch run down?
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I have had that reaction in the UK but I walked from Cov station to Warwick uni
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Wheel of Time has dodgy politics and fucked up gender dynamics, but it's an epic fantasy on a scale not much else around in the 00s matched, with dynamic characters and big set pieces built up over volumes. Not sure I could reread it but I'm never going to forget it
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Hard disagree, bottle feeding is fine but breastfeeding has serious advantages in practicality, if it's working for mother and baby it's harder not to do it.
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The only way I'd let ChatGPT plan me a holiday would be with the idea that dealing with its many fuckups was the adventure...
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This only excludes Churchill because he wasn't in charge - for all his many flaws and failings he saw the Nazis as a clear threat from at least 1933 - and was looked at like an insane person.
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On my quiet cul-de-sac there is one household militantly against kids playing outside. They've been known to park their car in the middle of the street to "unload it" and yell at toddlers for running past. Delivery drivers can be dangerous, but at least they aren't that kind of toxic
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The law in this country (Gender Recognition Act 2004) states that a Gender Reassignment Certificate means the holder should be treated as their new gender. The Supreme Court has run rough-shod over that like they're SCOTUS. This isn't law vs science it's law vs bigotry - today is a loss for law
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And I feel like if you still care about that distinction rather than just saltimg the earth, the best way to find out is to talk to somebody who isn't the proven liar directly.
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Nah, go to the partner first, give the liar no opportunity to triangulate before the word is out.
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Informing the partner, with some receipts, is a kindness IMO. Going direct to their entire family feels like it's a bit much tho I wouldn't judge a friend for that choice.
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If memory serves GM bought both Opel and Vauxhall in the late 20s or early 30s.
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Can you imagine a Ford Ka on a US highway??
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Bollocks it is, the landlords who will do any extra maintenance or repairs after a pet-owning tenant moves out is de minimis, so there's no extra cost to them, so no justification for an extra charge
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Why then are the younger men not as bad?
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I think a lot of it is men being radicalised by their own romantic failure and/or divorce, which a lot will be going through in their late 30s/early 40s? I've definitely seen some nasty stuff online from former friends in that age bracket
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On the same path though, and some of the steps between here and there are not in our control.
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100%. We're supporting Ukraine now, no? Same question
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If we finally elect a Labour government and they enact the biggest cuts since Austerity when the state is already creaking, what the fuck was the point?
Is a Labour government that keeps up the general malaise and decay of the last 15 years going to get reelected?
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GJ Monroe, get home safe
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Lol skill issue
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Good work GotN! This was genuinely interesting to read and hopefully it can be helpful to other people - Jack certainly sounds like plenty of people I've known over the years!
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My small fluffy dog has (outside of massively special circumstances) lost off lead privileges: he's going deaf, so he can't hear he's being called. I feel bad for him, but like you say he can't reliably come when called so he has to be on the lead.
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Even when I wanted Corbyn as Labour leader his takes on foreign policy were obviously shit. Nostalgia for a Labour leadership that believed it was okay to spend money doesn't require denying that fact.
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Why do people think that persuading a separate power bloc to sign up and join you is a sign of weakness? So bizarre