TediousParrot

joined 2 years ago
[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Biscuit of the day (BOTD)

What is your favourite biscuit? What biscuit will you be having with elevensies? What biscuit do you hate? What do you call a garibaldi?

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Phil Westlake, who used to design IT systems for several large UK companies.

That's who.

I get that a lot of my IT colleagues don't want to faff around with self hosting email, or even running their own domain. But I really struggle with the idea that those who work in IT would ever trust their email to their ISP. That's just asking for trouble.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

I had to check it wasn’t April 1st.

Fair play to them, if they think they can do better elsewhere then have at it.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I sometimes think this is because of commercial real-estate, the death of the high-street, Pret not making as much money, etc.

But more often than not I think that it is because MPs and CEOs don't actually like spending time with their families. Their work is their hobby, they don't want to be 'home with the kids', and they like the office culture they have developed over their career. In the office they are important. At home they have to do the dishes.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 36 points 2 years ago (4 children)

"Concerns" - sure, be concerned but let the trial play out. That's the point of a trial, to assess if something works or not.

The problem with MPs is that they continually ignore facts in favour of stupidity.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I concur, but what type of salt and vinegar?

  • Discos: Not as good as they were when I were a lad.
  • Walkers: Consistently ok.
  • Kettle: Good if you are feeling a bit posh, but the balsamic vinegar can be overwhelming.
  • McCoy's Ridge Cut: Excellent.
[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Not sure I would consider that to be mildly infuriating.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago

I think the minimum for the Telegraph is 100 words for which he will be paid thousands.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Other language options may be important in the future anyway. Say for example you are researching a trip to Madrid. You find some communities for Madrid but don’t see any posts because they are all in Spanish. If you could see them then you can always use a translation tool.

Granted for general browsing outside of that use case, I only want to see English.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

Non-amp link to BBC news article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-65700288

A Belfast student has called for Of Mice and Men to be removed from the GCSE English literature course. Angel Mhande raised concerns about racial slurs used in the book, including the N-word.

Professor of American literature at Queen's University Belfast Philip McGowan said teachers needed more detailed guidance on how to teach Of Mice and Men.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

Looks to me like it is the school that is taking the piss.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is also !bristol@lemmy.ml because what would this would be with only one Bristol?

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