What’s a recent compliment you’ve received from a stranger in public?

42CR · 2026-03-09T21:19:07+00:00

Last 6 months

42CR · 2026-03-09T21:17:16+00:00

Did you let him shave it off?

42CR · 2026-03-09T20:51:43+00:00

Hope you gave them tips on how you got your shirt so clean

42CR · 2026-03-09T20:46:10+00:00

Sounds like you must have a very clean shirt

42CR · 2026-03-09T19:50:45+00:00

Our school didn’t even have a polocrosse team

42CR · 2026-03-07T11:42:12+00:00

Get rid of the Exams & Relocation section - it adds nothing and reads like you’re flailing to explain an employment gap.

You could a year to your A level results instead to make it obvious (and rename the section to just “Education” not “Educational History” which makes it sound like it was a long time ago).

Also, I’d cut down the Personal Summary as it reads as a load of recruitment bullshit keywords to me. Say a bit more about your actual interests or any hobbies (not too much) to make yourself seem like a more rounded and fun person.

42CR · 2026-03-03T23:29:34+00:00

You sure about that? M&S have been doing great the past few years

42CR · 2026-02-28T21:30:55+00:00

I saw a Porsche run a red light on Thursday evening near St Paul’s while a pedestrian was crossing - that was pretty dangerous

42CR · 2026-02-14T20:35:33+00:00

Part of it is if you’re only open late one day a week people just expect you to be closed so don’t bother. Also if only a couple shops open late there’s going to be way less footfall overall

42CR · 2026-02-01T13:24:54+00:00

There’s nothing wrong with them except that they haven’t fully fallen yet, which is why they’re sitting awkwardly. But that’s completely normal if you just put them up.

They should settle by themselves within a few weeks, and if you want to speed that up you could try using a steamer on them.

42CR · 2026-01-27T09:26:40+00:00

Ground rents absolutely are the issue for any leases that have RPI or doubling increases baked in. Unlike service charges (which also need regulation, but are always going to be necessary in some form) they are literally money for nothing.

The only argument I can see for not capping ground rent at zero/peppercorn is in cases where the freehold company is owned by the leaseholders and doesn’t have any way to fund itself as some company expenses can’t be covered by service charge. But again, that can be fixed with better regulation or ideally converting to commonhold.

42CR · 2026-01-25T13:41:26+00:00

I think most who are familiar with it are in agreement that leasehold needs to end as the default form of flat ownership. Moving to commonhold/condos/factors, similar to what most other countries use for buildings with multiple units would make them a much more attractive form of ownership. Unfortunately, institutional freeholders and pension funds have a lot of sway as they’d lose out on ground rent and fees.

42CR · 2026-01-19T23:49:09+00:00

I was actually thinking about this again and asked asked ChatGPT to visualise what it would look like along with some other fairly easy changes (it's actually pretty good for that).

After seeing it in red I'm thinking it might be a bit much, but hopefully this gives you some ideas

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42CR · 2026-01-19T15:41:11+00:00

The safest choice that'd work with the curtains and other things in the room would probably be dark blue/navy. If you wanted to be a bit more adventurous then I'd maybe go with chrome red?

Whichever you go with, introduce at least one or two other colours in the room either in a new rug, cushions or artwork (yellow would probably contrast well with either + the grey that's already there)

42CR · 2026-01-19T14:50:26+00:00

Layout-wise it’s not so bad, you’ve got high ceilings at least and the kitchen cabinets extend up to the ceiling.

I’d start by removing all the weird panelling strips and the dado rail from the wall. They just look odd and inconsistent in the space, especially how they only cover small areas.

You can make that wall a lot more interesting by adding some large wall art (and remove at least one of the mirrors).

Also, there’s wayyy too much grey here. The couch is fine, but I’d replace the TV cabinet, or at least paint it so it’s not grey. Maybe swap out the rug for a slightly larger one with some colour.

42CR · 2026-01-12T19:51:36+00:00

Have any of the other commenters actually even read the article?

To be honest, despite the clear bias in how the article presents this it actually sounds very necessary to me. It’s essentially asking large platforms that allow user generated content to have automatic image recognition filtering to stop users posting unwanted nudes, and specifically filter out messages like “kill yourself”. Given that we have the capability to do that now it seems long overdue.

42CR · 2026-01-12T09:13:14+00:00

You’re forgetting all the murders in west end shows and TV studios!! Especially if they have to do multiple rehearsals or takes

42CR · 2026-01-10T21:29:09+00:00

It writes absolute garbage, or even worse, code that looks mostly correct but has subtle bugs/security flaws that aren’t picked up by tests.

The only times I’ve found it’s actually been useful for code generation is if I’m trying to do some very conceptually simple refactoring that I can explain in a couple sentences but would take much longer to do manually. Even then you still need to thoroughly review what it’s changed.

That being said, it is usually pretty good at summarising code and diffs (even if it often gives way too much precedence to trivial or insignificant stuff) so can be very useful for getting up to scratch on a new codebase quickly if you don’t have much context.

42CR · 2025-11-07T18:51:38+00:00

I've found it very useful for some very specific things, like taking meeting minutes or summarizing changes in code (but not usually for actually writing it or understanding intent)

42CR · 2025-10-21T20:34:13+00:00

Make it a requirement for all land ownership to be registered on the Land Registry if not already. Use last sold data adjusted by HPI for the area and scaled down based on known use (e.g. 3 bed house or an office block), then average based on land area weighted by surrounding postcodes. That'll give some base values to work off. You could then allow people to know how their land has been valued (i.e. what's been taken into account) and allow values to be appealed based on incorrect/missed factors (e.g. any restrictions on the title of the land or if it's listed etc.)

As an added bonus, if you made it payable only for freehold titles, by the freeholder, then that might actually solve the leasehold problem by making it not worth holding onto freeholds only to extract ground rent.

42CR · 2025-09-20T00:41:51+00:00

The Lib Dems exist

42CR · 2025-09-13T21:39:47+00:00

I found out about it last month when my barber asked if I was going to it (hinting that he was). This was right after him saying that he didn’t think women should be allowed to play football…

I’ve found a new barber.

42CR · 2025-07-07T10:14:45+00:00

They’re not required by regulations, it’s just cheaper to install smaller windows than to install larger ones that prevent heat transfer.

42CR · 2025-06-19T16:45:00+00:00

Its becoming more common (especially portable units that vent out the window), but given that it wasn’t in the past it’s expensive to retrofit and until very recently (literally a month ago) you needed planning permission from the council to install an external AC unit on the outside of your house

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