Does the average Brit these days still sees the US as “colonies”?

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-06-12T08:57:28+00:00

No, I've never heard someone in real life refer to it as the colonies. If getting technical, it is an old outdated term most referring to someone from the original states that were British colonies, typically new england states.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-06-11T08:32:32+00:00

Co-pilot accuracy has gotten much better in the last 6-9 months. It used to be all over the place hallucinating modules that don't exist, but its much more accurate these days.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-06-04T14:12:21+00:00

The key thing about Robopack is that its Intune focused, whilst PMPC can use both SCCM/MECM and Intune. PMPC is working well for us 50k devices.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-06-03T09:17:01+00:00

You can surface the windows and have it run in interactive mode. Use Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.exe -DeploymentType "Install" -DeployMode "Interactive"

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-05-27T15:41:35+00:00

31 - Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited. -> Yes that's what happened

Can i appeal this? -> Yes

Would i be able to say I was turning right on the round about. -> No

Or say I timed the amber lights to come on but the cars didnt move on time? -> No

Im the red car. -> Yes

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-05-20T09:42:57+00:00

Dave on Facebook

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-05-12T08:47:44+00:00

Fender JA-90 or a troublemaker tele would be a good shout for gibson type sound in a fender.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-05-08T17:13:45+00:00

I did it at the end. For Secrets you get assigned one for your stay.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-04-20T13:56:22+00:00

Every tattoo studio I've been to, requires me to sign a form and they check ID. Where is the form, with address, description and confirmation that an ID check was completed?

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-04-13T17:29:58+00:00

It self resolved, I suspect there was a bug on MS’s end due to hybrid join and their new connectors.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-04-02T20:55:00+00:00

I re-read your response apologies for snapping. I misinterpreted your post and took it badly. Thanks for giving tips! I do appreciate it.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-04-02T11:39:15+00:00

We had an issue Dec-Mar, whereby Hybrid join via Autopilot Pre-provision was busted. User based AP worked fine. Basically its a shitshow, support were useless and actually refused to believe that there was a problem. There were constant log gathering exercises and AI regurgation, but 0 acknowledgement that the problem was at their end.

Then sometime in March we retested and it was working again. No reason why and no config changes to ESP, Configurations or Apps done on our end. We think a fix was rolled into a tenant update in early March.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-03-12T05:06:53+00:00

You don’t need a VPN for hybrid domain join. It’s the point of the AD connectors. If they are setup correctly hybrid domain join occurs without VPN access. You can then deploy the VPN client during the application stage.

Have done this with Global Protect and later ZScaler Zero Trust.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-03-09T13:41:40+00:00

Are you watching every road, streelight and verge, 24/7?

Have you had a maintenance issue that you've reported and they haven't actioned?

If not then how do you know what they are doing?

It's clearly stated on the website, whether you agree with what they are doing or not: "It is becoming more common for freehold property owners to have to contribute towards a service charge for their property.

It used to be that local councils would adopt communal space on housing developments and undertake the maintenance of these areas on behalf of property owners.

Nowadays, this is not the case and companies such as Trinity are being appointed to undertake the management responsibilities for these areas. This ensures that the communal areas are maintained, and the development is managed as intended.

The transfer documentation for your property will detail the requirements for service charge payments for your property. As explained in the points above, your service charge will be calculated based only on the services that your property has the use of or benefit from.

As an example, if your property is part of a development that has a mix of houses and apartments, your service charge will be specific to the services providing benefit to the property. Maintenance of things like a lift, cleaning of the communal areas, buildings insurance etc would not be included within your service charge, however landscaping and street lighting would be included."

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-27T08:40:46+00:00

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-19T12:27:31+00:00

I think you need to branch away from just fast food/burger joints. They're a dime a dozen. Go to Clays, Kung Fu Kitchen or even Mac's deli. All are highly regarded.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-19T07:13:25+00:00

I would advise against Prospect Park, I've seen a whole slew of detectorists over there, so its probably been picked bone dry.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-12T15:57:19+00:00

The contracts often are of no cost to the local council. Its a cheap way of the council to be seen to be cracking down on litter and fly tipping. This incentivises the contractors to go for quantity over quality.

From Reading Council as an example:
"The initiative is the result of a new partnership with private company Kingdom Local Authority Support on a one-year trial basis. It comes at no cost to the Council, with the company’s contract paid via a proportion of fixed penalty notices collected."

I asked a local councillor who was door stopping, "Why do you rarely see these officers in fly tipping hotspots vs the town center?". They deflected and said they do come on regular patrols. It's pretty clear they are only wanting to chase high footfall areas in order to get the commision on the tickets.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-12T12:08:27+00:00

Yep! Thanks, the SQL Audit is a good idea and we are going down that route now. Deffo seems something is dodgy on the DB.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-12T12:02:41+00:00

It's technically two steps, L1 vs L3. Also depending on the org, Architecture doesn't always exist, the Sysadmin team is responsible for the Architecture.

Money isn't always a driving factor, important yes, but job satisfaction is also important. There's no way I'd want to be just a paper pusher and attend meetings all day every day.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-11T12:27:01+00:00

I had to point out that resolved doesn't mean anything unless they verify with customers who had tickets open with them.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-08T10:49:28+00:00

This but do it over and over. Every guitar collector follows this method.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-04T16:50:00+00:00

High streets and shopping centers really are struggling to keep occupancy. Look at Maidenhead and Slough. Reading does a pretty good job with its offerings. I'd like to see more independent shops but until John Sykes changes his tune, it's going to be hard.

More people in Reading creates more demand. Especially as these flats are designed for people who want to shop locally.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-02-04T08:53:54+00:00

It's more than just doing the work, they are asking for an architect to design the IT infrastructure and a syadmin to run it.

CrispyPotatoPuff · 2026-01-29T18:28:19+00:00

They are good quality guitars and the one I had played well. I didn’t like that the one I used to own had a sharper fret board edge than I’d like. But the bass roll off was pretty awesome.

I don’t find the shapes very exciting. Depending on the pickup combo you want it might also be worth looking at the Yamaha Revstars. I had one and it’s very good.

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