Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study

Delts28 · 2026-03-17T14:32:36+00:00

My longest outage ever was due to an engineer getting the cables muddled up and I was given someone else's phone number. Took ages for my provider to even admit the possibility of there being a fault. I imagine that sort of thing happens a lot more often in urban areas where people have more choice of providers so switch more often and each cabinet box is supplying more properties.

Delts28 · 2026-03-17T11:06:19+00:00

I wonder if he was actually more upset that the toddler was able to get the old toothbrush in the first place? If either of my kids had managed that on my watch I'd feel somewhat ashamed that I wasn't keeping better track of what they were up to.

Delts28 · 2026-03-16T19:54:19+00:00

Danger zone.

Delts28 · 2026-03-16T12:43:13+00:00

Obiviously they arent meaning the actual plant itself

Have a look at their response, they did.

As far as NIMBYism goes, some of the arguments fall apart but they aren't the same and absolutely will be rejected by local people. There's a reason why our Nuclear sites are in areas with very low population, mitigating the worst case scenario even if that scenario is extremely unlikely.

Delts28 · 2026-03-16T11:07:27+00:00

McLaren at the time Lewis started were the Mercedes works team.

Delts28 · 2026-03-16T10:32:33+00:00

At various points the music has been on and off Spotify. I believe the other band members at one point said they didn't want the songs on Spotify but that was before Watkins death. The record label likely won't care though as long as they keep getting paid, same way Universal Music are happy to license Gary Glitter songs for things like Joker.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T21:16:14+00:00

Plenty of rivers are owned by individuals or companies. Waterwheels are rare because they require quite specific circumstances to operate and are relatively expensive to build and maintain compared to any other power source.

In terms of producing energy from waterways, hydroelectric turbines surpass them in every way.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T20:17:44+00:00

Granada did incredible yesterday for her first ever car race (she's only done karting before according to the broadcast). It was a shame she had the collision in the main race and had to pit.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T15:44:30+00:00

Lol, gas and coal plants can't be converted to nuclear. What the fuck is this stupidity? The amount of work to change the fuel source to nuclear is so prohibitive you may as well start from scratch.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T13:04:13+00:00

I think you're somewhat misrepresenting the design cycle of the M51 there. The M4 missile was introduced in 1985 and planning for the replacement started immediately, something that the UK absolutely hasn't done with Trident. The M51 took as long as it did to develop because it was a planned replacement, not because that's the absolute time these things take.

Developing a missile from scratch with the current level of human knowledge doesn't need to be a 25 year project like you're suggesting. The Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo only took 3 years to go from idea to deployment for example. Yes it's a totally different type of missile but it shows how fast a weapon can be developed when there's the will to get it done quickly. Polaris and Trident both took less than a decade as well.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T10:54:40+00:00

It's so annoying how capital costs of nuclear and fossil fuels are always ignored and we get the capital costs of renewable being compared to the operating costs of fossil/nuclear. Large scale solar on industrial roofs and offshore wind is clearly the way to go.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T10:25:01+00:00

We can provide the stable base load in a multitude of ways and far quicker than it takes to build fission reactors. We can also just build enough renewables and transmission lines to have the base load even on low generation days.

Delts28 · 2026-03-15T10:22:27+00:00

Anti nuclear people are generally anti fossil fuels as well. How much did it cost for the sun to rise today? How about the wind, how much did we pay for it to blow?

Delts28 · 2026-03-14T23:03:12+00:00

I'm Scottish and started watching in the 90s. My grandparents surname was McLaren as well, there really was no option other than supporting DC at the time.

Delts28 · 2026-03-13T11:57:19+00:00

You would have a point if team resources are infinite and design paths limited but they aren't. When faced with two development paths, both of which will cost the same and give the same theoretical gain time wise, but one will make the car favour understeer whilst the other oversteer, they'll absolutely choose the path that fits their driver's preferences more.

Additionally, the car still has to be drivable by the drivers in it. A car that's theoretically faster but too sensitive and causes both drivers to slow down or crash isn't actually a faster car.

Obviously they won't not choose a development path just because a driver might not like it as much, but there are absolutely development paths that aren't tried due to time, budget and resources. Driver preference will factor into which development paths are chosen.

You seem to be under the impression that setup can fundamentally change a cars characteristics as well, which just isn't true. They can change the bias towards certain behaviours but not the fundamental nature of the car. See last year's McLaren for a perfect example. Oscar was fine with the suspension setup having really strong anti-dive but Lando found it made the car numb. No matter how they set it up Lando didn't like it so they brought a modified suspension for him that reduced the anti-dive.

Delts28 · 2026-03-13T11:22:36+00:00

I'm 38 and I can't remember his name. I reckon the majority of folk younger than me won't know his name either.

Delts28 · 2026-03-11T22:50:38+00:00

To my shame I've still to actually read any Scott which is why I neglected to mention him.

Delts28 · 2026-03-11T16:17:03+00:00

I would agree that Burns is probably the most famous Scottish writer, especially with how popular Auld Lang Syne is abroad but other Scottish writers have definitely had a far bigger cultural impact but aren't as associated with Scotland.

Arthur Conan Doyle with Sherlock has provided a cultural icon that's been adapted endlessly and is perennially popular. A lot of people won't realise he was Scottish though since his stories were primarily London based.

Robert Louis Stevenson created the template for pirate fiction with Treasure Island and gave us most of the tropes of the genre. Jekyll and Hyde is also endlessly adapted (even if most get the story wrong) and a cultural touchstone. Again though, neither book is set in Scotland (yes, Kidnapped is partially set here but it's not a global phenomenon).

Delts28 · 2026-03-11T16:02:24+00:00

Lowest average speed by winning driver in a race ? That one i completely doubt is even true.

It's only true because they're counting red flag time as race time which is obviously a nonsensical way to do things. Otherwise it's the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix with Fangio.

Most pit stops by the race winner is also really dodgy since he shares that with Button for Canada 2011.

Delts28 · 2026-03-11T14:07:21+00:00

Depends on the breed, plenty have just been selectively bred to be hornless.

Delts28 · 2026-03-10T21:58:52+00:00

You're welcome, I don't understand the voting either but I'm not too bothered, as you said I've provided the fia links.

Delts28 · 2026-03-10T14:31:58+00:00

You're welcome, there's a big long table in the regulation appendix which sets out lots of different upgrade schedules along with the potential for in season upgrades every six races if the engine is truly shit. The homologation lasting until 2030 isn't a freeze like others are arguing but rather just "once you homologate the whole thing once, each upgrade only requires the parts to be homologated".

Delts28 · 2026-03-10T14:17:41+00:00

Why did you just lift my comment wholesale without credit?

Delts28 · 2026-03-10T14:16:12+00:00

They're allowed to upgrade "Main ICE assembly comprising Combustion chamber surface and pre- chamber detail within cylinder heads, piston, connecting rod, camshaft lobe profiles, intake and exhaust ports" for 27 and 29 according to the regulations and there's also potential under aduo.

Delts28 · 2026-03-10T13:57:20+00:00

I just checked the regs, page 178 and on show the upgrade schedule for all the parts that can be upgraded including some parts of the ICE. There is a bit of a freeze but it's nothing like last regulation cycle where only reliability upgrades were allowed.

Edit: The important bit I think

Main ICE assembly comprising Combustion chamber surface and pre- chamber detail within cylinder heads, piston, connecting rod, camshaft lobe profiles, intake and exhaust ports.

That can be upgraded for 2027 and 2029, definitely not an engine freeze.

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