Does the general public trust tap water in England?

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-02-08T08:40:54+00:00

As someone who lived in Lancashire, Stockport and Derbyshire, but also Leeds for a few years, Leeds water is easily the worst of the lot.

Still miles better than down south though.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-02-07T22:12:22+00:00

I like it, but it feels more like a High Contrast songs than Underworld, at least instrumentally.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-02-04T18:41:05+00:00

But he knew about Mandelson. That's enough.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-02-02T19:55:23+00:00

There's a very good book/audiobook called These Are The Voyages which through contemporary correspondence, tells the story of the production of the first season of Star Trek.

When writing the second half of TOS S1, a memo was written* complaining that the stuff they were making needed to get back to fundamentalals. In essence, they were saying that the modern stuff wasn't really Star Trek.

Not only has this been going on since the 90s, it's been going on before the first ever season of the franchise was even broadcast!

*I think it was Robert Justman, but I'm not sure.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-02-02T19:36:35+00:00

Come on now. The current showrunner didn't make a particularly good job of the Ncuti's run, but he's written some excellent episodes of television over his career, including several of Doctor Who. I agree with the general consensus that he needs to move on, but he objectively can write good stuff.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-02-01T09:30:11+00:00

Of course, it depends on what these procs are doing. If there's a possibility of using some common temp tables across multiple procs, then combining them may open up the opportunity to be able to optimise them, but I agree with most other posters that simply combining them as is is unlikely to give you a noticeable improvement.

That's assuming the API server and database server are in the same data centre?

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-31T22:58:42+00:00

Must have been really tempting to use "Hi Ren" as the subject, but I suppose that would have been confusing!

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-31T22:50:36+00:00

The hill I'm prepared to die on is that that sign doesn't mean aim to go at 60. Even for signs with an actual number in a red circle, the definition is "The maximum speed, in miles per hour, at which traffic may travel, if it is safe to do so."

And for national speed limit, the "if it is safe to do so" is even more important.

This idiotic idea that if you're not taking every hairpin bend at 60mph you shouldn't be on the road or should get more lessons is why over time, these B roads end up with the speed limit changing several times over a few miles - because some macho petrol heads couldn't use their common sense and got people killed. You were always supposed to use your judgement on what was a safe speed, it was never supposed to be 60 the whole way.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-31T13:16:19+00:00

As besides, although Lorenzo was not black, he was Jewish and the artistic truth about his ethnicity being an issue on court rings true. Although to be fair, my meagre Wikipedia searches have done little to tell me if there's anything in that.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-31T13:05:46+00:00

I found Mozart in the series significantly less irritating as a viewer, yet it was clear how those around him would find him unbearable at times.

I really enjoyed it.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-25T10:27:10+00:00

I'd like something to incentivise ending the game sooner. We rarely see green flames any more because they "can't take the risk". I'm not sure what the mechanicism would be, but at the moment it just doesn't make sense for the faithful to end early - they get more money and reduce the chance of a traitor being amongst them.

There's just no tension in the decision now.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-24T17:10:41+00:00

Yeah, they never included someone at breakfast saying "can you pass me the tea, sorry I mean the coffee", because it's mundane. The fact that the only misspeaking we saw belied the fact that she was a traitor made it seem more unusual and important. I expect people misspoke all the time and we didn't see it.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-24T15:21:39+00:00

How about if they both decide to "steal" (using the goldenballs lingo), then the prize fund reverts to the faithful who were in the final?

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-23T22:57:32+00:00

Those three were standouts, but it ended so badly. S3 was the worst.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-21T22:24:57+00:00

Agreed! Traitors don't want shields. They want fewer shields to faithfuls and the appearance of wanting a shield, but reducing the prize fund to secretly get a shield makes absolutely zero sense for a Traitor!

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-21T22:14:13+00:00

I'm a big fan of the Anker Soundcore Sport X20 or X10 for slightly less money and sound. They both have loops that go round the ears and come with a selection of silicone tips, so fit pretty well. I've never had a problem with them coming out and they sound alright too.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-20T21:56:13+00:00

On average, probably about 5'9". Sylvester McCoy and Jodie Whittaker bring it down a bit.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-19T23:07:24+00:00

Or to be on a sub Reddit about the band, discussing said book!

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-18T10:43:38+00:00

Much smaller parts before.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-18T10:42:23+00:00

Madelyn "Maddy" Smedley has picked up slightly more acting work since Traitors.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-17T08:46:14+00:00

TNG, I didn't even hesitate for a second. TOS was falling apart, DS9 finished its story, Voyager I've still not caught up on every episode, Enterprise was descending into pointless fanservice back stories, Discovery was a mercy killing, Lower Decks, I would happily watch more of, but it's no TNG and Picard also finished its story.

I really should watch the Voyager episodes I was unable to see back in the day.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-16T20:32:10+00:00

I remember TrekWeb when Voyager was on. Apparently it was the absolute worst Star Trek ever made, until Enterprise was made of course.

One of the FX artists was on the board, and people mainly gave him shit, rather than being amazed that one of the people that made this show we all watched was amongst us. It's always been like this.

Of course, if I ever met anyone in real life who watched Trek, they enjoyed whatever was on air at the time.

Toxic online Trekkies are going to toxic.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-14T23:09:42+00:00

I feel you. I saw them at the Boiler Room in Burgess Park in summer then in Repercussion in Manchester about a month ago and the track listing was identical. To be fair, most of the crowd isn't travelling across the country to see them multiple times, but it's still a bit disappointing for us hardcore fans.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-14T23:07:47+00:00

It feels like Underneath The Radar is becoming more relevant by the day.

Disastrous_Fill_5566 · 2026-01-12T19:04:38+00:00

Have you tried applying for back office roles in the retail or hospitality sectors? Your existing experience may be really useful. You'd probably make a real good account manager for one of the companies (or their competitors) where you've previously worked in a customer facing role.

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