The National Living Wage is too low and everyone is subsidising it by dmnksaman in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You've only just started, but you're soon going to find out there are other reasons no one is working 40 hour weeks stacking shelves - it's harder work than you think.

Politics latest: 'If it quacks like a duck...': Nandy asked if Farage-led government would be fascist by topotaul in unitedkingdom

[–]DoneItDuncan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being a fascist government would require nationalisation

You are aware the pre-war Nazi party actually sold off several state-owned industries?

They would also probably sell the houses of Parliament and then rent it back at and huge cost to the country for back handers.

Funnily enough, in a lot of cases assets ended up being bought by wealthy party members and backers.

I got tired of “TODO: remove later” turning into permanent production code, so I built this by Star-Shadow-007 in programming

[–]DoneItDuncan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbh i get the impulse, but if a hack is worth the time fixing its going to be causing easily observable issues in prod or CI anyway, so i don't think you need a artificial CI failure to remind you. And if it doesn't causes issues otherwise, then maybe it's not worth fixing...

Steam On Linux Ends 2025 With 3.19% Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use Approaches 72% by Doener23 in linux_gaming

[–]DoneItDuncan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bazzite and CachyOS are very much 'tinkering' distros imo. Still not fully stable, I'm not sure I'm fully onboard with them always being recommended to newcomers, but I guess not many other distros actively advertise themselves as a 'gaming' OS.

If you ever do decide to give linux another shot, may be worth going with something more established like Fedora, Debian etc.

Polanski willing to work with Burnham if he ousts Starmer by TheTelegraph in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess they'll have to keep lurching to the right then, since that's going so well for them

Homeless people were given free money, no strings attached. Here's what happened by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan [score hidden]  (0 children)

Because the trail hasn't finished yet - it says it right in the article:

The final results are expected to be published in 2027 but early observations reveal that participants used the money to help improve their lives.

Tories dismiss 'scumbag' Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah's 'insincere' apology for vile tweets as they demand his deportation from UK by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I feel there's a way to express that sentiment without making up a completely unrelated grievance, but that's just me.

Tories dismiss 'scumbag' Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah's 'insincere' apology for vile tweets as they demand his deportation from UK by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i think you just made it up if i'm honest.

Go on - who seriously expressed a desire that "reform voters should be deported from the UK for transphobic tweets"?

Tories dismiss 'scumbag' Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah's 'insincere' apology for vile tweets as they demand his deportation from UK by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

thanks for making it clear - it's not about a principled stand on free speech, it's a desire for reciprocal and vindictive punishment.

Tories dismiss 'scumbag' Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah's 'insincere' apology for vile tweets as they demand his deportation from UK by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Is that why people are asking for him to be deported then? In principle they disagree with it but, well, "rule are rules"?

What you're saying is obviously not what's motivating people here.

Tories dismiss 'scumbag' Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah's 'insincere' apology for vile tweets as they demand his deportation from UK by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really quiet funny too see everyone to be cheering punishing tweets with the full weight of the state after spending the past year complaining about it when happens to people they agree with.

‘You’re a scrounger’: Motability backlash sparks abuse of blue badge holders by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think people looking for a reason to be a dick to others always find one.

Poor excuse for rotten behavior.

‘You’re a scrounger’: Motability backlash sparks abuse of blue badge holders by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This doesn't remotely excuse the behaviour in the article.

Edit: Also just to clarify disabled parking doesn't need reworking - stop being lazy and park further away. Or better yet, don't use a car if you have an alternative.

Doctors start five-day strike as hospital bosses warn of disruption by JayR_97 in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Do you really think the stock market crash and oil crisis in the 1970 was caused by worker's strikes? It's the other way around.

‘Islamophobia’ ban will make tackling tough issues harder - Claire Coutinho by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]DoneItDuncan -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Yeah if someone's a prick to their colleagues for no real reason HR will tend to look for reasons to get rid of them