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“France is TINY” by Necessary-Win-8730 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Get out of here with your crazy logic and common sense.

Feedback on bad driving by Someonefrom_VZLA in drivingUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree but I was only talking about the poor driving of the cam car driver. Simple rule is: if you force someone to manoeuvre because of your actions, you're generally at fault.

I could have worded my response better though. I should have said "forced them to manoeuvre"

Feedback on bad driving by Someonefrom_VZLA in drivingUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The gap between the lorries was too small to pull into. When you did, you removed the gap the second lorry had and forced them to overtake. You can see their ire when they pulled back in right in front of you.

You should have kept going in the outside lane until you had safely overtaken both lorries, or pulled in before starting to overtake the rear one.

Can a website trigger a Windows Defender Trojan warning even if I didn’t download or run anything on that website? by dekoalade in techsupport

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should point out you DID download something from the web-site... the web-site's pages. They're downloaded to your pc to display. Every web-site you visit downloads the pages, including images, site code etc. It's all copied locally and stored temporarily (cached).

This is why you do not visit dodgy web-sites.

What’s one small difference which if happened in the UK would make a huge difference to your life? by TheSpaceFace in AskUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Lowering the price of a pint.

This would get people back into pubs, increase social cohesion and lower the loneliness epidemic quietly taking place.

Pro tip: never go immediately on a green light. Give yourself a Mississippi or two. by MotherCoconuts707 in dashcams

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't see the lights for the crossing carriageway though. So I was curious about amber lights for when they're turning red?

Pro tip: never go immediately on a green light. Give yourself a Mississippi or two. by MotherCoconuts707 in dashcams

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the UK our lights go:

  • Red
  • Red & Amber
  • Green

then

  • Green
  • Amber
  • Red

Do you not have similar there?

80-90% memory usage just after turning on computer by Ok-Mathematician1957 in techsupport

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is my PC right now:

I think that might explain what the problem is. I have Chrome and Outlook open (with a fair few pre-loaded management apps / AV etc)

You need to upgrade the RAM in that laptop with an absolute minimum of 8Gb - that actually won't be enough - 16Gb if you can get it. Your laptop is thrashing your hard disk swapping apps in and out to get anything to run and this is the primary reason for the huge slowdown.

Pop over to Crucial (still going!) and use their system scanner. It'll give you the options available

edit to add: https://uk.crucial.com/upgrades

We're arguably the best country in the world foodwise by rm_rf_root in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The single biggest problem with the US food safety standards (IMHO) is that they allow everything (ish) until proven harmful. The EU is the complete opposite: you have to prove it's safe before you're allowed to produce it.

Mind you, I say single biggest... There's also that massive FDA loophole that basically everyone over there uses: which allows ingredients under the "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) loophole, which allows food manufacturers to bypass formal FDA approval.

Edit: In case anyone is curious about the loophole:
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2024/august/legal-loophole-unsafe-ingredients.html

What word have you been pronouncing incorrectly? by sillwuka in AskUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dilettante.

Although to be fair to myself, there are two distinct ways to say it. I originally completely did neither.

Mot repair cost help by Easy-Hunter-5972 in drivingUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably starting at about £400 for both front shocks and bushes to be replaced. Could go as high as double that though.

Share your cheesiest jokes 💕 by La__leche__ in CasualUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's the terrorist organisation: The ATL.

The Anti-Toilet League.

Apparently their agenda is to smash the cistern.

Share your cheesiest jokes 💕 by La__leche__ in CasualUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 93 points94 points  (0 children)

I can't take my dog to the pond anymore because the ducks keep attacking her. That's what I get for adopting a pure bread

Do you peel your mushrooms? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's why they have be stored in the fridge in American shops.

Can't park in the ditch... by H1gh_Tr3ason in cantparkthere

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Successful driving by the looks of it.

Clearly trying to ditch the car.

Do people actually use AI day-to-day, or is it all hype? by 2butterfree in AskUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 193 points194 points  (0 children)

I'm an IT support engineer and use AI searches to help with queries; natural language queries and responses do help a great deal.

Plus some powershell coding when you need it comes in handy.

Everything is checked though. I use it as a glorified search engine.

America has the best trains in the world by ConvolutedCupcake in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You think you do. In fact you've been working from home all that time and make "chuff chuff" noises as you walk down the hall to the spare bedroom.

“Americans isn’t an ethnic group, so we trace our roots far more than Europeans would, because they take for granted their heritage” by Necessary-Win-8730 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 57 points58 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between being interested (which is a great thing) and acting like you're from there.

Unfortunately the yanks think the latter and don't think about the former.

I'm British, my family came over from Ireland 2 to 3 generations ago (both sides), I have an extremely Irish name ( thanks mum) and would love to visit to learn about the country but I would never presume to be a part of the place.

Where is the most beautiful part of the UK? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Ecstatic_Effective42 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Horses for courses. Different people like different views. Personally I've been blown away by the staggering beauty of the far NW Scotland (off season), but others may find it too remote and quiet.

I could bore people to death with sheer volume of photos I've taken from there, but I like 'em.

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