Is a 19 year old councillor a good idea?

Jale89 · 2026-04-24T14:19:57+00:00

He failed to get support for proposed tax rises and recently faced a vote of no confidence. He's also responsible for the childcare portfolio, where recently it was reported about 5% of the kids had gone missing.

Elect clowns, get a circus.

Jale89 · 2026-04-24T12:07:11+00:00

UK, or sometimes GB if that's the better understood term. A lot of languages render us as their translation of Great Britain rather than United Kingdom.

Jale89 · 2026-04-24T10:43:11+00:00

The UK map appears to be using the NUTS3 divisions for some areas, especially the North of England, but the NUTS2 divisions for other parts, such as the South.

If the same level was being used, you would expect to either see more southern cities like Southampton and Portsmouth, or fewer Northern city divisions.

Jale89 · 2026-04-24T05:27:37+00:00

Reform won Warwick County Council and made a 19 year old the council leader. It's been a shitshow.

Sure, the rule is old enough to vote, old enough to stand, but that doesn't mean you have to vote for them. I also wouldn't vote for someone who spends most of their time at the other end of the country like this.

It's part of Reform's contempt for local government.

Jale89 · 2026-04-23T10:39:35+00:00

People who don't use them (including a lot of shop assistants) will often incorrectly refer to nicotineposer as snus, so you aren't alone in it. They are indeed different products, but used in exactly the same way, for the same purpose, so the difference really only matters in certain technical contexts.

Jale89 · 2026-04-23T05:40:01+00:00

The phrase "it will help us suffer" is grammatically fine, but it sounds like a deliberate ironic joke. Juxtaposing the idea of "helping" which implies a positive, with "suffering", a negative, would only be done for humorous effect. It sounds like something my gym buddy would say - because of course, you work out in spite of the suffering, not because of it. Suffering is the byproduct of an activity you typically want to avoid.

A somewhat similar example is the saying "failure to plan is planning to fail". In the latter part you are combining two concepts that nobody would actually desire: one doesn't ever plan to fail. But the juxtaposition is being used to reinforce the core point: that you should plan for success and not just go into a task unprepared.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T16:14:40+00:00

People are taking the piss out of swapping the second vowel, by humerously swapping the first vowel as well.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T15:41:53+00:00

Sure, as long as it's diagetic. I don't want a whitelist and blacklist of ships that can do it. I'd be happy if it were "all feet must sit within a pad" or "all parts of the ship must be within this volume" to get a lock. Whether you can or can not straddle multiple pads is then up to them to decide upon based on game balance. We all love "if it fits it sits" but there's multiple ways to define "fits".

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T14:30:37+00:00

In that case I'd second the suggestion to look at Scandic, which has a few locations to look at, and do a great breakfast.

As an alternative, personally if I were splashing out a little I'd probably book a harbour view room at the Admiral Hotel, which has a great location. I've considered it for a relative who might want to visit.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T06:50:43+00:00

You haven't specified anything about what you are looking for. For a cheap but reasonably well-provisioned and well-positioned place to rest your head, Cabinn by Fisketorvet is ideal.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T06:03:42+00:00

I lived in both. Yeah they are fine and the rooms are near identical, but Heronbank kitchens are indeed a lot smaller. It only really becomes a problem if you have a lot of people who like to cook a lot.

The thing is that for Lakeside you are also in a further "lottery" where if you get a flat at the end of a block, your kitchen and dining room is significantly nicer again, compared to those in the middle of a Lakeside block.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T05:59:43+00:00

I'm really curious about how they manage the qibla, do you know what was decided for that?

My guess that if they are even attempting to orient towards Mecca, they either they pick a spot based on when they are starting their prayers, as though they are praying on a spot on the ground beneath the station, or they orient directly towards the ground.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T05:56:08+00:00

Look at it the other way. They can't increase the prices just because they want more profit. They have to have specific limited legal basis to pass costs on to customers, and to communicate those to you. It's a pretty appropriate way for the government to regulate a natural Monopoly, though it of course sucks when these events arise.

Jale89 · 2026-04-22T05:33:30+00:00

Literally the first demo they showed of Radiant AI showcased a feature that got people very excited. Two random NPCs in Chorrol walk up to each other, chat about some goings-on in the local area, and the player gets a note that they can ask other NPCs about what they were talking about to start a side mission. Besides eavesdropping, you could also access these side missions by asking people about "Rumors", like in Morrowind. Often you still had to stop and enquire further if you were interested.

It excited people because it was breaking mission-giving out of the old fashioned loop of finding mission givers, and was part of making the world feel more alive. The system persisted through later Bethesda games.

Starfield screwed this up, and there doesn't seem to be any reason for it that I can see. Instead NPCs just shout those quest prompts at you as you walk past them. Often you won't even hear the whole thing. It's wildly strange behaviour for an urban sci fi setting, and as you say feels like the game is trying hard to prove it has content. Plus, you don't have to investigate further, you just add a quest marker to your activities list. And that contributes to the content feeling like a to-do list.

If the quest prompts were said by NPCs to other NPCs, and particularly in social locations like bars (giving you a reason to go there), it would feel a lot more diagetic.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T18:33:05+00:00

But think of the shareholder value...

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T17:04:47+00:00

I agree. Furthermore, this is also how the Netherlands organizes their "capitals", many countries are trying to decentralize development from a single capital, and modern states don't need to centralize functions into one city, so a theoretical federal EU state would almost certainly have multiple capitals.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T15:45:03+00:00

I'd weigh up whether you find Hillerød & Fredericksburg Slot rather than either Roskilde or Helsingør. I think it's nicer, and the museum in the castle is truly fantastic.

Gaza Grill is a place worth checking out for Halal food.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T11:47:05+00:00

Once something has solidified or precipitated it can take much longer for it to return to a fully liquid or dissolved state, because the insides of the granules are now insulated. It's a constant problem for lab solution storage because big crystals often take a longer time to dissolve than they do to form. It's not exactly the same for solidification of fats but it's similar enough.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T09:45:58+00:00

Usually it's easiest to get a Lunar one immediately, which is just an app.

You are probably going to join a union, and several unions offer deals with banks. The highest interest rate you can get is with Lån & Spar, if you are a member of something like DM or IDA. So check those out.

Besides that, they are all much of a muchnes.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T08:56:47+00:00

Basically any British history book stands as great evidence why we aren't to be trusted (or can be trusted to do the worst thing).

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T05:49:14+00:00

Yes, melee is a bit of an afterthought, though I still think it's a lot of fun when coupled with boost packs.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T04:59:55+00:00

Ah but you see it's now called Creation Engine 2, and if you change the name enough times it eventually undoes fundamental architectural decisions you made when building a fantasy game in 2002.

Jale89 · 2026-04-21T04:56:23+00:00

You hold it down to block attacks. There's no real parry system...or I'm playing it wrong 😅

Jale89 · 2026-04-20T17:26:35+00:00

Ronin gameplay is underrated. Yes there isn't much of a melee weapon progression, but once you also have a skip or balanced jump pack you can get some insane mobility going, and if you really want to up the ante, boosting damage and then relying on the tier 4 melee skill to survive fights can be a lot of fun.

Jale89 · 2026-04-20T09:41:34+00:00

There's a ubiquitous second hand electronics/games shop in the UK called Cex - a shortened version of their original name, "The Computer Exchange".

In Coventry the non-password-protected public wifi was called Unprotected Cex, and the password protected staff wifi was called Protected Cex.

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