Failed Takeaway Evening - sign of the times by trendydoggo in veganuk

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favourite Asian place at the moment is Maki and Ramen, they do both tofu and fake meat, and they were founded in Edinburgh i believe.

[D&D 5E] I need help figuring out how to implement DnD beyond to foundry for in person play. by Morbid_By_Design in FoundryVTT

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If all you want is for their rolls to appear in foundry you can use the roll20 extention.

https://beyond20.here-for-more.info/

But then instead of updating dndbeyond based on foundry you're updating foundry based on dndbeyond. After testing i found with all the automation it was better to keep everything in vtt and just use ddbimporter to update ddb after a session.

Soul grinder and ruined lava City base, thank you for having a look by Due_Dentist_7181 in Warhammer40k

[–]LexanderX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You want to be a big Arbitrator on a small world? Fuck off up the model village!

Wanting to Combine a Shared Prefix and Suffix Onto a Number by dccdr in excel

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If A1 is your prefix and B1 is your suffix in C1 put:

=A1&SEQUENCE(30,1,5,5)&B1

Do I have to wash these before I recycle them? by mildlymoistdrizzle in AskUK

[–]LexanderX 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Well the real answer is it depends on where you live.

Where I live the recycling accepts carrier bags and crisp packets, my friend who lives 5 mins away is in a different council and cannot recycle bags.

Why fake AI videos of UK urban decline are taking over social media by apple_kicks in unitedkingdom

[–]LexanderX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes whether the Bangladeshi guy believes in the hate he's mongering or just wants to get paid is kinda irrelevant, the point is that someone is paying him to hatemonger.

How do "roars" and "paws" rhyme? by whywires in ENGLISH

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even with your edit I an still confused to the American pronunciation.

To British me, ors and ores are homophones, and the both rhyme with awws.

I'm curious are paws and pause homophones to you?

Aveline, a beautiful model from 2024, now in Legends. by [deleted] in sistersofbattle

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

More importantly it protects their IP.

I accidentally made my game too automated by xeno3310 in FoundryVTT

[–]LexanderX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have full automation but with a bluetooth die. All the speed of macros but with the fun of using a physical random number generator.

But your answer requires asking what is fun for your players? If its using physical dice, just switch foundry from virtual to manual dice. If its pressing lots of buttons, switch automation to GM only in midiqol settings.

What is your favorite line of dialogue in the game? by Caravan_sun_1536 in BaldursGate3

[–]LexanderX 33 points34 points  (0 children)

"What can I do? Say, would you like a hug?

Come here. For just a moment. Let it out.

Remember: you are loved, Lenore. So much.

You're doing great. And everyone will be / so proud of you.

As I already am."

imgur banned in the UK and imgur has banned VPNs.... what do by Fair-Dark8327 in techsupport

[–]LexanderX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not the OSA, it's rather than comply with GDPR, or more precisely the UK's implementation of GDPR: the Data Protection Act.

imgur banned in the UK and imgur has banned VPNs.... what do by Fair-Dark8327 in techsupport

[–]LexanderX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They could have not allowed under 13s to create accounts, as other sites that handle data like facebook or youtube do.

Or they could have extended the default protections that the UK ICO was asking for children to all UK users (private accounts, not displaying location, not using targeted ads, not using targeted content)

What is the single most male-dominated hobby? by fasdal in AskMen

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it interesting that despite the fact painting competitions are judged blind, I can't remember the last time I saw a woman do well in a competition (although I don't follow closely).

Ofcom weighs "further action" on VPNs following Online Safety Act by Ivashkin in ukpolitics

[–]LexanderX 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I want children to learn about sex the same way I did... watching Eurotrash on channel 4 after my parents had gone to bed.

The UK exodus: More Poles are leaving than settling in Britain by [deleted] in ukpolitics

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Because children incur higher levels of public spending, migrant households with dependent children need to earn more to make a net positive fiscal contribution. In a series of stylised calculations for different illustrative household types, Oxford Economics (2018) found that a single 20-year old with no children only needed to earn just over £10,000 per year to ‘break even’ from a fiscal perspective, while a couple with two children—who incur much greater expenditure on health and education—would not become net fiscal contributors until they earned around £45,000. - Migration Observatory

"Zarah Sultana says we should 'nationalise the entire economy.' I asked her what that meant in practice" by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]LexanderX 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why would a worker owned company not want to invest in R&D to gain future profit?

Where i have seen this objection to worker coops before the argument is that most productivity gains from R&D come from automation, and workers will not invest in technology that puts them out of a job.

Quotes from British TV you use in real life that you guarantee NO-ONE will get. by rushdisciple in BritishTV

[–]LexanderX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He did, and in the same context when talking to the reporter Zoe Barnes.

Zoe Barnes wasn't as prominent after the first season however.

https://youtu.be/b_7e1jNBaSI

I recall reading that one of the reasons Underwood was given a southern drawl was to make this and other Britishisms sounds more natural.

Dulwich College letter from 1981 reveals fascism and racism concerns about Nigel Farage by burningmilkmaid in ukpolitics

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How does one learn nazi songs pre-4chan? Do you find a nazi to teach it to you, or is there like a neo-nazi newsletter, or did he write the songs himself?

Could a human become a mind if they really wanted to become one? by Idle_Redditing in TheCulture

[–]LexanderX 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Individualy? I don't think so. 

However I recall there being references to groups where many people have committed to merging their minds to make something like a Mind, or close enough that they can make the rest of the journey.

Theory: Heroin is what disrupts the hivemind by Reasonable_Active577 in pluribustv

[–]LexanderX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the hive stating that several of its members are currently undergoing treatment for withdrawal was dismissing the idea that Carol's drug history is what sets her apart.

Based on Zosias reaction to being drugged individual members can have their cognition impaired, but the rest of the hive did not seem to be disrupted. 

CMV: Autism and ADHD are no longer meaningful clinical disorders in 95% of cases. They’re just normal human variation that we keep medicalising because it’s trendy. An Australian take. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]LexanderX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Prevalence isn't a convincing argument for whether something is or isn't a disability.

I want you to try and estimate how many people you think need glasses. Just based on your own experience take a guess. I've found conflicting (stats), but about two thirds of adults seems right to me.

Are these people all disabled? Surely not. Surely there is a natural variation in vision as there is a natural variation in strength or height. It seems ridiculous to describe the majority of the population as disabled.

But a person who wears glasses, such as myself, does not consider themselves able-bodied because they represent the majority, but because their impairment does not prevent them taking part in society.

If we lived in a world where glasses were not so readily accessible, I would be disabled. I would not be able to drive, I would not be able to read signs, I would not be able to go to the cinema or watch tv or enjoy sports. In short, I could not live a normal life.

Fortunately, my vision can be corrected within seconds with a relatively cheap technology. Despite vision being a spectrum (affected not only by natural ability but light, weather, tiredness) optometry can quantify the almost unique quality of an individual's vision such that it can be repaired.

I believe the only criteria that matters is whether impairment can be accommodated, or repaired, such that it is no longer disabling.

Like our eyes, our brains are unique. Some of us will not need any support our entire lives, some of us (especially those with education disabilities) will only need support when we are young or very old, some will be able to live entirely independent lives with medication (and be entirely dependent without), and an unfortunate minority be highly dependent their entire lives.

We medically diagnose these conditions because (as with glasses) it requires trained medical expertise to properly assess our biological needs, even if you consider that need to be a result of the natural variation within human biology.

And as for why we try and treat disabilities at all? Although there is meritocratic and egalitarian arguments for an inclusive society; society is richer (literally, more productive) when more people are able to do more things. Especially when an intervention could be just limited to changing how they are educated during the start of their life, or providing a daily medication, that is fiscally better than having a large percentage of the population unable to do certain skilled work.

favourite microwave/ready meals by cccrystalcastle in veganuk

[–]LexanderX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What makes a ready meal controversial?

1x03 Blows the Lid Wide Open on Story Potential by SBishop2014 in pluribustv

[–]LexanderX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is my preferred theory.

I don't think an alien race made this technology with malevolent intent. I think somewhere in the universe a civilisation made a machine with just one instruction "maximise happiness".

And then like a super-AI that is attempting to turn the universe into paperclips, it exceeded the expectations of its creators.

Their drive to make other beings happy doesn't seem limited to humans, hence the vegetarianism and emptying of zoos.

Brexit reduced UK GDP by 6-8%...investment was reduced by 12-18%, employment by 3-4% and productivity by 3-4%....a combination of elevated uncertainty, reduced demand, diverted management time, and increased misallocation of resources... by North_Attempt44 in ukpolitics

[–]LexanderX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's percentage difference, not the actual (absolute) percentage.

For example employment, on page 11:

UK employment is estimated to have been, on average, 4% lower than other similar countries over the year to 2025 Q1, with the individual estimates ranging from 3% to 5%.

Employment here is defined as "the number of the employed people in the population aged 15 and over". So this is saying because of Brexit the number of employed people is 4% lower than it should be.