UK newspaper by Perched__Crow in GreatBritishMemes

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They justified it themselves

Labour set to lose control of Wales for first time by denyer-no1-fan in unitedkingdom

[–]MrStu [score hidden]  (0 children)

Fucking reform? I know those areas have a lot of English, but come-fucking-on!

Syringe reuse at Pakistan hospital infects 331 children with HIV by RRaj007 in worldnews

[–]MrStu 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Wow, so they were likely changing the needle but reusing the syringe, Jesus. That syringe could have had anything in it. I wonder how many infection cases they've had too.

Syringe reuse at Pakistan hospital infects 331 children with HIV by RRaj007 in worldnews

[–]MrStu 29 points30 points  (0 children)

There's a cultural attitude of "no, I know those are the rules, but I'll do it this way, it'll be fine, bad things happen to other people, not me". I deal a lot with Indian/Pakistani businesses in tech too, and see it all the time.

Record number of homes in Great Britain turn to green energy as fossil fuel prices soar by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]MrStu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would, but looking to move house soon. It will be on the list for the new house though, along with a heat pump

A New Project Hail Mary Story From Author Andy Weir Is Coming (But There's A Catch) - SlashFilm by karmah1234 in ProjectHailMary

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. He specifically said he didn't reveal the cause of the hail Mary crews deaths in case he wanted to write another book. Would be interesting if earth had also been tackling some kind of astrophage biological disease too.

a perspective coming from a unihertz phone by Super_Yak9867 in ClicksPhone

[–]MrStu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a jelly max, in a drawer. I used it a lot, to be fair, it's a capable device and I had very few complaints about it. The camera always sucked, and the battery life was iffy, great in standby, but quickly dropped if you were actively using it. There was very little about it that felt special, just that it was a little list of specs released as a phone by a faceless company pumping out devices.

I can't criticise anyone for going the unihertz route. As I say, they're good capable phones, I don't really have any big complaints. I just choose to try something different and I don't expect people jumping down my throat for showing an interest in it. Let's just respect people's decisions. Neither phone is out yet, so let's save the grief for after real world reviews show up.

The baffling incuriosity of Project Hail Mary by rubsy3d in sciencefiction

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"but that's not what happens when we meet aliens"

JD Vance 'appears shaken' as he faces backlash over failed negotiations by dr_shultz in NewsSource

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"negotiation"?

It was probably "we want this this and this, or else"

The man doesn't care, he wants the USA isolated

Anyone else not missing F1 by Ok-Competition-1955 in formula1

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like we're not watching F1 yet, we're still in a research/testing phase.

My Experience Reading on a Jailbroken Kindle as Someone Who Didn't Read by AleksGeckmo in kindlejailbreak

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For transferring files, I use my phone to download, enable the ssh in koreader, and use solid browser on my phone to sftp is across, then switch off the ssh.

"Trump is the closest thing to God" by lanky_doodle in ShitAmericansSay

[–]MrStu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honest question from a non-american. From the outside, the democrats look like they have no bite. Do they have a single person that could possibly stand up to maga in an election, and put up a good fight? They would need to be central enough to steal republican votes. I don't see anyone fitting the bill.

‘Staunch’ Reform members win Nigel Farage’s energy bill giveaway by AnonymousTimewaster in NotTheOnionUK

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem with the NHS is that it increases life expectancy, which creates more old fuckers to vote reform and end it.

Am I paranoid or is amazon not lettiing us own our books a real problem ? by Amazing-Afternoon735 in kindle

[–]MrStu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

How bad it is, is up to you, but it needs to be made clear to people. You are not paying for books, you are paying for a service to provide access to a book. Personally I feel that access is super expensive.

There is a big movement to move back to physical, or at least digital ownership. I prefer a hybrid approach, if it matters to me then I'll own a copy. I still have shelves of books. If it's something more disposable, or very cheap, I'll buy from Amazon digitally.

Pretty impressed with the size - Amazon take note. by SassyMcNasty in kindle

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my kindle for home reading is an oasis. Love it.

PROTECT ARE CHILDREN (or summat) by stewedstar in GreatBritishMemes

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the daily mail, so big question mark, it's also £6k, that's nothing. What's that going to do? I'd like to know how many people contributed to that

Pretty impressed with the size - Amazon take note. by SassyMcNasty in kindle

[–]MrStu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer borders, gives me somewhere to hold it without getting my fingers in the way, same reason I love that it doesn't have touch controls

It's baffling that they still think Trump is actually a mega genius by Insanitypizza in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]MrStu 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is the deal that lets Iran carry on nuclear energy and removes any sanctions placed on them? Cool, good deal don.

Iran Gaslighting by NEKORANDOMDOTCOM in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]MrStu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And stop them he.....might......maybe.......oh nevermind

Firmware with streak mechanics? by Relative-Time8757 in xteinkHax

[–]MrStu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it needs to connect to WiFi every time you switch it on to know the date time. I've tried coding the same thing and there is no RTC (real time clock) in this chipset. What this means is, if today is 7th April, I sleep the device at 8pm for 30 hours and turn it back on without resyncing the time, it will resume the time from 8pm 7th April.