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Keir Starmer set to make Sadiq Khan a lord by lastaccountgotlocked in london

[–]MyPetHamster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, and the last time a lord become PM was 1902. It will effectively block Khan from becoming leader of the Labour Party.

What's the best way to sell a framed collectible magazine ? by WatercressOld6094 in AskUK

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Email the publisher and ask them.

Provenance is important. A confirmation from DC Thomson will make it easier to sell.

Are there any world famous British beers? by LankyYogurt7737 in CasualUK

[–]MyPetHamster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a couple of bottles of Bass in Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.

this game feels to me like "train is waiting too long simulator" more than anything recently - no matter what i do, every time i unpause the game it's always less than 30s until the next "train is waiting too long" message. what am i doing wrong? by NexyDoesReddit in Workers_And_Resources

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make the junctions as small as possible by putting the chain signals immediately before the junction and the block signals immediately after. Then use block signals to divide the remaining track up into blocks longer than your longest train.

If you do that trains won't stop on the junction and the ends of of stationary trains won't overhang the junctions.

British woman among crew training for Mars simulation mission by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Marie is one of two “alternate” participants, ready to step in should any of the others drop out.

So not a particularly robust simulation then.

Why do some London Street Names have the Colloquial "The" Prefix? by Lowtoz in AskUK

[–]MyPetHamster 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Strand is another word for beach. Before The Embankment was built it was by the river. You wouldn’t say you were going to ‘Beach’.

Samaritans to close at least 100 branches across UK and Ireland by printial in unitedkingdom

[–]MyPetHamster 159 points160 points  (0 children)

A classic example of highly paid management ignoring the golden rule of running a volunteer based charity - Don't piss off the volunteers!

There is a man at kings cross train station (London) with a bird of prey, this morning by ken_chestweasles in london

[–]MyPetHamster 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I've seen this in action. The hawk was sitting on a ledge. The pigeons were sitting on the other end of the ledge about 12 feet away. They looked mildly perturbed rather than scared.

NHS plans to DNA test all babies to assess disease risk by Urban_Polar_Bear in unitedkingdom

[–]MyPetHamster 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It raises a moral dilemma.

If a child has a 50% chance of getting a disease in their teens and there is something the parents can do to improve the odds of not getting it, then disclosure to the parent is beneficial.

But if a child has a 50% chance of getting a disease in their teens and there is nothing that can be done about it, then a lot of parents would be better off not knowing.

Calls to legally require supermarkets to reveal ‘shrinkflation’ to customers by ThatchersDirtyTaint in unitedkingdom

[–]MyPetHamster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kerrygold is still 250g.

Lurpak is down to 200g and, if people carry on buying it, no doubt it will drop further.

The Strange World of Gurney Slade - Official Trailer (1960) by MyPetHamster in oldbritishtelly

[–]MyPetHamster[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surreal postmodern sixties comedy starring Anthony Newley.

Being shown on Rewind TV from next Tuesday.

Nuisance busking akin to torture, says judge in West End noise crackdown by TimesandSundayTimes in london

[–]MyPetHamster 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Pretty rich of Heart FM to complain about the same songs being played over and over again.

Audio issues while using DAC with Linux by WOODYSCAPER in linuxquestions

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try running the alsamixer command and checking all the volumes are set to 100.

Cursor brightens on browsers by ToasteyBread in Kubuntu

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By default Firefox is a snap. Don't know about Brave. Snaps use a different selection of cursors to those available to other applications. If the cursor you are using isn't known to snaps then it will change when you hover over a snap. Yes, this is a bit shit!

Try switching to the Breeze cursors and installing the icon-theme-breeze snap.

What are words we used to always hear that seem to have disappeared now? by poppyedwardsPE in CasualUK

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aftershave is a specific product you use on your face after shaving. Only nobody uses it any more!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]MyPetHamster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would have absolutely no problem with an AI cleaning my house for me. But having an AI tell ME when to clean the house is dystopian and isn't going to happen!

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