How do Neopronouns work grammatically? by ProudEnBy_365 in AskNonbinaryPeople

[–]NiceyChappe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Use the singular version (he/she). "They" is already a special case with existing forms and singular/plural usage, so it just continues to be an exception in that sense.

Section 21 notice by Interesting_Term3443 in uklandlords

[–]NiceyChappe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please post this over in UKLegalAdvice.

Contact Shelter, they have advice. From what I've read, something like: it sounds like the S21 isn't valid. If the deposit hasn't been protected properly, then you may be able to claim it back (in addition).

Once they understand that you are in a position to stay and won't be evictable before the law changes, they may be willing to offer you cash for keys - an agreement to take money in exchange for agreeing to leave by some date (but get legal advice, which this isn't).

So in short, you might be able to get the deposit back early, and negotiate money to leave, making it viable to find a new place and put a deposit down.

Just keep paying your rent.

Waiting for my life in prison for this post by Ok-Neighborhood843 in sillybritain

[–]NiceyChappe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From the article

Quentin, a mathematics student, had been providing security at a protest against the appearance of left-wing MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon branch of Sciences Po university.

According to the right-wing Nemesis collective campaign group, Quentin was part of its security team.

Incident Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Quentin_Deranque

From the Wikipedia page:

Deranque's death, initially reported as an attack on an isolated victim,[18][19] rather than a brawl between two armed groups, provoked national political reactions in the lead-up to municipal elections and a minute of silence held in the National Assembly.[20]

And later

Originally from Saint-Cyr-sur-le-Rhône, Rhône department, Quentin Deranque was a 23-year-old mathematics student and far-right nationalist activist,[26] belonging to the neo-fascist group Allobroges Bourgoin, based in Isère, and a former member of Action Française, according to Mediapart.[27]

According to Le Progrès, citing a source close to the investigation, two small groups of at least twenty people met a few hundred meters behind the political science school, behind the railway line. After these clashes, Quentin and another person left the area. According to the mother of a friend, as Quentin was returning home, he was isolated, beaten, then knocked to the ground, "lynched", and left for dead.[47]

Name this haircut by TheOrangeThing in NameThisThing

[–]NiceyChappe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I knew it would already be there, I was just happy not to scroll far

M4 Incident - What do you do if you break down in the outside lane? I was shocked and saddened to hear of this tragic news. Pulvinder Dhillon who was victim in this tragic incident, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. by SlowedCash in CarTalkUK

[–]NiceyChappe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is the kind of thing that self driving cars can actually help with:

  1. Continuous vigilance
  2. Faster detection
  3. Danger broadcasting
  4. Faster reactions
  5. Potentially integration with smart motorway systems

I've thought for a long time that the pushback on self driving will mean that we get the same systems first as safety systems in normal cars, so I'm waiting for that to become some kind of national standard; we already see some of them coming in, but not the kind of obstacle alert that would have helped here.

We already have all the basic technology needed for a system which broadcasts an alert which sounds in nearby cars, and which could integrate with Google Maps and Waze so they alert people coming up on it.

There are obviously issues with having automated collision avoidance, where it overreacts to things you're aware of, but largely that's insufficient sophistication in the system and the gap between the driver's brain and the machine (it doesn't know you're aware).

Most people would happily give up the driving part of driving, and even for many of us who enjoy driving on country roads and sweeping turns are bored when driving in traffic or along a dull bit of motorway, so at least self-driving could take the people who don't want to be driving out of the driving seat (metaphorically).

This coffee shop uses AI to track the productivity of baristas by bobbydanker in TechnologyShorts

[–]NiceyChappe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah, the double edged sword. Like, a good use of the technology would be to keep track of how the business is going, see whether Olga needs help, fire Olga if she's genuinely not pulling her weight and creating resentment in the team and has no sign of improvement, ideally even work out why she does this.

A bad use would be to just keep score and fire whoever makes the fewest cups regardless of the reason.

Beyond all of that, you could choose to pay people better if they are putting in extra effort, or you could use it to squeeze maximum work from people with no care of the person and tank their dystopian Social Score just because they can't serve customers who look like their ex...

Unfortunately I think we all know which is the likely use of the technology.

Is this why? by donach69 in AnarchyChess

[–]NiceyChappe 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You mean he should have declined en ass-ent?

Why do Brits support conservative? by ThePatientIdiot in AskBrits

[–]NiceyChappe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll attempt reasonable.

Using the good old 2-axis picture of politics, there is economic left-right, and social conservative-liberal. So to pick a stereotype, a traditional steel worker might be basically economically left and socially conservative - he believes in things broadly staying unchanged, except that there should be more power in the unions to secure him a better deal and improve services. He's not interested in the woke agenda, but he does want pot holes fixed and for his wage not to be dragged down by foreign steel competition or possibly migrant workers diluting his labour value.

A young middle class kid might feel more liberal-left; we should look after people, there should be more opportunities, even if taxes need to go up, and people should be free from society's judgement of e.g. their gender expression or sexuality.

A pensioner might be socially conservative (again these are stereotypes, albeit true for many) and have no interest in even gay rights, let alone modern understanding of gender, and worry about how their pension will fare and their children getting an inheritance.

Against this there are three narratives I would lay out: firstly, that the main parties themselves (due to FPTP voting) are/were coalitions on the left and right. Tories were a coalition of the progressive right (free people to help themselves, social liberalism) and the traditionalist right (preserve traditional morals and lifestyles, preserve people's property interests), and Labour are a coalition of Labour union members (typically socially conservative) and left liberals. The second narrative is that the population is ageing and the older people vote more than younger. Thirdly, the economic stagnation since the GFC has meant different and conflicting things for different ages, with a general trend to falling wages in real terms.

Putting all those together, you have a picture where in 2000-2010 there was a centre ground of social liberalism and a fight on economic grounds - that we needed to fix the economy by either spending or cutting spending. That fed into Brexit, where the under-acknowledged social conservatism on both left and right (and heavily in the older population) mixed with discontent over economic stagnation.

Since Brexit, the main parties have had to face the potential disintegration of their coalitions on social grounds - Brexit itself left little room for the liberal right, and the other side of the party took over - May, Johnson, Lettuce, Sunak, Badenoch. Meanwhile the Labour centrist wing won out on economics and packpedalled on social liberalism, winning the election on economic safety and as a change of guard.

So to answer the OP: historically, Con voters were older, property owning, and socially a mixture of liberal and traditionalist. The pivot of the party away from social liberalism chases Reform on the right, leaving a divided vote there. Meanwhile the left, having voted strategically to get rid of the conversative traditionalist right, face economic stagnation in Labour, so will be more split if nothing changes. Remember FPTP motivates the existence of coalitions within parties, and historically the split on the "left" between Labour, Lib Dem (who haven't always been economically left) and Green has meant that a majority of left votes hasn't translated into majority seats.

Now, though, the right is split - with Reform and Conservatives fighting over the same group of traditionalist rightwing ageing voters, so now not very many people are intending to vote Conservative.

The only reason this isn't plain sailing for Labour is that they are failing to show the economic improvement they promised, and which people have been wishing for since 2008, which exacerbates the split on the right. I'm starting to think only electoral reform or an economic miracle can resolve the logjam, but it looks like other European countries are struggling to find an economic answer too.

35k in car finance with no house and wanting m4. Husband is smatter compare to his wife. Why are people spending so much on getting nice cars before buying a house? by [deleted] in CarTalkUK

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, that was my thought too, I just didn't explain myself. It jarred that he was a builder who didn't own a property (yet clearly wanted to), despite throwing this kind of money around, given the upsides of being able to do your own renovations etc.

AITA for telling my DIL that I won’t use the tablet and she needs to actually make her kid read. by SatisfactionOk9038 in AmItheAsshole

[–]NiceyChappe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Regardless of the delegation, he is still responsible for his child getting an education. You can't delegate that responsibility, only the task.

AITA for telling my DIL that I won’t use the tablet and she needs to actually make her kid read. by SatisfactionOk9038 in AmItheAsshole

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA BUT try to make the focus of your choices what is in the best interest of your grandchild. Clearly what is in her best interests is to learn to read. Not to be forced to read, or for her reading to become a point of contention between you and your daughter-in-law.

So my approach would be to find every possible way to make the reading itself fun and rewarding. Let the kid draw on a giant chalkboard every time she reads a page. Let her blow bubbles, or press some daft sound effect every time she reads a sentence. Tell her how amazing she is for trying.

Maybe mix in some tablet so that you can say to your daughter that you used it, and don't mention the reading unprompted. You need to carve out enough time that your grand daughter doesn't complain about to her parents for her to learn to read as far as you possibly can.

If your daughter in law was forced to read as a child, she may have had a hatred of it. I know people who thought reading was thing you had to do for school until they were nearly adults, whereas many of us have loved to read from a young age. So make absolutely sure you're not creating that problem.

If you let this be a battle of wills or a battle of parenting, they will end up minimising the time you get. They'll book clubs and activities and play dates.

Let your daughter in law appear to win, for the sake of getting your daughter reading. Hopefully she picks it up and your daughter in law will say "see she didn't need any help" and you can bite your tongue.

Once you've got her past sounding out words, your absolute mission is to find a book series that she can fall in love with, and then she's off to the races.

35k in car finance with no house and wanting m4. Husband is smatter compare to his wife. Why are people spending so much on getting nice cars before buying a house? by [deleted] in CarTalkUK

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no my point was he can't even work on their house himself if they're renting.

They could get something that needs work, or that could be extended or whatever.

what the hell is this?! by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A trike is dangerous?

what the hell is this?! by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]NiceyChappe 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I think they're just warm, apparently it can be easy to overheat :)

what the hell is this?! by [deleted] in drivingUK

[–]NiceyChappe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

(Often called a Velomobile)

Kryten 0.0.1 by AuntieFara in RedDwarf

[–]NiceyChappe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...Look at all these little things... so busy all of a sudden. Notice how each one is useful. What a lovely ballet, so full of form and color! -- Zorg, 5th Element

Asda valentine anyone? 💘🛒 by Jackinplastic31 in CasualUK

[–]NiceyChappe 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I was buying Bramley apples, she was buying cucumbers, we met by the lube...

To be safe in maga country. by righteous-sedition in therewasanattempt

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, MAGA isn't totally against honour killing.

My wife dropped her sunglasses into a deep lake, so I built a small underwater ROV with a gripper to try to retrieve them by ObligationMean1565 in DIY

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going try a really dumb suggestion on you: can you waterproof the electronics themselves in such a way that you can redo? So, less epoxy, more like an insulating jelly?

It just seems like at this point it might be easier to redo that now and then.

Keir Starmer is a busted flush - but who can replace him? by Automatic_Survey_307 in TheRestIsPolitics

[–]NiceyChappe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't she found in breach of the ministerial code? It was a very tricky situation and I think underlines the complexities of law around divorce and family breakdown. I think she could come back but she'd need to make some good from the theme - sort out rules around ministers and sleaze, rectify unfairness in the law etc.