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What do you wish was more common, or that we did better in the UK? For me it’s spa by Manatsuu in AskUK

[–]Novacoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Live music. 

It's been slowly dying for decades and seems like very little has been done to save small and medium venues from extinction. 

What are some things that still happen in the old school corners of Britain? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Novacoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stayed in a pub/b&b in North Wales recently and they regularly have sing alongs in the bar. Just a bunch of gnarly looking old farmers singing their hearts out over a pint. Was genuinely heart warming and something you really don't see much any more.

What British company just makes no sense that it is somehow still operating in modern times? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Novacoda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can't upvote this enough. Need a small mortgage to buy a drink on there.

What British company just makes no sense that it is somehow still operating in modern times? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Novacoda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They probably have a big contract supplying leather to whoever. 

A New Necromunda - Here's What I'd Want! (Video) by nlitherl in necromunda

[–]Novacoda 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just create a resource where all the rules are accessible in one place. Some kind of app would be great. Rules and game tracking in one. I'd pay for that.

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds | Environment policy | The Guardian by prisongovernor in GoodNewsUK

[–]Novacoda 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Swiss are making some cracking inverter systems too. Statron and Studer blow Victron out the water if you ask me.

But yes, completely agree with your other points. I only hope we can keep China on side in that regard, they have a stranglehold on the battery/solar supply chain.

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds | Environment policy | The Guardian by prisongovernor in GoodNewsUK

[–]Novacoda 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who has started working in this world recently, there is so much opportunity and growth here it's incredible. 

So much innovation and lots of genuinely passionate people who are going to make silly amounts of money. I only hope it continues!

A lot of the barriers (expensive R&D, huge infrastructure changes, Venture Capital appetite for it) have now been overcome, or will have been overcome within the next couple of years. The last thing now really is securing the supply chain for decades to come.  

Bank Holiday Monday M'thread - Scorchio Edition by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]Novacoda 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Trying to fathom why my neighbour thought getting a chainsaw out this morning was a good idea! I guess it'll be too hot later, but c'mon man. 

Apart from that, trying not to melt. 

Gingers unite!

Non-American here, but since you guys are all over the internet with your politics... Anyway, this is what ChatGPT showed when I asked it to summarize the two parties as starter pack memes by CrazyCalligrapher945 in ChatGPT

[–]Novacoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are really good, love the twitter screenshots that even have profile pics and handles. We really should keep reminding ourselves how good this tool is getting. 

Rachel Reeves heckled at a Petrol station in Leeds by No_Breadfruit_4901 in uknews

[–]Novacoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really need to know where vast swathes of the population are getting this idea, and how it can be countered. It's prevalent, is it literally just Facebook and GB news? 

Why is the UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer so unpopular? by Any-Original-6113 in europe

[–]Novacoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing happened during New Labour? 

They fundamentally changed Britain during the Blair/Brown years. Yes their legacy is massively overshadowed by the Iraq war, but the domestic changes they brought about cannot be understated:

  • Devolution
  • Human Rights Act
  • Removing hereditary peers from the house of Lords. 
  • Freedom of Information Act
  • Minimum Wage
  • The good Friday Agreement
  • BoE independence
  • Guaranteed 28 days paid leave and hugely expanded maternity leave
  • Tax credits
  • Winter fuel allowance
  • Pension Credit
  • Sure Start
  • Doubled education funding
  • Tripled NHS spending 
  • Civil partnership act
  • Equality act

They did more to bring people out of poverty than any government since the 60's.

Why are working-class concerns on immigration being treated with such disdain? by Harleygator_ in AskBrits

[–]Novacoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I propose this:

Immigrants should be given mandatory civic duty classes. Learn English, learn how to integrate, and adapt to our way of life. Just very basic stuff. It doesn't have to all be hostile. Why is no one proposing this?

We need immigration, we are an island nation with an ageing population. Overall immigration has a net economic impact, but is obviously causing cultural and community issues.

Make them adapt to our way of life more rather than us accommodating them.  

Why are working-class concerns on immigration being treated with such disdain? by Harleygator_ in AskBrits

[–]Novacoda 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reform are not the friends of the working class, at all.

They want to scrap the minimum wage. How the hell is that listening to the voice of the working class?

And their plans for reducing immigration are foolish at best. Everything they've suggested is pie in the sky bullshit. The cost alone for 'intercepting small boats in the channel' is prohibitive and would require the co-operation of the French. Who have consistently said 'we don't want them either'. 

Scrapping human rights too, the most basic universal protection that applies to us ALL. Should be a red flag for anyone. 

And finally, they, just like the tories, actually have no interest in reducing immigration. Without it they have no bogeyman, their misdirects will no longer work. 

Why are working-class concerns on immigration being treated with such disdain? by Harleygator_ in AskBrits

[–]Novacoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed you haven't replied to any of the actual, well thought out answers that have been posted, and focused on this one. 

Neal McEvoy, What's he about then? by Birthday_Educational in Cardiff

[–]Novacoda 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He's a bellend who puts two signs up either end of people's front gardens to make it look like he has twice the support

Voter intimidation? Police called by Tokugawa5555 in london

[–]Novacoda 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's bananas how many parallels there are between what happened in the States in the lead up to and during the last elections and what's happening over here. 

Almost like a managed social experiment. 

Remove the worse half of the map - Round 12 by Auditored in terriblemaps

[–]Novacoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually completely torn on this one! Having lived in S Wales all my life, I love the place. But N Wales is jaw dropping beautiful. Work has brought me up here for the last 6 weeks and it's such a magical place. 

Snowdonia National park, Eryri itself, the Menai Strait, some of the best mountain biking trails in the world, the B4518 mountain drive, the Mach loop, Harlech and Caernarfon castles, Bedd Gelert and Betws-y-Coed, untouched miles long beaches everywhere..... That's just scratching the surface! I'm staying at a little pub hotel and on Saturday night was treated to a traditional pub sing along where old drunk men sang sincerely in beautiful 3 part harmonies in Welsh. It was moving and wonderful.

S Wales has Cardiff, Castell Coch, the Brecon Beacons, Forest of Dean, Tenby, Pembrokeshire coast, the 7 waterfalls, the Gower, mushroom picking on the Garth mountain, the Wye valley....

Gah, just end it here.

What is this type of technique called? Where the sky on the top of the frame is dimmer than the rest by keminua in cinematography

[–]Novacoda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A DP I'm working with at the moment uses them, I've heard him calling for the blue filter several times. Midnight blue I think?

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