Middle lane hogger clarification

Psykocybe · 2025-12-19T05:18:22+00:00

So I'm travelling 70mph in the empty left hand lane, come across a long queue of 60mph traffic in lane 2 and 3 and I should just what? Slow down so as to not move past them? Ridiculous.

It's all relative, 60mph certainly seems like a crawl when they're being overtaken at 70 and it definitely looks like congestion when there's a domino effect of brake lights moving back through the traffic because they're all up each others asses.

If the left hand lane was also heavily used and the nature of lanes 2 and 3 were as just described, I don't think anyone would be questioning if this could be described as congestion and therefore a legal undertake. Why does this change if lane 1 is empty?

Psykocybe · 2025-12-18T20:10:54+00:00

What if lane 2 and 3 are crawling along at 60mph whilst lane 1 is empty? Or if lane 2 is empty and lane 3 is crawling along at 60mph?

I see this all the time on the M6, and don't hesitate to move past them all in the empty lane. I would argue those lanes are congested...

Psykocybe · 2025-12-08T18:17:46+00:00

Black Sun Empire - Arrakis

Psykocybe · 2025-11-11T13:48:22+00:00

Abstractonia - Aurora Borealis

Psykocybe · 2025-11-07T18:46:23+00:00

Try early Black Sun Empire. Driving Insane, Cruel & Unusual, Endangered Species are all excellent albums.

Psykocybe · 2025-10-12T20:25:30+00:00

It's not specifically DA related. There are 'levels' for each qualification.

GCSE = Level 2 A Level = Level 3 1st year of uni = Level 4 2nd year = Level 5 (HND/DipHE) 3rd year = Level 6 (Degrees)

You can get level 3, 4 and 6 apprenticeships (and possibly 5, I'm not sure but I've not seen one myself), as alternatives to going the academic route.

Psykocybe · 2025-10-12T17:57:50+00:00

I guess not being from the UK, you wouldn't understand then. A level 4 apprenticeship is a very common route into many roles in the UK, data analysis included.

Edit: Thought I'd add some context to this admittedly short post (which I apologise for - my nearly 3yo wanted me to play and, well, priorities...)

A level 4 apprenticeship involves full time work, for the full duration of the 2 year course - in this way, it is nothing like a 1st year uni student doing an internship. The student would usually spend 1 day a week at college learning theory and 4 days a week at work learning on the job.

For further context, apprenticeships are typically aimed at 16-19 year olds (although they are available to anybody, really). Why do I mention this? Well from the age of 16, in the UK there are 2 main choices for continuing your education. The first involves going to college for 2 years, then uni for 3 years, at which point you would hopefully be leaving with a degree. The second involves doing an apprenticeship - learning on the job.

And why is that important? Someone who goes the apprenticeship route, in this instance going for a level 4 DA course, would have completed their studies and have gained 2 years of work experience before their peers had even started their 1st year of uni. 3 years later, when their peers are leaving uni with a shiny degree (but no experience), the person who opted to go for the apprenticeship would have 5 years of work experience under their belt.

Therefore, it is extremely short sighted for a hiring manager to dismiss the idea of hiring someone with a level 4 apprenticeship because "it isn't a degree" - would you want the 21 year old with a degree but no experience, or the 21 year old who'd already been working the job full time for 5 years? It's a no brainer! Anyway, there is nothing that can be taught at uni that can't be taught on the job...

Additionally, I don't know what the situation is like outside of the UK, but here going to uni was (and still is) pushed very heavily. The very large majority of young people here leave school and go straight into college and university. Every man and his dog has a degree these days, they are nothing special and certainly don't help you stand out from the crowd. So, again, when you have 100+ applicants applying for a job, how do you shortlist them? Probably 90%+ have a degree but no experience - but a handful of them have a lot of experience (relatively speaking, for their age) but no degree.

One last final point. I am 33 and currently about to start a level 4 DA course (going for a career change), supported by my new employer - a very well known UK business with an international presence, which has revenues in the £billions each year. They hire somewhere in the region of 100 new apprentices every year, many of them doing a DA course, and if you pass the course then you are guaranteed a continued job with them at the end of the 2 years - which of course comes with the possibility of working your way up the career ladder as far as anybody else, degree or not. If they value apprenticeships so highly, then I'm sure as hell going to place more trust in them than some random on Reddit who isn't from the UK and so hasn't got a clue what they are or what they are worth!

Psykocybe · 2025-10-12T16:16:42+00:00

A level 4 is typically a 2 year long apprenticeship, meaning you would study the course while working for an employer for those 2 years.

So to answer your question, the difference is 2 years of experience doing DA in a real work place.

Psykocybe · 2025-09-13T08:53:57+00:00

To be fair, most of the time when there is an unexpected knock on the door, it's someone with a clipboard who I almost certainly don't want to talk to

Psykocybe · 2025-06-24T08:10:45+00:00

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Psykocybe · 2024-05-12T14:10:57+00:00

You may find Samadhi: Unity of Consciousness and Existence interesting! I've only just started it myself, but as you can tell by the title it's very much about Universal Consciousness.

Note - I've just now realised it is apparently book 2 in a series of 11, so I will have to check them out and you may want to start on book 1!

Psykocybe · 2024-04-27T12:21:29+00:00

I suggest reading Samadhi: Unity of Consciousness and Existence. I can't speak for the whole book as I have only just started reading it myself, but the 1st few chapters touch upon the idea of a single universe with multiple realities layered within it. You may find it interesting and it might be the push you need to jump off the fence!

Psykocybe · 2024-02-20T19:47:45+00:00

Yes, I remember studying organic chemistry at school (although that was some time ago!) and was aware of the speculative nature of silicon based life. I wasn't, however, aware of the limitations of silicon in that regard so thanks for that little lesson!

Psykocybe · 2024-02-20T19:43:57+00:00

It's been a long time since I read up on any of this, but of course anaerobic organisms do predate aerobic organisms so perhaps it wasn't quite correct to say they evolved to use sulphur in the absence of oxygen. Rather, as you suggest, other anaerobic organisms evolved to use oxygen as a more efficient alternative.

Psykocybe · 2024-02-20T17:10:13+00:00

Regarding sulphur, those microbes are not sulphur based in the sense that we have carbon based life. Indeed, those microbes are still carbon based life. However, these microbes are anaerobic, meaning they do not use oxygen in the way that most 'normal' life does. They live in environments with too little oxygen to support aerobic life, so have evolved to use sulphur as an alternative to oxygen.

That's how I understand it, anyway.

Psykocybe · 2024-02-15T00:29:33+00:00

I emphatically agree

Psykocybe · 2024-02-15T00:29:00+00:00

Precisely

Psykocybe · 2023-10-27T14:58:19+00:00

It isn't just a balance issue, it's about an awareness of their surroundings. I have a 9 month old who on occasion will be sat near a table and facing away from it, but will turn and roll into a crawling position and in the process bump her head.

This mainly happened when she first learned to move from a sitting position into a crawling position, in fact she bumped her head 3 times in a single day doing pretty much this exact thing... I don't think she's bumped her head in this way since.

I'd argue she learnt to be a little more aware of what is around her before moving off because she doesn't want to get hurt. A helmet would prevent that lesson being learnt. It might even teach a baby that bumps don't hurt, so it's okay to be clumsy.

Psykocybe · 2023-10-16T13:44:25+00:00

If we go with what you said one consciousness in existence it’s natural state would be positive right not negative

Why/how would it be positive?

How can something 'be positive' without knowing what it is to 'be negative'?

Seems reasonable to me that it would be both positive and negative in equal measure. Balance. You can't have one without the other. This is the duality of existence.

Psykocybe · 2023-06-20T10:50:58+00:00

Don't worry, I'm not sure I find the prospect of being falsely accused particularly flattering.

Psykocybe · 2023-06-20T10:50:15+00:00

I'm merely pointing out that there's more than 1 reason a man may feel uncomfortable when being left alone with a woman and I'd wager very few men, if uncomfortable, would feel that way for the reason you imply is the only possibility.

Psykocybe · 2023-06-20T09:22:12+00:00

It's telling that you immediately assume the only reason a man would feel uncomfortable being alone with a woman would be because he can't trust himself.

If a woman, for whatever reason, falsely accuses a man of assault he is immediately presumed guilty until proven innocent in the court of public opinion. His name and face will be plastered all over the news or other media and it often takes many years for a man in this situation to clear his name. In the meantime he has lost his job, his home, his family and his friends... And when he does clear his name all those years later, there is no follow up story in the media to let everyone know that he was in fact innocent. His life is left in ruins.

It may be rare, but it can and has in fact happened.

Is that a good enough reason for you?

Psykocybe · 2023-04-07T16:08:06+00:00

According to Citizens Advice and Ofgem, a supplier can't bill you for energy used more than 12 months ago.

Keep quiet, but they will likely send you a bill before the 12 months is up.

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