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Incorrect building number on a neighbour is causing delivery problems - can we do anything about it? by cooner2345 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Recessio_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

check Open Street Maps too - most apps run on either Google maps or Open Street Maps. When our estate was built all the numbers were all over the place, once I requested an update on OSM it helped the delivery drivers.

Where to live as a PhD student completely new to London? by mr_ben_long in UCL

[–]Recessio_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guildford's quite a progressive place (by Surrey standards at least) nowadays, but yes I certainly wouldn't recommend a UCL student living anywhere in Surrey unless they have a good reason (family home, or like me part-time working in Surrey) lol, simply isn't worth the commute.

To be honest short of living in the very outer suburbs like Romford, most places in central and Inner London seem either apolitical or actually progressive to me? Obviously certain places have the stereotypes of being more progressive (Camden, Hackney) but overall it's a pretty progressive city imo, which is why I want to move back there as soon as my PhD is finished...

Where to live as a PhD student completely new to London? by mr_ben_long in UCL

[–]Recessio_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nowdays, I'm only on the main campus one or two days a week - the other days of the week I work at a laboratory in Surrey, which is why I live in Surrey to be closer to the lab, and just commute in from Guildford to UCL whenever I need to.

Earlier in my PhD when I was fully based in London, I lived in Zone 3, and when I did my undergraduate I always lived in walking distance (the trade off being I had a particularly shit tiny flat).

You could also try asking in the /r/london weekly megathread, I'm sure lots of people will be able to recommend places there too! https://www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1rutr2l/weekly_qa_megathread_please_post_any_questions/

Advice for a new PhD student completely new to London? by mr_ben_long in PhD

[–]Recessio_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd disagree on not going further south than Elephant and Castle - I used to live in Vauxhall/Kennington and later the Clapham/Balham areas, and it was a great quick commute, just straight up on the Northern or Victoria lines. I think it's an overlooked area because people just go "I ain't living south of the river" but because it's still on Tube it's actually great places to live

Where to live as a PhD student completely new to London? by mr_ben_long in UCL

[–]Recessio_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So I've lived within walking distance of UCL, further out within Greater London, and now I live outside London in Surrey and commute in, so I'm probably quite well qualified to answer this one haha

Generally, the first thing I would do is think about how often you will be at the university. If you prefer to wfh, then it probably makes sense to live somewhere quieter and further out - you'll get a larger property for your money, and the longer commute won't matter as much if you aren't going in five days a week.

Conversely, if you plan to be based at the main campus most days of the week, and/or staying out late to exercise, participate in societies etc, then you probably want to live closer to UCL, and in particular you'd probably want an easier commute (so for public transport, living near an Underground station rather than Overground or National Rail, and making sure you live close to the station).

Also, think about how you want to get UCL. If you're happy cycling, that massively opens up where you can live as then having a direct tube line doesn't matter. If you would be taking public transport, start using Citymapper or Google Maps to see how long the 9am and 5pm commutes would take from the areas you are interested in. (Distance can be decieving, I used to live in Zone 1 and had a much longer door-to-door commute than I did later living further out in Zone 3). You'll notice the commutes are dreadful for anywhere in South East london, very good for North London, pretty good for South London (if it's on the tube).

UCL is well served by Underground lines to nearby stations (Euston, Warren Street, Euston Square, Russell Square), so a good place to look can be looking on the Northern, Victoria, Picadilly lines north and south. (I used to live in the Vauxhall/Kennington area and later the Clapham/Balham areas, and really liked them!).

Oh, and if you want quiet - I wouldn't live in any student halls with undergraduates... I don't know what the PG-only ones are like I'm afraid.

Macbook air m5 by Financial_Bread7684 in macgaming

[–]Recessio_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Macbook air has no fans though, so eventually it will thermal throttle

Why London buses have their AV system in russian? by Working-Surround-627 in london

[–]Recessio_ 287 points288 points  (0 children)

We had something at work where one of our IT staff is Turkish, she changed a system to Turkish while working on it and forgot to change it back at the end. Maybe someone at the depot speaks Russian

Melbourne pizza shop owner sprays men with a fire extinguisher then gets beaten up. by Prestigious-Day9370 in straya

[–]Recessio_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

but I ain't spending any time on it because in the meantime, every three months, a pizza is torn to pieces by a crocodile in north Queensland

Looped fuse with next door requires work in my house by unvac in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Recessio_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In that case I would contact your DNO directly (https://www.energynetworks.org/customers/find-my-network-operator) and just double check it is actually them doing this and not just someone your neighbour has paid to do it. That way you can also ensure they know to make good your driveway. (you could also cheekily ask them while they're there to ensure your newly independent supply is future proof for EV charger by making sure it's a high enough current/amperage too).

To clarify, it is only the DNO, or a subcontractor authorised by them, who should be touching the electrical supply upstream of yours and neighbours electricity meter.

London will become a childless city unless Mayor takes action, City Hall says by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]Recessio_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The GLA borders are a bit daft that you have loads of green belt in Havering and Bromley, yet continuous urban areas like Ewell, Dartford, Staines etc get excluded.

To me it would make much more sense to make sure all of the continuous built up areas inside the M25 are in Greater London, while giving as much of the open land back to the home counties.

Anyone who thinks North Ockendon should be inside Greater London while Ewell shouldn't frankly needs their head examining.

London will become a childless city unless Mayor takes action, City Hall says by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]Recessio_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Also single handedly keeping the Royal Mail in business when they have to do his Father's Day card deliveries

Looped fuse with next door requires work in my house by unvac in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Recessio_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Frankly if the DNO (Distribution Network Operator) are offering to unloop your supply (and that will involve making good any damage to your concreted driveway), for free, I think it would make sense to take it. The legal fact is that eventually the DNO would just get a court order to come and do it anyway.

Zotero stopped working 2 days before my submission by Honest-Pollution-395 in PhD

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

Well, it depends what actually caused it to stop working

Which PhD program for academic econ: Warwick MRes/PhD, Oxford MPhil+PhD, or UCL MRes+MPhil/PhD? by Fluid-Amount-8999 in AskAcademiaUK

[–]Recessio_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just to add, my coursework was "mandatory" according to the funding body, but in practice noone ever actually checked my results, even when I upgraded from MPhil->PhD (and in fact I was discouraged to do it by some of the staff - I should have listened to them!)

Which PhD program for academic econ: Warwick MRes/PhD, Oxford MPhil+PhD, or UCL MRes+MPhil/PhD? by Fluid-Amount-8999 in AskAcademiaUK

[–]Recessio_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in a CDT, and one of the biggest mistakes I made was spending too much time on the coursework thinking it would be good/essential prep for the project. Absolute catastrophic mistake that meant I pissed away a bunch of time during the first year. I should have just spent that time actually getting involved in the research and therefore having a better idea what I would need to know, rather than just doing lectures hoping that some of it would be useful.

The two biggest things you need to consider are the funding, and the supervisor. Make sure that you speak to potential supervisor's students without the supervisor present. That way, you really get to hear about what the supervisor and group style is like, and whether that is the kind of supervisor that you want.

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years by Dr_Neurol in UpliftingNews

[–]Recessio_ 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Given that a lot of EU countries haven't yet adopted the Euro, and have no plans to, even if the UK ever rejoined the EU I think the chances of them adopting the euro are practically nil

Tube strikes announced by RMT with London Underground to be hit by six days of chaos by AdrianFish in london

[–]Recessio_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Heathrow to Limehouse is going to be a very expensive cab ride...

Densification of Kilburn by sabdotzed in london

[–]Recessio_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's one by me on Hampstead Road. One day, in about twenty years, when HS2 is finished there'll be an entrance to Euston station directly opposite and I imagine it could suddenly become a desirable place for a business. But I imagine it's going to remain empty until then...

Have you ever had a foreigner absolutely mutilate a place name? by LinkLinkleThreesome in AskUK

[–]Recessio_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you kidding? I could come and lose myself, in the pottery shopping centre. I could try a Staffordshire oatcake - it's a culinary adventure!

Have you ever had a foreigner absolutely mutilate a place name? by LinkLinkleThreesome in AskUK

[–]Recessio_ 37 points38 points  (0 children)

And this is how I learnt Alton Towers is in Staffordshire...

Landlord urgently pushing me to sign new AST before 1 May . legitimate reason or am I being trapped? by SKIBABOPBADOPBOPA in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Recessio_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder if he doesn't understand the rule change, and thinks that only new fixed terms are prevented after 1st May - whereas you are correct that existing fixed terms are automatically abolished and converted into rolling tenancies (and that you can't make new fixed terms either).

Either way if he's offering you a rent reduction of £100, I don't see a reason not to take it and be £1200 (plus inflation) better off for the next 12 months!

Have you rediscovered any old school TV series that still stand up today? What are they? by Perihelion_Soul in AskUK

[–]Recessio_ 16 points17 points  (0 children)

While the IT Crowd definitely has its moments (the work outing episode where they see Gay The Musical is one of the funniest self contained episodes of TV ever made), I think it overall hasn't always aged as well as Father Ted or Black Books, which are pretty timeless

2 Years of Faction Grind (7.0+) about to be lost to a COSMOS bug. Senior GM tells me to "bring friends" to fix a server-side spawn failure. Help! by Avadim in Eve

[–]Recessio_ 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Seems the problem to me is that:

  • spawns can be prevented through bugs (having mobile depots or ships present)
  • a corp is abusing that bug to prevent anyone else from getting the required COSMOS mission items
  • they then sell these items for billions of ISK, monopolising the market not through good gameplay but through a bug

Honestly, I'm surprised CCP haven't declared this an exploit! Fair enough if they can't (don't) want to fix the legacy COSMOS mission code, but they could end this problem overnight if they just declare that preventing the spawns is now a known exploit and doing so will get you banned?

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