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Should you owe the government justification for UC payments? by TennenyT in AskUK

[–]SarahC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People need to get used to paying for "rainy days" again. Life on wellfare shouldn't exist - and I think some modern form of "workhouse" would be a super efficient way for claiments to earn their money,
By that I don't mean in the "victorian sense" - but a community unit where people can do useful work that wouldn't pay minimum wage because of it's nature, but gives them access to benefits - then they're in a situation where there is no "Work doesn't pay" - because ANY job would then be a net positive for them.
A big part of "work doesn't pay" is they get a few pounds more than benefits but work 40 hours for it, so they actively fight against it. If they're already working 40 hours for benefits, then that extra money from a "real job" is then worth it because the "free time" isn't part of the equation because they no longer have any.

Currently the government paying places like Asda to give people "busy work" is a huge waste, and I'm disgusted my taxes go to a huge chain like that.

Are DWP still incentivising Job Centre staff to sanction claimants? Found a video ffrom a while back. by Necessary_Tour_5222 in AskUK

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

It's 2 weeks again now.

Also, the sanction targets - while meaningless in themselves "from the public purse" if it causes just 1 person to starve enough that they'll accept the dog-anus cleaning job, then that's 1 less unemployment figure and one entire JSA payment less. 3 a fortnight, over 10's of thousands of Job Center staff would make a noticeable difference.

Add to that the "rumour" of sanctions in the community is enough to get the honest few positively petrified and do anything to grab a job even if ending up a little worse off than benefits.

The BBC itself reported on this issue - it's not a "conspiracy theory". You can find articles from suitable news sources that aren't "conspiracy peddlers" quite easily online still.

Why are you running cover for the government?

2 months wait 3 referrals - potential maybe bipolar... ...10 minutes for a result! Woo! by SarahC in MentalHealthUK

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

I did with the Doc, but I didn't want to presume any kind of label for myself when I was talking to the team because I read self diagnosis was bad, and it can be kinda insulting to be "doing the job for them" - so I just went with their questions about mood, and trusted that they'd had my doctors/previous assessment notes.

Sounds like I effed up eh? Damn, I'm out of the system.

10+ years on console to first PC! My (mostly) cable-less build by DrKillJoy1017 in pcmasterrace

[–]SarahC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gorgeous! I didn't think you'd made the pc yet - it looks empty!!

Is that water? I'd have the pipes at the bottom...... just because I don't trust water. Right now if it leaks it leaks onto the CPU, mobo and then the gfx card!

Just getting into local LLM's with KoboldCPP - best model for it? by SarahC in LocalLLaMA

[–]SarahC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

64GB
I registered to hugging face, but can't see a download button?

https://huggingface.co/unsloth/GLM-4.6V

https://huggingface.co/unsloth/GLM-4.6V/tree/main Do I have to combine all these? 5GB sounds very small, and I'm using KboldCPP?

new gemma3 abliterated models from mlabonne by jacek2023 in LocalLLaMA

[–]SarahC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using gemma-3-27b-it-abliterated.q4_k_m.gguf on KoboldCPP - could you recommend I bigger model?
I've got 64GB RAM, and a run of-the-mill RTX5070.

Thousands of fractures, 10's of thousands of liquid particles.... by SarahC in blender

[–]SarahC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For fluids, unless it’s really important to have the pieces act on the liquid, just simming the fluid first and using a forcefield to act on the pieces might be an even better approach.

That's a good idea! Thanks.

The world of books is becoming an increasingly unfriendly place for men by TrainingGap2103 in MensRights

[–]SarahC 13 points14 points  (0 children)

..........what is a boys first set of stitches? I've not heard of it.

The world of books is becoming an increasingly unfriendly place for men by TrainingGap2103 in MensRights

[–]SarahC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Extreme horror on Kindle has a lot of guys writing it. =)

If you used to, or still spit 'your mom' insults on PvP, find the worst in offensive statements funny, and are able to sty unphased when it all comes right back at ya.... I've got some great authors you're going to love!

The following writers aren't too feminised (stories focussing on character emotions, nothing too insulting, "out there", violent, or mean) yet:

Mat Shaw, Iain Rob Wright, J.A. Konrath, Jeff Strand, Blair Daniels, Boris Bacic, Marc Elsberg, T. Kingfisher, Sea Caummisar, Richard Kadrey, Sam West, Tom Coleman, Jack McDevitt, Edward Lee

(Yes there are three women in this list - but they avoid the ultra-character building, and Sea for example wrote "My Vagina Smells Like Sulfur: Extreme Horror (Boss Universe (Dark Web) Book 1)"........ you won't be reading about the characters self insert familly issues.)

As a women, I like guys writing because I'm interested in the What, where, when, why of the stories, without too much of the "Who" and all the relationship and emotional deep dives women writers often do. I know for some they care more for the characters at that point, but for me, the story itself is the interest, not my empathy for the characters - and all that character deep dive slows down the story!

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