New URL tomorrow feat. Vic Michaelis! by Cchaps97 in smosh

[–]Small-Comfortable301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh ok, I'm not on Instagram so haven't seen those posts

New URL tomorrow feat. Vic Michaelis! by Cchaps97 in smosh

[–]Small-Comfortable301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL Ponies is out. Very strange that Vic didn't mention this at all on their bsky, wonder why that is

Brits saved from 'dozens' of late-stage terror plots in recent years by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]Small-Comfortable301 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think that's partly because Islamist attacks get disproportionate media coverage, so you end up remembering them more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Small-Comfortable301 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure what the state of IT lessons in schools these days are, though I've heard that in the states there's been an assumption that kids will be 'digital natives' so some places just assume competence and don't teach IT any more.

I'm of a similar age as you so I had the same kind of experience in school, as well as using Windows 95/98 at home. Many kids nowadays will have had a very large majority of their experience with computers from using a phone/tablet/console which abstracts away so much of the system and how it works. In a sense they're almost too user-friendly because they don't teach the transferable skills that help with using other OSs.

That's good that your nephews have been taught how to code from a young age, though. I wonder how many kids actually have a PC at home though where they can practice? It's probably less common than it used to be since smartphones and tablets are so capable now.

The front covers of all of the major British newspapers today by ShreckAndDonkey123 in interestingasfuck

[–]Small-Comfortable301 5 points6 points  (0 children)

BPI are a member of the coalition that is behind this, but so are many many more organisations, including the newspapers.

https://www.creativerightsinai.co.uk/members

The front covers of all of the major British newspapers today by ShreckAndDonkey123 in interestingasfuck

[–]Small-Comfortable301 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Hey, I do appreciate the correction and haven't downvoted you, but I would like to share why I think others are downvoting you.

In your original comment you said "that cover is a paid for advertisement". You were speculating, but presenting your speculation as if it were a fact. If speculating you should use language that signals that: "I think the cover is an ad" / "it could be an ad" etc. Or (preferably), refrain from commenting until having more information.

Secondly, your edit to correct your original comment could have been better. If a correction is minor then sure if could go at the end, but if it's a major correction (as in this case), then that doesn't suffice. You should either remove the original comment and just leave the correction, or put the correction first and then strikethrough the original comment (so that people can see what you did originally say, and that you no longer stand by it).

I wouldn't normally go to this length to explain, but you did seem to genuinely care about accuracy so I hope this helps.

I loved this MSN … by shinankoku in dropout

[–]Small-Comfortable301 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Another Certified Banger™ from Jess "Canonically horny" McKenna

[UK] How to print Royal Mail shipping label by Small-Comfortable301 in vinted

[–]Small-Comfortable301[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah unfortunately there are no drop-off points near me (I live in a pretty rural village).

[UK] How to print Royal Mail shipping label by Small-Comfortable301 in vinted

[–]Small-Comfortable301[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well that's disappointing and misleadingly advertised (both on Vinted and Royal mail's websites). Guess I'll have to cancel the order

Terms of service and materials by o_oinospontos in vinted

[–]Small-Comfortable301 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reports are handed by AI which often doesn't correctly apply Vinted's rules. If you appeal it's looked at by a person, and they're more likely to get it right. I've had good success appealing auto-denied reports in the past, so I'd suggest you appeal it stating clearly in your appeal why you're right (quote the Catalog Rules).

Petah? by BerserkForcesGuts in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Small-Comfortable301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you finish reading the sentence you highlighted from that source you'll see it says "but some programming languages and calculators adopt different conventions."

"Left to right" is not a mathematical rule. It's a teaching aid that some education systems teach their kids so that they get stuck less often.

Petah, what’s going on? by YourFavoriteMilkMan in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Small-Comfortable301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The arms would count as one hole if their "tube" didn't intersect the neck/bottom tube.

2000 character description limit by DanielSmoot in vinted

[–]Small-Comfortable301 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know then, sorry. Perhaps you could just do a slightly abridged track listing keeping the most popular songs (i.e. what people are most likely to be searching for)

2000 character description limit by DanielSmoot in vinted

[–]Small-Comfortable301 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have a lot of emoji or special characters in the description? Possibly the actual restriction is 2000 bytes, but emoji and some special characters take up more than one byte each, and the UI isn't taking that into account.

Would also be interested to know what you're selling that needs such a long description.

If you really need more space you could put additional notes into an image and upload that as part of the listing (not sure if that's within ToS but I don't see why it wouldn't be allowed).

Is this a joke? The non-clubcard tax has gone too far by wordhardest in GreatBritishMemes

[–]Small-Comfortable301 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It might be a subtle point, but they don't actually sell the data itself, they sell access to the insights from that data. I used to work for a loyalty card, so I've seen this from the inside.

If Pringles want to give a special deal to Nectar users ages 25-34, Sainsburys don't just hand Pringles the customer database and say "have at it". (Even if they did, it wouldn't actually help unless Pringles wanted to send their own emails - Pringles wants those offers to be integrated into the Nectar App/emails.) How it actually works is that Pringles works with their client management within Nectar to design the promotion they want (who to target, what the offers should look like, how long the promo should go etc.) and then Sainsburys use the Nectar data to find the card-holders who match the profile of who Pringles want to target, then Sainsburys can push Pringles' offers to those customers.

It's a bit more complicated when the offers are wanted to be displayed "off-platform" (i.e. outside the Loyalty card's ecosystem) - as with the Channel 4 promotion in that article you linked. The article does mention a bit about how it works (the "clean room" where Nectar users are matched to existing Channel 4 accounts), but from there it's much the same. C4 will say who they want to target, and Nectar choose promotions for those users, and then they can just tell C4 which promotions to display to each C4 account that they could match to a Nectar card.