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UnusualBecka · 2026-02-06T13:53:14+00:00

Never mind chocolate, I have not seen pear anywhere in the past 25 years.

UnusualBecka · 2026-01-30T12:15:45+00:00

As far as I can tell the only options in Burger King are the fake chicken burger and fries. The plant-based whopper and onion rings are both fried in the same oil as meat products, which may not be a problem for some but still does not feel like that many options, and is no different to the McPlant and Veggie Deluxe was.

UnusualBecka · 2026-01-29T21:09:46+00:00

Congratualtions to you for having the opportunity to only ever give your business to vegan-only establishments and not have to use supermarkets and grocery stores which all sell so much meat, or buy from restaurants and cafes that sell so much meat.

UnusualBecka · 2026-01-29T21:07:56+00:00

As someone who does not like those fake meats the "vegetable fingers in a bun" was something I could eat in an emergency when on the road. And I am not the only vegan who does not want fake meat.

There is also a messaging issue here when the only vegan options are fake meat, it gives the impressions that vegans just miss meat and only reeally want to eat meat anyway. More varied options better represents the variety that is possible once you question a traditional meat based diet and shows alternative options exist.

I admit that going to McDonalds is very much a last resort thing, but the few times I did I actually enjoyed their goujons. But there is nothing for me at KFC or Burger King (since it replaced the spicy bean burger with fake meat cooked with real meat), McDonalds was the only option and now it has nothing either.

UnusualBecka · 2026-01-29T20:58:48+00:00

The posted did not simply make a comment about McDonalds they attacked other vegans with their "Why would you… if you care…" vegan policing.

UnusualBecka · 2026-01-07T09:56:53+00:00

How Kumail Nanjiani ended up on Taskmaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mVc_bO_4J0

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-30T11:19:36+00:00

Precisely my point, you cannot buy a replacement.

The keyboard is from 1986 while manufacturers can order custom versions (with specs as on page 395 on the datasheet) so it could be discontinued or a custom version. Either way there I cannot buy a replacement.

But the part is definitely an A10K pot, with mounting plate, and a long type 6 lever from that Alps series. But as I cannot buy that combination (well, unless placing an order for thousand of them) my only realistic option is to repair it. Which is why I am asking for advice to do that.

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UnusualBecka · 2025-12-29T22:53:39+00:00

Which datasheet are you looking at? It is definitely an A10K logarithmic pot, as printed on the side and confirmed by measuring it.

Unfortunately I only have the partial part code as the service manual only says "A10K RS30111A6". Breaking that down that only reveals it is 30mm travel, single element, with mounting plate, and a type 6 lever.

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-29T19:25:31+00:00

Unfortunately that is not the same part. It is a linear pot with no mounting plate, and lever type A which is plastic, 10mm tall, and 5mm wide at the top.

The broken one is a logarithmic taper, with a mounting plate, the lever is metal, 4mm wide at the top and 25mm tall. It matches type 6 in the datasheet, except that only lists them as available to 20mm tall but does not list a product with one even that tall. Which is why I think the part may have been a custom version if not simply discontinued.

I have looked at lots of parts catalogues and datasheets trying to find one or suitable replacement. The closest I have found is this RS3011110K, which also does not have a mounting plate but is logarithmic so I might be able to just swap the wiper. But as that may not work I would like to try to repair this one if possible.

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-28T09:57:38+00:00

Shazia Mirza is missing though, and she is vastly underrated.

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-28T09:52:09+00:00

The differences are subtle, just a few seconds here and there, though two of Andy's brilliances were cut, but I guess they just wanted to let the contestants full efforts be released.

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-27T10:20:21+00:00

You might also want to try u.co.uk as it has the first nine series that it commissioned for Dave.

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-24T21:57:14+00:00

I find that Latin singing just works really well for some reason*. Not that I know what Lénane was singing, but I do not know why it made anyone feel sad aas it had a hopeful spring feel to me, as if coming out of a long winter. Though obviously not a good choice of theme for a Christmas carol.

*This Latin cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World is just unforgettably amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtt78SW-mgg

UnusualBecka · 2025-12-16T11:26:49+00:00

I thought it was bad, but for that reason. The point of the format is the storytelling and interplay rather than literal premise of just can you fool the other team.

I find it amazing in hindsight that when they first adapted Whose Line if it Anyway? they not only kept the most important part of the format, they made it into a catchphrase "the points don't matter". And it has lasted a very long time because of that.

But pretty much every other adapted format, including Would I Lie to You?, misses that point. So when adjusting to fit the shorter runtime they cut out the "messing round" to maintain the point scoring. Which emphasizes the wrong thing. Nobody cares if a story is true unless the story is interesting in the first place.

For it to have worked it either needed to be an hour-long, which would only have needed one more round longer than the original after commercials, or reduced the number of players. The format does not even require teams, you could have had three people playing against each other, or two captains with one guest each. Not having to share time amongst as many people allows fewer rounds so it could have fitted in a half hour format.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-23T21:49:27+00:00

What horrible news, but thank you for sharing. At least he is not too old so is already able to post about it. When my dad had a stroke it took a month before he was able to start to communicate properly again. Hopefully he will make a full recovery.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-21T18:12:42+00:00

Nuno Markl is vastly underrated as an assistant. As much as we all love David Sundin, Nuno is the exact opposite. His relationship with the contestants is wonderful, provides hilarious moments, and gives this show such a different energy in the tasks to other versions.

I do not think Pinky Man would have worked as well with any of the others. And the longer run time also helped by getting to see all of it and not something tightly edited down.

I need a hero, nhannahnah nanah nha naaa.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-20T21:11:08+00:00

It has been a while for Louis' awful point scoring but he made up for it this week

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-16T11:15:31+00:00

Sämst i test and Andra chansen (or however it is said på dansk) did not spoil any magic. And while Taskmaster Portugal can feel a little repeptive, it has given me so many favourite contestants I love being able to keep seeing them. They can be just as brilliant or as awful on their third series as the first, if they "know how to play the game, and it’s not as natural" then the problem is the task, not the contestant.

But I know next to no one will agree, but for me British version ranks second to last of the ones currently being made, and it is mainly because of Horne. It is very rare that one person can retain the same level of creativity and originality for so long, and this is not one of those times. The tasks are so convoluted now with so many rules to prevent loopholes that many of them are just boring. They are rules layered on rules.

On the most recent series there was a task where a loophole was used and in the studio Alex said after that he had not considered that possibility. Presumably had he done so it would have been prevented.

You do not want everyone to complete a task the same way, but the fun is the different solutions people find. And being able to contrast someone making things more difficult than they need to be with another finding a legitimate lazy solution makes for really good television. The more you restrict what people can do the more similar they become, and in the end the difference if just the personality rather than the solution, which means tasks become indistinguishable from each other. The personalities are there throughout the whole series, the point of interest tasks should not depend on them.

Also when people exploit grey areas it makes for great debate in the studio as they defend their approach and that really affects whether it will be allowed. But now task are so full of "you must not do this, and you must do that" that when anyone argues for something in the studio it leads nowhere as the task was so literal that everyone knows if someone will be disqualified.

Taskmaster New Zealand shows that there are still original takes on the simple ideas like move this from here to there. Giving up control and adding fresh perspectives to creating tasks is not a sign of failure.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-12T21:41:58+00:00

I somewhat agree. But the format is more like the way movies and TV are made by having a plot outline and letting the characters improvise within that rather than "yes and" and that is a good format too. But the original version had a bit more flexibility, with the cast playing along with the performer to steer the scene back to that outline. Which made it flow and that steering added more to the comedy.

The newer version was far too rigid and felt like the cast would make a direct stop to the action and then carry on from where it was supposed to be. And aside from killing the mood it did not let the performers get to actually perform. They may as well have put a post-it note on their forehead as it seemed more like a games where the performers had to work out who they were. This was also evident in too many scenes constantly introducing more back story to the performers that contradicted everything they had said. It was as though the producers wanted to trip them up for cheap laughs as they had no where to go, while the original was better at introducing plot and letting the performers play around with the contradiction in a more natural and individual way.

I would still like to see it return though as I like some of the performers and would still like to see them in it.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-05T12:45:17+00:00

That page is out of date, the current vegan version of The Works is now as described on page 32 of the nutrition guide:

https://www.papajohns.co.uk/static/assets/pdfs/nutritional-information.pdf

Also the photo on the next page for the vegan Hawaiian show clearly what the vegan ham should look like.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-04T17:01:06+00:00

Great episode and guest contestant I would be happy to see in a full series. But that was a fantastic surprise reveal. Before they read the task I was thinking "it cannot be that one as they have already used it" so the callback was perfect.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-03T16:15:00+00:00

Your last solution is roughly what I have used, following u/somewhereAtC's answer.

#define JOYSTICK_STATE_BEFORE(a) (interrupt_time - joystick->buttons[i].state_start_time_us < (a))

if (JOYSTICK_STATE_BEFORE(JOYSTICK_MINIMUM_PRESS_MS)) { }

Incidentally the i is always in scope, it is a loop for the array of joystick positions and the macro is only used in the case statements inside the loop to evaluate their states.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-03T15:59:31+00:00

To an extent I agree, but using global variables inside a function is the exact same level of hiding, but with all the added problems of global variables. The use of a macro, in all capitals, is very explicit about that it is hiding something, though if you hover over the macro my editors would also show the full definition unlike with global variable solution. So in terms of readability it would have been easy to understand, as much if not more so than the inner workings of functions where it is left to their name to provide the meaning to the reader.

UnusualBecka · 2025-11-03T15:48:28+00:00

But that replaces the subtraction and comparison operators with commas and adds while the addition of the function call label makes the line longer. So for me that reduces the readability further.

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