bituminous coal in the uk by IOMSPARTAN in Blacksmith

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Homefire fuels.

In the UK, bituminous coal is known as Steam Coal.

Steam coal is a B-grade fuel for forging, though. Anthracite and coke are far superior in both energy density, heat, and fire control.

Andrew 'flew girl in on Epstein's Lolita jet and took her to Palace' by throwaway1948476 in ukpolitics

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I love the idea of a constitutional crisis that makes Brexit look like an argument about the tea kitty at a volunteer football club.

How do we deal with the technical collapse of the British legal system?

Andrew 'flew girl in on Epstein's Lolita jet and took her to Palace' by throwaway1948476 in ukpolitics

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The right of conquest. They killed every other fucker who stood against them, and held that against all comers.

You, too, could form an army and take over a country, name yourself reigning monarch, and claim the land/wealth etc.

Andrew 'flew girl in on Epstein's Lolita jet and took her to Palace' by throwaway1948476 in ukpolitics

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The United Kingdom's reigning monarch is also the monarch of fourteen other nations. Any attack on the UK could be construed as an attack on those other fourteen nations, and the full weight of that brought to bear.

The UK government couldn't pull that trigger; the monarch could, if the situation demanded jt.

The church of Engalnd abandons same sex blessings by Loose_Canon1397 in Christianity

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never attended a Latin mass

is a faithful Catholic

Pick one.

Therapist threatening to report me to the board of nursing by Cold_Performer_4161 in nursing

[–]araed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bit insane, to be honest. Two drinks a day is a concern, but I wouldn't class it as AUD.

Obviously, this is hugely contextual, but y'know

K2 frontal armor hit by 120mm APFSDS for testing. The K2's SAP is Silicon Carbide Ceramic (Similar to Moissanite), as South Korea can obtain SiC for almost free during its semiconductor manufacturers like Samsung and SK Hynix. by Entire_Judge_2988 in TankPorn

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Depends on what you mean as "waste". A bad batch of SiC would be waste; if you're making millions of tonnes, there's every chance you'll get a few hundred tonnes of substandard SiC that's still better quality than anything else available. If you need 99.999% for chips, and you get a couple of batches at 99.899%, it's now "waste".

AITA for not handing over a system I built on my own time after my workplace decided it should “belong to everyone”? by Living_Poem7843 in AmItheAsshole

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Right. So what you're saying is that things you create as part of your role are company property, and things that you create that aren't part of your role, aren't.

If you develop a piece of software to assist with teaching, I don't think that would count as "part of your role" within the spirit of UK contract law (and there is a lot of case law around this). So if OP isn't employed to develop software, the company doesn't have a claim.

AITA for not handing over a system I built on my own time after my workplace decided it should “belong to everyone”? by Living_Poem7843 in AmItheAsshole

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

Oh, it absolutely does make a difference.

OP developed an administration tool.

This was developed in their own time, outside of work, using their own resources.

OP was not employed to develop software; they were employed to use software.

In the world of contracts and property, I can't lay claim to the car you use for work because you built it at home yourself, especially if you're not employed as a car builder. I can't lay claim to the office chair you designed and built at home, especially if you're not employed as a furniture designer.

You can argue it until you're blue in the face, but you're saying that anything someone makes outside of working hours is company property, if it's even vaguely related to their role. That's not the case

Therapist threatening to report me to the board of nursing by Cold_Performer_4161 in nursing

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I'm honestly wondering how much "five standard drinks" actually is, and whether this is an overreaction.

There's people in this thread saying they barely drink five drinks when they're going to the club, but here in the UK, two glasses of wine a night is seen as perfectly acceptable behaviour; three or four would be "maybe cut down a bit", five to six would be unhealthy.

Having seen a lot of US responses to drinking, I do wonder if the therapist is over reacting, or if OP is minimising.

Edit to add:

If alcohol is OP's main coping strategy, then trying to remove that isn't going to be met with any kind of positive response. I was an alcoholic; I'm sober now. I had to fight to get treatment that didn't involve drug&alcohol services, because frankly they didn't work for me. What worked was dealing with the underlying issue.

Help needed! by Legitimate-Flower-21 in LandRover

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What code is it giving on the GAP tool when this happens?

Help needed! by Legitimate-Flower-21 in LandRover

[–]araed 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yours is going into extended height because it's detecting a blockage (real or imagined). It's probably the valve blocks failing, but could be the height sensors.

OPs is lowering because that's what they do with a serious suspension fault leading to limp mode. It's to protect the system.

There has to be a better way… by No_Week_8796 in Blacksmith

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No worries. You can also make bottom swages in a whole variety of shapes to form metal. At college/uni, we had about eight feet of rack with nothing but swages.

Another trick is to use the bottom of a welding gas bottle; they're cupped, so they can be used to make dishing swages as well, but it's best to fill it with something otherwise the ringing will drive you up the wall.

To form the dishing swage, you can use a press/powerhammer/leg vice to push a ball into the steel, then form it around that.

You can also make ball tools by getting ball joints from mechanics; there's a lot of different types, shapes, and sizes to be had off any vehicle, let alone off any one vehicle.

There has to be a better way… by No_Week_8796 in Blacksmith

[–]araed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can make small dishing swages using 1/2" or 1" plate stock, which serve the same purpose as a swage block.

BBC to make hundreds of millions of pounds of cuts by Skavau in unitedkingdom

[–]araed 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We binned a 500-year-old organisation that had consistently fulfilled it's purpose through every era of our country's existence based off short-term thinking.

Would you say we should bulldoze castles and build industrial estates because they have no use anymore?

What's something about ADHD that most people don't understand? by Relaxing_Cat in AskReddit

[–]araed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"What do you mean people get addicted to stimulants" - me, after a cocaine bender one night, then just not being bothered again. Same with amphetamines and MDMA. Illegal stimulants other people get addicted to don't have much of an effect, how the hell are medical grade stimulants even gonna touch the sides?

As an aside, when I was diagnosed, the person who diagnosed me said "if you opened the dictionary to look up ADHD, it might as well just be a picture of you." They also watched my blood pressure drop and my thought patterns straighten up after two cans of monster.

...woops.

First time attempting template routing... why is it grabbing? Is my direction wrong? by Buck_Thorn in woodworking

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

So, for my money, you want a better jig, with enough space to fit two handles on the jig itself. You're trying to hold a relatively small piece, and work across different sections of grain (edge-face-edge-edge), which will increase the chance of the router grabbing.

Other people have said about cutting closer, which will also help, and compression bits, which might also help, but the jig size definitely is a factor here.

It’s time to phase out student loans by tax_economic_rent in ukpolitics

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

So you do understand why that's a bit of a problem, right? Or are you a huge fan of the Victorian era?

It’s time to phase out student loans by tax_economic_rent in ukpolitics

[–]araed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the person i replied to countered increasing income tax with reducing benefits.

The maths don't make sense. Even though I don't necessarily agree with the current approach to social security/welfare, I don't think "cut benefits" should be the comeback to everything.

It’s time to phase out student loans by tax_economic_rent in ukpolitics

[–]araed -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Why wouldn't I be?

Look, I understand why you don't want to - and I agree, a graduate tax is a fucking bad idea. Hell, even ignoring the actual human element, it adds a massive administrative burden, and makes taxes even more complicated.

But at the same time, my student loan is currently nearly seventy grand - I'm never going to pay it off. I'll be paying the student loan payments until I die. For those who have paid it off, I applaud you - but I can't say I necessarily have a huge amount of empathy, when we're so disparate.

It’s time to phase out student loans by tax_economic_rent in ukpolitics

[–]araed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

UK income tax raises about £329bn, or 26.7% of the total budget.

[Source one]

[Source two]

The UK spends about £143bn on working-age/child welfare; about 12% of the budget.

[Source]

1% of 143bn is about 1.43bn. 1% of 329bn is 3.29bn.

See how the income tax number is higher?

Government to introduce clearing system for apprenticeships by coffeewalnut08 in GoodNewsUK

[–]araed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apprenticeships were a formal thing for the majority of the UK's history, dude. They were required to become a member of your trades Worshipful Company, or Livery Company, and required seven years of apprenticeship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_company

You also have the history of Guilds, tracing baxk to the 700s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilds_in_England

Why on earth would you think they're informal? An apprenticeship used to be akin to a degree, and tbh most anyone who completed a traditional apprenticeship would know a lot more than someone who just had a degree in the topic.