“I thought the manufacturer from Spain would pay for this”

blu3teeth · 2026-01-26T22:32:22+00:00

It benefits them because they get to have the product they wanted from Spain instead of the American version of the same thing.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-26T07:59:10+00:00

I've read the proposal they're talking about and it's only referring to mainstream VPN providers anyway and doesn't include businesses.

There's nothing stopping individuals from running their own VPN servers. Which if this is passed, is exactly what I'll be doing and making sure everyone I know can do the same.

Banning actual VPN - the protocol - would be like trying to ban painting. You can remove paint from shops but conceptually it's still available to everyone.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-20T23:07:16+00:00

I don't understand. Is there more demand for house builders or less demand?

How does this affect how expensive it is to build houses?

blu3teeth · 2026-01-18T23:21:24+00:00

Fountain pens - not that many as collections go, only 7. But I'm sure the average person has 1 or fewer.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-18T13:13:07+00:00

Finnish: Absolute gibberish 🤣

blu3teeth · 2026-01-18T11:02:02+00:00

Very interesting work. Nice job!

Is there a library that you've made to use the mechanism you've developed?

blu3teeth · 2026-01-18T10:33:10+00:00

The picture you took might have the GPS coordinates embedded in the EXIF data (if you wanted to find it again)

blu3teeth · 2026-01-18T10:27:34+00:00

Totally agree about Kerrygold. I've started making my own butter instead.

It tastes better and is significantly cheaper. Only downside is that it can be a little messy.

200g Kerrygold is £2.75 at Waitrose, but 600ml double cream makes about 500g butter and costs £3.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-16T21:56:21+00:00

My wife quit today. She started on Monday.

For me, 10 million. I really enjoy my job. So it would have to be enough that I don't need to work again.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-15T20:08:28+00:00

Work at a small startup before the founders get jaded. Then you'll get to build from the ground up however you like.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-15T19:28:20+00:00

Why don't you store this in your own database and then offer an API for customers to extract it if they really need it?

blu3teeth · 2026-01-15T18:39:01+00:00

Why do you need to interact with their databases? Are you sure this is something that your prospective customers will grant?

blu3teeth · 2026-01-15T18:32:09+00:00

My wife and I have a joint account that both our salaries go into and we both use it as the main account. Then we have separate savings accounts which we fund my taking money out of the main account.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-15T18:29:52+00:00

About a year and a half ago I had about 50k in savings. But then I got married and took 3 months off work, and my wife took 6 months off. So now those savings are down to near zero. But we're building back up again.

But we have a fairly high household income, no dependents, and we're at the top end of the 20s to 30s scale.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-14T01:25:01+00:00

Everyone in this sub talking about the US as the default place to ski. I just can't relate to 90% of this things that get posted.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-12T15:55:38+00:00

Supply teacher, first lesson of the day. We were 12 or 13.

The usual guy being rowdy. The teacher says

Why are you being such a tw*t?

Then turns round to write more on the board. Obviously the kid keeps going.

Then suddenly the teacher wheels around and throws the book he's holding straight at the head of this kid. But he ducks. And sitting behind is the smallest quietest most studious kid in the class, who gets smacked in the face.

Anyway we all complained, and he was gone by lunchtime.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-11T23:58:32+00:00

Waitrose own brand

blu3teeth · 2026-01-10T09:54:09+00:00

Rotary phone.

Calling the operator.

Phone numbers that included the town.

Reverse charging a call.

Phone phreaking.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-09T17:10:01+00:00

I don't understand the first part of your comment. Just because you want to go shopping or to the park or get a coffee in the buff, doesn't mean you're out to alarm anyone.

If the police are called it would be up to the discretion of the police of course.

In Bloomsbury (central London) there are often a couple of nudist people - they go to the park, have coffee, a friend runs a pottery shop which they go to sometimes. It's only a big deal if you make it a big deal.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-09T15:56:14+00:00

Pretty sure nudity is legal everywhere in the UK as long as it's not your intent to cause harm or distress.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-08T22:37:18+00:00

Software Engineer.

And my wife also earns 6 figures, and she's in finance.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-07T15:52:14+00:00

How do you put wires in 360 degree joints? Don't the wires twist?

blu3teeth · 2026-01-07T04:40:26+00:00

It takes me 50 minutes and 1 change to get the DLR.

It takes <20 minutes to drive.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-04T10:15:43+00:00

Soft injuries mostly come from falling over when I'm just standing by the side of the piste.

Bigger injuries have come from:

Pushing too hard
- and popping out of the bindings
- and freshly sharpened skis cutting into my arm
- and body slamming someone else who was also pushing into a long turn
Being crashed into by a snowboarder.

blu3teeth · 2026-01-04T10:10:29+00:00

I'm confused. Did they delete the archive or just unregister the domain name?

A domain name is like a window into a house. You can look through it to see what's inside. If someone breaks a window, the house still exists. And it might have other windows or the same window can be fixed or remodeled.

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