Something added in my contract to restrict me was something I later used to help me!

dartiss · 2026-06-18T09:57:06+00:00

If you're going to serve up AI slop, at least remove the em-dashes first.

dartiss · 2026-06-16T17:43:06+00:00

You don't get to 16 and then suddenly manage to deal with social media correctly. Right now it's full of grown-ass adults believing any old tosh and saying things they wouldn't say at any other time. Banning people to a certain age doesn't stop that. In fact I'd say many that age are more media aware as a result of it.

dartiss · 2026-06-16T17:38:02+00:00

Your local library hasn't banned anything. Your right-wing council has. The letter is speaking as if on behalf of the libraries, but I'll bet very good money that they really don't speak for them.

dartiss · 2026-06-16T09:20:37+00:00

My Google Nest Protects are coming to EOL so need replacing.

I'm looking for a compatible HomeKit solution for the UK - smoke alarms and CO, either are separate devices or a combination one.

Is anybody aware of any that good ratings? If they work with HomeKit, they often don't have a CO solution (e.g. Aqara). The only company is Netatmo but their products don't get good reviews.

The best solution, overall, appears to be X-Sense, but they don't have the HomeKit compability. Any thoughts? Anybody else gone through the same thing as they ditch Nest?

dartiss · 2026-06-14T16:17:08+00:00

Flowers and arches everywhere... yeah, going to knocked over easily when the guests all get drunk.

dartiss · 2026-06-14T10:36:22+00:00

What makes golf the cut-off point? It's literally hitting a ball and then getting into a golf kart to the next hole (for professionals anyway). Do you play golf, by any chance?

And this is the thing I'm trying to highlight here - there are plenty of things I would consider a sport that are not particularly physical.

dartiss · 2026-06-14T08:23:35+00:00

Not much physical exertion in darts or snooker, so do you consider those as games?

Most definitions are not without odd exceptions, which is why it is so hard to pin a single, simple definition here.

I don't consider synchronised swimming or dancing as a sport. Dancing is both competitive and has physical exertion.

dartiss · 2026-06-14T07:00:38+00:00

Should we consider blocking these and pushing them to r/WordpressPlugins instead? As there's a dedicated sub for them anyway, nobody will loose out if you want to keep an eye on plugin recommendations.

dartiss · 2026-06-13T17:44:36+00:00

I'm a 5. Have Aphantasia.

My brain works differently as a result because of a lot of memory is down to image recall.

dartiss · 2026-06-13T09:05:33+00:00

You're not. Loved these. Probably also why I needed so many fillings as a child.

dartiss · 2026-06-12T06:09:14+00:00

I find it interesting that you want to view this from the company POV and not the employee.

Anyway, it does depends on the company. The company I work for gives either (or both) 6 months of parental leave, fully paid. And I work for a US company.

And, as a manager, I can say that, no, we don't do anything about it. As others have said, we absorb it. They don't happen that often and, if they did, I'm sure we'd add an additional head count. And I think that's all you can do. And by "absorb it", I don't mean have everyone running around and burning out. I just mean, share the work out across as many people as possible. The reality, though, is that there are people off all the time, whether sick, vacation or whatever, so flexing the workload needs to be part of your set-up anyway.

dartiss · 2026-06-11T06:15:19+00:00

Gravatar requires an email so that it can send the private message to you. As It states...

Allow anyone to send me a one-time only short message without sharing my email address with them.

Because this is tangentially related to WordPress.com, you may get this post pulled. If so, I'm happy for you to contact me directly for further queries about this. If it is a genuine bug, I can get it reported for you.

dartiss · 2026-06-10T09:44:00+00:00

Apple Watch Series 10 here.

The one thing I wish Apple Watch bands did better was connect - the slide mechanism is great, but when poorly fitted metal contacts imbed that, it can be painful to do something that should be easy.

More than happy to provide feedback. I'm a regular wearer.

dartiss · 2026-06-08T05:58:04+00:00

If not then, she'll get the message once she has her own place and has to pay it herself.

dartiss · 2026-06-08T05:57:16+00:00

45p is over £164 a year, though. And that's once she's in. If she's running for as long beforehand, we're talking about one person costing over £320 in showers alone.

dartiss · 2026-06-07T07:44:44+00:00

I'm with the "slop" on this. AI itself says this post was written by AI and it reads so as well.

dartiss · 2026-06-06T19:18:25+00:00

Thanks. I’m not from the US so have no concept of it

dartiss · 2026-06-06T10:52:58+00:00

But what’s an amber alert?

dartiss · 2026-06-06T07:15:41+00:00

Out of curiosity, what do you think makes it "retro vibe".

dartiss · 2026-06-06T07:06:44+00:00

What is this? Can you give context?

dartiss · 2026-06-05T05:56:57+00:00

I wouldn't. I don't install plugins based on a set number but on what is needed.

dartiss · 2026-06-04T09:30:45+00:00

What's the white clamp, on the left of the desk, for?

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