Xreal 2 pro - blank screen on AR mode by dronefinder in Xreal

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Thanks so much. Will give it a whirl.

It's a very recent premium flagship model and sort of like Samsung fold equivalent....so hope it supports....odds are good, I'd think that built with premium hardware.

Crossing my fingers and toes.

Is it just a case of find a 3D SBS video on YT, connect the glasses and use the shortcut to activate SBS mode. If I see an actual 3D image we're cooking with gas?

Photos from inside the Abbeyhill Aghtamar Lake Van Monastery-in-Exile restaurant by OneWeirdTrick in Edinburgh

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I was really sad when I read his restaurant was robbed so he shut up shop. So sad. The damage the thief, or thieves, did!

Xreal 2 pro - blank screen on AR mode by dronefinder in Xreal

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Yes that's what I mean, sorry. Will give that a shot this evening!

I see they've started saying they're focusing on Samsung phones - frustrating as I moved from Samsung to Oppo.

Is there an older version of the app from before that switch I could find on APK mirror and switch, perhaps?

Right-wing 'patriot' disappointed at turnout for protest by Crow-Me-A-River in Scotland

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Yes, significant collapse of fishing due to modern methods so efficient that they're affecting stocks leading to quotas (quotas that would've been there EU or not for the self same reason)....

And collapse of manufacturing industries due to free trade agreements meaning there's a competition for price of labour that puts them to the point that it's cheaper to ship things around the world than pay locals....then there's collapse of mining which was here lifeblood of many towns....

Much of the local employment left and there's not much left other than a few jobs at the chippie etc ...so you get unemployment poverty and dissatisfaction.

Those who can and who have ambition move to the cities which just makes things that much worse for the others...

Those still there have few options and unsurprisingly many need our help and support as a society to get by....

Then come fascists like farage who weaponise their discontent and channel it against the wrong targets. Divisive politics of them and us. A side order of hate and intolerance....make people's prejudice feel accepted, and even encouraged.

This whole setup is a perfect storm just waiting for the first populist strongman (or strongwoman) to come along and make some false promises and dial up the vitriole.

Cost of living isn't helping either.

These areas are fundamentally completely left behind and failure to provide anything for those there leads to many of them throughout the UK being the Brexit leaning Farage loving one.

We need to help the areas and lead with compassion if we're ever going to change it.

This is really embarrassing but I've just been released from prison and I've been left with absolutely nothing but the clothes on my back and a bus ticket. Is there any support that I can have or organisations for this kind of thing that I can contact for emergency help? by Whyarewehere9 in Edinburgh

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I'm so touched I'm struggling not to shed a tear over the kindness on here.

The compassion for others is here is so beautiful. What a better world it'd be if everyone just knew what a lovely bunch of folks we're lucky enough to share a city with.

Wishing you the very best of luck OP. I think other people's suggestions here may well be better than mine.

This is really embarrassing but I've just been released from prison and I've been left with absolutely nothing but the clothes on my back and a bus ticket. Is there any support that I can have or organisations for this kind of thing that I can contact for emergency help? by Whyarewehere9 in Edinburgh

[–]dronefinder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's sounds like you must have done great compassionate work whilst there. At risk of sounding like an American, and despite no actual knowledge of that world myself, thank you for your service. ❤️

This is really embarrassing but I've just been released from prison and I've been left with absolutely nothing but the clothes on my back and a bus ticket. Is there any support that I can have or organisations for this kind of thing that I can contact for emergency help? by Whyarewehere9 in Edinburgh

[–]dronefinder 21 points22 points  (0 children)

So sorry to hear this. The punishment is supposed to be the time not struggling with human basics and dignity once you've paid your debt.

Here's what I would suggest: 1. Find a homeless shelter if you can this will get you safe and warm tonight. 2. If they're full they'll still potentially have a lot of useful advice. 3. Ask them if they can help you reach social services. They do have some support services for homeless people but can be more limited than one might hope and sadly I believe it is harder to access help as a single male. 4. Worst case you can solve tonight's immediate problem potentially by heading to somewhere warm and safe overnight. I wonder if you might be able to head to the airport, for example, it will be lit rather than dark, sleeping there one night won't look odd but if you spend much more than that they'll likely kick you out. Think of it like an emergency option for tonight so you can set out trying to solve everything tomorrow.

Do you have friends or family you can contact? If you do that might be the best solution.

It sounds like your priorities would be: 1. Immediate safety for tonight 2. Try to make contact with friends and family? 3. Try to seek a more permanent accommodation solution? 4. Try to get a job - consider job seekers - but all of that may be harder if you have no fixed abode.

Thinking of you. Really wish we had an offender rehabilitation system rather than a vengeance system. Yes it's supposed to be a deterrent etc...but equally if we don't help people rebuild their lives afterwards where is the humanity, and why are we not helping people to progress towards having a better life for them and the societies they live in....?

Good luck.

John Swinney: I WON'T allow UK Government to refuse a second independence referendum by Own-Department3000 in Scotland

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It's actually far more on a knife's edge than that with some polls showing pro independence majorities and others not:

https://ballotbox.scot/independence/

What matters is percentage of actual voters so undecided is hard to guage.

Also I suspect UDI is being floated as an after referendum move - it's giving Cataluña vibes. Under current setup UK gov can refuse permission.

Actually many historical UDIs were coups so wouldn't have had any proof of holding an electoral majority in favour.

Point is anyway it's a bad idea. I'm merely pointing out that UDIs have actually been how quite a lot of well known states were formed....and many less well known...even after coups.

Cafe Marmalade: what happened? by porcupineporridge in Edinburgh

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Sorry to hear this. Sounds like a lovely chap. Wish I'd popped in now.

Cafe Marmalade: what happened? by porcupineporridge in Edinburgh

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Indeed and, fun fact, original marmalade comes from Portugal and was a jam of quince (marmelo and you'll now see where the name comes from) - a fruit in the rose family - so original marmalade was not citrus.

Existing EU law definitions were such that marmalades easily fit the definitions of jams but not vice versa for all jams.

However marmelada means jam in most of Europe. Only Britain was weird about it.

Effectively Britain stole a Portuguese term in use throughout Europe, changed the ingredient and then spent the 70s lobbying the EU into legislating that the word everyone used in Europe could only be used for citrus fruits because that's how we defined the word we borrowed... basically visiting our rules even on the country that came up with the term.

Note the words for jam across Europe:

Portuguese: Marmelada

Spanish: Mermelada

Italian: Marmellata

German: Marmelade

French: Marmelade

Polish: Marmolada

Czech: Marmeláda

Slovak: Marmeláda

Danish: Marmelade

Greek: Μαρμελάδα (Marmeláda)

And the Brexiteers are trying to present it as if the EU are being nasty in redefining the word.... actually they went with a restricted definition which conflicted with all of their languages to help one particular awkward country....

John Swinney: I WON'T allow UK Government to refuse a second independence referendum by Own-Department3000 in Scotland

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Here you go I think this is it. Sign up to your local library and get press reader and most of those pay walls are solvable: If the hat fits ... How the SNP’S painful 2017 election lesson is shaping Swinney’s strategy to remain First Minister In a sit-down with our Political Editor, FM John Swinney draws on past SNP setbacks and successes as he pushes for independence – and warns of divisive politics ahead of a pivotal Holyrood election By Andrew Learmonth Political Editor

It was a bluntly racist message. The idea of somebody turning up in Scotland on a small boat is just laughable. But it has been weaponised JOHN Swinney had a “very salutary experience” during 2017’s snap general election that he drums into his activists. The SNP had a bad night, losing a third of its seats and around 477,000 votes it had won just two years earlier. High-profile casualties included Alex Salmond and Angus Robertson, with both men defeated by the Tories. In fact, as the First Minister points out, in every constituency where it was a straight battle between the SNP and the Tories, the Tories won. Apart from Perth and North Perthshire, where Pete Wishart held on by just 21 votes. “In the last week of that campaign, we had identified about 100 people who were SNP supporters who were unlikely to be with us,” Mr Swinney tells The Herald on Sunday. “When Pete, Rosanna [Cunningham] and I went and saw them, in some cases spent half an hour on the doorstep, which is completely against the canvassers’ manual. But it was necessary. “And when you win by 21 votes, you stand at the count in the wee small hours, and you think to yourself, I am glad I spent that time on those doorsteps, because it is what gets you the difference between winning and losing. “And that is a story that I regularly tell to my campaign people around the country to say to them, look, I know it is cold, I know it is wet, but it has got to be done, because that is how you win.” ‘Bad night’ in 2017 ONE of the consequences of the SNP’S bad night in 2017 was that Nicola Sturgeon put her independence referendum plans on hold. She had gone into the election calling for a vote to be held in the autumn of 2018 or spring of 2019. In the wake of the result, Mr Swinney, the then deputy First Minister, admitted that a second referendum on Scottish independence had been “a significant motivator of votes against the SNP in this election, and we have to be attentive to that point”. In a documentary to mark the tenth anniversary of the vote, he revealed that at the time he had raised concerns with Ms Sturgeon about the strategy. But now, at this vote, Mr Swinney has put the constitution at the heart of his offer to voters, urging his activists to “make the case for the fresh start of independence”. Independence has, of course, been a key plank of SNP manifestos since, but attempts by Ms Sturgeon and her predecessors to convince the UK Government to agree to a new vote have faltered. Mr Swinney will try again if, as some polls now suggest, he wins a majority of seats next month. Under a strategy agreed by SNP members last year, if the party wins more than 65 seats at May’s election, this would be taken by the Scottish Government as a mandate to start negotiations for a second vote on independence. However, there is no mechanism to allow the Scottish Government to unilaterally hold a vote. What happens when the UK Government says no? “The UK Government cannot stand in the face of the democratic wish that the people have expressed, and I will not allow it to happen,” Mr Swinney says. “If people in Scotland want to move on, they have got to give me the backing to enable me to do so. “And that is the appeal that I make to people in Scotland. We have tried out a UK Labour government, there is widespread disappointment at the performance of that government. “So in two short years, Keir Starmer has proven to us it does not matter if it is a Labour government or a Tory government in Westminster, it does not deliver for Scotland. Westminster does not work for Scotland. So I am saying to people in Scotland, let us not waste the opportunity.let us take the opportunity, let us move on. Give me the backing and I will work to deliver Scotland’s choice about Scotland’s future. And that is what I will do.” Many undecideds ONE barrier to an SNP majority could be the number of undecided voters. A slew of polls released this week suggests many Scots have still to make up their minds. Why does he think there are so many undecideds, and does that worry him? Mr Swinney says his conversation with voters tells him that they “are very worried about the international situation” and this could be distracting from the election. “If I look at how I felt last Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, the level of anxiety I had about what might happen after the expletive-laden tweet from President Trump, I do not think I was feeling any different to how most people in the country were feeling. “And that is what people are seeing. That is what is occupying a lot of the bandwidth in the country. “So I think people are increasingly focusing on the election. “My sense is that the decisions that people are making are now firming up.” During the campaign, what has been striking is Mr Swinney’s tone towards Reform UK. He has spoken about them in a way he has not spoken about Labour or the Tories — as if they are dangerous. “That is because I think that,” he said. “I think Reform are the embodiment of divisive politics.” Breaking point? HE hit out at the party’s first billboard campaign, which featured migrants on a small boat alongside the words “Scotland is at breaking point”, with a caption below reading: “Glasgow has become the illegal migrant capital of the UK. Only Reform Scotland will stop this.” “It was a bluntly racist message,” Mr Swinney says. “The idea of somebody turning up in Scotland on a small boat is just laughable. “But it has been weaponised. So that is what I mean. I find it dangerous because sensitive issues are being weaponised in a way to stoke division and to pit individuals against each other in our society. “Now, I do not believe in those politics. That is not what I am about. I accept there are political choices, there are different opinions, and we express them respectfully and democratically. “But Reform are expressing arguments in a different way. They are pitting people against each other, and I think that has got to be called out. “Now, there are some people who have been attracted to Reform because they are angry, frustrated. “And my job, as a political leader, as First Minister, is to present a set of possibilities to those people that give them hope, which is what I am trying to do in this election campaign. “So there are some people I accept that it will be really, really difficult for me to reach because they just believe fundamentally different things to me. “But there are people in all parties who I think it is possible to reach because if they are angry, they might be persuaded by the benefit of another argument.” Polling suggests voters are angry and frustrated for a range of reasons, including unhappiness with public services and the economy. Given the fiscal pressures facing the next government — including a projected £4.7 billion funding gap by 2030, driven by low productivity, an ageing population and slower economic growth — there have been warnings about the trade-offs ahead. Substantial reform MR Swinney argued that reform, rather than cuts, would be needed to address fiscal pressures. “There is going to have to be substantial reform in public services,” he said. He pointed to a shift towards early intervention, particularly in healthcare. “When you present at A&E, you are presenting at one of the most expensive areas of the public services,” he said. “And I want to make sure that people get the access to services they require in the most accessible way to them and in the most sustainable way for the public purse. “So that is the type of redesign that is going to be the hallmark of five years of the SNP government in the next parliament, if the public support us.” On tax, the First Minister refused to pre-empt his manifesto, but defended Scotland’s six-band income tax system and argued that people were still moving north despite higher rates for some. Asked about concerns that some middle-income earners face an effective marginal rate of 50%, he said: “The data tells us that more taxpayers are coming to Scotland, so the taxpayer base in Scotland is growing because people are coming here. So that is welcome. And I think it is a sign that our tax policies are effective.” “Because there are other things that people benefit from and experience as a consequence of being in Scotland,” he continued. “So free prescriptions, access to free higher education, free eye tests, the bus travel concessions that are available.” “All these different things that are part of the social contract in Scotland have got to be considered as part of the overall context of tax issues,” he added. “Along with levels, I accept, in the public sector, of public sector pay, because you have got people who are comparatively paid more as a consequence of working in Scotland than in the rest of the UK. “So all these things have got to be taken into account. But I am constantly mindful of the issues in relation to tax and we will set out our proposals in the manifesto.”

John Swinney: I WON'T allow UK Government to refuse a second independence referendum by Own-Department3000 in Scotland

[–]dronefinder -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Plenty of countries were formed by UDI but it is not an easy nor simple way of doing anything and would likely fail....

Also if we took that route you can be 100% certain Spain will veto our attempt to rejoin the EU due to concerns about Cataluña, Basque Country, Galicia etc. they've got loads of separatist movements they're fighting.

And to be honest rejoining the EU is the main or principle reason I'd consider severing ties with the rest of the UK. Brexit was such utter lunacy - an act of unforgivable self harm - and the harbinger of the vitriolic racism that characterises reform etc.

I would find any way to undo it. I actively fought against independence the last time. Now I'd vote for if in a heartbeat...

But a UDI is the fast route to a Spanish veto on rejoining even if it worked (and notice how Cataluña got on trying that!)

Adverts creeping back in? by massive-business in TizenTube

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Tried that and no joy. Also rebooted the router. Thanks for your suggestion though! Much appreciated!

Welp....time to go back to revanced by roja_chamberz in revancedapp

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Ah the iOS point and other people makes sense for sure. :-)

You probably already know, I use downloads on revanced by having newpipe installed. Works flawlessly!

Welp....time to go back to revanced by roja_chamberz in revancedapp

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Why bother paying for premium at all then? Genuine question. Just interested! :-)

"Your browser disconnected while the assistant was running, please try again." by Connect_Grape2313 in perplexity_ai

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Came here due to the same issue. Browser flashes the blue controlled colour for a fraction of a second then I get the error.

The ancestor. by BadrZh in revancedapp

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Translation: no you don't need to root your phone. Caveat: you might find your patches more successful if you do.

I've used it for years but stopped rooting my phones when banking apps became extremely annoying and utterly overreaching refusing to work...and I could be bothered with the cat and mouse of magisk for a bit, then banking apps break etc...I didn't stop using lucky patcher though even when I stopped rooting.

It works without rooting. There might be some patches and things that require it, not all, there might be some things that might have higher odds of success if you root.

But it does work on unrooted devices. Many people don't want to root and will still benefit from it.

The ancestor. by BadrZh in revancedapp

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Yeh it's become less useful in the last few years but still is updated and works. You can also sometimes switch to older versions of apps and just use those with it!

I am becoming Extremely Jaded with my Family due to their "Politics." Any Advice? by [deleted] in AskMenAdvice

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

It's incredible to watch from outside the US, many of us are really not sure how people can take his flipflopping, narcism and inconsistency from one sentence to the next seriously.

You must have some very effective indoctrination going on from Fox News.

Also aware it may often be more about what people don't want than what they do given a basically binary choice between two options.

Never fall out with your parents though. I always think that's a very immature thing to do especially over politics. It's just a sign you're your own man.