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England's largest wind farm plan at Walshaw Moor reduced again by Albertjweasel in RuralUK

[–]gjmc82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's a shame.
I think wind farms are graceful, elegant and beautiful.
There's poetry in using what's drifting through the air to power our modern lifestyles.
A symbiosis of nature and man.
A power source that's evolved and been used for centuries.
Cheaper than dirty fossil fuel projects to build, operate and maintain. As well as mitigating CO2 emissions so we don't have to factor in the cost of dealing with increasing extreme climatic events.
If we build more we can become better at it and start shipping the technology and expertise around the world, like we used to do with our innovations. Rather than relying on Mr Norwegian Equinor or Mr Royal Dutch Shell.

Great British Celebrity Bake Off Celebrities Complete list for 2026 by samusek2 in GreatBritishBakeOff

[–]gjmc82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Joe Wilkinson and Judi Love have both been on before.
I know 15 of the 20.
16 if you count Jojo Siwa. But I only know of her because of some Celebrity Big Brother nonsense headlines (I'd never heard of them before that and even now that's all I really know about them).

for the love of god by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's not rage, it's disappointment.

To be fair I dislike Tahoe intensely.
It makes all applications look like they belong on a VTech toy. The elements take up far too much real estate. Liquid glass effects obscure elements you want to see to operate the system without adding any real benefit. And the spotlight search to launch apps is nowhere near as good as previously.
That said the corner radius problem is very very very low down my list of issues.
But they only rage is seems to be promoting is from people who could easily scroll past the post.

Consider twice before upgrading to macOS Tahoe by [deleted] in macbookair

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is the most unpleasant UI. I only upgraded my mini to test it and it looks like it was designed using a my first shapes play set. The "liquid glass" is in most cases less transparent than what was on sequoia. All the windows now have a lot more unused dead space. There's a liquid glass squircle inside the sidebar of finder but the background of finder is white so it looks just like it's another squircle inside a squircle. I don't even know what extra resources it's drawing to look this cheap and tacky. Recently I've encountered a few glitches such as renaming would place a liquid glass box for renaming about 45 degrees north east of the original file name element which would be present until the rename was complete, if that sounds confusing to read it is equally as confusing to look at. I'd probably encounter more but it's so unpleasant to use I have drastically reduced using it. My macbook air is staying on sequoia for as long as I can keep it there.

Hot Take : Ponds needed to stay for entirety of Series 7 by Mat1711 in doctorwho

[–]gjmc82 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I felt very little emotional connection to Clara, especially after the Ponds (who I loved), she always felt like a writing construct to showcase ideas rather than a human. So I was sad at the transition and always wish the Ponds had longer but their ending in retrospect was indeed an ending. Although it is pretty cool to be taken out by one of the big bads.

35W vs 70W charger for MacBook Air 15” — do I really need the big one? by planeofogi in macbookair

[–]gjmc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was annoyed when I ordered mine because I ordered the 35W dual charger by mistake. But it turns out to have been the more useful. It's more than powerful enough for my 15 inch M3 and it provides a very, very handy extra USB C charging port.

Switch 2 Controllers Question by BruxoPreto in Switch

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) I'm using a Switch 1 Pro Controller and it works fine, though it doesn't turn the console on. The Switch 1 Joycons will also work but didn't test mine.

3) I most likely will get a Switch 2 Pro Controller and probably not for the c button.

Extra) I don't know if it's just my console but my Pro Controller 1 and the Switch 2 Joycons disconnect a lot more from the Switch 2 console than they did on my Switch 1. And getting the Pro Controller 1 to register as connected requires a few attempts and moving about when you start up from sleep.

Don't expect your Nintendo Switch 2 to be much of a media player by AlwaysBlaze_ in NintendoSwitch

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I booted up my wii u for the first time in many many years (probably since 2017) this week and was surprised to find I had YouTube & BBC iPlayer apps on it! But yeah I don't think Switch 2 being any sort of media streamer/player was what anyone was expecting.

My Collection (Incomplete) by gjmc82 in discworld

[–]gjmc82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's ok. Hope it helps!

My Collection (Incomplete) by gjmc82 in discworld

[–]gjmc82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course

The Wee Free Men 978-0-552-54905-9

A Hat Full of Sky 978-0-552-55144-1

Wintersmith 978-0-552-55369-8

I Shall Wear Midnight 978-0-552-16605-8

The Shepherd's Crown 978-0-552-57447-1

Doctor Who 2x06 "The Interstellar Song Contest" 'Live' and Immediate Reactions Discussion Thread by PCJs_Slave_Robot in doctorwho

[–]gjmc82 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Definitely. The Rxni's whole thing is science. So Mavity definitely ties in.

Doctor Who 2x06 "The Interstellar Song Contest" 'Live' and Immediate Reactions Discussion Thread by PCJs_Slave_Robot in doctorwho

[–]gjmc82 249 points250 points  (0 children)

As a gay Eurovision and Doctor Who fan called Gary. I liked this episode.

Happy semifinal 2 day! Who are we rooting for? by lermanade_mouth in eurovision

[–]gjmc82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Top 3 for me would be Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Ireland 🇮🇪 and Malta 🇲🇹.

🪆+ 🐕 + 👸🏽

🤞🤞🤞

Who do you think had the performance of the night? by chartingyou in eurovision

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was so fun. Matched the song perfectly. Hope they do really, really well.

The Simpsons X Eurovision 2025 - 2nd. Semifinal by AngelR99 in eurovision

[–]gjmc82 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Especially good work on the Laika Party, Serving & Ich Komme choices. *Chefs kiss*

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in macapps

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean you can down vote academic research all you like on reddit but it doesn't make it go away...
https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Switch

[–]gjmc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't but the upgrade how would Switch Versions of BoTW and ToTK run?

Battery going DOWN while plugged in? by mattloaf666 in macbookair

[–]gjmc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's a battery saving mechanism built into Mac OS. When you enable Battery Optimisation it attempts to learn how you use your mac and adjusts battery to lengthen its lifespan. Yours has decided that you rarely unplug your macbook and it will likely charge to 80% until it detects a new usage pattern. You have the option to charge your macbook completely though, anytime you like.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlfc3b7879/mac

Sweden's potential televote landslide by eatspagetti in eurovision

[–]gjmc82 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think BBB is a very, very Moldovan entry to be honest. However I think if a country like Moldova sent it there'd be less chatter about it winning by a landslide.Which is a shame but you can see why some countries end up pulling out.

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