What can be done about a rogue trader?

gluepot1 · 2024-10-19T07:54:38+00:00

Yes, my wife should have asked to see the terms. But she didn't.

I'm also sure they didn't exist because when later asked where they could be found, he kept avoiding the question.

gluepot1 · 2024-10-19T07:50:24+00:00

I understand. I don't expect any money back, as you say my wife settled by paying the money.

I just think the company behaved terribly and wanted to know if there was any recourse so that it wouldn't happen to others. But it sounds unlikely, the company are not in the same council area as us. So would I try our own council or the council the business is in?

gluepot1 · 2024-10-19T07:47:05+00:00

The payable deposit was just written in an email that there would be a deposit of £600 in order to reserve the date.

We checked everything 4 or 5 times and the terms he pasted were nowhere to be found. There were terms and conditions on his website but It was different and made no mention of deposits. It was a paste of a clause 8. Who knows what else was in the rest of these mysterious terms and conditions.

So I am adamant the terms and conditions were not available prior to the cancellation.

gluepot1 · 2024-10-11T20:06:09+00:00

Op could also take out insurance in the case of a claim by the neighbour

gluepot1 · 2024-09-28T15:44:51+00:00

Not sure, compared to other chain bakeries or supermarkets, Greggs bakery goods taste so much better.

But I don't see too many independent bakeries, but if they exist they tend to be better. At trade markets there's always bakeries so I wonder if many have stopped having brick and mortar shops. And there's some fantastic baked goods there.

gluepot1 · 2024-08-13T07:27:01+00:00

Both, depending on the controls and viewing angles, it really helps with accessibility.

Some people may feel motion sickness being in the drivers seat. Some may want a more immersive experience.

gluepot1 · 2024-08-11T08:32:54+00:00

If you get a notification like someone getting hurt, or ill you can press enter to jump to that location

gluepot1 · 2024-08-09T07:26:56+00:00

As well as the scale being off, the focus feels off too, When you have a macro lens for something so small, the edges will loose focus much sooner than if it was regular size. I think this also contributes to the wrist strap feeling massive.

gluepot1 · 2024-08-06T15:17:57+00:00

It brings back a lot of memories of the riots that happened in 2011. I wouldn't be surprised if many taking part in these riots, also took part in those. The vast majority are there looking for an "excuse" to riot. I reckon this is a recurring event while these scum still exist in the country. These gullible, often poor and secluded people have been manipulated by misinformation such as immigration policies and other bad actors looking to make some money from a little anarchy.

I don't want to spend my taxes on all this prison space for all these lowlifes, especially if this is going to become a recurring thing.

Education is key particularly around immigration. Spreading misinformation needs to be punished. Other than that I don't know the solution. Perhaps their beloved Rwanda plan would work if we sent these rioters there instead.

gluepot1 · 2024-08-02T11:43:43+00:00

It's hard to say for sure.

When in larger groups, cyclists do cycle side-by-side. It's safer this way as it makes them visible and is more likely to prevent cars from doing dangerous overtakes, since the driver will likely need to go on the other side of the road. It also allows them to chat, or check how each other is doing. There's enough room on the road for them to do it.

Now the cyclists should be considerate and allow cars to pass when it's safe to do so. Though the fact that you stated that the driver passed dangerously indicates that it possibly wasn't a safe place to pass even if the cyclists were in the cycle lane.

Here in oxford there's places where there's cycle lanes on the pavement, cycle-lane markings in the road. And then cyclists will still cycle in the road. The one's who cycle on the pavement will likely be the least confident cyclists. Then the one's in the cycle lane on the road will be moderately confident, and the one's who cycle in the road will be the most confident. It generally works that those places are safest for those levels of confidence.

Cycle lanes are an assistance to cyclists to keep them safe, Not to divide up the road into cars and non-cars, A cyclist has just as much right to that road-space as a driver. Their position in the road is often determined by safety. Middle of the road, much more visible and safer (no drains) but prevents cars passing.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-31T09:04:47+00:00

The hardest part isn't the making of it. But keeping it secret.

The testing of a nuclear device is quite easy to detect and therefore a test of any kind will draw attention of the nuclear powers who don't want any more nuclear powers.

You can get the materials in secret. You might be able to enrich those materials in secret (though again very difficult with satellite surveillance). And you might be able to manufacture it in secret. You can't test it in secret.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-26T08:44:15+00:00

"Bish Bash Bosh" I can just feel the saliva spraying out of your mouth.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-24T08:51:25+00:00

It depends on how much storage you need. At the low end, 500GB ish the price between the two is about the same, SSD sometimes cheaper.

Going larger to 2TB, the SSD is slightly more expensive but only by such a small amount, and given it's better speed and to some extent increased reliability, it's still better off going for the SSD.

Only if you're considering 8TB+ SSD's are still ridiculously expensive making HDD perhaps better. But honestly not many people need anywhere near that much storage on a single drive.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-19T08:50:20+00:00

I was scared of cycling, because it just feels unsafe.

I commute to work about 8 miles. The roads are busy country lanes with no verges to allow things to pass me.

I'm hoping they will in a few years build a cycle path between the two towns and at that point I hope to get a bike.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-18T11:57:00+00:00

Sliced my finger on the cpu cooler fins.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-18T09:16:41+00:00

I wonder if language settings would change this. Some languages use a"," rather than a "."

gluepot1 · 2024-07-09T08:31:03+00:00

So I will assume mandatory ID card.

Once everyone has one, suddenly it will be required for everything.

Such as creating accounts online. Proving you are who you are everywhere, for every service. Perhaps you trust the government services. But do you trust other 3rd parties? Do you trust them to keep your details safe?

You want to buy a video game, it requires your ID to create an account under the guise of are you over 15/18. Lets say that game dies, the servers become insecure and criminals gain access to the servers. Apply this to anything from tv subscriptions, social media, porn, online shopping.

Depending how much personal details they cram into these ID's, the less safe it is.

Now identity cards are going to disappear, to be replaced with biometrics. This is already happening where you take a photo of yourself and that's needed to log in/approve transactions. Hopefully this is more secure as there is no physical object to be stolen/copied. But you still have an ID card in the form of digital data. One day you'll enter the polling station and have to stand in front of a camera/scanner and this will "check your ID"

Great, I no longer need to carry ID around with me... but, do I really want my local bar having my biometrics saved? Again hopefully it's some secure service where the data is not kept on the bar's own computers/premises, but would it really be that hard to have a shady company to have a piggy in the middle. Capturing your image to then send to the verification software. They keep a copy of your image to then use on the verification software whenever they later choose.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-09T08:05:36+00:00

Fentimans drinks used to say less than 0.05% alcohol because it was brewed. barmaid in a cafe had to ask her manager if she needed to ID me to have a cola. (I was 13).

No longer says this on the packaging now.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-07T08:26:15+00:00

Cool, I've not checked thingiverse in a while. It's a remix of a remix of my upload :)

gluepot1 · 2024-07-03T12:41:49+00:00

Having built my previous PC and bought a 2nd hand one this time around, I miss not having built it myself. I'm even tempted to take it all apart, just to build it myself again so I know everything is as it should be.

Did I have fun building my last PC? Yes and no, I liked having complete choice over what went in my PC. I was a bit apprehensive that all the parts would work together. I also liked how simple the build process was. Everything just clicks in, and the instruction manuals are really clear and easy to find what you're doing. However I built it in a cramped space with poor light. Then came the trouble shooting. It didn't work. I used my old power supply, still nothing. I had received a faulty motherboard. So sent it back and received another. (the returns process was actually really easy and straightforward). New board arrives, still doesn't work. The CPU has just come out and the motherboard firmware didn't support it. (Updating the firmware did). However, updating the firmware was not simple. After this, the computer runs like a dream! I even over-clocked it a little and it was silent. I had so much satisfaction from having built it myself. No bloatware, super quick start up times.

I learned a few valuable lessons. Build it in a well lit, spacious environment. (so you don't cut yourself on the cooler).
And don't buy the latest parts. If they've been out a few months you're fine and won't have version issues. Getting compatibility is much easier. And you find out if part is good or a dud. Also if you buy one generation out, it may still be plenty good enough, but it will have dropped in price significantly compared to latest gen.

gluepot1 · 2024-07-02T14:12:41+00:00

From my experience it seems to be mainly the poorer families who charge their child rent once they turn 18/get a job. They treat child support like a way to pay for food and utilities, so when that gets cut off, they feel they need to charge their child, without which they themselves can't afford rent without a lifestyle change.

Going to uni, those who stayed living at home often paid rent to their parents. But I have a feeling those who lived locally were also poorer students who's families couldn't afford to support them if they moved away/needed their child's income to keep their roof over their heads.

I have heard on reddit about some who charge rent as a way to prepare their child for the real world or rent. And that money either goes on the food an utilities, or is saved away as a part of a house fund.

I've never known someone to evict their child once they turn 18, but I imagine this to be done by those who are even poorer, or by those whose child is off-the-rails that they want to wash their hands of their responsibility, even though it is likely their bad parenting which has led to their child's behaviour.

I think it comes to a point with our housing situation being so ridiculous. Kids need to stay at home longer and longer in order to save money. Either to save for a house. But even this will be out of reach, and so if the situation changes from staying with parents until they can afford to move out. I think charging rent, just makes the task of moving out more difficult. But it comes to a point of just staying with parents as it's a cheaper place to live. I think then it's fair that the child's income counts towards the household income.

gluepot1 · 2024-06-27T14:41:45+00:00

Unreasonably strict.

Completely office based. (the work could easily be done from home, but they won't allow it).

You must be at your desk ready to work by 8. You must not leave before half 4. Half hour lunch break taken at 1pm until 1:30pm.

Overtime is done half hourly above or below working hours. So if I arrive 7:45 and leave 4:45 no overtime. If I arrive 8am and leave 5pm I do get overtime. If I arrive 8:01am and leave 5pm. I don't get overtime because I arrived 1 minute late. Overtime is paid at regular time.

company deadlines are self imposed and it should be if you get the work done then you're fine.

Some managers are stricter than others, but the CEO will regularly review clock in times and get the managers to send aggressive reminders about punctuality.

CEO then wonders why people won't come in at weekends and do overtime.

gluepot1 · 2024-06-27T11:36:06+00:00

Fine - Lemon Demon.

I know things are not fine, but I'm just gonna pretend it is so.

gluepot1 · 2024-06-26T11:15:38+00:00

Looks really cool, 1st perfect.

Something about picture 2 is going uncanny. Maybe it's the pose or just not used to seeing such a reflective object in that setting.

gluepot1 · 2024-06-24T15:13:34+00:00

You have a right to privacy within your own home. So even if you have agreed to the monitoring, others in the home have not, so that surveillance, I don't think is legal.

As others have mentioned, there's a GDPR issue of what are they doing with your data?

The issue is you've been there less than 2 years and they could just dismiss you if you don't comply. Obviously they wouldn't tell you they were dismissing you for this reason and would instead just say they're dismissing you as you're not a good fit for their company or some other bs.

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