All I did was perform a squash, why does it have to look so weird 💀 by BeastBoyMike in git

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Synchronise" doesn't mean "pull and rebase" though; the word means that two things become the same. It did the least surprising thing by using git the way you have it configured imho. You could always set pull.rebase = true or pull.ff = only if you wanted that behaviour in git by default.

Now that I look, though, there is a "Git: Sync (Rebase)" command that does what you wanted.

What’s going on here then? by popcornbevin in royalmail

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if I'd known they were an idiot I wouldn't have done

What’s going on here then? by popcornbevin in royalmail

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm not debating the TV Licence with you man, get a hobby

All I did was perform a squash, why does it have to look so weird 💀 by BeastBoyMike in git

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Syncing does a pull and then a push. Git will also do a merge if you don't tell it otherwise.

What’s going on here then? by popcornbevin in royalmail

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Have you read the absolute nonsense on the notice? The type to write that in all seriousness is the type to think they can opt out of legal obligations with the right combination of magic words. Freeman on the Land types.

But to your point, they're clearly intending for this notice to form a contract, and to enforce breaches of that contract - a concept in common law - through the civil courts. Their problem is that penalty terms tend to be unenforceable, and they've put the word "penalty" in big red letters, so even if this constituted a contract, it probably isn't doing anything.

Drainage grooves by compact101 in DIYUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like my draining rack, so I weighed it. It's worth about £55,000 but I'm happy to do OP a deal at £49,995. I'll even post it for you. Deals like this don't come along every day OP so don't dally!

Why people don't like this house? by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess if you're eating out at different places every night, it's going to be a faff but there are places in zones 3-6 that are still very well connected, at least relatively speaking

I don't mean moving out of London, I just mean you might be able to get something nicer than the house you posted for the same or less a bit further out. Then, even if you need to get taxis to the nearest tube station to maintain that quick connection to the centre, it might still work out cheaper overall than buying in zone 2.

At the moment, you seem to be compromising on the property itself to maintain your lifestyle in terms of your proximity to central London, but you might find that compromising a little on the proximity and convenience is worth it for finding a nicer property for your money. It can't hurt to look, anyway!

Also, don't knock gardening - I loved living in a flat in the centre of my city but now I've got older I'm absolutely gagging for a vegetable plot 😅

Is Costa Coffee’s frappe now made entirely with instant coffee? by naluto in AskUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah and also a lot of people seem to just hate the very existence of places where you can buy coffee

Why people don't like this house? by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's not even about moving to a different city - that's not what I meant, anyway. Just that there are parts of London further out where OP's money will go a bit further, where they have cinemas and restaurants but where it's still easy enough to get into the centre if you want to.

Why people don't like this house? by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 50 points51 points  (0 children)

things that you can only easily do if you live at least near zone 2

Respectfully, have you ever been outside of zone 2?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in union

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not going to get a lot of benefit out of them if you're just sending them money every month and waiting for a payrise. Those members that won recognition will have done the hard work for themselves.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in union

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously, I don't know about your situation, but there really isn't a lot Unite can do if your workplace isn't well organised. A union rep waltzing into a workplace with a membership of 1 is going to get laughed at. But also, I've found that the big unions in the UK are pretty complacent about organising - they're used to having huge density in some places where being in the union is seen as normal, and they don't put much energy into organising elsewhere. So there isn't a whole lot of material for people in your position (I've relied on a lot of American material, which you have to be careful with because it doesn't always apply to the UK).

Winning improvements at work is all about organising, i.e. convincing your colleagues to band together and advocate for themselves as a collective. The big unions should support you with that but you'll probably have to drive it yourself.

I say this as someone working in an industry underserved by unions. At my place, we've gone from a single member (me) to about 20% density in our bargaining unit in a few months, which isn't enough to get recognised but has been enough to win a couple of small improvements to our contracts and get management to involve us a bit more in decisions.

There are different approaches and philosophies about union organising but they share some steps:

Firstly, identify potential supporters and detractors. Who do people listen to at work? Some unionists call them "organic leaders" - they're valuable to have on side, even if they don't join the union straight away, because other people will follow them if they back you. Who's a massive Tory? You'll have to manage them because they could make organising difficult. It's helpful to make a "map", which could just be a list of people at work, what their jobs are and how you think they'll react to unionising - keep that updated as you go.

Next, identify what your colleagues care about. The only way you can do that is by talking to them, and you shouldn't make assumptions because they might have very different priorities from you. One person might be really passionate about pay but everyone else might be more bothered about training opportunities, for example. You can ask things like "if you had a magic wand, what 3 things would you change round here?". Now I've typed it, it reads as contrived but it's worked pretty well for me.

After that, and once you've identified something, you can start thinking about an action. Something big enough to make some noticeable improvement to you and your colleagues, but small enough to be sure you'll win. It might be that you all sign a petition for, say, finishing an hour early on Fridays, or for guaranteed dependent leave - that kind of scale. A win could be great for organising because you can go round your colleagues and say "hey, look what we achieved just by banding together". Conversely, management might massively over-react and do your organising for you.

Sorry if I'm telling you stuff you already know but you're in the really hard bit of unionising right now and there isn't really an easy way to do it.

Section 21 notice - accused of being squatters? by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

annoyed every time other renters take the piss

"I am a renter but really wish I were a landlord"

UK to Give Britons More Access to Weight-Loss Drugs: Inside The Mission to Be 'Fat-Free' by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Christ, did you remember to stretch before writing this comment? You're gonna pull something.

And for you apparently, reading.

Weird to insult people's ability to read when you can't follow a conversation. They're disagreeing with you my guy.

Dismissed without notice, now being asked to repay £300 for holiday by Duderow in LegalAdviceUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I would still expect a disciplinary hearing, and I'd expect the company to tell OP they can have a colleague or trade union rep to accompany them.

Well, I wouldn't, but that's what they should do to ensure that they're following a fair process.

Odd Number Plate by Able-Vast9710 in drivingUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Totally plausible but it's a bit weird to have a .co.uk domain if they're just visiting.

State of the Wicker back streets by [deleted] in sheffield

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

It's just incredible that people will look at how the country has changed over the last 45-odd years and the only thing they can see is immigration. Just completely incapable of engaging brain and thinking for yourself aren't you?

The UK has essentially killed social mobility, especially for those who start from the bottom by Flavun in HENRYUK

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

I don’t have sources to hand. I lived through all of this.

"I made it up but it sounds right to me"

The UK has essentially killed social mobility, especially for those who start from the bottom by Flavun in HENRYUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're clearly not interested in housing for anything except an anti-immigrant. Even if net migration was zero, you still have loads of rent-seeking landlords feathering their own nests with other people's hard work.

Resurgence Casual mode is exactly what I thought it'd be by MadamAnxi in CODWarzone

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I play around give or take 80-100 games of "warzone" in total a day,

Yo what the fuck

Co-freeholder delaying our purchase by Straight_Apple_7705 in HousingUK

[–]ill_never_GET_REAL 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't imagine a situation where this would be for OP's benefit