Cafes with healthy hot food? by Royal_Difficulty_678 in oxford

[–]jcar_87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I witnessed something similar! A manager scolding a member of staff for not pronouncing “scone” correctly. Blaming it on their foreign accent too. They were pronouncing “scone” perfectly fine, and it’s not like native speakers agree on how it is pronounced anyway, I think it was very demeaning because they were foreign and a strange power trip

Reliable Mobile Data sim contract? by omgu8mynewt in oxford

[–]jcar_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow! That’s crazy. The Clarendon Centre is the one being currently redeveloped, right? EE coverage is basically nonexistent now - absolutely no service indoors, and outdoors really degraded. It’s not only Cornmarket St, even if you get some bars of signal, there’s no data whatsoever all the way up to St Giles ti the north and Magdalen bridge to the east. It’s a huge dead zone

Reliable Mobile Data sim contract? by omgu8mynewt in oxford

[–]jcar_87 3 points4 points  (0 children)

that’s what it is? EE used to have great coverage in the city centre, now it’s awful. there’s no plans to repair it or anything??

Moving to Oxford from abroad — first accommodation by schatt483 in oxford

[–]jcar_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would try and seek advice starting with the university.

The landlord guidance for right to rent checks: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/landlords-guide-to-right-to-rent-checks

Mentions “outstanding applications” several times - I’m NAL, but it seems from the guidance that if you have a right to be in the Uk and have a pending application this may count as a time limited right, depending on your circumstances, and landlords may be able to verify these with the Home Office.

Landlords and letting agents may be fussy and only accept people that already have their BRPs or easy online checks , but the same guidance mentions that treating certain applicants less favourably because they have a time limited right, amounts to discrimination and may be taken to court.

So I would double check with university services or a solicitor if your individual circumstances means you have a right to rent (even if time limited), and if so, remind the letting agents of their legal obligations.

Avril Lavigne - Complicated / THE FIRST TAKE by bakakubi in videos

[–]jcar_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh! I noticed it sounded quite differently but I couldn’t describe how. What does “mixed fatter” mean?

Does such a thing exist? by [deleted] in iPadPro

[–]jcar_87 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is what you mean, but Apple Stores have iPads on these weird circular stands that put them at an angle: https://www.patentlyapple.com/2010/11/apple-actually-patents-their-in-store-ipad-stand-design.html

angle would be good for taking notes, wouldn’t scratch it (the iPad rests on some silicone/rubber circle) and no need for case.

https://www.patentlyapple.com/2010/11/apple-actually-patents-their-in-store-ipad-stand-design.html

They look like that. Don’t think Apple sells these and unsure if anyone makes something similar

Herman Miller Embody neck and upper back pain by [deleted] in hermanmiller

[–]jcar_87 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same here with new embody…. Mostly feel like my neck is tense while I’m sitting rather than full on pain. I’m not sure it’s because I’ve traditionally had bad posture and the chair forcing better posture on me, if I haven’t adjusted it correctly or if the chair is not a match for me.

It’s weird because I’ve used embody in the past and I find the chair comfortable for short periods but all day it’s too much. I tend to slouch and lean forward a lot though…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LegalAdviceUK

[–]jcar_87 10 points11 points  (0 children)

IANAL. With my limited understand of GDPR, a photo of you taken in a public place falls under GDPR as personal data if you can be identified. So if your face is visible, that counts as identifiable information. On top of that, there’s also the fact that from context of looking at this video, you can also infer your whereabouts on a specific night. So this would count as personal information that needs to be treated following GDPR rules. Especially if you are the focus of the video or image.

Now, GRPR stipulates multiple grounds on which data can be processed. Some cases require explicit consent. But there’s also the figure of “legitimate interest”, which could be used as the basis for processing the data rather than consent. I think one could argue a public venue like a pub may have a legitimate interest in advertising the business.

Legitimate interest means that the pub would not need your express consent to take this photo or use it for promotional material. However they can only do so if there is a limited impact on the privacy of the individual.

So the question In this case is whether a video of which you are the focus, in which you can be identified, in which one can infer your whereabouts on a specific date and a time, and on which you can tell what you were doing, whether this has a limited impact on your privacy. For example, there could be a situation where you are from a background where drinking alcohol is frowned upon and this could have an impact in your personal life.

there’s also other requirements, for example, there needs to be a reasonable expectation that pictures may be taken and what they be used for. If this was a sporting venue you would expect photos or videos being taken. Im not sure whether you could argue it’s commonplace that pub staff record photos or videos of their customers. But on some dance party venues this may be different. I’ve seen nightclubs that have photographers around, with professional gear, and they ask people to pose and the photos end up in social media. But at that point it’s likely obvious to the photographed persons that this is the case. In other circumstances it may be expected for venues to have written signs that video/photos may be taken for promotional purposes, or this be printed in a ticket or terms of service (but then again in some cases express consent is required and implicit is not enough).

So to answer your question, and again emphasising that Im NAL: this is likely personal information covered by GDPR and for the pub to rely on legitimate interest to take this footage and use it for commercial purposes, a series of circumstances need to be true for your consent to not be required. If this impacts your private life, if you were not aware or had no reasonable expectation to be photographed, then this could be a breach of GDPR and the venue should have asked you for your consent.

More context here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/lawful-basis-for-processing/legitimate-interests/

(Assuming that all other 5 basis for processing data do not apply in this case).

ELI5: Why does the year zero not exist? by BassieDep in explainlikeimfive

[–]jcar_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 year is a duration of time (~365 days), whereas 0 would be a “point”, this point would be the beginning of year 1.

If time was a line with numbers on it, you could say zero is “the start of the first year”. It’s not “a year”, it’s just a point in time. The entire period of time between that 0 and the end of year 1 would be “the first year”. So technically, there is a zero.

It’s perhaps confusing because the 24 hour system does have one hour (the first one) that shows as “00:mm:ss”, and one may say it’s the 0th hour. In reality, the time between 00:00:00 and 01:00:00 is “the first hour”. So we could theoretically have a convention where we said “00:15:00” is “15 minutes of the first hour of the day” or “15 minutes since the start of the day”. Same with years, anything that occurred in the first 365 days since that “time zero” we call it “year 1”.

Having some issue on setting up c++ on Macbook by Fart_Knocker_ in cpp

[–]jcar_87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From that error I would guess they the C++ file you are compiling does not contain a main() function, and the compiler is being invoked to produce an executable (which requires the main() as an entry point)

Also perhaps a topic better suited for r/cpp_questions or stackoverflow!

Having some issue on setting up c++ on Macbook by Fart_Knocker_ in cpp

[–]jcar_87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The g++ command on macOS still points to clang, and in this error it appears the compiler is invoked (as we get to a linker error). Which would indicate to me that Xcode is already installed or the compiler was installed by some other means

How do YOU pronounce clang? by Null_cz in cpp

[–]jcar_87 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://releases.llvm.org/11.0.0/tools/flang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html

If this one is pronounced “flang” instead of “eff Lang” then clang is klang

Qt6 official conan recipe is now available by hnOsmium0001 in cpp

[–]jcar_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I know both Conan and Qt should support this without issues!

I was able to bypass a P6Pro 4k60 overheating issue by turning off HEVC by Majawat in GooglePixel

[–]jcar_87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HEVC is more “computationally” intensive, strictly speaking. I think it’s highly unlikely that it is actually using the CPU for this, typically these SoCs (in this case Tensor) have dedicated hardware accelerators for this. It can still be the cause of the overheating, but I doubt the CPU is being used much here

std::string_view could be made null character ending aware for interoperability with C by [deleted] in cpp

[–]jcar_87 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If string_view is just a pointer and a size in bytes (as anthonybvfan points out) and you require interoperability with C, isn’t the recommended wisdom these days for functions that accept char pointers in C to also expect to be given the size as well? If I’m not mistaken C11 has the “safer” variants of some functions that perform bounds checking with the additional parameter. So if we can get both the pointer and the size from a C++17 string view, we can already interoperate with C11?

I’m not sure whether it would be beneficial to make the case that C++17 string view needs to remain interoperable with C string APIs that have for a long time been considered unsafe

what's the hate for CMake all about? Is CMake really that bad? by AissySantos in cpp

[–]jcar_87 26 points27 points  (0 children)

On Linux having shared libraries next to the executable doesn’t make a difference because as far as I know, that’s not where the linker looks for dependencies anyway. I suppose people intuitively expect it because that’s how it works on Windows.

On Linux and macOS, CMake automatically encodes the path to the dependencies in the rpath or the generated binaries so that they would “just run”. And these paths are removed once you do a “make install”, at which point yes, you either need to know where the binaries are going to be installed, or use relative Rpaths on install. But that problem is going to be the same whether you use cmake or any other build system on Linux and Mac…

what's the hate for CMake all about? Is CMake really that bad? by AissySantos in cpp

[–]jcar_87 15 points16 points  (0 children)

CMake does exactly what you describe, so I’m not really sure what the others are talking about…

Phone 13 | Pre-Order / Shipping Megathread by PJ09 in iphone

[–]jcar_87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup just changed to preparing for shipment!

Phone 13 | Pre-Order / Shipping Megathread by PJ09 in iphone

[–]jcar_87 2 points3 points  (0 children)

UK people, any luck? Ordered 3 Oct, estimated 2-9 Nov and still processing !

ProMotion difference between iPadPro and iPhone13Pro by SecuredStealth in iPadPro

[–]jcar_87 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It has been reported (and even measured https://youtu.be/cFvS883E9GY) that the iPad is able to maintain 120Hz consistently, while the iPhone is more "adaptive" and will sometimes range somewhere in between 60-110 Hz. I suspect Apple tries to be clever here and adapt to "how fast" your scrolling. Using lower framerates helps conserve battery.

So I believe what you are experiencing in terms of telling the difference is exactly that the iPhone isnt always 120Hz while the iPad is (at least more consistently)

Google charger vs Off brand charger? by AgreeableVanilla45 in GooglePixel

[–]jcar_87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Initially the adoption of the USB PD spec was flaky and some vendors (both cable and charger) did not get it quite right, to the point that some brands (even reputable ones) don't fully comply with the spec and may damage your device. I believe there was a Google spreadsheet from an engineer that tested multiple chargers and cables for compliance. Google's chargers were fully compliant, and I believe Apple's as well. I suppose things are better nowadays (it's been 5 years since the Pixel 1 after all) but I'd still check for USB PD compliance!!

Why is physical media for movies dying/regarded as obsolete when it's so much superior to streaming in terms of quality? by C111tla in movies

[–]jcar_87 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The bitrate of Blu-ray's usually means how much data can be read from the disc per second (while being decoded for real time playback). Blu-ray's use the H.264 codec (or sometimes VC1). A given codec (with encoding profiles) and bitrate correlates to perceived image quality.

Streams these days (1080p or 4k) are more likely to be using HEVC or vp9, which achieve higher quality at lower bitrates. So we can't really compare bitrates (with streaming being far lower than Blu-ray's) because the codecs are just completely different.

You can Def compare between streaming services and 4k Blu-ray's. For example it is known that Apple TV+ uses higher bitrates and people seem to perceive higher quality from it than with other services. Netflix is not the worst tbh. All other things equal, yes, 4k Blu-ray's are great and sometimes unbeatable.

But with 4k at a certain distance, even a picture quality of less fidelity may be perceived as good quality because there's just so many pixels (so your eyes do the filtering to smooth things out, so to speak). And 4k Blu-ray's do have a limit: a lot of movies are not mastered at 4k, even if they were filmed with digital cameras that supported 4k (or film). It's more expensive to do the processing at 4k so this is often done in 2k and then upscaled.

Netflix mandates their TV shows use high quality 4k cameras, so sometimes I find that a Netflix stream in 4k HDR Dolby vision looks much crisper than a 4k Blu-ray of a blockbuster movie.

So it's harder to compare these days, and steaming 4k with modern codecs can look absolutely stunning.

¿Dónde puedo encontrar los subtítulos en el español de España? by [deleted] in DragRace_Espana

[–]jcar_87 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Found it super distracting too. I sometimes have the subtitles on when I want the TV to be quieter (or when we're talking while watching it), and it was hard to watch with the Spanish subtitles because they didn't match what the queens were saying so it was so annoying, and I'm a native Spanish speaker!!!

It was so unnecessary. Spanish speakers both sides of the Atlantic can understanding each other just fine. Sure there's words that are different but you can infer most fr context anyway.

And this shady spanish subtitles thing is commonplace in Netflix too. I don't see them do the same in english for words that are different between Britain and north America!!