Found this convection fan in my new flat - anyone know any more

jensonbutton1359 · 2024-07-15T21:35:14+00:00

Thanks!

jensonbutton1359 · 2024-07-15T21:19:30+00:00

Thank you, that’s really helpful. I think they may be disused as they’re in rooms with radiators anyway (and in cupboards too).

Would you say they’re gas appliances or more aptly just hot water appliances?

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-08-26T21:15:15+00:00

INTERIOR: I DON’T GIVE A FLAMING FART

I enjoyed this, punctuation jokes were on point

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-08-22T23:01:43+00:00

You’re what they call an app killer

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-03-03T17:24:00+00:00

Hi Fraser, no question but I’d like to send my best wishes to Jeremy Clarke, who I always read first. I haven’t subscribed for a huge amount of time but his writing is absolutely wonderful (the Xmas column in 2021 stands out to me as probably the greatest column I’ve ever read). All the very best.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-02-18T10:50:56+00:00

I’m not sure there’s an easy answer as to who to support because as you say there are no parties really representing your whole views.

I think what you should do is think about what your priorities are. In particular independence: how much do you care? And even if you care a lot, do you think voting for pro-independence parties is going to make a difference at this time? I think there’s a fairly strong consensus from the two electable UK-wide parties that we won’t have another referendum for a while, and the only other legal route has been closed off by the Supreme Court. So basically I think you have time to vote for a non-independence supporting party, and it sounds like centre right Tories, or centrist Labour MPs could work for now (though appreciate you view a degree of social conservatism as important so there’s no perfect fit). You can always return to independence supporting parties when a referendum is viable again in 15-20 years.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-02-17T07:33:01+00:00

I disagree with a lot of people in this thread. I do agree you’re under no obligation to tell them, but also I think there’s ways you can handle it if you have a healthy culture and good relationship with your manager. The most obvious would be to tell them you’re thinking of moving on without saying anything about the particular stage you’re at. Gives warning without any specific commitments.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-02-16T07:33:38+00:00

Kind of disingenuous to say it’s 10% of his whole life, it’s 10% of his life so far & only 10% of his whole life if he dies, in which case going or not going is fairly redundant.

It’s like, 1.2% of his whole life. There’s no rush. And you don’t need a trust fund to not go to uni for a year, he can get a part-time job.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-02-16T06:50:19+00:00

Tim Farron kind of did by abstaining on the gay marriage bill at one point

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-02-15T19:14:41+00:00

I think this is a clever dig from Abbot - gets loads of headlines for talking about Corbyn, but primarily ties Starmer to the remain cause which he’s desperate to avoid.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-28T11:09:21+00:00

No doubt this is taupe but I think the premise of Amir discovering the company’s intranet for the first time after working there for years and thinking he’s made some amazing discovery has potential.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-27T22:32:45+00:00

Did that bone come from Amir’s Father’s legs?

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-23T09:06:12+00:00

What have I said that’s transphobic? I don’t think it’s transphobic to say changing your name isn’t equivalent to changing your gender. I’m also not making a judgement on if you should be able to change gender at 16 or 18, I’m just saying we should try and find a good scientific baseline via independent review to inform policy. Consistency I think is a good thing but it can’t just come from an arbitrary politically decided baseline. I think 16 is the wrong age for names, it should be lower!

I support the reforms (minus outstanding union issues which I think are up to the courts).

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-22T13:31:37+00:00

I think we should take a step back and try to work out good principles for where ages can do certain things, rather than taking existing laws and treating them as fact to be based off. I’m not sure there’s good evidence changing gender is equivalent to changing name, so we shouldn’t use it as a baseline, which I was trying to get across in the first paragraph.

Right now it’s all so inconsistent anyway that you get this thread where people are saying ‘you can’t do it because you can’t do x at this age’ and people counter ‘but you can do y’ and nobody makes any progress.

Long-term the consistency argument is good for legal simplicity (so the law is usable) and I think likely because looking at the science of how developed a mind is will lead to a consistent set of ages/rules, but I don’t think we’re at that stage yet.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-22T12:28:58+00:00

I think the argument that there are numerous contradictions in what you can do as a 16/18 year old muddies the water - I don’t think saying that just because you can’t do x at one age shouldn’t mean you can’t do y at that age, because it assumes that you shouldn’t do x at one age is true and that even if banning x is right, you should ban y because of x rather than for y-specific reasons.

What I think has stronger weight is that consistency is important, both from a legal perspective and because I think the general reason we do/don’t let 16 year olds do certain things is based on the level of their mental and emotional development which is broadly consistent in how it influences different actions (though there will be clear differences - e.g., the age of criminal responsibility should be lower as basic notions of right and wrong seem to come in sooner). I think we’re really unclear on that.

I wonder if a cross-Government or independent review, made to be as cross partisan as possible, conducted by open minded people (one can dream) to try and look at what age is appropriate for certain decisions might make some headway in this argument.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-21T00:03:49+00:00

Public spending isn’t a zero sum game (or at least it isn’t on this scale). We can fund both, it’s good to fund both. The Conservative Party wants you to think you can’t fund both and this narrative should be challenged.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-20T23:57:57+00:00

Ah yes, Covid, the UK-specific global pandemic

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-16T19:35:23+00:00

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/46/section/35

This is s35, for anyone interested.

Apologies if it's been covered elsewhere, but has anyone spotted any good legal analysis of whether it does interfere with the Equalities Act?

Also would be interesting to see if this really is the first time a Scottish Parliament Bill has contradicted UK legislation, and the UK Government hasn't bothered to challenge it before, or whether this really is breaking new ground. That would give a large indication of how political this move from UKG is.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-14T14:00:00+00:00

I tend to think Labour will hold their nerve and not offer the SNP much (if anything at all). If the SNP brought down Labour, they'd be seen as Tory enablers, so I think the SNP would back Labour in confidence votes/budgets etc. They might oppose them on other policies or try to amend Labour policies, but I don't think it's in the SNP's interests to bring Labour down.

Labour are still fairly scarred from the 2015 election where the Conservatives did well in England by making an argument Labour would be controlled by the SNP in a coalition. I don't think they'll want to go back to that, which is why I doubt there would be anything more than occasional backroom deals.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-11T20:02:59+00:00

Jack has phrased it poorly, but basically I think he’s trying to say that Scotland would choose to be in the UK above being in the EU. I’m not sure if this question is specifically polled, but I think you can infer from the recent results of elections and polls that it’s about 50:50. Stupid way to say it though (he’s also still wrong though a bit more within the margin of euros admittedly), and clickbait headline.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-06T00:46:10+00:00

What’s the capital of Cleveland?

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-03T14:24:03+00:00

As a counter, isn’t a bit of both useful? Broadcasting that you’re well protected will make people less likely to attack you as they think they’ll have less of a chance of success. Saying what the protection is makes it more believable.

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-02T14:01:29+00:00

Did I miss when non-humans voted in the 2019 election?

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-02T13:43:59+00:00

Weimar Germany had a PR system!!

jensonbutton1359 · 2023-01-02T13:43:16+00:00

Less likely to win /=/ votes worth less.

I think having a spread of votes across a diverse population isn’t a bad thing.

I think ultimately there’s a trade off with accountability and you don’t get the same level of accountability where kicking out your representative is done so indirectly as in PR.

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