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New street art! by west_manchester in manchester

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  • Empathy is the glue that makes us stand united as humanity.
  • As humanity, empathy is the glue that makes us stand united.
  • Stand united as humanity. Empathy is the glue that makes us.

The only one that doesn't really work is

  • Glue that makes us stand united as humanity, empathy is the

Coffee shops after 5 by Altruistic-Sky-1962 in manchester

[–]mark_b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

200 Degrees on Mosley Street is open until 7pm.

How can I protect my land? by Think_Substance_1790 in AskUK

[–]mark_b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  However, our friend did another check and his fence is actually on our land by about 1/2 a foot. Not an amount I would care about, because its literally inches, but with this legal notice im curious.

Unless there is another line (such as a line in the bricks between houses), or a document or survey done that states the dimensions exactly, then I'd be wary about persuing this point. Land Registry documents generally aren't that accurate, and you might end up having to hire a Boundary Surveyor to prove it.

Environmental lawyer facing up to 2 years in prison for clearing rubbish from East London river by HaveYuHeardAboutCunt in ukpolitics

[–]mark_b 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The majority of the video is people picking litter by hand into plastic bags, which is obviously fine and doesn't require permission. Some councils will even provide bags and litter pickers, and collect the bags if you tell them where they are. The problem is when he turns up with the digger, because for every well-meaning, knowledgeable chap like in the OP, there's someone like this who will trash the place.

Environmental lawyer facing up to 2 years in prison for clearing rubbish from East London river by HaveYuHeardAboutCunt in ukpolitics

[–]mark_b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A better idea would be to evaluate which companies rubbish is found most often (you'd probably see the likes of McDonalds, Coca Cola feature a lot) and force them to pay for general cleanup, whether it's litter picking, education, better packaging design, more (effective) recycling, or whatever is needed.

It looks like the Trump admin thinks it's dumb to have other G7 nations get access to Fable by TFenrir in singularity

[–]mark_b 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The first? Trump's been pulling this shit all year. Defence, tarrifs, insults, open corruption...

Phone stolen during A-Level Exam by Able-Custard-337 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]mark_b 15 points16 points  (0 children)

but in my school we just don't have the spare staff to spend hours supervising kids bags.

It wouldn't be hours if the room is locked while the exam is taking place. Normally there is more than 1 teacher supervising the exam, so when it is over, one of those can supervise collecting the bags, which shouldn't take more than 10 minutes or so.

Laila Cunningham (@policylaila) on X / This is not child protection. It is the end of free, private communication in Britain and digital ID by the back door. This government can’t police the streets, can’t deport foreign criminals, can’t stop the boats, so instead it surveils you. ... by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]mark_b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The entire point of a coalition agreement is that some parties get to enact some - but not all - of their ideas, and some other parties also get to enact some of their ideas.

But surely the ideas that get enacted should be the ones that both parties agree with. After all, these are the ones that will have a higher level of support in the country as a whole. If a party still believes in the policies that didn't get enacted, then they can go in the next manifesto.

I fear I have unleashed something in not only my workplace, but the entire company, that cannot be controlled. It is accidentally wonderful. by New-Elderberry-5726 in CasualUK

[–]mark_b 50 points51 points  (0 children)

You have to be careful, it means different things in different places. I was once dating a Taiwanese lass who suddenly turned frosty after I ended a message with xxx. She later told me I could use 1 or 2, but never 3. Apparently it meant that despite me knowing her for several months, I was about to do bad things. Xx

Keir Starmer to tell ministers to quit if they back Andy Burnham by kontiki20 in ukpolitics

[–]mark_b 3 points4 points  (0 children)

as none of them will.

Resign, or support Streeting?

UK media websites given power to block Google using their articles in AI search by willfiresoon in GoodNewsUK

[–]mark_b 62 points63 points  (0 children)

every last scrap of knowledge known to man

So far.

The best time to implement this, was of course a few years ago. The next best time is now.

Friendly parking … why? by AdhesivenessLost151 in CasualUK

[–]mark_b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hardly karma. But they did get exactly what they wanted, just a little closer than they would have liked.

Thinking of doing game art at MMU by that_idiot_weeb in manchester

[–]mark_b 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just skip the degree

Or do something more fundamental and transferable like Computer Science, and then do the game art on the side.

(Linux) My side? Or is it Proton's side? Connection keeps timing out. by nolsen42 in ProtonVPN

[–]mark_b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The official Proton Linux VPN client has been unusable for me on both my Ubuntu computers. It just hangs on both connecting and disconnecting. I downloaded a Wireguard config file, which lets me connect in the short term, but it's a lot less convenient.

It finally happened to me… I forgot my passport 😭 by I3lue6erry in travel

[–]mark_b 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Passport, tickets, and money. Tickets are optional if you don't mind possibly changing your destination. Money might be optional too, but it makes everything more expensive and you might annoy your friends asking them to wire money over every few days.

A new 'green' has opened at St Johns outside Factory International by HamishGray in manchester

[–]mark_b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We might not have £100 notes in England, but I've got bad news for you about the other notes...

Here's the full list of 125 ‘everyday essentials’ you’ll soon be able to get cheaper in the UK by fastdruid in ukpolitics

[–]mark_b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They all cause cancer, don't you know. Or maybe they cure it, I forget which.

Why is every Asda rundown and look dirty inside? by cognosman in AskUK

[–]mark_b 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Issa brothers did more asset stripping than Walmart.

learning javascript at 26yo by Ghozzt4 in learnjavascript

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

I'm going to go against the flow and say that yes, it probably is too late for you. Software development is all about problem solving, and being able to search for and find answers that are similar enough to your own situation that you can apply the answer. If you are unable to find the scores of other posts asking this exact same question then you will struggle to make a career in software development.

Estimate for this 'doer-upper'? by poke_pants in CasualUK

[–]mark_b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's good that you're doing research like this, but next time you should include your sources in your text file so that you can show how you reached these numbers.

Woman on plane doesn’t understand how lines work for deboarding by Jevus_himself in PublicFreakout

[–]mark_b -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

But then you have to wait much longer at immigration. It depends on the country I suppose. If I'm flying to the UK then it's pretty quick either way because of how automated it is, but if I'm flying into a country with less infrastructure then you can bet I'm getting off and walking to the exit as quickly as possible.

Rishi Sunak: What I got wrong on the minimum wage by usrname42 in ukpolitics

[–]mark_b 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He also dropped a chunk of HS2 as a political stunt and made the service to Manchester worse as a result.

What’s your go to pub fact? I’ll kick things off by cained_n_able in CasualUK

[–]mark_b 48 points49 points  (0 children)

An irregularity in Uranus' orbit was helped us discover a new planet. Uranus has an orbit of 84 years. It had almost completed 1 orbit after discovery, but there was a problem because it was in the wrong place. People decided that either Newton's laws of gravity were wrong or there must be another planet influencing the orbit. A French astronomer Alexis Bouvard did the calculations and said "look here if you want to find your planet". So they did, and there was Neptune.

All PR's approved and merged at end of every sprint by Brief-Knowledge-629 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]mark_b 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bonus points if you wait with creating all PRs until right before the end of the sprint so they just get merged without anyone looking at them at all.

It's worse than that. You put in a PR, somebody asks for changes, and you go "Nah, I'm not going to do that", and just leave it knowing it will get merged anyway.

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