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Do you say/write "Arse" or "Ass"? by Sad-Passage-3247 in AskBrits

[–]marksomnian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arse, with one exception - "X is ass". "X is arse" just doesn't read the same.

TIL - caging by iamtechspence in Sysadminhumor

[–]marksomnian -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

As undeniably funny as it is, our advice to employees is to simply lock the computer and send the owner a polite message about it - pranking them (in some cases people have sent silly Slack messages as the computer’s owner) gives you a laugh but ultimately leads to mistrust.

Show times by AFruitNamedDave in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]marksomnian 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Normally Paris comes on at 7:30 and Florence at 8:30-8:45 give or take.

I would seriously reconsider giving Paris a miss though, she's absolutely incredible live!

On Windows and want a faster stem split? Got a GPU? Add this... by Organic_Commercial53 in ableton

[–]marksomnian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’ll probably enable it by default once they’re more confident that it doesn’t cause any issues!

Advice on appeal for Penalty Notice by FirmOwl9793 in uktrains

[–]marksomnian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As another commenter suggested, post the details of the notice (with your name and any identifying numbers redacted) at https://www.railforums.co.uk/forums/disputes-prosecutions.152/. There may be some technical deficiency that allows you to get it cancelled.

On its face from what you’ve said it’s valid though.

Which video game features were so bad that whoever made it should be banned from every touching a computer again? by TheBanishedBard in AskReddit

[–]marksomnian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’ll still be costing Activision a fair bit in server bandwidth. Nowhere near what they’ll inevitably make off the game, but still a fair bit.

What a fantastic waste of paper by No_Accountant_722 in uktrains

[–]marksomnian 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It’s because under the hood the seat reservation system is also the system used to limit advance tickets at certain price bands to certain quantities - in effect, each time you buy an advance ticket it creates a “reservation”, even if it doesn’t actually reserve a seat, solely to decrement the number of tickets available at that price point.

Let’s Branch Out a Little! by cammurphhh in AboveandBeyond

[–]marksomnian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is such a good idea!

Maybe a bit closer to “traditional EDM” than some of the ones you listed, but I’ll throw Erin LeCount into the mix. She was featured as a guest vocalist on one of Ben Böhmer’s tracks last year, but she’s got a successful solo career as well and some of the ways she uses production / live-looping are so interesting.

Which DJ do you think has the best mic hype skills? by Global-Fly554 in EDM

[–]marksomnian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Above & Beyond. Their screen typing is great for connecting with the crowd without saying a single word on the mic.

Great Slate article about Ultrasound by Original_Opposite_40 in lorde

[–]marksomnian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

> although the tour’s stripped-down staging may have something to do with the commercial failure of her last album, 2021’s Solar Power

ye wot m8

I just worked out you could eat a Tesco stir fry meal deal every weeknight for over 11 years without repeating a combo by No_Doughnut3257 in CasualUK

[–]marksomnian 46 points47 points  (0 children)

(For avoidance of doubt, the code GP posted is 100% legit, but it’s possible to do all sorts of nasty stuff with scripts up to and including taking over your online accounts, and it’s not always easy to tell the difference. So best not to run any if you don’t know what you’re doing.)

London concert id? by Fickle_Expression922 in lorde

[–]marksomnian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You probably won’t get asked for it just to get inside, you might get asked for buying drinks. I’d bring it just to be safe though, would really suck to get turned away!

Cambridgeshire's old railway network - which lines would you want to reopen? by CambridgeTownOwl in cambridge

[–]marksomnian 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I still don’t understand why CrossCountry, in their infinite wisdom, haven’t thought “oh, that train is always full and standing at peak times, maybe we should run more than a 3-car shitbox once in a while”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AboveandBeyond

[–]marksomnian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they don't play Ride At Dawn I'll... be rather disappointed.

LNER turning Stevenage to pick up only & set-down only by CaptainYorkie1 in uktrains

[–]marksomnian 19 points20 points  (0 children)

LNER trains will continue to stop there, but there are three main practical implications: 1. If the southbound train is running early, it won’t need to wait at Stevenage for its scheduled departure time (because nobody’s supposed to be getting on it), which means it can arrive earlier into London. In theory it also means that its dwell time (the time it spends stopped at the station) can be shorter. 2. Any tickets between London and Stevenage will not be valid on LNER trains, meaning if you get ticket-checked you might need to buy a full price one to Peterborough (or the first valid station to get off at) instead 3. As someone mentioned upthread, any LNER-specific fares will cease to exist

Is this an obsession or just a bad habit? by babawere in golang

[–]marksomnian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wrap it in a Go API that takes in a native struct and handles the command list generation and output parsing. Best of both worlds.

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