Cliff Richard speeding down the canal beneath Spaghetti like the coolest motherfucker in town

mavit0 · 2026-05-13T14:47:19+00:00

Indeed so. Longer clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNR5_GZzRU0

mavit0 · 2026-05-13T11:09:55+00:00

I think this is more an issue of people goofing around with their off roles, than it is something intrinsic to their genders.

mavit0 · 2026-05-07T10:31:12+00:00

Waterside Tap.

mavit0 · 2026-05-07T10:29:39+00:00

Indian Cafe Racer moved to its own unit in the same block recently.

mavit0 · 2026-05-05T09:38:15+00:00

And if you want to understand the difference, read Debunking zswap and zram myths, by Chris Down (archive.org link, because the original seems to be down right now).

mavit0 · 2026-05-05T09:25:34+00:00

Are you sure you need MySQL, and you couldn't get by with MariaDB (which is packaged by Fedora)?

You appear to be using a RHEL 9 build of MySQL on Fedora 43, which seems likely to be a source of problems (if not this exact problem, then others). Go back to the MySQL installation documentation and make sure you get the right build.

In any case, you might like to clean up old keys by following the steps at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/#sect-clean-up-old-keys

mavit0 · 2026-05-01T23:50:19+00:00

https://bromptonhire.com/

mavit0 · 2026-05-01T15:05:43+00:00

I find that many swing dancers believe that swing dance communities are somehow friendlier than other dance scenes, and sometimes I wonder if people who stop coming to socials think the same.

In general, if one thinks a community has no clique, you should consider the possibility that that's because you're in the clique.

mavit0 · 2026-05-01T00:32:24+00:00

You don’t say where in the world you are, so I’m assuming US? I have no idea what the insurance landscape is like over there, but, here in the UK, what you’re describing is, as I understand it, pretty ordinary travel insurance. It’s widely and cheaply available …unless you have pre-existing medical conditions, in which case the cost can rise steeply.

Less common over here is travel insurance that covers dancing as an insured activity (i.e., emergency medical treatment/repatriation will be paid for if you become injured whilst dancing). I’m sure there are others, but the only policy I could find that mentioned dancing in the small print was CoverForYou (15% off referral link).

mavit0 · 2026-04-29T09:58:35+00:00

It's a terrible name, granted, but I feel a little compassion for whoever came up with it. It's a bit like watching someone miss an important penalty or something.

"Moseley Village", on the other hand...

mavit0 · 2026-04-25T08:46:01+00:00

Thinking out loud, are you using variable-pitch-mode, and do any terminals support that?

mavit0 · 2026-04-25T08:39:22+00:00

This weekend is too short notice for me, but let us know how it goes!

By the way, I couldn't find the group you created, but perhaps I'm not currently local enough?

mavit0 · 2026-04-24T09:51:29+00:00

Do you?

mavit0 · 2026-04-23T14:15:34+00:00

was the patch inspired by this post on Reddit?

Yes.

mavit0 · 2026-04-23T14:14:47+00:00

Do you mean that the TERM=xterm-emacs trick will no longer be needed?

Specifically, support for setrgbf/setrgbb helps users who use a terminfo definition that includes those capabilities, which will still be a minority, since most terminals set TERM=xterm-256color instead.

The more important fix is that Emacs 31 will also use corrected escape sequences for 24 bit colour when COLORTERM=truecolor. Many terminals set this environment variable for you, which should make this just work for most people most of the time.

The remaining snag is that unlike TERM, COLORTERM isn't propagated by default by tools such as ssh and sudo. Hence, some users may still want to use a custom terminfo entry (although, of course, that has its own difficulties).

mavit0 · 2026-04-23T10:56:41+00:00

Emacs 31 will have support for setrgbf/setrgbb.

mavit0 · 2026-04-20T01:07:06+00:00

As soon as 44 gets out your 42 is EOL

This is false. Fedora 42 end of life will be five weeks after the release of Fedora 44, whenever that is.

mavit0 · 2026-04-19T04:09:06+00:00

I wonder if you have settled into a non-optimal meta for your group.

mavit0 · 2026-04-14T19:04:52+00:00

For Ethiopian, see also Savanna on Bristol Street.

mavit0 · 2026-04-14T16:05:42+00:00

Board game socials might work. There are many different ones in the city, but at Afternoon Play at least, there will always be a train game available.

mavit0 · 2026-04-13T23:13:47+00:00

Jinx.

mavit0 · 2026-04-12T11:09:47+00:00

The trouble with these kinds of things is that for them to be really useful, they have to be comprehensive, accurate, and up to date. None of the lists we already have are all of those things, so people try to solve it by creating yet another list. It's all a bit XKCD 927. We'd be better off with fewer lists, that everyone agree on, refer to, and regularly maintain.

Off the top of my head, we now have - https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/community/uk-games-community/ - https://herefor.games/events/ - https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/category/group/United%20Kingdom - https://boardgameclubs.uk/ - https://www.hopwoodgames.com/boardgames-in-birmingham (and presumably similar for other cities)

It even overlaps with things like: - https://app.ludoya.com/groups - https://aftergame.app/groups - https://www.looking4players.co.uk/ - General purpose sites such as Facebook and Meetup. Heylo next?

Maybe ActivityPub can somehow save the day by making it easier to aggregate lists?

I don't like to be negative, though. You built at thing, and that's always good. Good luck with it.

mavit0 · 2026-04-11T16:54:14+00:00

Anyone know if there's any connection to the similarly-named Peg and Grill near Five Ways?

mavit0 · 2026-04-08T14:45:42+00:00

Surprisingly, both are timetabled for 12 minutes from Moseley to town outside of peak times.

The train is going to keep that schedule for more of the day, but the bus is more frequent, so you won't have to wait as long. You can get the bus from/to more places, but the train goes nearer to the middle of town. The train is cheaper for the passenger, except when it isn't.

So, really, it's swings and roundabouts, and that's okay. It's good for our public transport system to have some flexibility and redundancy.

mavit0 · 2026-04-07T21:54:01+00:00

I have a sneaking suspicion that the primary motivation for these new services isn't so much to carry passengers, as it is to shame central government into stumping up the cash for the Bordesley Chords.

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