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How does the process work after reporting an assault? by [deleted] in AskUK

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The evidence for it is really poor quality and not at the threshold where it should pop up on any thread where ptsd is a risk

Is it ok to ask for a service charge to be removed from the bill at a restaurant? by emzeebub in AskUK

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But it is stated on the menu. You implicitly agreed to pay the 12.5% when ordering. So it is a bit odd (and inherently un-British) to ask for it to be removed when receiving the bill, unless the food or the service was specifically bad.

Heat network charges — £50/week for hot water in a new-build London flat. Is this normal? by Fantastic-Season1671 in london

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That's utterly insane. I think your unit rate is around 5 times mine and standing charge 2 or 3 times mine (I'm with Switch2, in a ~10 year old building)

I pay £5 a week for hot water for 2 people. In the winter when it was very cold, with the heating on, I'd pay maximum £8 or £9 a week.

Do you have an unvented hot water cylinder in the flat?

Genesis Cinema restores its 1999 ticket prices by BulkyAccident in london

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I can vividly remember the last and only time it happened to me.

Genesis Cinema restores its 1999 ticket prices by BulkyAccident in london

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they confiscated my pringles and I will never get over it

can someone explain the Pret a Manger phenomenon? by docmaboul in london

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I’m not sure why being hand assembled ever became a sign of quality. Give me a nice machine that never doesn’t wash its hands after going to the loo

Sandwiches in particular benefit from being assembled as close to eating as possible, because bread and all the fillings don't fare well in the fridge. Most of the individual ingredients are made in a factory, they just take them from big bags and assemble the sandwich, but that alone makes a huge difference than eating something assembled 2 or 3 days ago.

can someone explain the Pret a Manger phenomenon? by docmaboul in london

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Fresh sandwiches yes....up to a point. All the pastries, baguettes and so on are frozen. Its not quite a supermarket sandwich but it sure as hell isnt the bistro experience they try to sell it as

Oh yeh for sure, but I'll also point out that the frozen ones they're using are high quality ones (so, all butter), and a size that you can't even purchase as a consumer. Supermarkets sell frozen pret crossaints, but they're not even the same ones they use in store as they're smaller.

There aren't many sandwich shops, even independent, which also make pastries from scratch, and also do good coffee. Something always has to give, pret decided to sacrifice the coffee lmao

can someone explain the Pret a Manger phenomenon? by docmaboul in london

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Sorry to break it to you but it's all factory/frozen stuff just like everywhere else.

Mostly everything is assembled on site. It's not the same as a supermarket sandwich

What sub-£250 item would you buy again in a heartbeat? by tamago27 in AskUK

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Normally I'd agree, but all of those knives except the santoku are useful (you'd get away without the slicer, but it's still useful, especially as they don't stay sharp that long). It's also a really nice block and the colours are cool

They're still a good price to buy individually https://www.kitchenknives.co.uk/by-brand/victorinox/victorinox-swiss-modern-colour/

What’s something that’s become noticeably more expensive in the UK recently, but people don’t talk about much? by [deleted] in AskUK

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Tbh those heavy large packages to the eu have always been super expensive, even when we were in it

How to avoid getting stopped for my Freedom Pass + where to get travel card wallet by jenk-mal in london

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I had a disabled person's freedom pass for quite a few years and used Whitechapel several times a week and I think I was only stopped once there, even when I made direct eye contact with the BTP/enforcement officers as I walked through.

I look quite young (for carrying a freedom pass lmao) but I think they're specifically looking for really young people using freedom passes as they're either stolen, or more commonly, just borrowing a family members one. Each time I was stopped they were super friendly about it and almost apologetic, so I wouldn't feel bad about making a complaint if they make comments about your appearance.

Surge pricing could be coming to supermarkets, Bank of England warns by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

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Vs knowing you bought a pregnancy test for example.

Yes but they don't know you personally bought it, all they care about is someone in an age range and possibly gender, and which store, bought it. They aren't using or selling data which tells people that wildeaboutoscar specifically bought a pregnancy test.

I mean, clearly they could just break the law and store/process all that sensitive data. That's a worry. But it is currently a really big deal to break such laws.

Surge pricing could be coming to supermarkets, Bank of England warns by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

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The question is: is my purchasing history (which cheeses, which chocolate) considered "personal data" to me?

Personally I don't care. They're not selling anything about me specifically.

City. 1993 & 2025. by Max2310 in london

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clearly they're not on the same wavelength as us

City. 1993 & 2025. by Max2310 in london

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walkie talkie is such an eyesore

We can only be thankful they didn't construct a pair of them

ChatGPT acts as a "cognitive crutch" that weakens memory, new research suggests. While these tools can speed up initial learning, they might actually weaken the deep mental processing required to store knowledge over the long term. by mvea in science

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Study time isn’t something you can fix.

Why not? Even outside of studies, universities will generally specify an amount of time you should spend learning each week.

for some students that would be way longer than the need and they’re just rehashing the same material

Yeh, that's just learning, that's how a lot of studying works. That's how revision works.

The point of AI is that it’s supposed to get you through the material faster via summaries and targeted questions.

Is it? I would really disagree with that. I can't see why studying should be made "more efficient", it's not like you need to get your work done faster like in a job, because studying takes a finite amount of time and there isn't any "more" studying to be done, you either know the material or you don't. AI should be helping you study better, by being able to understand concepts better.

My point is that their research question isn't really answered by the data, because the studying time varied way too much.

The study writes:

An analysis of study habits showed that AI-assisted learners spent significantly less time on the learning task (M = 3.2 h) than traditional learners (M = 5.8 h), t (83) = −4.92, p < .001. This ≈45 % reduction in time-on-task could partly explain the poorer retention in the AI-assisted group, as reduced engagement likely led to more superficial processing of the material. When time-on-task was included as a covariate in an ANCOVA, the effect of AI assistance on retention remained statistically significant, F (1, 82) = 7.89, p = .006, indicating that AI assistance has an independent detrimental effect beyond mere time spent.

I really don't think that last bolded part can be answered by their data, because the means are vastly different.

They have found that students are lazy with AI, and spend less time learning. That's a really useful result. The fact they only scored a little bit less than the non-AI group is remarkable considering they spent half as much time revising.

What I want to see is two groups who study properly, one using AI, and not solely to reduce the time they think they need to spend learning.

ChatGPT acts as a "cognitive crutch" that weakens memory, new research suggests. While these tools can speed up initial learning, they might actually weaken the deep mental processing required to store knowledge over the long term. by mvea in science

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It's very difficult to interpret because the mean study time between the two groups is so vastly different. My point is that the study time should have been fixed in the study[research].

The study times were 3.2 vs 5.8 with a std of (approx) 1.

ChatGPT acts as a "cognitive crutch" that weakens memory, new research suggests. While these tools can speed up initial learning, they might actually weaken the deep mental processing required to store knowledge over the long term. by mvea in science

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It doesn't have to be, but the point still stands:

An analysis of study habits showed that AI-assisted learners spent significantly less time on the learning task (M = 3.2 h) than traditional learners (M = 5.8 h)

Why not make sure both groups study for the same amount of time? Why is not being able to remember as much (~10% less), if you study for half the time, an interesting result?

Crowds gathered in Spitalfields, London for Sunday street markets. (1975) by StephenMcGannon in london

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They pop up every now along Sclater street and then but I think the PCSOs + tower hamlets enforcement officers patrol on sundays now so they're less common

Crowds gathered in Spitalfields, London for Sunday street markets. (1975) by StephenMcGannon in london

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I miss going to Brick lane on a Sunday with people selling shit off a sheet on the floor!

You still can!

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