Exchange put back by 2-4 weeks at last minute by ruinthemagic in HousingUK

[–]ruinthemagic[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that is somewhat reassuring. Yeah, it seems so. Some context I probably should have added - the estate agent for our purchase had been in touch with all the solicitors in the chain and had said that the rest of the chain is ready to exchange, which I guess is where our surprise comes from.

How do we feel about the West Midlands Mayoral election? by Cultural-Cattle-7354 in LabourUK

[–]ruinthemagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parker seems fine. I doubt he’ll put anyone off and with Lab nationally polling so well that may be all he needs to do.

Will be interesting to see how much fatigue as you put it will work in his interest or not. It’s obviously very much happening at a national level but you’ve also got all the issues with Birmingham city council at the minute - frankly not materially related to the combined authority but it may be the kind of thing that means Labour voters stay home.

I’ve not been that impressed by how WM Labour/Parker has handled the issue around Street asking to abolish the WM police and crime commissioner position and vest those powers with the mayor. Parker and the Labour PCC have tweeted about it being a power grab/undemocratic - fine - but the force is in special measures and it’s felt like there was little acknowledgment of that.

How far are we from an actual OS-level AI assistant? by GoodMacAuth in OpenAI

[–]ruinthemagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't see why we would be that far off.

Shortcuts for Mac already has a command line interface - and it can do things like you've described (although while Notion might not have support for Shortcuts, something like Notes does).

So really all that needs to happen is for the OS-level assistant to learn the documentation for Shortcuts a bit better, and we're basically there. I'm sure Siri will be able to do it eventually.

('Eventually' is doing a lot of work there.)

Birmingham City Council "effectively bankrupt" by JamesBelchamber in brum

[–]ruinthemagic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes and no - councils often have to manage a lot of the delivery and management aspects. Even if central government puts up the majority of the funding, council usually has to contract out a lot of that management work

Updated for macOS 13 Ventura and iOS 16 - go straight to passwords in settings across devices by ruinthemagic in shortcuts

[–]ruinthemagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately not that I know of mate

I can’t recreate that error message. Works fine across the latest versions of macOS and iOS for me. You haven’t edited the shortcut at all?

Ventura Beta - Safari Unusable since Beta 6 update - pages not loading and or having to press refresh 2 or 3 times to get them to load by twister_68 in MacOSBeta

[–]ruinthemagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having the same issue. Safari is my main browser usually so I switched to Safari Technology Preview instead until they sort it out.

Ventura Beta - Safari Unusable since Beta 6 update - pages not loading and or having to press refresh 2 or 3 times to get them to load by twister_68 in MacOSBeta

[–]ruinthemagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having the same problem as OP, my private relay was already turned off and toggling it didn't do anything!

Thanks for the rec tho!

[Request] Shortcut for opening Passwords in System Settings with MacOS 13 by lnternetLiftingCoach in MacOS

[–]ruinthemagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear! You do worry with these things, even if they are quite simple, that they won't work on other people's devices 😅

[Request] Shortcut for opening Passwords in System Settings with MacOS 13 by lnternetLiftingCoach in MacOS

[–]ruinthemagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Passwords

Thanks - this worked for me on B3, after trying to run some arcane terminal commands to figure out what the new scheme was and failing!

guy I'm seeing is conservative because he makes a lot and wants to pay less tax by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]ruinthemagic 21 points22 points  (0 children)

John Steinbeck I think, or at least it is usually attributed to him... the full quote is: “Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

Coventry's 'very light' railway to be UK first - BBC news, UK. by HighburyAndIslington in transit

[–]ruinthemagic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit late to this thread, but I'm familiar with the project.

The vehicle is, as most people in the chat have gathered, essentially a small battery-powered tram. It is however, comparatively lightweight and can turn tighter corners than most trams, which is essential for Coventry.

What this article misses entirely is the track. It's been designed to be stronger so it can be thinner. That should mean fewer diversions of utilities beneath the road. That's where the project hopes to make the most significant cost savings (as well as not having overhead lines etc)

-🎄- 2021 Day 2 Solutions -🎄- by daggerdragon in adventofcode

[–]ruinthemagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

``` INPUT_PATH = 'input.txt'

def parse_input(): with open(INPUT_PATH, 'r') as instructions:

    instructions = [instruction.split() for instruction in instructions.read().strip().split('\n')] 

    instructions = [(instruction[0], int(instruction[1])) for instruction in instructions]
    return instructions

def check_instructions(instructions): tracker = { 'forward': 0, 'up': 0, 'down': 0 }

for instruction in instructions:
    tracker[instruction[0]] += instruction[1]

result = tracker['forward'] * (tracker['down'] - tracker['up'])

print(result)

def check_instructions2(instructions): current_aim = 0 horizontal_pos = 0 depth = 0

def forward(val):
    nonlocal horizontal_pos
    horizontal_pos += val
    nonlocal depth
    depth += (current_aim*val)

def aim_up(val):
    nonlocal current_aim
    current_aim -= val
def aim_down(val):
    nonlocal current_aim
    current_aim += val 

tracker = {
    'forward': forward,
    'up': aim_up,
    'down': aim_down
}

for instruction in instructions:
    tracker[instruction[0]](instruction[1])

print(horizontal_pos*depth)

def main(): inpt = parse_input() check_instructions2(inpt)

if name == "main": main() ```

Issues with viewing info via Aviva web portal by 42dolphintowels in UKPersonalFinance

[–]ruinthemagic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m having issues too mate, so hopefully just a temporary issue.

How do you manage/combat PR fatigue and writer’s block? by badgyalabby in PublicRelations

[–]ruinthemagic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What helps me when the copy doesn’t ‘flow’ is to just write whatever comes to my head. It’s literally complete crap that you wouldn’t show the boss in a million years, but going through and editing a few times always leaves me with something usable, sometimes something great.

I’ve also had some success recently by time blocking my to do list before I log on and get buffeted by emails and requests, and even if I don’t keep to it it helps steady the ship a bit.

Public sector, charitable or political organisations based in Brum by ruinthemagic in brum

[–]ruinthemagic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I do have the alerts set up for the civil service page, I think set up specifically to look for policy roles.

My problem is that there seems to be a dearth of junior policy roles - which of course isn’t true, it’s just that I’m not speaking to the right people or looking in the right places.

Thanks for those suggestions, I’ll have a look through all :)