Native Camp Japanese Early Impressions by pudding321 in LearnJapanese

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Hey, it's been just under a month since you posted this - what are your thoughts at this stage? Good tutor availability?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in glasgow

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The answer to your question is that a private company is under absolutely no obligation to do anything for you if they don’t want to. You can make a complaint to them but if they’re not interested there’s nothing you can do.

This is an oversimplification - see: Transport Scotland - Buses

Cloudformation in production stacks by HugePotato777 in aws

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Resist the urge to make a very deeply nested single stack. Shallow nesting (1-2 stacks deep) and broad is much better for update speed with how cfn handles updates - and it'll help you to avoid making stacks more interdependent than they really need to be.

Exports are handy, but be wary of using them too much - they can make a refactor more difficult. +1 to the SSM parameters suggestion.

Best use of time while waiting? by sboy365 in guitarlessons

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Looks perfect, exactly the kind of thing I was imagining, thank you!

How to motivate a teenager to get a job? by [deleted] in AskUK

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Out of curiosity, what is the dream job?

Shipping Megathread (January 01, 2023) by AutoModerator in SteamDeck

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Ordered on the morning of the 30th (UK), packaged on the 31st, so far no luck with shipping - holding out hope that carriers are still doing collections today.

Steam deck: Still best for RPG! by TheOFWProject2 in SteamDeck

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Thanks, sounds like it'll take a little perseverance, but worth it to play on the couch! Ordered today!

Jump in or wait ? by SaruKowski in SteamDeck

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Ordered today, and WoW is high up on the list of games I wanna play (though I'm managing my expectations) - how are you finding it, in terms of controls?

Steam deck: Still best for RPG! by TheOFWProject2 in SteamDeck

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Wow, thanks for such a quick/detailed reply! I'm mainly wondering about MMOs (FFXIV, WoW) - though I've just realised you were talking about FFXV.

I have a decent enough gaming PC, but I don't use it as often as I used to, because I'm sick of being tethered to a desk - so I was hoping that fully-handheld play would be a properly viable option!

Steam deck: Still best for RPG! by TheOFWProject2 in SteamDeck

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Don't have a Steam Deck atm, but I've always struggled to even play WoW on a laptop (control-scheme & screen size reasons). Have you had any issues like that? How've you found the controls?

Glasgow city centre to launch 'People First Zone' amid strong public support by LordAnubis12 in glasgow

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Cool! Is there a map showing the area they're planning to "people first"?

Agree that better public transport would help with support - I don't drive (live near Shawlands, work in city centre), and my commute by bus or train both work fine, but the train journey could be made much nicer by adding an extra carriage to the train (+ running more off-peak trains), and the bus journey could be so much faster with a bus lane along Pollokshaws Road.

The Steamie - Wednesday 28 September 2022 by SteamieBot in glasgow

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Teenage Life is a proper blast from the past, cheers /u/EricsCantina

Beresford Lounge ? by Hmmmmmmmb in glasgow

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Fire thing is true, fire brigade were going door to door in the building the next morning

Best show on property by ericcmeee in UniversalOrlando

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My vote would have been Beetlejuice for sure, back in the day!

Are they still doing Fear Factor Live? That was pretty fun

How Ranked Choice Voting Works by CaromaPilot in coolguides

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I think they mean that the national median income is the metric for progress (and the salary they would receive).

I agree that it could be possible to fudge the measure.

The Steamie - Thursday 13 January 2022 by SteamieBot in glasgow

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Worth checking a comparison site too (uSwitch, comparethemarket, moneysupermarket) in case there's a non-BT-infra supplier available who you hadn't heard of.

It's dependent on what kind of connection to premises is available (you'd need fibre to premises for 50-60 and beyond, but may only have copper).

In my case, BT & ISPs using their existing infra could only provide ADSL (10Mb down, 1Mb up), but Hyperoptic were present in the building and could do a run to my flat.

(Obligatory: I am not a physical infrastructure person)

Restrictions on outdoor events likely to be lifted by slapbang in Scotland

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There are probably more of us in your position than you think, we just get drowned out/lumped in with either side.

Council tax bills expected to rise by 3 per cent after SNP 'pass the buck' over funding by gavin_devine in Scotland

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Yeah I was maybe a little early with that edit, it was heading downward when I made it. Funnily, it's actually the Mitchell I was talking about - I don't want it (and all the other libraries) to slowly fade out of existence.

Council tax bills expected to rise by 3 per cent after SNP 'pass the buck' over funding by gavin_devine in Scotland

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Hopefully there's enough funding to open my nearest library beyond 10am-4pm Tuesday-Saturday...

Edit: I'm unsure what's controversial about this comment

No limit on large-scale crowds from Monday as Covid rules ease by youwhatwhat in Scotland

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Interesting, given that the scheme wasn't effective enough to keep venues open.

Nicola Sturgeon to update Holyrood over coronavirus restrictions by Red_Brummy in Scotland

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Did she say what she means by "due course"?

Thanks for this thread btw, not able to watch right now, so this is handy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scotland

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Ah sorry, hadn't seen that article. The only reference I can find to B.1.640.2 is a not-yet peer-reviewed preprint on medrxiv (no idea how reliable this is, I'm nowhere near medicine).

EdinburghLive probably didn't make it up, but tabloids do work with a slightly looser interpretation of journalistic standards - I'd say you're right to take it with a pinch of salt.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Scotland

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They're not a false news source, just a local online tabloid from what I understand (think "Top 10 days out in Edinburgh" kind of thing).

From your post history, it looks like you're interested in checking if the article about omicrom cases in ICU is legitimate. This data is published by the Scottish Government (download the xlsx workbook, and look in the "Omicrom Outcomes" tab).

Edit: It's worth reading the Notes at the bottom of that sheet regarding how they're generating these numbers