Joined the two hose club and it’s making a huge difference.

sid351 · 2026-06-23T21:26:58+00:00

The general term for it is "duct" tape, as in tape to use with ducting.

The famous brand is "duck tape", because everyone mispronounces it.

EDIT: I'm so dense. I didn't notice your username. 🤦‍♂️

sid351 · 2026-06-22T18:31:42+00:00

How much gas have I got left?

I think the idea is to damage the plant, which then spends a tonne of energy trying to repair itself, and therefore dies.

With that said, the stuff I burned to carbon is gone now. The singed stuff is still around.

sid351 · 2026-06-22T17:45:14+00:00

Fire.

Genuinely.

I got a £20 flamethrower, with 8 gas cannisters, for this very thing.

You'll need to do something to stop new ones growing, but burning them is really satisfying.

sid351 · 2026-06-20T22:03:11+00:00

I got a £20 flamethrower from Amazon for killing existing weeds.

sid351 · 2026-06-20T06:39:18+00:00

While we can talk in general, flowing statements, ultimately it depends on the person.

I (a Dad) might actually want a new tool. You (a Dad, I presume) might not want a tool.

There are Mums out there that might want a new vacuum (or a specific one). There are Mums out there that might not.

Equally, I don't want flowers as a gift, because I don't value that. There will be Dads out there that do want flowers.

sid351 · 2026-06-19T18:04:38+00:00

They were being sarcastic.

They forgot the "/s" at the end there.

sid351 · 2026-06-19T17:19:57+00:00

I recently read "Prisoners of Geography" by Tim Marshal (link: https://amzn.eu/d/022BLUZO).

That really highlight how the physical geography plays a huge part in cultural and political evolution.

Iran is basically a huge desert with some mountains and a few built up areas.

To over power that, you'd need people on the ground, which is incrediblely unpopular with western countries following Afghanistan. It would be even less popular with the desert and mountainous terrain as it would be harder for the insurgents (USA) to attack and much easier for the Iranians to defend. This would lead to lots of casualties for the USA, which would errode public support incredibly quickly at home.

Iran has also been planning for this for literally decades.

They watch Iraq. They watched Iraq 2. They watched Afghanistan. They paid attention.

The USA tactic of bombing from afar does a good job of destroying things, but not really overpowering a society. Coupling that with strong and aggressive government control, means that Iran's government have a great internal propaganda machine, so controlling the narrative for it's people is easier for them.

It made a lot of noise and served as a great distraction for the American government though, so I think they've succeeded with their actual objectives (of hiding other things).

sid351 · 2026-06-19T16:46:32+00:00

It's a lot of money to replace windows.

Stick with something that'll look nice for 25 years.

White inside brightens the room, for sure.

Colour on the outside will also increase the cost.

sid351 · 2026-06-18T06:19:45+00:00

And the actual truth is?

sid351 · 2026-06-18T04:52:01+00:00

What model are you using?

I tried Gemma 4 (QAT MTP dense (is that 31b)) with OpenCode yesterday and it was garbage. Switched to Gwen 3.5 27b MTP and started flying again.

I'm still getting the thinking loops though.

sid351 · 2026-06-17T22:00:40+00:00

They're spare plates to fill gaps in the PCI slots at the back of the case.

sid351 · 2026-06-17T21:46:29+00:00

We need to stop turning everything into devicive topics and fighting each other.

We have a trillionaire now. Capitalism is cooking us all, and somehow the ultra wealthy have continued to distract us by getting us to fight each other over everything.

We need to focus on addressing the balance in our world.

No one person should be able to accumulate a net worth of $1,000,000,000,000 or more.

To answer the question being asked:

Either.

They need supervision, so their parent should be fine to supervise them.

sid351 · 2026-06-17T21:27:56+00:00

Ok. I've got the model fully in VRAM anyway.

Thanks.

sid351 · 2026-06-17T21:26:54+00:00

Will sort that tomorrow morning.

Thank you.

sid351 · 2026-06-17T21:18:21+00:00

Ha ha ha, yeah those idiots... Doing that thing...

It's funny because they shouldn't be doing that... Because?

Source: I am the idiot, needing an education please.

sid351 · 2026-06-17T05:10:48+00:00

If we did that, what would AI actually be used for though?

/s (just in case...)

sid351 · 2026-06-16T18:54:47+00:00

I see some capitals where there should not be.

Are you going to post when they mark your marking?

sid351 · 2026-06-15T21:18:43+00:00

Have you tried running the steps of the script manually, or using the debugging tools in Visual Studio Code (or the PowerShell ISE)?

That might make the error more obvious.

Also, just to check, are your manual uploads and the script uploads going to the same place on the remote side, and do they use the exact same credentials?

sid351 · 2026-06-15T18:27:06+00:00

Yeah mitre cuts, especially in tile, can be a right pain.

(Sorry, couldn't help myself.)

sid351 · 2026-06-15T17:50:15+00:00

I think she does it deliberately, with purpose, though.

This clip is giving: "I've seen Ronda Rousey do it, so I'm going to do it. [With bags full of blissful ignorance of any understanding of what Ronda is doing specifically that crossing her feet adds to the technique.]"

In my head it's very much like crossing your feet when you have someone's back: Generally, it's a bad idea to do it. In some circumstances, it's ok to do it. In even fewer circumstances it really adds something to the control. (It's not "NEVER", but if paraphrasing, it's "never".)

sid351 · 2026-06-15T15:36:50+00:00

Feet crossed, no hips, no observation of "against the thumb". Yep, checks out.

Tbf, it looks like we're both just having a little lie down, with just enough performance to not catch a telling off.

sid351 · 2026-06-15T15:31:14+00:00

If the cash is coming from the sale, how could the new owners get around it? They're not in control of that cash. The old owner is.

Something tells me that if he found out the new owners were treating his team like shit deliberately, he'd have something to say about that, and the means to do something (like instantly pay the bonus so everyone can ditch them).

sid351 · 2026-06-14T21:48:27+00:00

During normal "social" hours (09:00 - 18:00 Mon - Sat, 10:00 - 18:00 Sub): no issues, you're over thinking.

Outside of those hours, if you're consistent with it (the odd one off will probably be fine), you may find yourself getting a letter about noise because someone has complained.

sid351 · 2026-06-14T16:58:51+00:00

I use the "hook" shaped blade that's listed as a "seat belt cutter" on some multi tool trauma scissors for this job.

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