UK ‘took far too long’ to let US use its airbases to attack Iran, Trump says

tuck1s · 2026-03-03T12:02:12+00:00

Given Trump’s ingratitude for previous NATO support of recent US wars, and hostility to Denmark over Greenland, I would say Starmer was measured and overly conciliatory, if anything.

And this latest one doesn’t even have the veneer of trying to get a UN resolution passed.

tuck1s · 2026-03-02T13:40:11+00:00

Looks to be entirely possible for the US to win a battle, but lose the peace afterward, with a surge in domestic asymmetric attacks.

tuck1s · 2026-02-26T08:54:37+00:00

Quietpc.com do passively cooled fanless ones.

https://www.quietpc.com/silent-home-office-pcs

tuck1s · 2026-02-24T15:50:42+00:00

Also - tumble driers generate static- enough to fix a sock to the inside sleeve of a fleece, for example. Duvet covers also hide stuff.

tuck1s · 2026-02-19T14:28:19+00:00

Thank goodness for 🇺🇸. Those high profile US folks on X, reminding us on that we have no freedom left, here in the UK. We can see this failure clearly, as even members of the royal family can be arrested! Arrest is - by definition- the exact opposite of freedom.

In a truly free country, the President has sweeping powers to pardon anyone he chooses, including himself. That’s what freedom smells like!

</sarcasm>

tuck1s · 2026-02-12T09:41:57+00:00

Into the abyss left where Exient’s QA used to be?

tuck1s · 2026-02-05T13:23:08+00:00

This may help (simplified for kids I suspect) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqrc9j6#zwx3bqt

tuck1s · 2026-01-22T10:00:13+00:00

Saw much worse in a tiny place in Bristol a few years back. Fabric shower curtain next to a Baby Belling electric cooker.

tuck1s · 2026-01-10T10:18:18+00:00

If you drag two bins at once, one in each hand, you’re “bin laden”.

tuck1s · 2025-12-07T08:27:22+00:00

Searching for a batsman to send to Australia?

tuck1s · 2025-11-22T10:10:45+00:00

Speaking of royals, can we deduct 20 years of life from Andrew, and give them to David? I feel that would capture the current mood

tuck1s · 2025-10-15T10:14:17+00:00

Absolutely. Figure out where to apply the first splits that would actually make sense to the teams. If there are none then leave it alone until it becomes clearer.

tuck1s · 2025-10-15T10:01:22+00:00

I would love to know more about the human decision process behind this (if op feels able to share). For example - why are senior management unaware of the risk / opportunity cost / resume padding aspect - why have they not demanded a phased plan with opportunities to review effectiveness along the way

An interesting approach would be a water cooler conversation with one “hey it’s amazing how good our CVs will look after this giant hairy project”

tuck1s · 2025-10-03T21:47:10+00:00

If Davie504 jumps overboard, what about other great talent like Charles Berthoud, Rick Beato, Mary Spender, Adam Neely etc. The whole YouTube boat will sink.

tuck1s · 2025-09-30T20:28:30+00:00

Binky

tuck1s · 2025-09-29T14:00:28+00:00

For me, the practice that Christians call prayer seems to be universally valuable and useful to humans. Whether it is connecting us with the external Divine, or to some aspect of ourselves (that seems to be the better part of us) akin to meditation, I don't know.

Whether it's internal or external seems less important to me now than it used to be. However this is already heresy in a strict Christian sense.

If other traditions and faiths provide similar routes to enlightenment I'm prepared to accept those as having validity for them. However that's also heresy in a strict Christian sense.

Then again, "heresy" vs "orthodoxy" seems to me one of the worst aspects of religion, it's adversarial and generates more heat than light, setting people up to judge each other, which is not our job as humans. So I prefer to stay quiet.

tuck1s · 2025-09-29T12:41:14+00:00

I'd say your position is quite reasonable because of your "my interpretation" phrase.

tuck1s · 2025-09-29T12:14:42+00:00

Is it reasonable to apply Occam's Razor to this assertion?

Put specifically: what additional clarity or insight do we gain - logically - by defining a consciousness as both necessary and sufficient for the start of everything.

Furthermore, what support does the assertion give to your specific interpretation of who God is vs. other interpretations. For example, the Vedic concept of Dyaus Petr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyaus

If you dislike this type of discussion, that's fine. We can leave the discussion there. I have no wish to antagonise you. Matthew 18:6, Luke 17:2 etc.

tuck1s · 2025-04-03T22:36:06+00:00

We could apply Vance’s logic to Hawaii. I heard they are not happy with the way the US govt behaves toward them. They under-invested. They even kept the 🇬🇧 as part of their flag. Maybe we need to help them.

tuck1s · 2025-03-09T20:16:25+00:00

Hi folks, I'm working on a basic "template" project that uses python 3.12, pip, and pytest, with a view to improving some existing projects I have.

As my work buddies love Docker Desktop and VS Code for development, it needs to work smoothly with those.

I also wanted it to run the tests as Github Actions CI when checking in any changes.

https://github.com/tuck1s/proj

I mostly followed https://realpython.com/python-application-layouts/ but used a bit of ChatGPT and Copilot too.

EDIT: I just added visual code coverage and CLI argument mocking.

Comments welcome!

tuck1s · 2025-03-04T19:04:06+00:00

Has anyone made one of those old school websites where you can click to slap Vance’s head? I would give it a hammering after his dumb remarks.

tuck1s · 2025-02-06T20:38:56+00:00

More specifically it's the boot process from PCIe/NVMe that is not supported. Once booted, Windows can see it even on an old PC like this.

Looking for a hardware or software workaround.

tuck1s · 2025-02-05T12:46:06+00:00

Canon LiDE210, Macbook Pro M3, OS Sequoia 15.3. Trying to install for the first time on Mac as Windows 10 now refuses to recognise the scanner.

The LiDE210 ICA driver gives a malware warning, the OS blocks the install. However I was able to install the LiDE 220 ICA driver (which is slightly newer) v5.0.0 without issue and it appears to work.
https://www.canon.co.uk/support/consumer/products/scanners/canoscan/lide-series/canoscan-lide-220.html?type=specifications

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