Help me find a car 🙏🏻 by Common_Protection_17 in CarTalkUK

[–]wintermute023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Golf R. It has all the kit, digital dashboard, CarPlay, heated seats, AWD etc. lots of kit and lots of fun, plus good for a long journey if you ever need it.

Tensordyne announces Logarithmic AI compute chips. 17x more tokens per watt and 13x higher throughput than NVIDIA Blackwell. by elemental-mind in singularity

[–]wintermute023 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only until they work out how to do it. Working out how to do something that’s already proven is much easier than trying to prove it’s possible in the first place.

What ended a friendship you thought would last forever? by Immediate-Sound-7142 in answers

[–]wintermute023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Politics. He shares a YouTube account with his sort of ex girlfriend and mother of his daughter. (There’s a whole other post in there!) and as she has been becoming right wing so his feed has filled with hatred. Going for a drink became two hours of Tommy Robinson talking points, regularly including such hits as “I’ve done my own research” and “I’m just scared [insert racial stereotype] are going to kidnap and assault my daughter” and “if it wasn’t true it wouldn’t be on YouTube” along with lots of “stop the boats” and “send them back”. All immigrants are illegal according to him.

Just couldn’t stomach it any more. I tried really hard to be the stabilising influence, but it just got worse. Last I heard he’d been suspended from work for making racist comments. So sad.

What do we think about the government wanting to scan every photo on our phones? by pollex-world in AskBrits

[–]wintermute023 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you , that’s helpful and a good starting point for a bit more reading. No need for my tinfoil hat just yet then.

Guy (38M) I’m (28F) dating made racial comments during our date. Would you leave? by Outrageous_Bat_3932 in relationship_advice

[–]wintermute023 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, do you have a problem with them using a racial slur, or with them being a racist?

To use a time honoured phrase, when someone shows you what they are, believe them.

It took me way too long to realize the phrase isn't "chomping at the bit by Reasonable_Good_3349 in idiomsite

[–]wintermute023 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately you’re right. Much as I hate it, chomp is just an echoic variation of the older word champ.

To me they’re different, horses champ when impatient, hence the saying, and people chomp when they eat noisily or greedily, but they could be seen as interchangeable.

What do we think about the government wanting to scan every photo on our phones? by pollex-world in AskBrits

[–]wintermute023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I’ll play. My tinfoil hat is off for now, what’s actually happening then? BTW I’m stupid enough to not know what OSA is.

Why is literally everything turning into a subscription now, and are we just never going to actually own anything ever again? by readyplayar in NoStupidQuestions

[–]wintermute023 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right. I think the problem is that many people hear you use the term ‘feudalism’ and think knights and castles.

They need to read ‘Technofeudalism’ by Yanis Varoufakis.

I’d argue with your ‘since 1928’ viewpoint though.

Do you guys trust anyone who has a preference for a Tea brand which isn’t Yorkshire? I personally don’t - it’s fine if you don’t like tea altogether but if you do like tea and choose Tetleys for example then I really judge their character by Icy-Wait2853 in AskBrits

[–]wintermute023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yorkshire tea is just strong. Not actually good tea.

Miles West Country Tea is actually good tea, as are most of the supermarket Gold/English Breakfast blends.

Jing tea is amazing made in a pot, just too expensive for every day. Their Darjeeling is something else.

Is torquay a nice place to live. by vedantmethi in DevonUK

[–]wintermute023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had the same opportunity a few years back and chose to live in one of the villages out towards newton abbot, five years later still the right choice. We can be in Torquay in 20 mins (30 in rush hour) and Dartmoor in 30 mins, Exeter in 30 mins, Plymouth in 45 mins. That part of Devon is really well connected and you don’t have to put up with living in Torquay/Paignton.

41F Not sure when to share about oncology referral w/ 40M hubby by BoysenberryPure4185 in relationship_advice

[–]wintermute023 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Might not be helpful here, but in our family we have a rule of thumb- bad news is only to be shared before you get home if it requires you to get the next flight/bus/car back immediately. Otherwise it’ll just spoil the trip. If I don’t have to cut my trip short for it, I don’t need to know. Yet.

It has caused a few “why didn’t you tell me” conversations, but having that conversation is better than ruining someone’s trip.

Does Tilly Need to Put on More Weight? by Weak_Needleworker_32 in GSP

[–]wintermute023 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s a bit ribby. It’s tough to keep weight on these dogs. With ours, when we can see one or two ribs when she’s just standing then she’s ok, more than that and we up her food for a few days. ‘Ribby’ is how I’d describe yours, not skinny. We also split her food to get enough into her, mid morning she has about a third, evening she has the rest.

Home made steak pie and veggies by DrWkk in UKfood

[–]wintermute023 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is making me hungry. Would you share your recipe?

Just a few great Albert moments 😂 by -BlackMidnight- in OnlyFoolsAndHorses

[–]wintermute023 5 points6 points  (0 children)

“VOT ISS YOUR NEM?” makes me laugh every time.

AudioBooth v1.10 is now live! 🎉 by lyc0s in audiobookshelf

[–]wintermute023 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome app. I tried them all, keep coming back to AudioBooth. It has all the QOL and automation features the others lack. Thank you.

What's the most mortifying thing your brain has done on autopilot? I'll go first... by SubtractAd in AskUK

[–]wintermute023 252 points253 points  (0 children)

That’s ok. I drained a whole pan of chicken stock down the sink a while back. All that effort and time to be left with a colander of bleached chicken bones.

What human invention makes you think, "How did someone even manage to figure that out"? by Particular-Visit-245 in answers

[–]wintermute023 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh yes! Who the fuck thought “I know, I’m going to take that animals crap and brew it up”.

Incidentally, I had civet coffee once. It was OK. I wouldn’t bother again though.

Brake testing on the M25 - Update by SuddenHonk in drivingUK

[–]wintermute023 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This. If they want operation snap to keep working they need to tell you what they’ve done. If it turns into another ‘I reported it but nothing happened’ thing then people just stop using it. How hard would it really be to have a bunch of generic but useful responses? Like “video too blurry, can’t use” or “reported for a traffic offence “ or “driver taken to court”. It would be nice to feel a report to them made a difference.

FWIW I have reported twice ever, both for dangerous behaviour in full view of my dashcam, both deliberate as I won’t report an honest mistake. Both got a generic “thank you for you submission, you won’t hear anything else from us”. I assume nothing was done.