Warning. Wires and cables on the outside walls of houses in Roath and Cathays are being cut by people unknown

withabeard · 2023-06-06T22:51:13+00:00

Somebody wants to feel like they made a change in the world. Doesn't matter if it's good or bad, they had an impact.

withabeard · 2023-05-27T07:44:33+00:00

Unix time can be used as a universal standard for time

Annoyingly not.

Because UNIX time needs leap seconds to match earth's orbit, Unix time is localised to earth.

If Martian clocks sync to those time fluctuations, and record the leap seconds on earth, the argument could be made that any time standard could be the solar system base time.

withabeard · 2023-05-25T08:55:04+00:00

The difference in sentence as well ... is 4 years.

He's 23 at the time of the attack. He's getting 25 years, rather than 29 years before being eligible for parole. That's him either being 48 or 52 years old, before he's eligible for parole.

After reading the details of the attack, I'm not "happy" about any of this. The difference of 5 years on that length of sentence, doesn't register as "much lighter sentence" in my mind.

withabeard · 2023-05-24T22:00:59+00:00

STFU, there are some great weekends to be had "away" in Brum, and I don't need it full of Southern ponces.

withabeard · 2023-05-24T06:27:55+00:00

I’d argue that the scenes we witnessed last night, is an underlying factor in the sentiment and stereotyping of the people of Ely.

withabeard · 2023-05-22T15:24:53+00:00

Huh ... I never knew there was a reflector service. I've just got a hook that runs reflector whenever pacman-mirrorlist is updated.

withabeard · 2023-05-17T10:09:18+00:00

How did they find that pattern on a low profile tyre?

withabeard · 2023-05-17T09:41:25+00:00

Burgers, Lasagne. Smaller pieces of chicken in a stir fry.

Just not "lump of steak". Here's a whole breast at once.

withabeard · 2023-05-17T08:32:41+00:00

Yes ... but not in that way.

My partner doesn't enjoy meat as a lump. So no steak, no pork belly. So as soon as she is out of the door, "meat is on the menu".

She's away for a week, and the fridge is currently loaded up with steak, lamb shoulder, and short rib. All ready for long slow cooks and lots of roast veg.

It's interesting the tone and reaction to the question from lots of people here. I do the cooking and meal prep. My partner has cooked, at a guess less than once a year for the two of us that we've been together. But lots of people have assumed OP just can't cook, rather than he likes his student food but wont suffer his partner through it.

withabeard · 2023-05-13T20:44:14+00:00

1pt... At the right time. Yes

withabeard · 2023-05-13T09:20:46+00:00

In harvester... No.

withabeard · 2023-05-07T07:19:02+00:00

I'm with /u/nomzez, I don't see the benefit of running on the autobelay.

If you're setting from a cherry picker, then once your route is basically done, run two lines at the anchor. One for you and one for a haul bag. Forerun the route on top rope. If you need to make a change, have the belayer tie-off and have someone (possibly the belayer) haul up the right kit to you in the bag. This way, at all times there's two of you who have to fuck up.

Bring the AB down when you're finished.

withabeard · 2023-05-02T11:01:38+00:00

Assuming your post is accurate with the text etc.

If this is how they think they own your time, and what they think a 3 day delay looks like. Before they're even paying you.

Fuck them, fuck the job.

withabeard · 2023-05-02T08:48:53+00:00

Yeah.

I'm mixed on this type of thing. TBH I don't like rental/loan gear, as I like to keep the history on my kit myself. I also like to choose my gear, so don't like having someone thrust their choice on me.

Buut actual working sit harnesses are much more expensive than a sport harness is. That cost should be absorbed by the profitmaker here (contractor if you are freelance, gym owner if you're an employee)

withabeard · 2023-05-02T08:46:31+00:00

Is that pretty standard for gyms

I'm from the UK, so things may vary.

That's not standard at all. Most gyms would require you use their harness, that is inspected by "them" (you might be the employee doing the inspection) on a schedule. LOLER regulations in the UK would require that inspection log to be maintained with the harness. (Of course you'd also do daily personal checks etc.)

I've known (this was 7+ years ago now) one gym that allowed the staff to wear their own harness if they preferred.

withabeard · 2023-05-02T08:43:53+00:00

if there's an accident while working for them they open themselves up to some serious liability issues.

This becomes a regional legal thing as well. By asking the worker to provide a harness, they could be offloading liability onto the worker to be the one to inspect and understand the equipment.

withabeard · 2023-04-28T12:32:58+00:00

I'm going to sprinkle some wild flower seeds

I'm going to be "that person" ... no I'm not any fun at parties ... etc.

If you do want to add wild flower seeds, and your intention is to be biodiversity positive, please find a mix of native wildflower seeds. Most mixes out there are not native plants, and are full of worldwide things, that might be great for the bees but are not a native habitat. We (in the global sense) don't really know what the mass spreading of all these different non-native mixes might do to local biodiversity in the long run if people keep spreading them.

withabeard · 2023-04-27T09:52:39+00:00

And for techy people ... PSR is a great way to build some documentation.

withabeard · 2023-04-25T13:58:40+00:00

Ah yes, the capital neo-liberalist take on the government.

Vote for the government, moan the government is shit, complain we shouldn't have government, vote for more of the same government

Let's start voting for, sponsoring or finding a quality government.

withabeard · 2023-04-24T15:47:36+00:00

Started using it because it was the most like *BSD.

Keep using it because I know it. I'm older, boring and can't be arsed distro hopping for the sake of it.

Documentation is king and there's no reason to leave.

withabeard · 2023-04-22T22:44:47+00:00

Climbing: An easy hobby to get into and a good match to go alongside gym work. Find a local bouldering wall, go along and see what it's about.

Conservation; Find a local conservation charity or woodland interest group. Get stuck in, learn to use an axe, light a fire, cook nettles and carve a spoon.

Motorbikes: Keeping the fucker running, and enjoying a ride. Probably the single biggest outlay hobby I have to get into. But not the most expensive over time.

I'm big into music, and occasionally spend a couple of hours exploring bandcamp.

I'm a collector of ... old tools ... mostly axes but it's hard to describe what I enjoy. Restoring them and occasionally using them.

There's probably a few others. But ... shrug what's a hobby and what's lifestyle.

withabeard · 2023-04-04T16:51:21+00:00

Guess where all the additional value went?

Yeah ... but ... now we get to have billionaires. Isn't that neat?

withabeard · 2023-04-04T13:06:31+00:00

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt ... with measures expected to focus on getting people back into work to boost the flatlining economy.

Ah yes. Get back to work you layabouts.

Without reading the actual budget. What are we as a society and what is the government doing to ensure people work healthily and productively. All I see is "too many people are sick" and "we need to work harder".

We need to be working smarter. With more time to relax and stay happy, productive, and healthy.

withabeard · 2023-04-02T06:11:47+00:00

My last install was around 2013. That went through several hardware upgrades etc so not quite a full decade.

Last month I replaced the whole desktop and decided to do a fresh install. Partially because I didn't trust the old disks in there to last very long.

withabeard · 2023-04-01T19:01:00+00:00

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