tallpaul

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Temptation in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
You know what, fuck you [un-Jags uar icon] in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Skoda have done something similar with their latest offering. No Skoda badge, no radiator grill. Just SKODA in a boring font.

Microsoft Teams is dog shit in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Seems to work fine for me. Shrug.

Highland Council's 5% visitor levy could raise £10m a year in c/scotland@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

ScotGov legislation says it has to be a percentage.

No Fourth Hike for him in c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Upvoted for the title.

Tony's Chocolonely bars are shaped unevenly to represent farmer inequality and the coastline of Africa in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

It's also why I no longer buy it. It's a PITA to eat.

Earbuds in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I find https://gsmarena.com is the right place to start as you can search, among many other things, for phones with a 3.5mm socket.

Twitter getting worse, weird political shit. What's the best Mastodon server and Android app? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Tusky for client. Lots of good medium sized instances (avoid mastodon.social). I'm on mas.to for a general account and mastodon.scot for a local one (both reliable, run by the same person).

Earbuds in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I still only buy phones with a 3.5mm socket.

SITE CHANGED HEADLINE: Harris says she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago

She didn't "pledge" to, but she didn't seem adverse to the idea if it was the right person.

Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Not so effective against the likes of YouTube allegedly.

USA | Police Are Increasingly Encrypting Their Radios to Block Scrutiny by Journalists in c/globalnews@lemmy.zip
[–] tallpaul@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Similar in the UK. Ours is called Airwave and came in in the early 2000s.

https://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/the-service/emergency-services-network/

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'North Lanarkshire Council to close libraries, pools and sports centres' (www.bbc.co.uk)
 

[I think I saw this posted earlier but it seems to have disappeared.]

I have to say my view, speaking as a councillor on Highland Council, is that the more I think about this it's gesture politics as the council presumably own most of these facilities so closing them still leaves them with significant revenue budget costs.

Plus "No dates have been given for the closures and affected staff are likely to be offered redeployment" which smells of something not well thought out - a big chunk of the cost of these premises is payroll so redeploying doesn't save money ... and then making people redundant is expensive too, as HC learned to its cost the last time it was "saving" money.

So I think this is a Labour led council just trying to embarrass the SNP/Green government into coughing up some more money.

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I was pruning a ground hugging bush today and grumbling to my wife about having to take the prunings to the dump. "Why not just hide them in the bush?" she said. Problem solved. (lemm.ee)
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Handy guide to places not to eat in the UK over the summer... (feddit.uk)
 
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Kylesku bridge looking as magnificent as ever (media.mastodon.scot)
 
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