Noel_Skum
@Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Splat 2 weeks ago:
+1 for consistency.
- Comment on US Democracy 2 weeks ago:
I killed a lot of my sacred cows in my early twenties… but, yeah, good point all the same. I do understand that when you’ve held a belief for so long it is a trauma to a.) realise you’re wrong and b.) reprogramme your mindset. Nothing but respect for people that can accept this and move on.
- Comment on US Democracy 2 weeks ago:
It’s wild. No matter how fond you might be of your opinion you’ve got to kick it to the curb when facts unravel it.
- Comment on Am I a bad person if (as left as they come) I invest in American Private Prison contractors on the assumption that Trump will go through with his deportation scheme at least to some extent? 2 weeks ago:
Needed to be said. I honestly thought I was in Onion territory at first…
- Comment on This map will hopefully clear up any further confusion. 2 weeks ago:
We’re talking Northern Ireland as opposed to Ireland, although they do both exist on the island of Ireland. There’s no orange or green on the flag of Northern Ireland.
- Comment on This map will hopefully clear up any further confusion. 2 weeks ago:
South Ireland? Let’s not reignite The Troubles with talk like that.
- Comment on Am I a bad person if (as left as they come) I invest in American Private Prison contractors on the assumption that Trump will go through with his deportation scheme at least to some extent? 2 weeks ago:
Apparently the left stops somewhere about right of centre - what a quaint political system the US has.
- Comment on Anon double-checks something important 3 weeks ago:
And the irony is that most Briish people don’t call themselves Briish.
- Comment on Starbucks wants a Bachelor's degree for a barista 3 weeks ago:
“… coffee flavoured coffee…” is a phrase I utter quite often - nice to see someone else uses it to.
- Comment on I am a very liberal person and I have very liberal children, except for one. I'm pretty sure my Gen Z son has been taken in by fascist doctrine. What can I get him for Christmas? 3 weeks ago:
First question: when you use the terms “liberal” and “fascist” do you mean them in their original sense or as they are currently employed in US English?
- Comment on Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? 4 weeks ago:
Sri Lankans (of all varieties - complicated history) have elected a left leaning coalition. It’s very unusual the majority of every “section” of Sri Lanka to throw their support behind the same candidate / party (again - historical reasons.)
Here’s a BBC link. It appears to be reasonably factual as I understand it and is a good synopsis:
- Comment on Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? 4 weeks ago:
The incredibly recent Sri Lankan election enters the chat… and feels sad at being ignored.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 4 weeks ago:
I was not aware of that - I assumed the terminology arose purely from the 1789 French National Assembly’s seating arrangement and had no precedent. I’ll dig into Wikipedia in a bit.
I’m sure the day of the mountainers will come again - I just hope they grasp the opportunity when it happens.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 4 weeks ago:
Did you see the yellow jackets marching with their rolling barbecue fitted on the city’s tram line? Magnificent bastards.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 4 weeks ago:
I think they might’ve been referring to the left-right political spectrum. I believe the terminology comes from the seating layout of their post-revolution government.
- Comment on Anon thinks the French are posers 4 weeks ago:
Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon? The son of an Irish immigrant? He’s not the kind of guy who’d let facts get in the way of an opinion so we’re probably pretty solid saying that in front of him. If he did run his mouth, then I got your back, blud.
- Comment on is that real? 4 weeks ago:
That’s certainly one opinion - which you’re more than entitled to hold. Personally I don’t get the connotations that you do. I see it as a subversion of Musk’s overt sycophancy vis a vis Trump’s (completely unwarranted) strong man persona clothed in a parody of a TradCon nuclear family. It’s art - there’s often more than one interpretation. Sometimes deliberately so.
- Comment on Horse denier 4 weeks ago:
Ketamine hallucinations?
- Comment on According to the Wall Street Journal, "Wicked" Parts One and Two cost $320 million ($160 million per film). Both parts were shot back-to-back. 5 weeks ago:
I’m not a fan in the slightest but someone else said that the stage production omits a lot of stuff from what is written in the books. If that is true then there’s a possibility that the film(s) could be an expanded version… but it’s probably just a cash grab.
- Comment on How a post on Reddit accidentally kickstarted the revival of Angus Steakhouse 5 weeks ago:
I’ve lived in London a couple of times and always assumed Aberdeen Angus Steakhouses were a money laundering operation or a front for other criminal enterprises. There seemed to be lots of places and very few customers.
- Comment on Why is the word "expat" a thing? 5 weeks ago:
To be an immigrant you must first be an emigrant. Emigrants leave their country, immigrants join a country.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for all that info and the recommendation. I’ll give it a go.
- Comment on Habits of Insects 5 weeks ago:
I’m thinking this too… let’s hope Renaissance mk2 only takes a few years to blossom - but my confidence is not high.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 5 weeks ago:
That looks pretty good - might investigate if I can use it without WiFi, i.e. just using mobile data.
I’m a bit weird as I’ve never had any IT training but have been using all types of computers for about 40-ish years. Back in the day I had a psion 5mx running epoc OS. To transfer a Word (Not to be confused with MS’s Word) file I had to convert it to .txt or .rtf and then save it to a compact flash 8mb memory card. Remove that card from the psion, plug in the CF card reader to my iBook (dual boot OS 9.1.2 and Mac OS X) and import the text. For some reason these files were always read only so then you open a new Jotter file and copy and paste the text over. Absolute ballache. Easy file transfer is a holy grail of digital living.
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 5 weeks ago:
I use the cable to charge my phone. Am I the only person still doing this?
- Comment on IPhones' default photo format is HEIC, something that Windows doesn't open by default. 5 weeks ago:
I just plug a cable from my iPhone to my Linux mint laptop and view/transfer what photos I want through my file browser… seems real easy.
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 5 weeks ago:
I only mention it as for the last forty years or so every time that someone has said left or right I’ve twitched my hands to work out which one I hold a pen(cil) with. Takes less than half a second and I don’t need to look at them either. It’s not unique not immediately knowing which is which. Live with it.
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 5 weeks ago:
Do you “write” with your “right” hand? That’s how I remember.
- Comment on US Democracy 1 month ago:
Whilst things do appear quite bleak across a lot of the European continent right now at least with a parliament that’s receptive to multiple parties there is a hope that one could quickly rise-up from the ashes of those defeated should the AfD (? + others) lurch the country far from the centre in the not too distant future. My confidence isn’t that high, but it is a possibility.
- Comment on US Democracy 1 month ago:
Nice. I was hoping it might look a bit like this. Thanks for researching / posting.