allywilson

@allywilson@sopuli.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thanks AT&T!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s fairly important to keep is private for US citizens, see here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI ‘apocalypse’ could take away almost 8m jobs in UK, says report⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. I keep hearing this “they’re taking our jobs” argument, and it’s been going on for a long time. The people saying this are not lookng at the stats of how many people are now employed compared to 10, 100 years ago. From the industrial revolution onwards, it’s been generally an upward trend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alien: Romulus | Teaser Trailer | In Cinemas Aug 16⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  this looks fairly generic to me. Alien killing humans in space. I don’t see what’s new? Admittedly watched it on phone on a bus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK network operators ask govt to fend off attacks on fiber⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the best characteristic of English, I think. It’s alive, it changes and we do very little to prevent that from happening (unlike French or German).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help @CountBinface@mastodon.world become Mayor of London.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  2024 Bindependence Day!

  The hero we need

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It seems so simple⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The upside is you will age slower than the population.

  Source: I watched Interstellar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brexit Erased £140 Billion From UK Economy, London Mayor to Say⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  …Surprise?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK government sets out plans for ‘biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years’⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No mention of Rolls Royce’s mini-reactors in there seems a bit suspect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All karma lost since v. 0.19⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s Karma on Lemmy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They now put ads in cigarettes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re advertising alt-cigarette products, right? Probably from their parent companies alt subsidiary.

  I vaguely remember in the '90s they used to have slips like that in the UK. Can’t remember if it was advertising or things like “Collect 100 of these tokens, get a 20 pack for free!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Restaurant Bill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  In the UK we tend not to tip if there’s a service charge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please help me find/place a quote from Aleister Crowley⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Bard to the rescue

  Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do any ATMs in Belgium support balance inquiries?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s unexpected.

  I’ve never thought about it before. In the UK getting your balance is on every ATM. The ATMs are all different makes and models, interfaces, OSes, different banks, etc. the only thing I can think of that is the same is they are all connected to LINK - maybe they have set standards for what they should all have/have not?

  Anti-feature: you must enter your PIN before it shows you the menu. Does that mean it connects to my bank even in the absense of a transaction?

  This is the same in the UK. They request your PIN immediately after putting in your card (althogh I think if you use a credit card it will prompt for your language first), but it doesn’t use it until it needs to connect to your bank (I know this after knowingly mistakenly putting in my PIN, then attempting to get my balance or something and then the card is ejected and the message about incorrect PIN appears).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I created an image using AI. Not sure what this style is called, an I want to know the type of this drawing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  “I created” is a bit of a stretch haha

  Pop-art, neo-noir styles are probably closest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would I start as a database consultant for a niche software?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Do I just need to start cold calling companies that based on their name “might” have this software as well, and explain my case?

  So, as someone who works for an MSP that specializes in a certain vendors products, it’s maybe worth checking out the websites of who may be your competitors. They love to put their clients names on their websites. This should help you at least start building a list of companies to target (LinkedIn is heavily used by sales peoples these days).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JK Rowling prefers two years in jail over using correct pronouns⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For a gender that less than 0.5% of the population identifies as (Wiki numbers, 355 people out of 100,000), we sure do argue about this a lot, don’t we?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.ml⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I…I don’t think that’s a “now” thing, unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Chinese I think?

  Left - Zuǒbiān Right - zhèngquè de

  Not sure if that counts, considering it’s using the Latin alphabet and the language is tonal, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an apartment where the dumpster is a car's drive away, and taking trash down involves 4 staircases. What is the best way to ameliorate this situation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  suggest a maid service to the office that add be added to your rent a la carte

  I apologise, it wasn’t meant to be hostile, more mocking/pointing out the bad english. I’m sorry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an apartment where the dumpster is a car's drive away, and taking trash down involves 4 staircases. What is the best way to ameliorate this situation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Is the dumpster within line of sight? If so, zip line.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an apartment where the dumpster is a car's drive away, and taking trash down involves 4 staircases. What is the best way to ameliorate this situation?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you having a stroke? Should I call someone?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Germany refuses to extradite man to UK over concerns about British jail conditions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, this is one way to ensure a known drug trafficker can continue to be free, away from the UK and not cost UK tax payers money, right? Silver linings and all that /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every single rising post on Reddit is crypto spam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Never heard of it before either, but here’s an article on it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should Lucy Letby have been allowed to miss her sentencing?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Forcing them to attend the sentencing, especially in cases like this, would not be in their interest at all, only in the interest of punishment and the victims families would this be a benefit.

  See I think this is a bit dangerous to the victims families. This is a murderer, going away for their entire life. She has literally nothing to lose at this point. She could have hurled abuse at the victims. At the judge. Screamed incoherently. Self harmed. Attempted to harm others. There is no further punishment that we as a society could inflict upon her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Y2K happened were there people burning their passports and walking barefoot to Jerusalem or something along those lines?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I vageuly remember people kept on going on about planes falling out of the sky. “Welp, it’s 1900 now, guess I need to ignore all input and nose dive.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the difference between communism and socialism?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Please explain any reearch you have performed before posting such a short and grossly generalised qustion.