guy_threepwood
@guy_threepwood@lemmy.world
- Comment on ‘A losing battle’: will UK public service broadcasters survive amid US onslaught? 1 week ago:
Get rid of the right wing arseholes, start actually being unbiased and fair, and then maybe people will pay the license fee.
- Comment on I need a new alarm app. 2 weeks ago:
I use an old Palm m515 with WeekUp
palmdb.net/app/weekup-alarmclock
I set different alarm times per day of the week, and they cycle identically. I can also set a different alarm for days this week and it doesn’t affect following weeks (unless I want it to)
I appreciate that this isn’t “new” by any stretch of the word, but it’s straightforward and works well for me. If you wanted to try something similar you could probably find an old Palm m500/505/515 or Handspring Visor on eBay quite cheaply. Battery powered devices will always work, but if you’re handy with electronics replacing a worn out rechargeable battery also isn’t that difficult.
If you make sure whatever you have has a USB cradle or cable you can use something like PilotBridge to install applications on it without relying on the old sync software: pilotbridge.tavisco.dev
- Comment on If You Know, You Know 1 month ago:
No third sachet at all where I am. Just the oil and soy. I add my own chilli, but it would have been nice if it came with some.
- Comment on Say when! 2 months ago:
What I love most about this is that the source image was a real advert (I think for Lidl?)
- Comment on Hello everyone 2 months ago:
Nice shark
- Comment on usb 2 months ago:
I used one of these, they’re terrible. Middle bit is so flexible it makes poor connection and breaks easily
- Comment on Trans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights 3 months ago:
Maybe we should all go around with stickers saying “gender neutral toilet” and put them over every M/F sign we see
- Comment on Trans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights 3 months ago:
I genuinely don’t understand how the right wing have managed to pull this off. What a horrible outcome.
It hasn’t come up yet, but if I see anyone telling someone not to use a particular bathroom for any reason I will be standing up to them.
- Comment on Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should 4 months ago:
You could add a third on top for more efficient stacking?
- Comment on Why buy a new handle when you can use a spoon 5 months ago:
Disappointed this isn’t on the cutlery drawer
- Comment on What's the best way to tell a kid that their dog died? 5 months ago:
There is a very well written children’s book “The Hare-Shaped Hole” which is a gentle way to explain loss.
- Comment on How you look like stuck in traffic while I take the train 5 months ago:
Erm… that’s not a Zike. That’s a C5
- Comment on UK iPhone users face over-18 age check to use services after update 6 months ago:
Whilat I would prefer this hadn’t happened, this is by far the best implementation I’ve seen so far. Whilst I appreciate not everybody has a credit card, it’s much, much better to use a form of checking like that which has both an expiry date and a cancellation procedure, unlike a government ID which contains multiple pieces of information which you can’t really change (like your date of birth and a photo)
- Comment on ‘Treat us fairly’: skilled workers face having their dream of settling in UK snatched away 6 months ago:
Can we, as a country, stop pandering to the racist bigots for a second?
Immigrants already contribute something like £4b/year due to the existing hideously onerous rules, and on average contribute as much tax as anyone else.
- Comment on Vaping in cars carrying children to be banned in England 7 months ago:
Good
- Comment on ISTANCORRECTED 7 months ago:
Turkpersonistan
- Comment on Subtitles 8 months ago:
Technically surtitles?
- Comment on Get ready for... 9 months ago:
No idea where the term “Engine Topper” is from but I assure you it’s called a Head Gasket in the UK…
- Comment on How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy 9 months ago:
Some lines are being reopened slowly. It’s a little progress at least :)
- Comment on Sex offender who sparked UK asylum hotel protests released by mistake 11 months ago:
It almost feels like this was orchestrated by someone who wanted to rile people up and justify harsher immigration laws or parties which propose that…
- Comment on Now kiss 11 months ago:
El Psy Kongroo
- Comment on i'll take the deluxe (tm) 11 months ago:
Oh Hi Johnnie I didn’t know it was you
- Comment on And the pre-peeled containers for 4x the price are a ripoff 11 months ago:
Something about not eating the seeds whilst Hades is about, right?
- Comment on Protests expected at asylum hotels across UK as tensions mount 1 year ago:
Oh ffs. Let it be known that racism is not actually welcome and these people represent a vocal minority.
- Comment on A judge has upheld the right of members of the public to submit bike and dash-cam footage of law-breaking drivers to the police, after a retired solicitor attempted to sue a cyclist who filmed her 1 year ago:
I genuinely don’t understand what is so important that it can’t wait until people reach their destination.
Are there seriously that many people addicted to smartphones?
- Comment on I just went onto reddit to a intrest subreddit which happens to be NSFW and i got this, fuck reddit im glad i quit it. 1 year ago:
It makes me sad when I see the name because Kagi used to be a payments processor for shareware and essentially a predecessor to modern app stores…but before enshittification.
- Comment on That sounds like a fun thing to do 1 year ago:
This isn’t just Denmark. And businesses often host events with them: humanlibrary.org
- Comment on Labour nationalises second train company 1 year ago:
www.bringbackbritishrail.org/departures/
They’re letting the franchises expire because buying the operators out would be very expensive. That said, if any go bust in the meantime they will be brought back earlier
- Comment on mmmmmmmmmmm 1 year ago:
When the real crime is that being a US KitKat the chocolate is awful.
- Comment on Found a fucking list. 1 year ago:
The Polish word pierdolić “to fuck” is so versatile there exists this excellent reference resource: pierdology.webflow.io