GreatAlbatross
@GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk
- Comment on Simple spelling rule. 4 days ago:
I frequently confuse the two when I’m not thinking, or my browser has defaulted to the colonial spellchecker.
- Comment on Wallace & Gromit fans appalled by the AI upscaling on new 4K UHD release 5 days ago:
It’s 100% this, imho.
A lot of dumb-asses have latched onto the idea that AI can allow them to do skilled work without learning how to do it.
And they don’t want to hear people pointing out how it’s imperfect. - Comment on The burden of being different 6 days ago:
They can be shown on US television at least.
- Comment on Is this the end? 1 week ago:
Why do I get the sinking feeling that a sub-£250 UB-820EB is now sliding further and further from my view?
- Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 2 weeks ago:
The barista grade stuff works pretty well in builders tea, honestly.
You just have to get in the habit of shaking the carton. - Comment on Vegan drink Oatly can’t call itself ‘milk’, judges rule 2 weeks ago:
They see younger generations moving away from dairy, and claim it’s because non-dairy stole the words.
When in my case at least, it only took a week milk-free to realise that having mild discomfort in your stomach all the time isn’t normal.
And that drinking MOMA instead left me feeling lighter and happier. - Water firms push for higher shareholder returns as Ofwat considers bills increasewww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 6 comments
- Comment on Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies. 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies. 2 weeks ago:
I think I’ve found footage of their getaway: Pastry
- Comment on UK government announces tender for live facial recognition technology 2 weeks ago:
You just know there is a room full of MBA types about to pitch GPT written code for this tender.
GPT written pitch, naturally. - Comment on Typhoo Tea to be rescued by vape maker for £10m - BBC News 2 weeks ago:
Something, something, businesses getting replaced with vape shops.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 26 comments
- Comment on Subscribe now for more clicks! 3 weeks ago:
It’s reminding me of the 3rd party utility apps on the Apple Store.
They seem to have ditched “limited features for free” in favour of “nothing at all until you subscribe, first 7 days free”
- Comment on New plans to ensure the BBC’s financial sustainability set out by the Culture Secretary 3 weeks ago:
I failed my TV test last year.
Accidentally held the channel change button for too long, ended up on babestation.
Instant end of the test.
- Comment on Typhoo Tea falls into adminstration 3 weeks ago:
My friend, while you may be correct, what you’re doing is a bit like walking into spoons, and telling a larger lout that his Carling is pisswater.
Not necessarily wrong, but possibly not tactful. - Comment on ugh i wish 3 weeks ago:
I like to moovid, moovid.
- Comment on ugh i wish 3 weeks ago:
Damn.
I didn’t have “Raw Milk encouraged by the US govt. causes second pandemic in 5 years” on my bingo card for 2025. - Comment on I built a Home Theatre for the Price of a Soundbar, and it SLAPS! 4 weeks ago:
So long as you have the space for a receiver, it should be the first thing anyone buys for home cinema.
It gives you so much flexibility.
And since everyone is gradually upgrading their non UHD ones, you can get a receiver with HDMI switching for very little now. - Comment on They're called leaves for a reason. 4 weeks ago:
Bumble bees do not produce large amounts of honey.
They keep enough food for a couple of days bad weather, but otherwise they don’t overproduce at all. - Comment on Rail freight scheme sees 64,000 less lorry journeys in first year 4 weeks ago:
One of HS2’s huge benefits will be taking large amounts of passenger traffic off the ECML, freeing it up for more freight.
(Which is why I get grumpy when headlines scream “it’ll only save 30 minutes”: It’s not the only reason!)
- Comment on Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful 5 weeks ago:
VAT on meat you say…
- Comment on The return of Trump means Britain must rethink its defence strategy – and role in the world 5 weeks ago:
And expensive. Imagine the cost of changing the entire road network over to use metric.
“Minister, we have a cunning way to lower the speed limits, and go metric, at the same time…”
- Comment on Typhoo Tea teeters on the brink of administration 5 weeks ago:
But how will I get an “ooh” now?!
- Comment on Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts 5 weeks ago:
I mean, we should be able to interact with mastodon via fedipub, right?
If we had a separate server, it might be messy, as then there are two sets of accounts.
- Comment on Any hope of ‘getting Britain working again’ must not demonise people on welfare 5 weeks ago:
I’d say the conservatives do a pretty bang up job treating disabled people badly.
- Comment on Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts 5 weeks ago:
I’ll keep an eye on the feddit.uk applications for grauniad@theguardian.com in that case!
- Comment on You have hell yeah! friends 5 weeks ago:
I once changed a friend’s autocorrect from “regards” to “lots of love”.
And I somehow managed to keep my mouth shut long enough for a lecturer to get a very funny email.
- Comment on It's a way of life for us. 1 month ago:
This is me right now.
I’m deciding whether to buy the £250 UHD player, and £400 receiver to justify the TV, despite the perfectly good HD player and receiver sat under the TV. - Comment on Police investigating historical sex offence allegations against Russell Brand hand file to CPS 1 month ago:
20 years, for a more serious answer.
I found it frustrating at school when my history teacher finished at Afghanistan, with no discussion on how it related to the current situation.
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