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pasquires

@pasquires@mastodon.world

Does some stuff for work. Drinks some beer occasionally. Likes to spell yoghurt correctly. A paid up member of the Tory party.

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craiggrannell, (edited ) to random
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Now there’s a GE on the way, recommendations for UK politics accounts and politics commentators who actually regularly post here (not just sporadic broadcasting or accounts that have been inactive since 2022) would be fab, if anyone has some. (Don’t worry – I won’t flood feeds with any of this stuff, although I may be a bit giddy on the night of 4 July, unless polling radically shifts before then.)

pasquires,
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@craiggrannell I find most of the Uk political “discussion” is still happening on X rather than here so interested in recommendations as well

GossiTheDog, to random
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    pasquires,
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    @GossiTheDog there’s a comparative aspect, a level of comfort but underpinning it all is the difference between income and wealth. Earning well does not mean wealth - people have mortgages, loans (student loans are especially bad for this), outgoings. Even high earners can struggle with child care costs.

    Wherever you live, it’s likely that people around have similar houses, similar cars etc

    But then look at actual rich people - it’s a different life.

    pasquires,
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    @GossiTheDog maybe? I’m not sure the word works.

    There’s some complexity about the trappings of being rich - iPhones are quite egalitarian, is a big TV a sign, or is it gauche?

    I’m lucky in that I can afford to do things that many other people can’t, but then I can’t afford to do things that other people do as well. It’s all about compromise but I don’t think an actual rich person would be having to make those choices.

    davew, to random
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    I absolutely abhor news sites that make you turn off your ad blocker only to reveal their paywall.

    pasquires,
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    @davew “it looks like you’re using an ad blocker”

    “Yeah, it looks like I won’t be reading your content then”

    lapcatsoftware, to random
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    Have you ever seen someone link to a Bluesky post?

    Bluesky may have more users than Mastodon, but it seems a lot less relevant. I’ve personally found nothing interesting on there.

    pasquires,
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    @craiggrannell @lapcatsoftware there are a few people who post more on Bsky that I’d like to follow but going to the effort of opening the app to view them is a bit much. The recommendations seem to be the same few people.

    Hence I barely use it (except yesterday to play around with federation…)

    Frankly I miss Twitter more - most of the politics/journalist stuff is still there.

    pasquires, to UKpolitics
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    Slightly surprised to learn that the East Midlands has a mayor which is apparently voted for only by the people of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (as best I can tell from the map)

    Why not call it a different name?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midlands

    #ukpolitics

    mattblaze, to random
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    Spent a nice morning not sitting at the defense table listening to opening statements in a criminal trial against me for financial shenanigans involving hush money payments I made to cover up an affair with an adult film star. I have to say that was a good way to not spend the day.

    pasquires,
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    @mattblaze even if things did go haywire, actually being on trial this week would be somewhat shocking. I wish you the best of luck with your endeavour.

    Wen, to delhi
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    Wales to change guidance on 20mph speed limits, transport minister says

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/20/wales-to-change-guidance-on-20mph-speed-limits-transport-minister-says

    And the troglodytes win. With help from the media - Guardian INCLUDED. No one ever looks at the very successful roll out in the Scottish Borders (Conservative council). Grumbles maybe, but I know of no one who wants to go back from safer, more pleasant towns and villages. But what can you expect from a Starmerite?

    pasquires,
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    @Wen I’ve said for a while that is another one of those points where the “right” has their natural position wrong.

    This a quiet streets, children playing safely outside issue.

    And I think they’re about to realise it. For example, this in the Sunday Times

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ee1f74b5-06eb-40c0-a2e3-85e0501c02a0?shareToken=0c5ade1dda9c9b4ac5f066a578f16062

    CatherineFlick, to random
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    So Kagi has pivoted to suckage, DDG is kinda rubbish now, and lol Google, what are the cool kids using to actually find stuff on the internet? Are we back to blogrolls and web rings?

    pasquires,
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    @CatherineFlick I only tried out Kagi this month (DDG was my search engine of choice since forever). Admittedly I’m not doing a lot of searching but it seems ok, what did I miss?

    davidaugust, to random
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    Shared this last year I think, still relevant.

    “It is an interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi.”

    https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

    pasquires,
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    @davidaugust I’d not seen this before, so thank you for sharing again.

    There’s a phrase early on ‘so-called “lost generation.”’ that particularly resonates.

    revk, (edited ) to random
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    What does Siri know that I don't?

    [I should have done on Feb 29th, what with all the leap year bugs]

    pasquires,
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    @revk that’s quite specific!

    pasquires, to UKpolitics
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    An awful lot of politically left-leaning folks here seem to be really attacking Starmer and the Labour Party. It more sustained and of kore depth than anything I see from the Conservatives.

    Starting to feel like these people want another Tory government.

    pasquires, to random
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    Aside from putting me off wanting an Apple Vision Pro, this week’s @atpfm episode may have also put me off from wanting to buy a new TV.

    pasquires, to UKpolitics
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    This is such a weird attack from the Conservative Party. The whole email promoting it seems like scammy spam and I struggle to believe that people think this was a good idea.

    pasquires,
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    @cstross I think there’s an element of that, but also seems something more concerning/disconcerting. This is an actual book that one can purchase (for £25 or more). The whole thing seems like a scam.

    Maybe this is just how political parties operate, but we’re not far away from selling vitamins and trainers at this point.

    revk, to random
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    A tad puzzled by a pre printed new style “barcode” stamp that appears to be a null code… “0100000000000000”

    pasquires,
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    @26aafa19 @mnd999 @revk there was me assuming they made the delivery of the post more efficient somehow. Is that a joke?

    CatherineFlick, to random
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    UK friends, what are the little gnat like insects that come out and fly around in big groups in the sun? It’s nice to see some today but surely it’s a bit early?

    pasquires,
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    @CatherineFlick not answering the question, but I’ve seen a lot more insects around throughout this winter so far.

    ChrisMayLA6, to technology
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    thinks (by which he seems to mean digital technologies) will make the more efficient & means we can stop pouring money into a 'leaky bucket'.

    Quite apart the vacuity of such techno-boosterism, you would have thought in the wake of the disaster, anyone thinking deploying technology is the answer, might want to be more careful.

    Many people are watching Mr Streeting & are getting worried about how he thinks about NHS reform!

    I'm one of them!

    pasquires,
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    @etchedpixels @ChrisMayLA6 I have this book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plundering-Public-Sector-Letting-Consultants/dp/1845293746 - on my shelf. Definitely a thing.

    revk, to random
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    Shit!

    If I "buy" some "content" (TV movie/film) on something like Apple TV, I expect to buy it.

    There are a lot of issues with that I know, but for now, Apple TV do seem to treat it that I "own" it and so can play it whenever I like. Good,

    But when re-watching "Continuum" series, and it hits me every time they have (now) censored the word "shit" or similar from the dialogue. I have watched many times. Artificial gap in dialogue!

    What I am watching now is not what I "purchased", FFS.

    pasquires,
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    @wishy @revk Apple thought of that with Apple Music match which insisted for many years that I should have a different version of a song to which actually appeared on the CD I’d ripped.

    GossiTheDog, to random
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    pasquires,
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    @GossiTheDog wondering how I support this without making it seem like I support this.

    revk, (edited ) to mastodon
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    OK, is quite good at showing me I have 500 new posts and letting me whiz through them. Previous apps I used seemed to be very bad at that. Clunky or “here is latest”.

    But the “problem”, which is more of a problem I think, is when 50 of those new posts are X boosted this one thing, I’d love to see that as one of the new items with “50 people you follow boosted this” than see the same thing 50 times as I scroll through.

    [update: hmm it may have a setting!]

    pasquires,
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    @revk I was utterly convinced that this was an option (or a behavioural change) in one of the clients I’d used, but I can find no evidence of this.

    viticci, to random
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    It took a bit longer than usual, but our @alex has once again published his annual review of watchOS on @macstories.

    watchOS 10 is a massive update for the Apple Watch platform, and Alex has been following its evolution for several years at this point.

    This review covers everything you need to know, and it comes with an EPUB version for @club members: https://www.macstories.net/stories/watchos-10-the-macstories-review/

    pasquires,
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    @viticci @alex @macstories @club it’s only from reading this review that I learnt I could get recently used apps by double-clicking the crown. I’ve been on watchOS 10 since beta 4. 🤦

    Daojoan, to random
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    The worst thing about online learning is that everything has become a video. Every code tutorial. Every design tutorial. Nobody actually writes out a guide anymore.

    It's just "hey guys welcome to my tutorial" and watching 10 minutes of content that mostly isn't relevant...

    pasquires,
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    @Daojoan this has extended into corporate training as well.

    georgetakei, to random

    What do you think of his decision, folks? https://www.comicsands.com/jordan-henderson-defends-saudi-arabia-2666016782.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

    pasquires,
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    @georgetakei great decision for his bank balance. Terrible decision for his morals and, as it turns out, his popularity.

    selzero, to random
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    I'm a cis man but I don't see any issue with using moisturizer. My genitals shouldn't dictate that I don't look after my face.

    But the messaging for men's moisturizer is ridiculous:

    "Gives instant relief!!" - ie: Men should only use moisturizer if they are in the advanced stages of mind numbingly painful leprosy.

    "Ultimate protection!!" - ie: The only reason I'm putting this on is I'm about to enter an inferno to save the beers.

    I just don't want to look like a lizard, ok? There is no shame.

    pasquires,
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    @selzero

    “Fuel”

    “Energising”

    We’ve got a ‘plane logo. That’s manly, isn’t it?

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