scrchngwsl

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[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, my general philosophy on phones these days is to use the OEM rom until either it gets slow and rubbish, or it stops getting updates, then switch to LineageOS or something. OnePlus has done a pretty decent job of not making my phone shitter every time it gets an update, so the OEM rom has lasted much longer than I expected. I reckon with a custom rom it'll last me another 2-3 years at least, which is great value for a phone I bought 3 years ago for £290.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly this is better than nothing and very welcome for me. Not often I say good things about Michael Gove but he's done a great job on this and the cladding fiasco.

The real thing that cripples me as a leaseholder though is the service charges, which have doubled since I bought the place. The whole thing is a total con.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Say that to a tube driver, he’ll land a really good punch on your face.

The tube drivers, who famously never go on strike.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks, that at least makes some sense!

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Even in her "apology" and longer "clarification" it's incredibly hard to understand what her substantial point is. I bet you could give her 10 years to try to explain how the Sydney stabbing was in any serious way related to pro-Palestine marches and it still wouldn't make sense. Does she tweet the same thing any time there is a stabbing somewhere in the world? "Oh look, a stabbing in South Korea -- perfect time to tweet about intifada?"

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

I have a similar printer but with duplex printing, which I bought because it fits under my sofa. It does everything I wanted it to do; namely, to print double-sided black and white documents and fit under my sofa.

BTW I also recommend the Brother ADS-2xxx series of document scanners, which I bought to scan multi-page double-sided documents automatically. I put the stack of papers in the top, press Go, and it scans to PDF in a few seconds.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had assumed it was a Uniqlo style thing using tags. That truly is magical, like living in the future. This Amazon stuff with the cameras and constant surveillance, not so much....

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure exactly what you're asking but I have a Coral mini pcie with frigate and it works great. Hardly any cpu and tiny power consumption.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

It's very weird. I would have thought walking would feel more free than being stuck in traffic all day.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Frankly I think they are still too expensive for most people up front. It's a lot cheaper to run if you can charge at home, but if you can't afford the extra £5k-£10k vs an equivalent petrol car then you're not going to buy it. New EVs in particular are overpriced IMO, whereas the used market is actually pretty good value right now. There's just no point in spending £37k-42k on a new Kia Niro EV when you can get a 3 year old model for £15k-20k that's just as good.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

my actual biggest wish, which I will never get because the administrative costs would be astronomical, is that the cost added to goods be directly tied to their recyclability (both in materials and labor) as it would incentivize building more easily recycled products by manufacturers to keep costs competitive.

Interesting point. I guess the price of the individual product won't be differentiated based on cost of recycling, but there will still be an incentive for retailers and therefore manufacturers to make products last longer, which might be better in the long run?

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But of course it's optional? I don't understand why it's scandalous that they've put that in the middle? Did you want it in the headline?

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