GreatAlbatross
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GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto UK Politics@feddit.uk•Tax pubs on profit not property value, urges Greene King bossEnglish3·1 day agoDoing a few things well, rather than microwaving everything Sysco can load into the freezer would be nice too.
One of my locals does chips, and hotdogs, in an air fryer. That’s it. But they’re amazing chips and hotdogs.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukto UK Nature and Environment@feddit.uk•Here's why there are so many ladybirds in the UK right nowEnglish3·1 day agoGlad they’ve finally shown up. I can finally stop brushing aphids off my plums.
The Class 800 may have seats made from cardboard, but they do at least look like they were designed this century.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto homeassistant@lemmy.world•Home Assistant as security camera PVR??English2·4 days agoI’m a great believer in keeping things as simple and modular as possible.
Much easier to just dump files over FTP than have HA do the saving.
Plus, the camera can operate like a dashcam, and save before/after the event, while that would be tricker in HA, as you’d have to run a buffer.
MFF optiplexes: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukto Buy European@feddit.uk•Sick of Amazon affiliations ruining any effort to find a decent product.English1·4 days agoWhich.co.uk do a pretty good job at reviewing stuff.
They’re not ideal, and they do seem to focus too hard on some things over others.
But in terms of finding “Can I get an X that is half decent for the money I’m willing to spend”, they work quite well.Unfortunately, they are a bit pricey.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukto Biscuits@feddit.uk•Thoughts on fancy cookies like pistachio?English1·4 days agoSounds like it might be nice.
Why not use the dubai fad to launch tasty new biscuits.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Royal Mail given go-ahead to scrap second-class post on SaturdaysEnglish2·5 days agoIIRC, isn’t one of the conditions from last year that universal service obligation must be fulfilled for 5 years?
Which, really doesn’t feel like that long.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Lead ammunition to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and WalesEnglish71·5 days agoEspecially if they start throwing clay pigeons.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Ban on controversial NDAs silencing abuse: The Employment Rights Bill will ban employers from using non-disclosure agreements that silence workplace harassment and abuse.English1·6 days agoAfter seeing the mess the US in, codifying things that are generally accepted seems like a good idea.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto homeassistant@lemmy.world•Home Assistant as security camera PVR??English2·6 days agoJust in case you were not aware, most Reolink cameras can do “save a clip if you see a person” on their own, without involving HA.
And they can either dump it to local or network storage.
The detection is done at the camera, and just fires a notification over ONVIF.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukMto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Businesses and charities call for UK to scrap VAT on refurbished electronicsEnglish3·8 days agoI fully expect all the prices to drop by 20%, and not just rise to meet the lack of tax…
I do kinda support this though. I repair everything I can, and regularly buy better quality refurb kit rather than crap new stuff.
Good call.
Part of me also thinks that fediverse doesn’t need growth for the sake of growth.
That it’s primary function is to be an alternative if people want to use it.
Second lesson: Pi is around 3.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukto Casual UK@feddit.uk•Hot as hell, but not a mozzy in sight?English2·13 days agoI get dragonflies, but not frogs.
In seriousness, I have just try to spot when I’ve left something in the garden that gathered water, to stop mozzies.
One day, I might try doing a pond, and managing it properly.
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukto Casual UK@feddit.uk•Hot as hell, but not a mozzy in sight?English3·13 days agoAnd there was me thinking I’d just done a good job controlling water sources in the garden…
GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukto UK Rail and Trains@feddit.uk•Royal train to be cut in Palace cost-saving measureEnglish3·14 days agoThe ol’ “capex into opex”.
They’ll move the family into the cloud next.
I love DIY maybe too much, but this strongly violates my “nothing structural, nothing roofing” rule.
They are both things I’d want a massive company to be doing, just from the sheer magnitude of the problems if they screw it all up.