AcesFullOfKings

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Christa Pike at 18 years old when she was sentenced to death. She is now 50 and they are supposed to kill her this week in c/videos@lemmy.world
[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

We have so many people in prison, more than 1% of our population! It's costing us so much money. What should we do about it?

Well I suppose we could just start killing them, that'd save us a fair bit of money

most american thought process of all time

What's a food related action you'd consider wrong? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (3 children)

only tangentially related, but I found out something quite the opposite this week which is pretty funny: the "steak" flavoured crisps in my supermarket are actually (probably) vegan. I checked the ingredients and the "meaty" flavour is actually just paprika, salt, and pepper lol. Nothing on the ingredients looked to come from any animal. So the flavour being called "steak" is just a marketing thing. I suppose when you condition your brain by telling it you're eating "steak" it just kinda accepts it and it does somehow taste kinda meaty in a way. But it's not.

Why so many Steam games have weirdly similar (and forgettable) names in c/games@lemmy.world
you shouldn't be scared on a flight in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
Travel Mug | Poorly Drawn Lines in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
If French people are strict about eating on a set schedule, then when do waiters and cooks eat? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
AI ethics professor receives ‘dystopian’ email from 12-day-old AI agent begging for money to stay alive in c/technology@lemmy.world
Is there any videos of people who can't speak a word of English doing an impression? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
I 🤔 a review shouldn't have early access, affiliate links and promo codes in c/technology@lemmy.zip
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
The White House releases new arcade games that run on the browser in c/games@lemmy.world
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Do you know the counties of the UK? (feddit.uk)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk
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I'm not sure if I'm the weird one for having no idea where most counties are, or only a rough idea. Do most people know where most of the counties are? Do you think you could reliably label most of a map of the uk with the correct counties?

I looked online for a quiz and found this: https://www.geoguessr.com/vgp/3146?gamemode=pinhard

I got 62% but I think that mostly overrepresents my knowledge because towards the end a lot of them were gimmies just by the process of elimination. I was on the game mode "pin (easy)" - I think "pin (hard)" is much better as a knowledge test so I'd recommend that mode.

Would you say Brits are expected to know where counties are? Like if someone said they live in Sussex, or Berkshire, or Tyne and Wear, and I said idk where that is, would you think that's dumb or reasonable?

edit: this video is very good imo, discusses the counties and the history of them, but concludes that they don't really matter any more and are essentially a historic artifact. They say most people can't name or locate most of the counties, which makes me feel better lol.

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Would it be realistic to try to set up an america-free instance? (feddit.uk)
 

I thought it'd be nice for the rest of the world to have a de-america'd instance where there's no discussion of america, certainly no american politics, and no americans are allowed via IP block.

But I think to do that effectively, you'd probably have to defederate from most of the rest of lemmy, and then you've lost most of the federation benefits of being a lemmy instance. However I'm only vaguely familiar with how all of the connections work so maybe someone can correct me.

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The Password Game (neal.fun)
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The UK Grid is currently 80% renewable energy (and 10% nuclear) (feddit.uk)
 
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Biocubes: an interesting and interactive look at an inventory of biomass and technomass (biocubes.net)
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The UK is currently generating all-time record wind power (feddit.uk)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk to c/energy@feddit.uk
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source: grid.iamkate.com

Previous record was 21.81GW - at time of posting we're generating 21.85GW and rising

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It's time! | UK's last coal-fired power station set to close (www.bbc.co.uk)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk to c/energy@feddit.uk
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We've been counting down to this for years now and we're finally on the other side of coal power. Great! 🥳

Update: it produced its last energy on 30th Sept and now the uk is officially coal-free :D

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The end of coal power is 5 months away (2021 press release linked) (www.gov.uk)
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The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility (www.youtube.com)
 

I originally posted this on lemmy.world, but then the instance went down again so fuck it, moving my c/videos subscription to here and restarting this post

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Risks of further delays at Hinkley Point C, EDF warns (www.somersetlive.co.uk)
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Solar Built on Trash Offers Solution to Renewable Energy’s Space Problem (www.bloomberg.com)
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Government predicts gas power will be three times more expensive than renewables by 2025 (www.businessgreen.com)
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