AcesFullOfKings

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Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

ok, I am admittedly very uninformed on this, but this point is brought up in every discussion of emergency alerts:

The lack of advance warning for the alert was criticised by charities and domestic abuse survivors, who said there was little chance to protect those hiding secret phones.

Is there any evidence that this is a thing? Or is this a purely hypothetical point.​.? How common really is it for victims to hide secret burner phones from a domestic abuser.​.?

Maybe I'm wrong and it is really common, but I just find that to be such a weak point and an unlikely scenario. I'm sure there are some small number of these, but the framing is often that these should be a primary consideration of the system design and use, when I just can't imagine that they're even very common to begin with. Feels like an appeal to emotion?

Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
Wildfire phone alert was 'entirely appropriate', government says in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago

reminder that there is a feedback form so you can tell the gvt your opinion on the emergency alert system: https://surveys.publishing.service.gov.uk/s/5M75HQ/

Did you also instinctively dismiss the alert to silence the noise only to find the message closes? in c/casualuk@feddit.uk
They're really quite good at this. in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages. in c/technology@lemmy.zip
It's not even mid August FFS!!!!! in c/casualuk@feddit.uk
Garbage Collection Failed Successfully in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
Garbage Collection Failed Successfully in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

why is that programmer humour?

ChatGPT and Roblox will be subject to tighter rules in the EU. They will be added to the EU’s ‘very large online platform’ VLOP list, subjecting them to stricter rules under the Digital Services Act. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] AcesFullOfKings@feddit.uk 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"VLOP" - they were so close. if only they'd called them "Super Large Online Platform"...

The media would have an absolute field day. Can you imagine the headlines? "OpenAI officially classified by the EU as SLOP".

For people who pay extra to buy clothing that features brand logos, why? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
People with touchscreen laptops, how often do you use the touchscreen features? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Do you know the counties of the UK? (feddit.uk)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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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