9point6

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

People don't have to like it, but he's objectively right

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

It's funny that it used to work that they'd put a mostly fabricated story out in the press so they could point and say "people have been saying", etc

Now they summon ephemeral flash mobs

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Can we anticipate strange?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Oh what a surprise

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

I should watch the mighty boosh again

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Damn that looks so good I'm gonna have to try and find those tteok somewhere so I can make it myself

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago

Please do not struggle in the face of your certain demise

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I bet you if it exists, the Scottish soft drink company Barr probably makes it

It's been absolutely years since I had either, but I reckon Tizer is probably not too far off that red bull taste. I might be completely misremembering though

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I'd say long term, neither of those should be problems

The electricity it uses is not sustainable.

Many EV users also go for solar panels to alleviate energy costs. Also as a country's electrical grid modernises, it should make use of a greater share of renewables given they're cheaper than the alternatives now.

It has lots of tracking etc and in some cases remote control.

Slightly less certain, but I'd hope this kind of thing is legislated away at some point. There's also always customer choice, there will be manufacturers that compete on the privacy angle if enough of us care

The main problem with EVs is it doesn't solve any of the problems inherent to cars being treated as the main mode of transportation in a given area. Places like that will see EVs as the solution compared to an alternative of investing into better public transit infrastructure.

Infrastructure that is basically inevitable, since we know now that any town/city that eschews anything but car transit will ultimately bankrupt themselves on road maintenance alone.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Gonna need you to elaborate a bit here

If you just mean simply how they created the design: some designers will have put proposals together and built the icon designs up in something like illustrator

If you mean how Apple can change the icon based on settings, if it's anything like the Android adaptive icon feature we've had for a few years, it'll be a main colour transparent PNG of the main part of the icon and a 2nd monochrome version of the same. Then the user & OS can do what they like when rendering the icon, regarding icon borders and background colour

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I was on call during a work team night out at a darts place and had to get on the WiFi there to check it out an incident

It was one of those ones that has a camera for action replays and I'm in the background of one tapping away

 

Keir Starmer has been warned by senior Labour figures to stop making mistakes, before a battle over the party’s deputy leadership and amid fears the government could row back on workers’ rights.

As candidates began to jostle to replace Angela Rayner, the prime minister faced public criticism from Emily Thornberry, a potential contender, who said further mistakes from Starmer could lead to having to “hand our country to [Nigel] Farage”.

Andy Burnham also called for a “reset” and more pluralistic style, telling the Guardian that the government needed to be “listening to the heartbeat of the party”.

 

I finished work a bit early today, went for a walk, met a friend at a newly opened pub, watched the football with a few pints and just got back home.

Another fun Friday to put into the box of fun Fridays

What's going on in your corner of the world?

 

It is known across Liverpool as the Radio City tower but that moniker may not be around much longer as the structure hosts its final live broadcast on Christmas Eve.

Microphone cables are being bundled up and heaving contacts books packed into boxes, leaving empty what is arguably the most famous building of the city’s skyline – St Johns Beacon, to use its proper name.

Built in 1969, originally as a luxury revolving restaurant that was one visited by Queen Elizabeth II, the tower was listed Grade II in 2020, with Historic England describing it as “embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age”.

 

What would you add/change for next time

I know I could do with a sweeter red vermouth

 

Uefa has warned ministers that England could be excluded from the European Championship it is co-hosting in 2028 over "concerns" that a planned independent football regulator could lead to "government interference" in the sport.

A bill to establish a body to oversee the top five tiers of the men's game in England was reintroduced in July.

The UK government has said the football watchdog will "protect clubs" by "ensuring their financial sustainability".

But in a letter sent to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and seen by BBC Sport, Uefa general secretary Theodore Theodoridis wrote: "We do have concerns remaining... as normally football regulation should be managed by the national federation.

 

Cross posted

 

So canvas is on again this year! We could try and be a bit more organised this time if people are around

I've not started anything yet

 

Honestly, I will never wrap my head around how people can happily bring infants on any flight where you can expect people to try and sleep, it's incredibly lucky if they don't spend some of it screaming their heads off—I would be mortified if my choices were preventing hundreds of people from sleeping. But I'm not going to rant too hard about that.

Why on earth hasn't any airline started marketing adult-only flights?

It seems like a complete no brainer to me, I would choose it every time and pay extra for it.

Disclaimer: I may or may not be on a 36h day with only an hour of sleep right now

 
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