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Tories accused of hypocrisy for supporting farmers’ protests
  • Obstructed a road, how dare they! Cannot believe they were supporting people who are so obviously breaking the law. Where were the police? People were just trying to get to work/shops/holidays. Protesting is fine but why do they need to impact normal people just trying to get on with their lives. What if an ambulance was trying to get through? What if it made someone miss work and got fired, we're in a cost of living crisis don't you know. Can't believe they did it so close to mother's day, people are just trying to enjoy their holidays with loved ones.

    /s just in case...

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    Rishi sunak speech
  • I saw a news alert saying conference coming up and thought it might be declaring the election. I watched it live and was equally like what the fuck was the point of that. I swear he doesn't more time talking about Islamic extremism than anything else, but mostly saying nothing at all and offering no new solutions or anything. I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking we just was the point of it

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    Eight solar farms pass into community ownership in 'biggest ever' UK transfer
  • I think you're right. These type of infrastructure investments tend to be Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). As they are hard to exit from and risky, only "sophisticated" investors can invest, i.e. no retail investors can.

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    Misadventures with my first server (On an old laptop) #1
  • Oh man, I've managed to get far enough into all this that I have a few things working well but i went through so many periods exactly like that.

    The family nagging really hits home! "This should be working, I did everything it said" only goes so far haha.

    My latest one was that I was helping my neighbour with their internet setup so was on their WiFi. Of course I completely forgot so when I was home trying to SSH into my headless server, it just would not work but I knew my server was working because I was watching Plex on my TV. It took my way longer than it should've and I even restarted the server manually before realising I was just on the wrong network...

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    Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly
  • Exactly same here. Even with the loss of content, I was happy to carry on as I wanted 4k so had to take 4 screens, but shared with my sister and mum. In exchange, my sister bought Disney plus so was a good arrangement. When they took away sharing, 4k was not worth it. What am I going to do with 4 screens when I don't even have that many people in the house! Now we buy neither service and sail the seas. I'd rather pay for Usenet or Debrid than these jokers.

    Also, it got annoying that half the decent TV shows ended after two seasons. You get invested and then bam, you'll never see it again.

    Both of these are purely Netflix's decisions.

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    I'm new to networking and self-hosting and have no idea where to start.
  • Cisco do free networking courses which teach the fundamentals. The one I did was more theoretical than practical but it really helped me think of what Im really trying to achieve and learning the terminology was really helpful, especially later when trying to troubleshoot and finding help online that was a struggle before the course.

    There are assessments as you progress and a certificate at the end.

    They also have virtual software you can play around with for different potential configurations. Thats much cheaper than buying lots of hardware!

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    Disability advocate refused taxi after filming anti discrimination video for taxi directorate.
  • Its pretty disgusting of all the ones who rejected her and well done to the one who finally took her. Shame on all of them as humans, let alone “licenced professionals". It cant add that much to the journey times, especially as they happily sit outside train stations and airports waiting for fares!

    Everytime the London black cabbies go on strike or complain about Uber’s business practices, I always cant help but think how much I’ve hated the black cab industry, at least in the UK. I know the Knowledge is difficuly but its also almost useless with technology. Card machines never working, “I’m not going that way", they often dont pick up ethnic minorities, they avoid poorer areas,, questionable route taking to increase fees, not actually knowing roads/addresses, don't help with luggage, dangerous parking and manouvers, racist/sexist “banter". Dont get me wrong, Uber has issues too but I've never looked back.

    At least for me it was always just an inconvenience. I cant imagine how frustrating it is for disabled people who have no other option, see these taxis advertising how they are wheelchair accessible are and knowing the law is very clear.

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    End government by WhatsApp, urges former GCHQ head
  • Exactly! I would be fired for sending one message over personal devices from my work at a private company. My friend is a social worker for a council and would be struck off for life for sending one. These are clearly told to us, reinforced regularly and lets be clear, it is so easy to follow!

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