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What's your favorite controller?
  • Does the Series S support USB controllers? Could you not use one of those knock off USB PS controllers?

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    What's your favorite controller?
  • Oh gotcha. You mean before it went Dual Shock 3? Sorry I thought you were referring to the multiple iterations the PS1 had.

    Advantage over Dual Shock 2 was that it was wireless, and I do appreciate that, but I completely agree that PlayStation layout is great.

    I do like the Dual Shock 4 when on the computer, as the little touchpad on the front helps with SteamOS when dealing with shitty interfaces for 3rd Party Launchers that demand a mouse and keyboard.

    If I didn't encounter them occasionally then Dual Shock 3 all the way as I dont normally need any of the other "features".

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    What's your favorite controller?
  • I'm not sure what you are referring to here. The Dual Shock 2 was the standard PS2 controller throughout its lifetime.

    Do you mean the OG PlayStation, which had the standard controller, then the dual analogue stick, and finally the Dual Shock with the two analogue sticks plus rumble?

    I liked the analogue sticks, loved Katamari. Rumble didn't add enough.

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    type the distro you use and is and let your keyboard finish it
  • Fedora is a good idea where you up at either the same way to the right has a party system.

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    What are your red flags for job interviews?
  • No, thats fine!

    Red flags can be anywhere! Spread the warnings, because some things dont always sound as toxic as they really are.

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    Where do people post torrents these days?
  • Works fine for me.

    I use it in combination with AR and CRT for good coverage. Might want to check that Flaresolverr is setup correctly.

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    What are your red flags for job interviews?
  • Maybe, but thats not them asking you to purchase anything for the interview.

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    What are your red flags for job interviews?
  • Micro-managing?

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    What are your red flags for job interviews?
  • Fuck that. Never spend money on something for the hiring process, thats a scam.

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  • I was looking at a potential new job until it occurred to me to ask about dealing with "on-call" support.

    As I work in tech, there is usually an expectation that some level of support is handled off hours in case systems go down. However this position didn't have any compensation for making yourself available and generally only 15 mins from a phone or computer to support the systems. The best they could offer was "time in-lieu" if you get called, which is basically saying they'll let you work your contracted maximum hours despite it being unsociable hours.

    Fuck that.

    After seeing elsewhere someone commenting that they would refuse to on-call if there was also a "return to office", because if they had to go to the office to work, then how could they possibly support it from home, it made me wonder what other things should I remember to enquire about when interviewing and asking the hiring company?

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    TV tonight: a shocking look at the rise of far-right women in the US
  • Is it really a "rise" or more of a fall for her though...

    We just dont see the volumes of far right women who hate women, there are some, but its not even the same league.

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    Voters beginning to think Conservatives are ‘weird’, research suggests
  • They aren't talking about Bob Mortimer weird.

    They are Jimmy Saville weird.

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    Ballaholic I'm guessing
  • We have joint and personal accounts.

    Joint account for bills, if anything were to happen to me I would like her to be able to pay bills, or even see they exist to cancel them.

    Joint account for salary deposit and a joint savings on it for covering our 3 months of bills.

    Personal account for discretionary spending, each month we put some pocket money in each of our personal account to blow on beer/taco bell/whatever.

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    What sort of outside lights would you call this?
  • Its not even technically correct, its an answer to a different question.

    A sconce is a type of wall mounted light, nothing to do with PIR for motion detention or any of the other phrases required for a successful search. Now that I have the correct terminology, there are examples that aren't a sconce.

    So in that sense its actually wrong.

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    What sort of outside lights would you call this?
  • Awesome, cheers I'll check these ones out.

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    Taskmaster Australia Season 2
  • I'll have to give season 2 a try then, because I found season 1 to be a terrible cheap knock off.

    Which is a shame because I love comedy from there.

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    What sort of outside lights would you call this?
  • I should probably give an example.

    Something like this but I dont think it turns on dimmed mode at night, it just enables whether the motion sensor works.

    https://www.screwfix.com/p/saxby-oslo-outdoor-wall-light-with-pir-sensor-grey/644re

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  • I'm replacing the light at my front door, and I dont seem to be able to find what I want.

    My current light is solar powered, light and motion sensitive so it only comes on at night and dims when there is no movement. However during winter there isn't enough light during the day to charge it so that it lasts longer than a couple of hours.

    I would like to replace it with a mains powered one, but keeping the only on at night, and dims when there is no movement so that it illuminates the house number. Everything I see appears to only have one or the other (unless they actually have both but the listing details are terrible), does anyone know the terminology I need to use?

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    August 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.
  • 78 F is 25 C and 80 F is 26 C.

    Just saying "ish" doesn't suddenly make them the same. In C they are different numbers.

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    I went to Reading Festival and something wasn't quite right
  • They make it sound like this is new.

    I remember going to Reading festivals in the 90's where tents were literally washed away in rivers (96?).

    You don't go to a festival on the August bank holiday without expecting a complete washout.

    With weather getting more extreme, this is only going to get more common.

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    Cyanide levels in Walsall canal improve following toxic spill
  • I assume that's the intention. I read it "the other way" at first.

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  • https:// www.readingchronicle.co.uk /news/24539532.controls-buy-to-let-landlords-reading-views-sought/

    Currently, landlords that have HMOs with four people or less occupying them do not need a licence.

    Reading Borough Council wants to extend licensing to all HMOs across the borough for those with three to four occupants.

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    We are currently in a silly situation when dealing with refillable products for home, and I was wondering if anyone else had any ideas.

    If I wanted shower gel (for example), all the refillable locations require a bottle with the capacity printed on it, and for it to be empty. And basically I don't want to wait until my shower gel is out completely before getting any more, so I would want an intermediate container however I cannot find a 1l bottle that has the capacity embossed on it so that I can take it to the refill station, and bring it home. I really don't want to buy another small plastic bottle with the capacity on a paper label that does one refill of the gel, and would have to be replaced when the label comes off.

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    www.theguardian.com ‘They encouraged us to insulate our home. Now it’s unmortgageable’

    Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use

    Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use.

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    https:// www.ft.com /content/24117a03-37c2-424a-97ed-6a5292f9e92e

    Pretty depressing reading.

    [Edit] I had the archive link as a comment but this has gained enough traction that it's not obvious. Here it is again so you don't have to give FT any clicks https://archive.is/ypkln

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    There are lots of things that can be put down to personal taste, however I can't let this abomination go.

    I am referring to Branston Smooth.

    !Branston Smooth image

    I love Branston Pickle, but I can't get on board with Branston paste. Is there a better example where a manufacturer made an updated version of a food that was objectively worse?

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    I've picked up an eink Android tablet, which is awesome. However I have plenty of ebooks I've purchased over the years on places such as Humble, and I was wondering whether there was a self hosted solution like Plex/Emby/Jellyfin but designed for ebooks.

    I've seen Calibre but it doesn't seem to be quite the same thing, and running a sync is a bit clunky for the spouse factor.

    Is there anything that would index the books, show a bookshelf and allow me to read them, with offline support?

    Preferably with an Android app for reading with, and the reader handling eink rather than scrolling.

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    https:// archive.ph /MRK4O

    While three armed and masked people robbed a check cashing business in Commerce City, someone else stole their getaway vehicle, police said.

    > Posting archive link as 9news blocks the UK.

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    Netflix to produce Six Nations documentary

    www.ruck.co.uk “Netflix join the party” – Broadcaster for the 2024 Six Nations has been confirmed - Ruck

    The Six Nations is live on free-to-air channels BBC and ITV in the UK (a deal that runs until 2025). The 2024 Six Nations is shared between the two channels with matches being available on their…

    In addition to BBC and ITV showing the matches, Netflix had been documenting the time between the 2023 and 2024 Six Nations.

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    web.archive.org West Berks tops schools suspension and expulsion tables

    West Berkshire has the highest number of school exclusions in the county.

    West Berkshire has the highest number of school exclusions in the county.

    And it has more than twice the number of school suspensions in state-run and special schools under its control.

    Government data says 1,263 suspensions were issued in West Berkshire in the 22.23 autumn term to 532 pupils.

    That compares to 569 in Reading, 401 in Slough, 406 in Windsor and Maidenhead and 358 in Wokingham.

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    Inside the 80's Welsh Punk Scene

    www.huckmag.com Inside the Welsh punk scene of the 1980s

    ‘Wastelands of my Fathers’ is a new exhibition taking a vivid look into an under-reported chapter in punk’s story.

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    www.sambowman.co Britain is a developing country

    We aren't leading the world: we're trying to catch up

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    How to catch up on games shown on the World Rugby website?

    A few games have been shown on the World Rugby website, but not via YouTube directly on their website, it's unclear why but does anyone know how to rewatch these matches if you missed them?

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