[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 8 points 3 hours ago

I just look forward to our children visiting home for a few days.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

That is a first class insult. Thank you for the chuckle.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago

Same old story, different actors. Somehow leaders convince themselves again and again that ‘protecting the organisation’ is more important than integrity and decency.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

ZZ Top on holiday

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 22 points 1 week ago

Having seen it unfold, I’d struggle to assign the blame to a single party, because they were all dumber than the others. Here is how it happened:

  • 1 stopped far too early in the junction to wait for 3, which was an entirely unnecessary wait anyway (1 being dumb)
  • 2 moved to the lane even though 1 was blocking them (2 being dumb) — I presume 2 did that because 3 was far away and surely 1 would make their turn well before 3 arrived at the scene
  • 3 drove close to 2 and blocked 1 instead of allowing 1 to turn, thus completing the gridlock (and trifecta of dumb)
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I didn’t think three cars is enough to create a gridlock, but what do I know. Yesterday three very ‘creative’ drivers managed just that right in front of me.

I wish I had a picture to share as it was that special. I don’t, so here is a schematic for your enjoyment, horror, disgust, or perhaps lols as the younglings like to say these days.

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submitted 2 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

“Oh William, you are so funny!” “Darling, do have another piece of cheese.” “Don’t lick the fucking camera lens.”

How can anybody be so far up their arse to think it’s a good idea to push this nonsense out.

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submitted 2 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

I understand the need to investigate this thoroughly. I also appreciate that there are a lot of cheats and liars to shift through in this particular cluster fuck. Still, ten years to investigate is a lot of time.

The Government must ensure that this process is followed to the rightful conclusion. We need to see a bunch of people behind bars for their contribution to the 72 deaths.

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submitted 2 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

The BBC has been on the case yesterday and today, and at least I’m somewhat interested and perhaps even tempted to go see them. But do people care?

What other band, if they got back together, would tempt you?

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submitted 2 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

Looks like PE requirements have gone up a bit, seeming that being an olympian is not sufficient.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 20 points 3 months ago

Fake! The spine is not going to carry weight.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

Most definitely! But maybe not in the way people would want.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 26 points 3 months ago

This happens easily for big successful organisations. Over decades a strong culture aligned with how they succeed forms. Once the market changes requiring a culture change, a seemingly invincible company suddenly stumbles. They simply can’t respond even if they what they should change.

Ex. Rolls Royce CEO stated this phenomenon well: culture eats strategy for breakfast.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 87 points 4 months ago

Remember when email was useful? I remember when it was magical!

Time for a story from the ancient times. I had this idea and asked my professor for advice. He said he knew a person on the other side of the world who would know all about it. “This is his ‘email’ address.”

I had never heard about ‘email’ so I needed to learn what it was and how to send one. I wrote my message and off it went. The very next morning I had a reply. One of the best experts on a topic I was keen about had shared their thoughts from the other side of the world, just like that.

In that time, a long time ago as you’ll appreciate, that interaction was magical.

In an instant I understood the power of the Usenet. A while later and with a couple of additional protocols they started calling that the Internet.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 24 points 4 months ago

Daily Fail, consistent as always, so far up Tory arse one wouldn’t believe possible.

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submitted 5 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

Let me describe an idea I heard from a very innovative person, which I think would be really useful right now in midst of the general election campaign.

The basic idea is to interpret politician’s or basically any talking head’s speech realtime and check the semantics against the Internet. Imagine a banner at the bottom of a TV screen with a line being drawn as the person talks.

If what the person says correlates positively with what can be found in reputable Internet sources, the line goes up and is green. There is evidence they are speaking the truth.

If what the person says correlates negatively with the sources, the line goes down and is red. There is evidence they are lying.

If what the person says does not correlate with the sources, the line is flat and brown, because they are spewing unadulterated bullshit.

I’d pay for this service.

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submitted 5 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

Sunak comes across like the prat he is. “Labor will raise taxes by £2,000 for everybody” regardless of the question. Talking over all the time, not listening to the moderator. Appalling creature. Starmer sympathises a lot with people asking questions without answering them. Skating around or just plainly ignoring questions all the time. I can’t watch this shit a minute longer.

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 26 points 5 months ago

I switched to Tidal a few weeks ago, primarily because of lossless streaming, but also fuck Spotify for your price hikes. Not going back.

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/cooking_with_fire@feddit.uk

The weather has been kind this weekend, so I cleaned the BBQ and made ribs & wings.

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submitted 8 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

I’ve been watching the Rugby Cup Final this evening and fuming. They have this fancy new traveling side camera and they can’t help but use it. STOP IT!!! You are making everybody seasick. Which made me think, might you good people have examples of when somebody badly overplayed their new toy? On a completely unrelated note, do we already have a community for rants?

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submitted 8 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

…how bloody old are you?

[-] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 21 points 8 months ago

The story of Nokia the company is long and meandering. Its roots go back to late 1860’s in the town of Nokia in Southern Finland, near the city of Tampere, from where they’ve gone through all sorts of businesses, including rubber boots and industrial capacitors to name just two. You might even find an old Nokia TV knocking about. The mobile handsets phase was in some sense but a blip in the story, although a spectacular one. I’m sure they’ll keep going in one way or another for a fair while still.

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submitted 11 months ago by JohnSmith@feddit.uk to c/casualuk@feddit.uk

Lamb, rosemary and garlic is a match made in heaven. The only thing to do now is wait for several hours, and perhaps down a glass or three of red.

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