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2·17 hours agoGoddamn. Closed down due to a patent troll. Why cant we have nice things…
Got my electrics sorted (kinda). I had previously a weird mess of two different sets of circuit breakers, some with unknown Amp fuses, and an eclectic mix of sockets sharing breakers with the lights.
Did not trust myself to Youtube it after all (I did indeed heed the warnings of Mr Hitachi) and got an electrician in. He installed a new fuseboard, separated the lights from the sockets at the MCB[1] and expanded it 10-slots. I was extremely thrilled, except that I did not see any RCDs[2], and could not see any SPDs[3] either.
Had a slightly miffed conversation with him where he patiently explained that modern circuit breakers come with the RCDs integrated into the fuses called RCBOs[4], but I was right to point out the lack of SPD which should just slot in like a normal fuse into one of the slots.
Also, no Earth wire. Apparently normal for old buildings. The solution is to take the earth wire in the house, and link it to the main neutral wire before the meter, and let the PME[5] take care of the earthing. Anyway, I had to call up my DNO[6] and ask them to install one.
If you have enjoyed this alphabet soup, you now have some inkling of how fun it was for me to learn all this as a non-electrician.
Mini Circuit Breaker, a.k.a “The Fuse”, usually 6A for lights or 20A/32A for sockets ↩︎
Residual Current Device, auto shuts down the MCBs if a difference in current of ingoing and outgoing > 30mA is detected ↩︎
Surge Protection Device, shuts the whole fusebox down on a sudden ingoing voltage surge ↩︎
Residual Current Breaker with Overcurrent, massive fuse, essentially an RCD in the top part and an MCB in the bottom, is now the standard for modern fuseboxes ↩︎
Protective Multiple Earth, essentially the main returning neutral wire is earthed at multiple points outside the house, and it’s therefore safe to link your home’s main ground wire bar to it ↩︎
Distribution Network Operator, main supplier and maintainer of energy infrastructure in the area, not the electric company ↩︎
plugged into the ancient tree of life, no less.
Likely running Debian Woody
and a BIOS that does nothing but boot the disk
I’m watching Fringe at the moment, and the main character (Peter) does this douchey thing[1] to show how clever he is by saying things in different languages to impress his colleagues about how worldly he is.
Most of the time I just accept that the actor is trying his best to pronounce the script he is given, but this time he said something in a language I did understand, and not only was the pronounciation all wrong[2] but the sentence itself did not make grammatical sense and that’s how I knew that the writers did not actually give a shit: as long as he sounds smart, he does not need to be smart. That’s how little respect the writers have for their audience.
Anyway I’m 3 seasons deep and have 3 more to go. Terrible show. Cannot stop watching.
the man is the epitome of a psycho narcissist. Constantly mansplains to his female colleagues. People die for him and he barely reacts. A woman he briefly dates ends up dead and he does her autopsy quite happily. Explains to others how they should feel about certain situations. Has the expression range of drying paint. The writing for this character is genuinely terrible and I could go on. ↩︎
again, it’s fine, the actor was doing his best ↩︎
I’ve felt this with other peoples kids even. My colleague had a precocious teenager, and by the time I’d gone done another job, and come back, that kid was working at microsoft.
In my other job, a fresh new colleague had a 5 year old kid. When I left that job, that kid was applying for university.
What the actual fuck.
I do a coffee detox every Sunday, and can tell you that the brainfog and lethargy is real. In my case, it’s 2-3 cups a day Mon-Sat for this effect to occur on Sunday.
If I limit myself to 1 cup of coffee a day, and do the Sunday detox I just generally feel irritable and eat more sweet things to compensate but without any headaches
Tell me you’re eastern european without telling me you’re eastern european
Expresso
David Mitchell turns on you and shoots you in the chest
ED?
He knows what he’s doing alright. Also, it sounds like you’re really enjoying your time with him, which is sweet[1]
not that you wouldn’t, I just read somewhere that you get three 5-year intervals with your kids before they’re adults, and it’s extremely brief. So glad to see you “experience-maxxing” (I just coined the phrase) your time ↩︎
Before: “I know! I’ll tire the little guy out and getting him into bed later will be a breeze”
Later: “I know! I’ll leave him to it, and hobble off for a nap…”
Are they allowed to do that? I thought that sort of thing only triggered if the main landlord died and the kids wanted to move in or something (happened to me…)
1·2 days agoyes he does
Cats on sheep, cats on sheep.
Taking over, but it won’t be a week.
They’re mesmerized, skeletons.Cats on sheep, cats on sheep.
(Easy does it, easy does it
they got something to say no to)
23·3 days agoI admire your idealism, but question your realism.
Have you never experienced soul crushing poverty?
It’s up there with Abraham Lincolm: Vampire Hunter with me.
Silly concept. Flawless grounded execution.
I had this film etched into my mind as a kid, but could not put the name to the scene. It was decades later when I found this film again
I often think about John/J’aan. Is he the embodiment of humanity, or the complete rejection of it, given all that happened throughout his life.
Also, do his skills decay if he does not use them for a period? e.g. did he learn to juggle and then forget
Are his memories just a general vague flattened blur of too familiar human patterns, and all he experiences is the present?
Great concept
