TediousParrot

joined 1 year ago
[–] TediousParrot 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] TediousParrot 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I voted (against the RT's candidates and policies) as soon as I got the pack through. You have to be a member to vote.

I feel disgusted that groups like RT are trying to undermine institutions like the National Trust for their own aims.

[–] TediousParrot 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s easily got to the point where home broadband is not the limiting factor. We are a home of 2 people and our 500Mbps is more than sufficient.

At work we found that people’s home WiFi is way more limiting than the incoming connection.

[–] TediousParrot 1 points 1 year ago

This is amazing and exactly what I needed to see this morning.

[–] TediousParrot 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hate to be the one to tell you this, but it looks like she was searching for it.

[–] TediousParrot 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am about an hour and 20 minutes into it. I would say that the animation is fantastic - visually it is beautiful. The sound mix is great and is really filling the room. The story is meh - I am approaching this from a 'low mental effort US action film' point of view and I think I'll be ok to watch to the end.

The thing that is bugging me the most is that they haven't even tried to come up with an alien point of view. The characters might as well be human, and American at that.

I have no idea why James Cameron thought this needed to be 3hrs long. If a film goes over 2hrs it really needs to be a mini-series.

[–] TediousParrot 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I got caught in a few showers yesterday so I think I will hide from the rain today. I might go and get my hair cut and then relax around the house. I have been looking for a suitable moment to watch Avatar 2 and this might be just that sort of day.

[–] TediousParrot 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That plus if they are selling a non-standardised service to a business it can be challenging to work out the cost. Projects, consultancy, etc all need to be scoped and estimated.

[–] TediousParrot 10 points 1 year ago

Thanks Tom! I appreciate the work you are doing to keep the server up and running.

[–] TediousParrot 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chef's Table down near Cumberland Basin. I keep calling it Chef Stable.

[–] TediousParrot 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had to get my wedding ring resized to a smaller fit, as I kept flinging it across the room whenever I was wildly gesticulating. It's now about the right size, although my finger has a wild range of circumference depending on the weather. Today it's about right, but in winter I can still accidentally turn my ring into a projectile.

TIL: gesticulating is spelt with a g, not a j.

[–] TediousParrot 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The radio is telling me there are lots of things on in the Bristol area today, including Southmead Festival, Chipping Sodbury Festival, Bath Carnival, and Bristol Pride.

Unfortunately the weather is looking not so good, and if i starts raining in the next hour or so then I might just potter around the house.

We are going out to a posh restaurant for dinner this evening.

 

Feddit UK continues to grow, and as such @tom@feddit.uk is going to need to spend more time and money on hosting, moderation, and general tinkering. Using the Ko-Fi link is good for giving the odd one-off donation, but perhaps an OpenCollective account (like some of the Mastodon servers are using) would be a longer-term approach.

 

It's excellent. UHD streams, decent enough sound quality, choice of what to watch. This is what I pay my licence fee for.

 

Typical that on the day I don't need to sit in a stuffy office, it decides to tip it down. At least the garden is getting some well needed water. House is still bloody hot though.

I think this is going to be a catch-up weekend for me, doing all the chores that I couldn't be bothered to do while it was hot.

 

Departing from The Full Moon pub in Stokes Croft at 12.30pm, the ride includes locations such as Broadmead, Castle Park, Queen Square, and Millennium Square.

Good luck to them given that the forecast for Sunday includes rain and thunderstorms!

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Tokyo World Cancelled (www.bristol247.com)
 

“We’ve worked hard with the Council and Police who have been supportive, but we have not been able to find workable solutions to the challenges of this location in order to keep the event safe and secure in the surrounding area and roads.

 

Good luck to those in Bristol North East. I am sure he will be a hands-on MP committed to the local community, actively listening to those in the community and working at a grass-roots level to implement meaningful change.

/s

 

Not only is Premier Inn being replaced with two tower blocks, now Debenhams will be ripped down and replaced with two tower blocks.

These will really dominate the skyline in that area of the city.

 

What's going on up Nottingham?

 

I find the ones on the M32 and St Philips way too bright at night. This one will be just as terrible when you come round that corner. It's as if the advertisers look at sci-fi films and see them as aspirational rather than the dystopia they are.

The enshitification of Bristol continues under Marvin.

 

They're a bit boring, but the Premier Inn isn't exactly a pretty building. While I generally approve of building student housing, my only concern is the universities using it as an excuse to bring more students into the city rather than housing their current ones, thereby not actually reducing the pressure on accommodation in the city.

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