I have a UDR and it’s pretty great. I have had one unknown failure once, which needed a physical reboot. And that’s been in two or so years.

No thank you.

Well I for one hope they fail and these reforms go ahead.

Some Miele washers still come with basic circuit diagrams in my experience, but yeah that’s far from the norm.

To be fair, compliance with that in those cases might be easier. In my experience most washing machines, for example, have programming headers near their main microcontrollers, and you absolutely could write your own firmware for them. Occasionally they’ve been locked down and require an exploit to reprogram (looking at you, Nordic!) but in many cases putting your own code on is as simple as looking up the part number and buying an appropriate JTAG cable. Working out how it’s all connected inside is slightly harder, however.

Works on contingency? No, money down!

Yep, in the exact same was as blockchain: nowhere.

I’m sure they didn’t think the leopards would eat their face…

These are much more then “former District Line trains” - they re-used the aluminium body shells and some of the internal structures (including a number of seat frames) since they were very much still in good condition, but the rest of the train is completely overhauled.

I’ve lived right up against a railway before. Really not that bad, plus you’re more likely to be near a station which is excellent. Agree on the highway/runway examples, though. Turns out the problem is usually burning shit nearby. (And rubber tyres)

They allow non-folding bikes off-peak in non-tunnel sections or on newer trains (like the Elizabeth line). They allow folding bikes at any time anywhere.

Sadly yeah. Hence “was” ☹️

AbiWord was probably the closest as a FLOSS equivalent?

And I hope they can’t sell them because nobody actually wants to buy one.

Not forcing things is generally pretty good life advice. It’s like a fart: if you have to force it it’s probably shit.

No, Mother, it’s just the Northern Lights

They’ve moved to West Ham now (and had a temporary office in South Kensington)

AFAIK it’s pretty much the same - and in fact they moved because they ran out of space in the older locations! They have to keep stuff for some minimum amount of time I think.

And the best advice I can give anyone on this: write down your phone’s IMEI, it makes identifying it much easier.

To see the dancing turtle, of course!

https://www.kame.net

I went to a relatively central ish pub in London the other day in a somewhat touristy area (but by no means the most!). The card machine asked me if I wanted to give a tip when I was paying £13.75 (and I just checked this on my bank statement to be certain) for two pints.

When I said no (I just tapped the option on the card machine) - the bartender was visibly pissed and almost threw our drinks at us.

This is not the US. Tipping culture - especially when drinks are already that expensive can fuck right off. It would be slightly different if they’d brought the drinks to our table, I suppose…

Larry has outlasted five prime ministers and two monarchs at this point

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_(cat)