GreatAlbatross

And the SM57 for things you don’t need a screen on.

I can absolutely see that happening in vsphere.

And eventually, 10 years and over £100 for a domain you’ll never use.
It’s me. Too many domains I have no idea what to do with.

The level of AB use in livestock in various countries is astonishing.
Most european nations have to keep a very strict log of which antibiotics are used, and for what reason.
Meanwhile, until recently India was using Colistin as a growth promoter.

Seeing the flying foxes around Sydney surprised me.

The bin chickens, I simultaneously felt a little sorry for, and enjoyed watching.

The best quality that is convenient.

On the go? Bluetooth headphones from Spotify.
At my desk? Open back sennheisers from the FLAC from the NAS, or Spotify.

Ah, the Season 4 finale of For All Mankind.

I kinda agree, lots of different formats in every direction, lots of dividing 1 by numbers to compare things.
One site lists Wh/mi, another Mi/KWh, manufacturer site only lists the range based on speed.
Then comparing it to figures for countries using metric distance, customary sized gallons for ICE, and L/100KM…It gets fiddly to make direct comparisons!

On the efficiency of generation, I guess it’s open to the reader to apply their own modifier.
I’d be aiming to charge the car using private solar as much as possible which would drive it down.
National Grid emissions in the UK last year were about 217g/KWh on average. Even using grid the whole time, the emissions would be easily halved for me.

Edit: There is a suitably lengthy wikipedia page on MPGe. Having skimmed it, MPGe doesn’t take into account upstream efficiency. While well-to-wheel gives a clearer picture, I can understand why for a simple metric MPGe does not. Especially since the primary function will be users gauging cost, and the electricity source should gradually improve over time.

I’ll have you know it’s a noughties shitbox. 999cc engine, 4 seats, and can just about fit 2.4m lengths of wood in if I’m careful.

And yes, imperial gallons (I had to do some maths, as the figures for MPG>M/KWh use american customary)

I have ads unblocked on a site that I like to support, and that serves relevant ads that are generally clean.
Generally, they’re ads for equipment from manufacturers I’m actually interested in, so I will occasionally click on them.

I like to think of it as “better than”.

They’re not perfect, but they’re better than what people might do instead.
I could swap my older car for a second hand EV, which would be an environmental improvement.
The current car does 50-ish MPG, about 1.5 miles per KWH. An electric would do 4+miles per KWH, which going in reverse is 100+MPG.

A bigger improvement might come from me getting the bus/train/bike everywhere, which is where the fuck cars argument comes from.
But I am disorganised, a bit lazy, and I don’t want to shepherd 4 people onto the train, paying £150 to go 100 miles.

So for me, slightly better is better than no improvement at all.
The energy used can be green, depending on what the national grid is up to that day. But it’s always more green than burning dinosaurs.
And the reduction in brake dust is always a nice plus.

I’ll just reply on this one too, we have fairly detailed recomendations and guidelines on access services in the UK. If you’re curious, it’s summarised really well in this document (10 pages).

Live subtitles always used to be done using a stenograph, or similar, though having a look now speech-to-text seems more common. As I happened upon it too, here is a cool white paper by BBC R&D on inserting a longer delay in live events to allow the subtitles to follow more closely.

To add another part of it, for people using BSL, it’s akin to their mother tongue.
Being able to watch content with signing is akin to having a TV show dubbed into your native language, rather than relying on subtitles.

Edit: I just had a check, and it’s actually mentioned in the ofcom guidelines:
Subtitle users reflect the full range of proficiency in English; some profoundly deaf people regard BSL as their first language, and are less fluent in English.

That’s the benefit of not-london and a small car: It’s under £500!

That figure actually includes depreciation and insurance! In fact, almost half of it is just the bloody insurance… Though I should possibly make an allowance in the figure for future repair work, as it’s an older car.

I think once my big project (and associated last second trips to the builder’s merchant) is finished, I’ll have a go at living without the car.
My housemates may not be too happy about the private taxi service shutting down though!

I keep meaning to look at exactly what my small car costs per year.
Last estimate was £1000 a year on fuel, parts, and maintenance.

Which is equivalent to 50+ hours of car club use.
For now, I have too many “shit, I need to get this large/heavy object 5 miles away” moments to make it worth it.
But long term, I kinda like the idea of not having to worry about the car.

DVD is “good enough” for a lot of people.
Especially when you factor in the distance/screen size ratios that the average house uses (and that not everyone is watching with perfect vision).
Also, good quality SD content, shot on good lenses, still looks pretty damned good. Sure, you’re not going to get the same level of fine detail.
My Name Is Earl is a good example of this.

The UK is officially free from terrestrial rabies.
Which when you look into it more, means “The UK has rabid bats”. Hopefully not Seagulls or Pigeons, or we’re all screwed.

Yes, I still have my Fiio X1. Honestly, I wish I’d bought a few years later, as the UI quality of reasonably priced DAPs went up a lot.

But I love the fact that I can just dump down a copy of all the music I own onto it, and know that it’ll just work. Plus the audio quality really is good.

Especially if you forget to tar it.