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I know none of you lovable bastards are missing me,but work's net nannies have decided that all variations of URL for this place are verboten now so I can't loiter during the day any more. This, obviously, is a bit of a cunt.
aresholes I have to use my phone for this place at work.Sometimes, if I have a lot to type, I type it into Outlook, email it to my phone, and cut and paste it.
What a terrible bunchof front bottoms
nutsours blocks it as 'photo sharing' so I pop in on my phone to check it.
HMHB in a couple of weeks?
HMHB in a couple of weeks?
I would love toBut alas, I don't think I can wangle a trip back to the Junction this time!
fair enoughI might still not make it, but I'm keeping fingers crossed.
On the basisyou have approximately 18750 fewer kilometres to travel, I'd hope you'd make it! Always a good night out!
ah, I didn't read who replied! does he have an aversionto london?
I wouldbut if the fuckers don't utterly shit on everything I'm on the Harwich-Hook ferry that night
I have full confidenceThat with Chris Grayling on the job, all will proceed without any issue!
haven't even bought travel insurance yetas I don't know if I need cover that includes medical or not yet. And the insurance companies don't know either. FUN TIMES
How much more is it to include medical?Probably worth it either way, just in case.
Kinell, is that upon usalready? Junction again?
*goes to doogle for tickets*
*goes to doogle for tickets*
Arsebadgers,I'm on call that week. Fucksocks and cuntymints. Must see if I can swap with someone.
every three years, regular as clockwork.
Hells teeth, really?I know I missed the last one, probs because I was on call again.
This means the time we all got together was 6 years ago and by fuck I feel old.
This means the time we all got together was 6 years ago and by fuck I feel old.
Don't worry witchyin the future we'll have the internet on pocket sized bits of glass we'll keep with us all the time.
Edit: talking of which, I left mine in school earlier (I was there for a meeting). I'll have to pop in in the morning.
Edit: talking of which, I left mine in school earlier (I was there for a meeting). I'll have to pop in in the morning.
What dark magic is this?Burn the witch!
s'funny, I use thephone for most things at work but this place it a bit of a faff on a small screen.
laptop, tethered through phone???
I am up the Shartit's no Oxo Tower
It wasn't uswho put the Wifi at the top.
*innocent face*
*innocent face*
Ha, sorry, that wasn't meant to break the boardJust nice to have somewhere you can come and call a cunt a cunt...
Hopefully you all had pleasant weekends? We've been dog sitting, so bit like a normal one, but every 5 minutes a golden retriever appears and stares at you lovingly.
Hopefully you all had pleasant weekends? We've been dog sitting, so bit like a normal one, but every 5 minutes a golden retriever appears and stares at you lovingly.
I am firing on three cylinders,after a flu-filled week of hoiking, sweating, aching, and generally feeling utterly fucking shite. Should be OK just in time to go to work. But upcoming gigs (UNKLE, Giorgio Moroder) to look forward to, plus being outside the UK on Brexit day.
Meanwhile, an erstwhile FB friend - an Irisher - has turned out to be a racist cunt. I had a massive go at him about some anti immigration bullshit he posted on Friday, and he's not only unfriended me, but messaged my sister to tell her to tell me he'll be waiting for me in Dublin the weekend after next. 'Bring it on cunto; come near me and I'll kick your fucking testicles clean off, you racist twat' is what she's passed back to him on my behalf.
Meanwhile, an erstwhile FB friend - an Irisher - has turned out to be a racist cunt. I had a massive go at him about some anti immigration bullshit he posted on Friday, and he's not only unfriended me, but messaged my sister to tell her to tell me he'll be waiting for me in Dublin the weekend after next. 'Bring it on cunto; come near me and I'll kick your fucking testicles clean off, you racist twat' is what she's passed back to him on my behalf.
Fuck's sakeWhat a complete twat
This.He was a tad suspect when we were teens, and we were out of touch for a decade or two, but he's turned into such a sexist, racist scumbag. And if he tries anything on, nothing will give me greater pleasure than de-knackering him with the hardest kick I can muster.
It's the rather patheticI'll see you outside the school gates and kick your head in thing that gets me. I mean, one assumes he's not 12 any more?
Same age as me, 55.He was sleek and smart and sexy and gorgeous when we were kids, but he's a bit of a sad case these days; obese, alcoholic, and suffering from chronic stupidity brought on by decades of narcotic abuse.
Well, happens to the best of us I suppose!**thankfully not!
Should be easy enough to take him down thenWhen you meet behind the bike sheds after school.
I'll bring me compass. Fighting dirty I seeYa little fecker!
Fuck yeah,I was rubbish at fighting, so I *had* to fight dirty. Never stabbed anyone with a compass though.
I'm not sure anyone ever didI think it was one of those urban legends that went round schools.
I did once break a table tennis bat across someones leg though (yes, I also could not fight)
I did once break a table tennis bat across someones leg though (yes, I also could not fight)
I got stabbed behind the shoulder bladewith whatever-the-triangular-protractor-was-called because Nigel Sweet wanted to use the ICL terminal to the local council when it was my allotted time. Broke the fucking thing in my back and I couldn't use my arm for days.
Blimey!I sit corrected
it's probably that episode and the whole'falling down concrete stairs onto my head in junior school' thing that means I'm ambidextrous. My left wrist hit the ground before my head did and I spent 6 weeks with a pot right up to the elbow.
Happy days.
Happy days.
Eee it were 'ard times back thenAye, but we were 'appy!
Ha hathat's brilliant
I've got white wine, a creme egg, and I'm watching Magic Mike XXL.But that shooters still a fucknugget.
That sounds like a good night inAlthough I'm unsure about the taste compatibility between wine and creme eggs.
Oh, he certainly is. It's been a weird few days, I think after talking about little else for some time, it's nice to talk about other things. The reaction over here has been heartening too. Also it was a good weekend to be dog sitting. There were golden retriever hugs aplenty
Oh, he certainly is. It's been a weird few days, I think after talking about little else for some time, it's nice to talk about other things. The reaction over here has been heartening too. Also it was a good weekend to be dog sitting. There were golden retriever hugs aplenty
Well to distract you furtherthe buzz around MMXXL was that it was all feminist and shit, to which I rolled my eyes because it's all about the abs. But actually it really is awesome.
I can definitely approve dog hugs as a cure for all ills.
I can definitely approve dog hugs as a cure for all ills.
Also Jada Pinkett SmithAndie McDowell
Donald Glover
The werewolf from True Blood
That guy from CSI
And an hour left
Donald Glover
The werewolf from True Blood
That guy from CSI
And an hour left
SplendidI haven't had the pleasure, but I don't see why a fillum can't be all about the abs AND feminist AND good
It's definitely not a *good* filmbut it is entertaining.
Yeah, pretty good.CofE LabsLive yesterday, which was long. Good fun, nice bunch, and got a lead on a job (which is what I was hoping for).
Today's been very quiet - Eve has been ill and is pretty drained so we just had a quiet one.
That's the TL;DR, this is a longer bit...
Online Church got discussed as an idea this year (in my team) and last year (in more detail). I was told that that "The Church of England is Eucharistic and Episcopal" - ie, doing the bread and wine thing is what it's all about, and it's under a local physical hierarchy, which means that online church in the CofE is unimaginable at present.
Which was a surprise. I really wasn't expecting the CofE to say "if you can't be in the building we don't want you".
Today's been very quiet - Eve has been ill and is pretty drained so we just had a quiet one.
That's the TL;DR, this is a longer bit...
Online Church got discussed as an idea this year (in my team) and last year (in more detail). I was told that that "The Church of England is Eucharistic and Episcopal" - ie, doing the bread and wine thing is what it's all about, and it's under a local physical hierarchy, which means that online church in the CofE is unimaginable at present.
Which was a surprise. I really wasn't expecting the CofE to say "if you can't be in the building we don't want you".
Printable wafers.
Work up to the idea by suggestingChurch-by-mail. They send you a prayer one week, then you send back the response on a postcard, then they post you the next bit.
Well, I'm obviously not really qualified to commentSeeing as I very much do not do that whole god thing...
But I guess I may see their point. Isn't a lot of the point of it all being physically together in the same place, and thereby gaining a sense of community from the act of gathering together?
My TL:DR would have to be:
That would be an ecumenical matter
But I guess I may see their point. Isn't a lot of the point of it all being physically together in the same place, and thereby gaining a sense of community from the act of gathering together?
My TL:DR would have to be:
That would be an ecumenical matter
That's the general attitudebut it presumes community can only be formed IRL.
This place is a good example - almost all of the relationships on here were formed here, a lot of them have developed into the real world. that was the purpose, but it happened because gathering IRL is normal. This place doesn't exclude people because they keep it entirely virtual, but there has been a natural community encouragement around gathering IRL.
When I was an askreddit mod the team was really tight, we hung around in slack whether we were modding or not and I'll never meet any of those people.
Community exists where people gather, and people gather in the physical and virtual.
Some time soon someone's going to really crack virtual church and it'll be huge. If the physical church can't get its head round this then crossover from virtual to physical is going to be weird - like it used to be when you met your partner online - so people won't do it.
This place is a good example - almost all of the relationships on here were formed here, a lot of them have developed into the real world. that was the purpose, but it happened because gathering IRL is normal. This place doesn't exclude people because they keep it entirely virtual, but there has been a natural community encouragement around gathering IRL.
When I was an askreddit mod the team was really tight, we hung around in slack whether we were modding or not and I'll never meet any of those people.
Community exists where people gather, and people gather in the physical and virtual.
Some time soon someone's going to really crack virtual church and it'll be huge. If the physical church can't get its head round this then crossover from virtual to physical is going to be weird - like it used to be when you met your partner online - so people won't do it.
What would asynchronous mass look like?Half the reason places like this can work is that you can drop in and out, not have to be glued to the screen
Now. Is there anything to be saidfor saying another mass?
No idea.I come from a church tradition that doesn't give mass any mystical significance (it's a thing done in remembrance, nothing more) so I struggle a bit with what it's about for anglicans, but it's about a corporate act.
I don't think it takes a particularl large number of users for there to be a perpetual online group, so asynchronous doesn't mean alone.
Also, gathering is important because of community, not because mass is a magic spell that only works if you say the right incantation in a magical building with enough believers there.
I don't think it takes a particularl large number of users for there to be a perpetual online group, so asynchronous doesn't mean alone.
Also, gathering is important because of community, not because mass is a magic spell that only works if you say the right incantation in a magical building with enough believers there.
Isn't the CofE inherently a physical and geographically hierarchical institution?It's as much a landowner and asset holding institution as it is a religious one, and you're describing something which transcends/replaces any concept of diocese. It seems like the last religious group who would be able to incorporate such a concept.
Nail it to a door?
Nail it to a door?
Yep.Might need to start hanging out with non-anglicans.
I am having a day offWe've covered 680miles since Barcelona and are having a well deserved day if sitting on my arse.. with a bit of laundry and bike fiddling. .. and some work emails probably.
370 ish to go, Thursday night ferry from caen.
370 ish to go, Thursday night ferry from caen.
That's some serious distance.I would have thought you'd want a day of NOT sitting on your arse.
Oddly the arse is fineMy ears are the bit that hurt.. I may be doing this cycling thing wrong.
I am very much ready to get finished now. Thankfully the weather forecast now is for much less wind.
*Parp*
I am very much ready to get finished now. Thankfully the weather forecast now is for much less wind.
*Parp*
I was very briefly on Match of the Day hahanice one :)
yes, yes I did.
Since you're heredoes every child in NZ learn a haka?
Pretty much every kiwi I know seems to be able to do itEven the skinny jeans hipsters in a band we toured with once
Um, not sureI suspect these days, they probably do learn one in many schools, especially sports teams. Certainly any schools that are predominantly Māori. Although Te Reo (the Māori language) is not compulsory in most schools (apart from special immersion schools), I think kids these days do get taught quite a bit. But we don't have kids, so hard to know.
Plus I guess a lot of people know the main one that the All Blacks usually do, which is Ka Mate, although they will do a different one now and again.
It's a funny one. Previously there has been plenty of criticism of people doing shitty hakas at pretty much the drop of a hat. But done well as a tribute at a funeral or as an act of remembrance is pretty cool (not IMHO, before a rugby game, but there you go). Interestingly one of the ones that the world media has picked up in Christchurch was done by a very fucking dodgy biker gang, who should not be given the publicity, but there you go
Plus I guess a lot of people know the main one that the All Blacks usually do, which is Ka Mate, although they will do a different one now and again.
It's a funny one. Previously there has been plenty of criticism of people doing shitty hakas at pretty much the drop of a hat. But done well as a tribute at a funeral or as an act of remembrance is pretty cool (not IMHO, before a rugby game, but there you go). Interestingly one of the ones that the world media has picked up in Christchurch was done by a very fucking dodgy biker gang, who should not be given the publicity, but there you go
I've only seen oneAnd they were kids, as far as I know.
Oh George Takai just shared the bikersI have made a mental note not to watch it.
That said, from the clip I saw on the newsI couldn't actually read the patches to see which gang they were
There are a few actual just motorbike enthusiast clubs here, but the majority of patched clubs like that are more into the intimidation/meth production/murder business, a la sons of anarchy
[edit] reading further, it appears to be Black Power, who are dodgy as fuck
There are a few actual just motorbike enthusiast clubs here, but the majority of patched clubs like that are more into the intimidation/meth production/murder business, a la sons of anarchy
[edit] reading further, it appears to be Black Power, who are dodgy as fuck
George Takai sharing somethingproblematic or flat out wrong is hardly unusual though
NZ has the highest ratio per capita for gangs than any other countryincluding hondurus and all that lot
those black power fuckers used to have a fortress next a gf of mines haus.. that was fun!
those black power fuckers used to have a fortress next a gf of mines haus.. that was fun!
at my high school maybe 4 guys could do it properlyand they would have been taught at the marae (sp?). it just wasn't cool then..
we were about 70% maori / islanders to whites probably about 1000 kids..
loads of girls did the traditional pom pom thing though but i guess that was just like elastics or that pick up stones and hop thing
we were about 70% maori / islanders to whites probably about 1000 kids..
loads of girls did the traditional pom pom thing though but i guess that was just like elastics or that pick up stones and hop thing
I have no wordsThe utter fucking cunts. Kia kaha all.
Be strong indeed. Yoda (Steve Lloyd) has marked himself safe.
AyeI saw that. Thankfully everyone I know in Christchurch is.
shit Absolute grade A fuckknuckle Cuntiest of cunts.....
thebear would be proud of me10p each way patent at Cheltenham came in, won £41.07. Extra olives on the takeaway pizza tonight.
Any minor successes at your end?
Any minor successes at your end?
That's pretty impressiveGot a paper finally published, which is always nice. Also, it's Friday.
I finally thought up a McGuffin.Been eluding me for months.
Is it an Egg McGuffinOnly available until 10am?
On Saturday I'm off to the Church of England'sannual hackathon geekfest LabsLive.
I'm rather looking forward to it, though I'm not sure I'll cope with it being 12 hours.
I'm rather looking forward to it, though I'm not sure I'll cope with it being 12 hours.
Ok weather geeks (ok meepmeep mostly)We are cycling from Barcelona and are presently near Montpelier... What's likely to be the best source for accurate next day weather forecasts? Are they all going to be roughly as random?
AQ: how can France manage to make everything shut so consistently on a Sunday afternoon.. whilst making it look like enough things will be open in advance.. the organisation involved must be staggering
AQ: how can France manage to make everything shut so consistently on a Sunday afternoon.. whilst making it look like enough things will be open in advance.. the organisation involved must be staggering
I used the Accuweather appin the UK, it's pretty damn good for short term, like a couple of days. The Beeb one has got it consistently wrong for SE19 for the last three days.
I have been recommended this Ah the wind map is amazing. Obviously you'd have to be a little aware of interpolation in low data areas, but it's an amazing model. Especially being able to see winds at different pressures (~heights)
I am very much enjoying the little swirly bit off the coast of Denmark That is gorgeous.......
trippy maaaan00
You can't search the met office app for places outside UKbut if you're actually there, it gives you a local forecast.
meteoblue `
windguru...
all of the aboveto give a probabilistic spread across multiple models
if only one, then meteofrance as the domestic forecaster will usually have the best trained model for that country
if only one, then meteofrance as the domestic forecaster will usually have the best trained model for that country
or throw a D20and multiply by your magic wind factor
This^^I'd go with the local met office. e.g. the BOM for Aussie etc etc.
just been ODing on climate change stuff and was just wondering..
pie in the sky type stuff.. but how much capital would you need to start a wind turbine or solar company
big enough to replicate nuclear power stations of energy (whether in the UK/Europe/N.Africa)?
a typical modern reactor would be about 1.5GWto use UK examples, the station currently being built at Hinkley Point is made of 2 1.6GW reactors, and will receive £92.50/MWh over 30 years, for a total investment of around £25bn
to generate an equivalent amount of peak power you'd need something like the recently-approved Hornsea 2 project (1.4GW) which has 165 8MW turbines and will receive £57.50/MWh over 15 years for a total investment of around £4bn
however, the nukes will produce almost constantly over their lifetime, while the wind farm will operate with an average load factor around 40%, so to produce the equivalent amount of energy to a reactor you'd be looking at something like the 4.8GW Dogger Bank proposal, which will cost something in the order of £10bn (no contract price yet signed)
for an offshore wind site, it's typically around 50/50 upfront capital investment / operational costs
to generate an equivalent amount of peak power you'd need something like the recently-approved Hornsea 2 project (1.4GW) which has 165 8MW turbines and will receive £57.50/MWh over 15 years for a total investment of around £4bn
however, the nukes will produce almost constantly over their lifetime, while the wind farm will operate with an average load factor around 40%, so to produce the equivalent amount of energy to a reactor you'd be looking at something like the 4.8GW Dogger Bank proposal, which will cost something in the order of £10bn (no contract price yet signed)
for an offshore wind site, it's typically around 50/50 upfront capital investment / operational costs
Presumably solar is going to be better if you can buy a nice big chunk of andaSouthern Spain.
And can be generating quicker
And can be generating quicker
yeah for solar you're probably about £3bn for 1.5GW capacitywhat you get out of that in terms of energy depends where it is, but North Africa/Southern Spain say about 30% load factor, so £9bn to get a solar array with the equivalent energy output of a nuke.
again I've not really treated capex/opex or levelised cost properly, but this is just to give riggers an indicator of the amount he needs in his piggybank to play with the big boys
again I've not really treated capex/opex or levelised cost properly, but this is just to give riggers an indicator of the amount he needs in his piggybank to play with the big boys
I've got a solar panel on my calculatorI'm setting up soltex inovatum inc
Going to be big.
Going to be big.
Fancy a JV?I can double your capacity.
I don't know what this meansbut it sounds like an innuendo.
much appreciated and very interesting, thank youi do find it odd in this atmosphere of brexit that none of those sites are solely owned by the state/UK companies.
the desire for 'sovereignty' obviously doesn't go as far as putting their hands in their pockets..
the desire for 'sovereignty' obviously doesn't go as far as putting their hands in their pockets..
and there's very few siteslike the Dogger Bank
only because the Crown Estate hasn't yet made many options availableand the government hasn't given a clear policy direction on offshore CfDs yet
we're expecting something like 150GW of projects across the North Sea by 2040, and that's using about 1% of the potential resource
we're expecting something like 150GW of projects across the North Sea by 2040, and that's using about 1% of the potential resource
and how much GW does theUK need?
total electricity demand peaks at around 55GW these daysbut that number will potentially be a lot higher when you add EVs and move heat demand from the gas grid to heat pumps
that 150GW is for all the countries around the North Sea, though, not just the UK - and likely that if there is a critical mass of offshore wind in parallel a high voltage subsea grid will develop meaning the same system can be used to dispatch the output wherever it is needed and also increase electricity trade between countries in NW Europe
that 150GW is for all the countries around the North Sea, though, not just the UK - and likely that if there is a critical mass of offshore wind in parallel a high voltage subsea grid will develop meaning the same system can be used to dispatch the output wherever it is needed and also increase electricity trade between countries in NW Europe
Assuming that any of the rest of Europe still wants to have anything to do with us, of course.......
in which case we can cover the sunlit uplandsin PV panels
GeniusWho wants inferior French electricty anyway? It smells funny and goes on strike twice a week.
Proper British megawatts have more watts in than shitty European megawatts, afterall. And they're blue. Proper blue watts!
*asplodes*
Proper British megawatts have more watts in than shitty European megawatts, afterall. And they're blue. Proper blue watts!
*asplodes*
I tried some of that French electricityin my kitchen the other week. Everything tasted of garlic for days.
Oooh we can drop back to a proper 240v instead of that nonsense 250v the europeans insist upon.
Mostly 220vWhilst we remain at mostly 240v.
What European voltage harmonisation did was to say everyone had to deliver 230v +10% -6%, which conveniently covered all the voltages in use anyway...
What European voltage harmonisation did was to say everyone had to deliver 230v +10% -6%, which conveniently covered all the voltages in use anyway...
speaking of cycling saw this on aliexpress and thought it might beuseful for inner city riding
https://www.aliexpress...
https://www.aliexpress...
I'm going to be gentle hereThis, and almost every bicycle indicator be they mounted on handlebars, bags, jackets, wristbands, gloves, helmets, sashes or anywhere else are awful and less clear than a hand signal
As an exception, bike-mounted ones for eg one armed cyclists.
As an exception, bike-mounted ones for eg one armed cyclists.
Although in the long and ignoble history of such devicesI don't think anyone has sold a buttplug with turn signals for cycling
But no reason why you can't use both.Although, you'd have to have very fine bum control to trigger a button on a buttplug.
Good point.Is the buttplug the carrier for the indicators, or the UI?
both..
If it doesn't vibrate too, I'm not interested......
but I think a driver that didn't see you stick your arm outis unlikely to notice a flashing back pack.
I think the more options they have to see itthe better the chances
whereas I think the difference it makesis unmeasurably small.
Day 3 of a manky flu.Sweats receding but now freezing fucking cold all the time. Ache like a motherfucker from head to toe too, my face is a sea of pain, and the huge hacking cough every 4 minutes is an utter bastard. Also, attention span difficulties are making it hard to concentrate on anything. I keep starting films.
take the cough out of the listand thats how the first 3 months of pregnancy felt like. Real queasy too, cold shivers through the bones and completely drained.Also couldn't finish a movie at the time.
I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant.I went on top last time.
always best to play safe.
oh and for 3 whole months...just so you can see how man flu is just pitiful.