TWeaK

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

On Halloween, remove the mannequin, replace it with a person in costume.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 43 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Except that the UK taxed all its locally produced coal so much that it was cheaper to import more dirty coal from China than use fresh, relatively clean coal excavated from Wales. If a power station wanted to use Chinese coal, they only had to pay import duty. But if they wanted to use cleaner Welsh coal they had to pay taxes on the extraction, refinement and then the same export tax they levied everywhere else. Welsh coal was some of the highest quality in the world, but it was exported and more toxic stuff burned locally because that was more profitable.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That's way too fast, you need a speed of 3600 RPM to generate at 60Hz (3000 RPM for 50Hz).

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 53 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's crazy, basically the 2nd American civil war. Miners storming Pinkerton machine gun nests is how the US got down to a 40 hour work week.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Yep that sounds like the story!

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah I suspect this was filmed at the original version, from memory they toured around a bit and then cheaped out and fucked it all up. Like, the new Shrek costume was really bad and just looked like a green man had been shopping at the Gap.

Edit: according to the video linked in the comment below, it first ran in 2008 and was really good. Then, in 2024 they revived it, and it was bad. Really bad. For starters, the revival was anti-union and didn't hire any union workers.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 15 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Didn't they like stop paying the actors or something and then cheap out with the costumes?

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 64 points 2 months ago

Hell the US came and joined Israel's side in a war after the IDF sank the USS Liberty.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago (11 children)

No love for Taylor Swift lol

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Microsoft are unlike Facebook and Google in that they make you pay for the software they use to steal your data.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

My experience is limited, but not no experience. In any case, it's not like Windows 10 will be immediately unusable when support ends.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 22 points 2 months ago (7 children)

What are your plans when end of life /support comes to Windows ten?

Switch to Linux and run virtual machines when I need to use Windows.

Right now I don't quite have the drive to do it, but an end to support for Windows 10 would push me over the edge. I just can't stand Windows 11, not even because of all the bullshit but just the way it mandates the UI structure - last time I tried it my dealbreaker was that you can't just have it always display all taskbar icons, you have to manually force each one to show. If a new icon comes up, it will be hidden.

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