SPAM random annoying things

[Scouse]

The fucking state of our NHS. Need to get a dodgy mole looked at, wife has been nagging me about going to the doc. So I phone, I then spend 45 minutes in the queue. Finally get through to be told that I have to book online, someone will review my request and get back to be in 2 working days. I asked why they can't just do it while I have them on the phone. Nope...utterly useless.

Wait until you get to see a doc and ask for a referral.

I've got the same thing, but got BUPA through work. So I rang up, made a BUPA appointment (for a month's time). I still need a doctor's referral though - so I went to see the doc (easy near me - because rural NHS isn't completely on it's knees like it was in Nottingham) - and she said "woah, you want a referral to dermatology - it'll be fucking months, it's awful. Oh, you've got BUPA? Thank fuck".

I guess being permie does have perks. I'm terrified of retirement now. Actually having a health service I can go to when I need it? Priceless.

And more tax isn't the answer. The NHS is terribly managed and no government has actually goverened competently - i.e. do the basics a government should do - since I've been alive.

 

[Scouse]

Cornish activist injured as police remove her from tree-felling protest

Charity worker had joined 40 demonstrators ‘bearing witness’ to the loss of three lime trees in Falmouth

www.theguardian.com

In India they draw a white line around them and you have to drive around.

Move the road 10 ft?

 

[Embattle]

Cornish activist injured as police remove her from tree-felling protest

Charity worker had joined 40 demonstrators ‘bearing witness’ to the loss of three lime trees in Falmouth

www.theguardian.com

In India they draw a white line around them and you have to drive around.

Move the road 10 ft?

In the Uk, the same older people trip over them and blame the council, even possibly sue the council.

Move it where exactly:



Where I used to live I remember the trees slowly but surely lifting the pavement, then the tarmac and occasionally being removed and never replaced, which was somewhat annoying.

 

[DaGaffer]

Cornish activist injured as police remove her from tree-felling protest

Charity worker had joined 40 demonstrators ‘bearing witness’ to the loss of three lime trees in Falmouth

www.theguardian.com

In India they draw a white line around them and you have to drive around.

Move the road 10 ft?

Completely boxed in at all sides, and have been allowed to grow unchecked despite the inevitable consequences.

This is not new houses being built around old trees. We have the same problem around here, trees planted too close to houses fifty years ago and now the pavements are lifting and walls are cracking.

 

[Scouse]

"Somewhat annoying" is the bar now?

Frankly, you shouldn't be able to sue the council for being old and shit. The council should countersue for you not hitting the gym. If there isn't an unfortunate genetic componemt disability in the UK is largely the result of choices made (or not made).

Had my previously doddering 73 year old Auntie round the other day. For some reason the penny dropped after my uncles's heart attack and she started at the gym, got a personal trainer and lifts really heavy weights.

18 months later she's walking like she's 60 again. Sprightly, secure, solid.

Tree roots ain't no issue

 

[Scouse]

Completely boxed in at all sides, and have been allowed to grow unchecked despite the inevitable consequences.

This is not new houses being built around old trees. We have the same problem around here, trees planted too close to houses fifty years ago and now the pavements are lifting and walls are cracking.

I like that picture.

Zoomed in. Looked at the pavement and road near the tree.

Not a problem. Totally fine. Do we need to be able to play bar billiards on all our roads or something? The privations eh?

 

[DaGaffer]

I like that picture.

Zoomed in. Looked at the pavement and road near the tree.

Not a problem. Totally fine. Do we need to be able to play bar billiards on all our roads or something? The privations eh?

The road is narrow and undoubtedly the water and gas mains run down the road as well. What's going on above ground is probably 20% of the problem.

 

[caLLous]

The road is narrow and undoubtedly the water and gas mains run down the road as well. What's going on above ground is probably 20% of the problem.

It's worse than that, from the link in the article, a lot of the services actually run under the pavement itself...

Six separate services - including streetlight power cables, water pipes, and internet cables - run beneath the footpath between the boundary wall and the trees, where they are tangled with tree roots.

 

[Scouse]

So, these are mature trees - their roots will reach way down into the road, across it and under the walls already (and have done for years).

And no problems so far apart from bumpy pavement...

But I'll tell you what. I've a friend who deals with exactly thisfor Nottingham City. I'll ask him if I'm being a cunt* and tl you what he says


*I mean, undoubtedly he'll say yes. But he'll also tell me the shizzle about the trees.

 

[DaGaffer]

So, these are mature trees - their roots will reach way down into the road, across it and under the walls already (and have done for years).

And no problems so far apart from bumpy pavement...

But I'll tell you what. I've a friend who deals with exactly thisfor Nottingham City. I'll ask him if I'm being a cunt* and tl you what he says


*I mean, undoubtedly he'll say yes. But he'll also tell me the shizzle about the trees.

You do know roots keep growing right?

 

[Scouse]

You do know roots keep growing right?

Yep. But those are mature trees. The main risks are in the first few decades. If they chop 'em down / dig up the root balls then they'll end up disturbing the services anyway and likely have to do some fixes.

So why bother? Wait until the shit does hit the fan - if it ever does?

 

[DaGaffer]

Yep. But those are mature trees. The main risks are in the first few decades. If they chop 'em down / dig up the root balls then they'll end up disturbing the services anyway and likely have to do some fixes.

So why bother? Wait until the shit does hit the fan - if it ever does?

Did you read the council statement? It already has.

 

[Tom]

They had similar issues in Sheffield, and it led to a real bunfight. The council wanted the trees out, the locals told them to fuckoff.

There are real issues with trees damaging pavements. My solution is a bit more radical - I'd just move the pavement into the carriageway. And the cars can fuck off elsewhere.

 

[Scouse]

Did you read the council statement? It already has.

I just read the council statement, I want to know what they count as "serious" damage...

 

[Deebs]

Fucking windows updates.

You are 100% complete.
Updates are underway.

Fucksake, when I am 100% complete I AM DONE, don't keep updating for another fucking hour.

 

[Scouse]

Fucksake, when I am 100% complete I AM DONE, don't keep updating for another fucking hour.

Been like that since Windows 95 hasn't it.

 

[Deebs]

Been like that since Windows 95 hasn't it.

I keep forgetting about Microsoft time.

 

[SilverHood]

I am migrating some reports from an old system to a newer version, and it involves updates to 20 year old PERL scripts. Christ on a bike, there's one comment in the entire script. Even ChatpGPT couldn't tell me what was going on.

 

[Deebs]

I am migrating some reports from an old system to a newer version, and it involves updates to 20 year old PERL scripts. Christ on a bike, there's one comment in the entire script. Even ChatpGPT couldn't tell me what was going on.

Was the comment "Remember to add detailed comments throughout this script - @Zarjazz"

 

[Zarjazz]

Was the comment "Remember to add detailed comments throughout this script - @Zarjazz"

Hey! I put comments in my code! Sure they weren't good ones but at least I tried!

Even ChatpGPT couldn't tell me what was going on.

Try using Claude. Out of all the AI nonsense going around that seems to be the best when it comes to code.

 

[SilverHood]

Hey! I put comments in my code! Sure they weren't good ones but at least I tried!


Try using Claude. Out of all the AI nonsense going around that seems to be the best when it comes to code.

I am not allowed by policy to use anything except our company instance of ChatGPTG. I did figure it all out in the end, but it's taken me 3 days.

Speaking of bad comments in our youth, I once worked extensively with an application called Reuters 3000 Extra (@Jupitus might know this) , and the unique identifying code for any security or product was a "RIC code".
Reuters Instrument Code Code. Anyway, during one particularly bad day, I posted the chorus to Rick Astley's famous song as a comment in a report, after RIC identifier. RIC rolled, hah. It's been 14 years. Hoping that someone got a good laugh out of that.

Was the comment "Remember to add detailed comments throughout this script - @Zarjazz"

Close! It was "#get command line parameters for this job" , followed by code to get said parameters.
Plot twist. There was no command line paramters for this job.

 

[Jupitus]

I am not allowed by policy to use anything except our company instance of ChatGPTG. I did figure it all out in the end, but it's taken me 3 days.

Speaking of bad comments in our youth, I once worked extensively with an application called Reuters 3000 Extra (@Jupitus might know this) , and the unique identifying code for any security or product was a "RIC code".
Reuters Instrument Code Code. Anyway, during one particularly bad day, I posted the chorus to Rick Astley's famous song as a comment in a report, after RIC identifier. RIC rolled, hah. It's been 14 years. Hoping that someone got a good laugh out of that.

Close! It was "#get command line parameters for this job" , followed by code to get said parameters.
Plot twist. There was no command line paramters for this job.

The good old RIC codes, still used today amongst another abundance of dire proprietary shite the company does... love the story !

 

[DaGaffer]

Foolishly committed to decorating our bedroom before Christmas; we've had new fitted wardrobes etc. put in but the room needed repainting and the wood floors sanding and staining. First the big sander didn't work (it just tore up the sanding pads over and over, and yes, I've used one before so I know what to look for) and I had to use the rotary for the whole thing, so my old back is fucked, but the floor came up nicely.

Went off to get some new rollers (B&Q), did the walls, all good, then got my long roller pole out to do the floor and...B&Q uses non-standard rollers. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK B&Q? I have decorated, 50-60 times over the years and this has never happened. So off I went to get a proper roller (at a different DIY store) and of course everyone on the fucking planet is at the local retail park doing last minute shopping. A 15 minute round trip took an hour and a half.

The moral of this story is a. B&Q are cunts, and b. Don't make stupid promises before Christmas.

 

[Deebs]

c) Remember never to do any shopping in the week prior to Christmas unless it is between 10pm and 4am. (NB, not all shops are open at these perfect Christmas opening hours)

 

[Raven]

B&Q are shit in the UK, I dread to think what they are like in "the provinces"

 

[legowizardguy]

NVIDIA Restores PhysX Support for Select 32-Bit Games on GeForce RTX 50-Series GPUs

In early 2025, NVIDIA discontinued support for 32-bit software on its GeForce RTX 50-series "Blackwell" GPUs, which led to the end of PhysX support. However, the company is making exceptions for certain games to ensure they maintain performance and stability. Due to popular demand, the following...

www.techpowerup.com

Yeah I saw this but thanks! Thats the only good thing they have done in my books and now they are reducing GeForce GPU production in favor of AI.