tallpaul

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Not so effective against the likes of YouTube allegedly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Similar in the UK. Ours is called Airwave and came in in the early 2000s.

https://www.airwavesolutions.co.uk/the-service/emergency-services-network/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

IME "path repairs" too often means making steps which are more difficult to descend than the path that was there before unless you have exactly the same agility as the (generally young and fit) path builders.

Depressing how often this happens. The path down off Cairngorm towards the cafe is a prime example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I bet she flew to Bonn...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Not every country has elections either.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Scotland: we have such a massive hangover on New Year's Day that we need the day after off too.

Rest of the UK: heh, OK, so you can work on Easter Monday instead

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

They offered it to me. I've not been on reddit since the API issue kicked off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Upvote for "Cautionary Tales". Just discovered that and loving it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I believe it's youth speak for "respect". Being cool as we old people might say.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This is what puts me off.

Runar Bjørhovde, an analyst at Canalys, said return rates of foldables are 5-10 percent, far higher than traditional smartphones and a deterrent to repeat purchases.

A phone costing me four digits with that high a return rate. Nope.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

And not a word on the dualling of the A96 from Inverness to Nairn. Sigh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anti-abortion, anti-GRR, anti-independence. The SNP is well shot of her.

 

[I think I saw this posted earlier but it seems to have disappeared.]

I have to say my view, speaking as a councillor on Highland Council, is that the more I think about this it's gesture politics as the council presumably own most of these facilities so closing them still leaves them with significant revenue budget costs.

Plus "No dates have been given for the closures and affected staff are likely to be offered redeployment" which smells of something not well thought out - a big chunk of the cost of these premises is payroll so redeploying doesn't save money ... and then making people redundant is expensive too, as HC learned to its cost the last time it was "saving" money.

So I think this is a Labour led council just trying to embarrass the SNP/Green government into coughing up some more money.

 
 
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