Youtube comments of (@redtela).

  1. I fly commercial - a lot. If I hear a gate announcement celebrating the skin colour of the crew, ever, I'll be putting in a complaint for unprofessionalism and racism (positive racism is still racism).
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  2.  @paulforman6414  also don't use the radio, or have passengers/pets, and heh, with the cost of fuel at the moment, why not just "don't use the vehicle"
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  3. For a man that doesn't have time for an unboxing vid, that was an epic unboxing vid. Thanks mate!
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  4. I'm a "bushcraft" kinda dude, have taken the kids camping in hammocks etc for years. I also live on a farm. For my birthday this year, one person gave me a beautiful folding knife. The blade itself is damascus steel, the inner tang is titanium, and wrapped in a walnut finish. The walnut itself is inscribed with a few things that are intrinsically personal to me, and the maker has a certificate produced verifying that the wood comes from a very specific tree, which was sentimental to my father. Since both the blade and tang (individually) are under 3 inches long, and it's non-locking, it's perfectly legal to carry daily in the UK. Being that it's a very short blade and I have quite large hands, I've added a paracord "dongle" through the titanium loop at the end of the tang. It just so happens that I'm quite a handy chap with paracord... pull the "dongle" in the right place, and it's quick release and becomes useable paracord (see point on bushcraft, redundancies are good). I also happen to know how to basically throw paracord into the air, and catch it so that pulling your hands apart forms it into a useable pair of handcuffs (useful on the farm for tying animals legs together quickly). Having tried it, from the paracord being attached to the tang, to me wrapping it around a sheeps front pair of legs takes about 6 seconds. I have no plans whatsoever to ever take it out of my pocket on a public street - but doing so would be infinitely better than trying to look my loved ones in the eye knowing I stood by and watched some atrocity happen. Re staying safe, another tip for you (and others) Tim... tell the wife to keep the de-icer spray in that little pocket in the drivers door. Still quite nippy out early in the morning and that's a handy little pocket for de-icing the car in the morning. ;)
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  5. I wonder what might have happened in the appeal if they had tried to argue that this case was no different to using the controls provided within the car, rather than trying to debate it on the communication aspect. Two examples here: Firstly, in my car, there is a control physically mounted to the car steering column (that I cannot remove) which will cause my phone to skip to the next track and change volume, etc. I can also control the same from the car radio itself. So for this case, I would posit that using the phones touch screen is no different to using manufacturer provided (and Type Approved) controls within the vehicle. Of course, much simpler to avoid a prosecution by using the vehicle mounted controls, rather than my phone (which I have chosen to mount to the vehicle). Secondly, and likely more difficulty for me to defend, on my bike, everything is voice controlled. I can, for example, say "Hey Cordo, next track" - and it causes my phone to switch to the next track. Clearly, I'm not using a hand-held device, but I am still communicating with a device designed to be hand held and it is communicating with both the internet and my bluetooth headset. In this case, however, I think an officer would find it quite tricky to read my lips (though my closed helmet) to know what I was doing to even have a chat with me.
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  6. In my younger days, I was in the St John Ambulance, and something no-one really talks about, is that to be promoted within that organisation, you have to go to (and pay for) "NCO training" after a certain point. I remember the course well... amongst the daily teachings of first aid, "crowd control," map reading... etc etc, every morning, they come and inspect your room, and run a white glove along surfaces like the top of the window frame (and it's your fault if it's dusty). I remember getting there, first day and seeing a sign on the payphone "out of order" - in the days before mobile phones. Over the course, the tutors/organisers/staff at the hostel start having whispered conversations, slowly the rumour mill starts between the students, other subtle things are dropped in along the way until everyone is "ordered" to gather in small groups to finally be told what is going on, and why all the staff seem so worried. "There's no easy way to tell you this, but a terrorist has escaped from the nearby prison and was observed stealing clothes off a washing line in the village. The police asked us to keep you all in here, and to minimise panic we didn't say anything. But new information has come to light, and we need volunteers..." - my hand gets raised - "... to try find the IEDs - turns out he was an explosives expert and we're told he's left multiple devices around as a way to avoid getting caught." Of course, it was all poppycock, the "IEDs" were decorated bottles of washing up liquid... but none of us teenagers knew that it was all part of the leadership tests for the course. Taught me a lot about observations and being depended upon by others, and was multiple decades ago. EDIT: Oh, and the payphone worked perfectly fine, they confessed afterwards to them simply wanting to stop us phoning parents about what was going on.
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  7. 1. Russian boots were on the ground, and actively telling people how to vote in the referendum, with an instruction that failing to vote correctly would mean they watch their loved ones face a firing squad, before the firing squad shot them. Are you going to pretend that was in any way a legitimate referendum? 2. While it's true that in 2014 Ukraine started shelling residential districts in Donetsq etc, I wonder why you don't reference that it was in reaction to the armed insurrection that had already been started by Russia?
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  8. Tim, on your point about humans helping other humans, couldn't agree more. I understood your "no-one is coming to save you" video, the way you intended it. A buddy of mine is active over in Ukraine, and I was talking to him today. He was telling me that other folks in his unit don't like to wear their body armor when running drills on the range. To paraphrase him, he also says they're over-weight. I told him just to laugh in their face constantly. When they complain about it, the answer is easy. "One day, a grenade might land near both of us. I KNOW I can outrun you in full gear. You my friend, are going to shield me a little from the explosion. I also know I can reload a weapon faster than you. So if things go south and we end up toe to to with bad dudes, I know which one of us is alive. Do me a favour though, do some more PT. I'm going to swear at you a lot while I'm dragging your sorry a$$ away from people pushing lead in the wrong direction."
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  9. Tim, I'm sorry - your not honking the horn, while it gives you a quiet life, is THE PROBLEM. “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.”
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  10. I agree, sounds like the engine is running, looks like the sink rate is suggesting it's at idle - only the man in the chair will know if the throttle was responsive or not. Luckily for everyone involved, no serious injuries!
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  11. There's a law for attacking emergency service workers (which Police officers, armed or not, obviously count as). No private prosecution necessary - unless, of course, the optics look bad for the CPS.
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  12. my personal interpretation, yes, that is illegal. The way around it, would be to use a device that is designed as in-car sat nav, since that isn't a two-way communication device, regardless of if you're operating it by hand or not. Another way, is to use voice controls rather than touch screen (good luck to the officer trying to prove what you were saying).
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  13. Tim, thanks for your brief comment on disabilities. My son is autistic, was diagnosed young, and sat in the doctors office getting the diagnosis I turned to him with "if you ever use this as an excuse not to do something, I'll come down on you like a tonne of bricks. A diagnosis is a label, it helps you understand why things happen in your brain. Most people don't have that advantage. It's your job to take the knowledge and run with it... never use it as a shield." He's now 17, smashing his A-Levels, and wants to be an electrical engineer.
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  14. Might be worth, in another video at some point, going over the process for "excessive speed." The experience of Single Justice Process definitely worked in my case, I now cringe when I'm a passenger in a speeding car. Those fines hurt, and I was lucky to keep my licence!
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  15. I live 2 miles from the nearest public road (which is single track), and Amazon drivers that have a GPS pin over my house struggle to find it. I've never seen trick or treaters brave enough to come knock on the door. Crime ain't an issue. The local community is all farmers, so invariably they'll all have shotguns etc that they can take into town if idiots get a little rowdy
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  16. I've faced my own "no way out" scenario. In my case, I got lucky. Can't explain it to this day but I looked down and read something that someone close to me had once said. That was a fraction of a second before bad stuff happened. I couldn't do it to them then, and I still get dark thoughts, I don't think I'll ever be 100% free from it, the same wording saves me every time. It's my duty to make sure the person that said it to me is never burdened with the knowledge that they saved me, and continues to keep me going. I was most certainly an island. I still stumble. But I have a reason to get back up each time. My plan B is literally just "When you're walking through hell, keep on walkin'" RIP MajGen Holmes.
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  17. Friend of mine was a store detective, he had to be exceptionally careful re PACE and SIA when in plain clothing. He worked for an agency that could ask him to go into a number of chains, and didn't actually have to announce himself to store staff (consider cases where staff are suspected of theft). It was hilarious bumping into him when shopping though... "Hey Dan, how's work going?" - visible grimace.
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  18. I've not flown professionally, but this brought back a good memory for me. The valley coming north west along the A5, Llyn Ogwen towards Bethesda... one day, there I was on my sports bike enjoying the road, when I look left and there's a SeaKing lad. I swear the guy in the right seat saluted while I looked, but I could be making that up. Anyway, I hit the gas hard, and the SeaKing cheated because he doesn't need to go around corners on the road. As he disappeared in front of me, there was a bank left/right/left/right as though the pilot was waving goodbye. Loved it.
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  19. Standards, no notes prepped on what you're going to say? C'mon Davies (sorry, couldn't resist, and yes, it's arguably better to not read from notes due to knowing the subject). But on a slightly more serious point, politicians don't receive gifts. They declare them as though they're gifts, but gifts come without any obligation to do anything later. Re the beard opportunities mate - don't worry, Christmas is coming. You'd do well at a Santa gig. ;) Back to the sensible bit, I've always been the bloke to raise a hand when someone says "I need a volunteer to do..." - before I've even heard what the task is. Sets a wonderful tone for those around.
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  20. An interesting aside to this, being a biker, I have before now been in a petrol station that refused to serve me - after I had put petrol in the bike - because they required that I remove my helmet. The helmet was an "open face" modular one, with the front flipped up, so all of my face was already visible, but the clerk insisted that I remove it, or they wouldn't process payment, because, rules are rules, apparently. Me being me, put my bank card back in my pocket, and took out exact change from my pockets, placed it on the counter, told them which pump the cash was for, and left. I never heard a word about it afterwards.
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  21. And equally, the opposite is true - in some cases (such as those BBB references), talking to the police openly can lead to CPS dropping the case. For example, if you were clearly and provably somewhere else when whatever it is supposedly happened.
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  22. On the subject of ownership - couldn't agree more. Many moons ago, I was hauled into the office and given a disciplinary for micromanaging not only members of my own team, but other teams. Immediately, my response was "I wholeheartedly disagree that micromanaging has been happening, but that doesn't invalidate the feelings of whoever might have complained. So looking at things from their perspective, THIS is what I'm going to do to put things right." I wasn't a manager then, but I am now.
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  23. Jay, I've paused Tim at 0:44. A job should make you happy. If it don't make you happy, it ain't worth the money. Nuff said really. Now, hopefully Tim is about to say similar... lets see...
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  24. Tim, I too check wheel arches, look for CCTV, sit facing the door at restaurants etc. As a moderate, I question the underlying premise of it all. Back in the early 2000's I worked at a hotel that chose to employ immigrants, and the owner put me in charge of their settlement. This was primarily young ladies from Spain, a couple of guys, a couple of people from other countries, but the majority for whatever reason were Spanish ladies that barely spoke English. Getting them a bank account was difficult, dealing with immigration was difficult, but I operated a FAFO policy with them. The Finding Out was that I would buy them a ticket home and put them on a plane myself - it wasn't my job to babysit them, but if they did anything that would jeopardise their legal stay in the UK, they were going home. I never had to send a single one home. Then maybe early 2010's, I helped a now good friend move from Ukraine with his wife, as I'd learnt how to navigate the system. My fundamental question: ONS stats say 745,000 immigrants arrived last year, up by 184,000 the year before. Lets round that down to 1.3million in 2 years. ONS also say in 2022 our nation had 67.6 million people. So that means that now, 1 in every 52 people are immigrants (and I'm just using 2 years worth of data, and assuming that they all stayed, of course). Where the hell are they all hiding? Back when I helped people legally migrate and get work, I knew where they were, because I set them up with board & lodgings. But where are all these immigrants that are coming over? Has anyone checked the bean counters maths? I mean, if there's a reason I'm not tripping over immigrants walking around Tesco, I'm on your side about it all.
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  25. Tim, it's funny to me, I've never served and never been through a filter interview for the forces. But I have been on both sides of the interview table, and knowing how much the candidate side sucked, I set about making that better from the employer side. I fell somewhere on what it seems the Air Force do for filter interviews. I've hired people for Software Developer positions (at all levels), my junior intake interviews went as follows: - Can you hold a conversation? Even though HR freaked out about it, I had one guy talking about Thatcher era politics - I didn't care what his opinion was, I just wanted him to have one and be able to express it, and be receptive to a different point of view. - Do you know the basic language that we write software in? This test was as simple as being able to write your own name in English. I wasn't expecting anyone to be Van Gogh, but if you can paint by numbers and stay within the lines, you get the next test... - How quickly do you admit you don't know something? This one was a 1 line bug in some software I'd written specifically for the test, but the problem was described in language that would require a PhD to understand. If you understood the problem and fixed the bug, you fail, because you have a PhD and you're applying for a junior seat. - If all of that is done within 1hour and conversation is still flowing - does my best guy like you as a person? And then at the end of the hour, if I'm not shouting YES enthusiastically, it's a no. But for showing up & putting the effort in, I always doubled the time allocation to write feedback. Spend an hour talking to me, I'll spend 2 writing up my opinions to help you in the next interview. The best person I've ever interviewed ticked all those boxes within their first 15mins, so I stopped the interview there and then with a "give me a number, no BS, how much to make you say yes to come work with us? If I have it in the budget, you get the number you say." More senior level positions, I think I put one person through 9 rounds of interviews, but we paid them an hourly rate equivalent for the role, their flights, accommodation, food & drink, before any decision was made. Since they had to relocate, we were also paying 6 months rent in with the contract... so I wanted to be DAMN sure.
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  26. @Skelter1skelter - you make a good point, I've defrosted a frozen engine with tealights before now... wonderful things they are!
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  27. No lecture heard here Tim. The old man, being ex REME, raised me with the "get comfortable being uncomfortable" mantra. Life ain't meant to be easy. "Next year should be uncomfortable" - excellent timing. I've never struggled with alcohol, luckily, but starting Jan, I'm leaving the PAYE world and starting up in business for myself, self assessment for taxes. Wohoo! So with my income being unknown (and if I don't get my rear up and bring 100% in a morning, will be ZERO!) - I figured a few days ago that alcohol was one of a few easy things to cut out of the budget. Another is processed foods, which, living on a farm, why the hell am I driving to town to buy processed food anyway?!? Might as well save some diesel while I'm at it! I've got my own demons too, luckily not alcohol, but I'm working my way through 'em.
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  28. It was a "woosh" not a "bang" - seems more like a gas leak that found a spark. Also note how the front & rear walls were demolished, but the sides were relatively untouched. Air expands when it gets hotter, and windows are the weak point. A bomb big enough to blow the front/rear away would have - at least - caved in part of the side walls. I'd guess it's a rented flat and the kitchen had a gas leak.
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  29. I'll also add, in my boot year round, are snow chains, survival shovel, chainsaw, axe, fire extinguisher and a first aid kid good enough that I've used it when I've stumbled across random crashes on the road, an ambulance has shown up less equipped. I also have tow rope, compressor for the tyres, jack, coolant, oil and a warning triangle (I'm probably forgetting some things). I was helping a neighbour recently with his car, he saw in my boot and commented "F me, if the zombies ever attack, I know who's door I'm knocking on!" I replied "good luck, we won't be in. I have a plan for that." 🤣
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  30. Tim, I get the "legalese" response, especially in America. Consider for a moment that some institutions like to encourage debate - and American's do love their "free speech" - in some cases, a student can say things that they do not believe in / believe should happen, in order to stimulate debate. In that context, to get other people to realise how horrible calling for genocide actually is, saying a thing you don't believe in can be a good thing - and in legal terms, such students would not be deemed inappropriate. That is why they won't give a yes/no answer - because a "yes" is the RIGHT answer, but being trapped in a binary situation has negative consequences elsewhere. Same as your rowing club story. In the context of students calling for genocide of any population of people, by protesting on campus grounds... kick those students off the courses, please. That should be the same as employment clauses "you don't bring the employer into disrepute." The folks answering questions should have said "I can't give a simple yes/no answer, but here is an example that would be unacceptable, and here is an example where it MIGHT be acceptable." There is a line in the sand, but a yes/no Q&A is not where the line exists, because someone will twist it no matter which way the yes/no goes. I don't think you're out of line on it, I think you've just responded a little "off the cuff."
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  31. Two anecdotal cases come to mind. Case A: I was under suspicion of a thing I didn't do. I was arrested, cautioned, interviewed. The officer walked me back to my car, and at the car, said "oh, do you have the phone that might have been involved in this?" I answered "Yes, here, take it and the PIN is 1234, I don't even care about getting the phone back, because I have a new one." Not a problem at all. Case B: I was witness to an RTC. In fact, I was the vehicle immediately behind a drunk driver who went head on. One of the casualties sat in my rear seat for some time before ambulances arrived. Police attending watched my dashcam while sitting in my drivers seat. They then stated "I'm going to have to confiscate your dash cam as evidence" - to which I replied "I can burn it to a DVD and have it with you in the morning." - They came to my house 1h30 after I left the scene, and I burnt it to DVD there & then for them, no issue whatsoever.
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  32. In the words of my sensei: Don't take the bait - that's how fish die. But pay attention in my lessons, and the day that you NEED to defend your life, or the life of someone you love, do it swiftly and completely. Be dangerous by drawing the line, and utterly ruthless with anyone that dares to put a toe on it, let alone beyond it. I've pretty much always had a "switched on" attitude, Christmas crowds or not.
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  33. My take - as the father, I would have been positioned off to the right side, to make it VERY clear that there was insufficient room for the car to come through. I've done this MANY times as a motorcyclist, with more novice bikers in front of me. I'm yet to have a car try to argue with me head on. Or when the kid says "shall I pull over to the side?" I would have perhaps said "no, but stop and lets see how this is going to happen. The car should wait for us, but lets not put ourselves into danger." Importantly, on a bicycle, I would NOT have pulled over to the side, but maybe stopping short to see what the car does is enough.
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  34. When I saw the road layout, and you mentioned there's something that can be done at military bases, my thoughts immediately went to Valley (I used to live on Anglesey). There's a handful of civilian airports in UK with roads close, and they have lights similar to valley... I don't know if they have the net though. Thoughts are with the family & pilot. That's going to be tough to live with mentally, even though he had no options.
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  35. It happened about 2 years ago, and Trooper Kaelberer, the utter legend, stayed true to his word. The vet received medical treatment - at no cost to himself. The pair met up about a week after that and apparently shared another hug. Back when it all went "viral" Kaelberer posted a follow up video on his tiktok account.
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  36. Tim, I love your... venom... is that the right word? Anyway, I love it on this topic. We see the same in civvy land, bean counters and woke-ism (I think that's a word?) driving everything towards the lowest common denominator. At least in civvy land, there's no-ones lives on the line!
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  37. I'm confused, why would any developer working on a team, be working in the dark, not being aware of other peoples changes? Sure, you can't have a large team, and all members know what each other are doing, and how they're doing it. But nothing stops people talking. You say yourself that team development is a social activity, so it feels a little bit of a straw man argument to suggest that developers working on feature branches are more in the dark than those following "continuous integration." A large part of my job is planning the workload of the team, such that we avoid collisions (even when working on the same codebase). I liken that to a choreographer at a ballet stopping the dancers bumping into each other, and by doing this, each dancer don't need to know any real detail about what another is doing, or where. Feature branches should be short lived, ideally less than a day, so at worst, if I've got things wrong, we lose a days work - which is exactly the same case as you make. With respect, I think you're a little too hung up on the word "continuous" in "continuous integration." Dark launching, branch by abstraction, and feature toggles are still possible with Feature Branching, just as integration (and appropriate testing is)... I wholly accept that Feature Branching isn't as "continuous" as your method of working, but I also don't see a slightly slower version of continuous as being a problem. In your words, feel free to explain to me why I'm wrong.
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  38.  @misamsung6191  one thing omitted from the video we're replying to, but evident in the actual case text - the defendant was holding the phone in their hand. It was not in a dash mount etc. Also, I think the appeal was based on both "communication" and "data" - that said, the idiot holding the phone was simply wasting the courts time IMO. I would be interested to see a case where the phone was in a dash mount, and being poked with a single finger, rather than being held.
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  39. That last radio call should really be "FJP: Stepping outside for a walk to the cafe. Tell the lads I'll order them brews."
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  40. Genuinely haven't watched the video yet. I'm at 0:01. Winner winner, chicken dinner! Smashed it Tim. I saw the article in the press and my thought was "cool, there's not been a video from Tim for a while, hope he's doing well after being a numpty in the motor." A prediction from me, you're about to say something along the lines of "knowing you're wrong is half the battle. Putting it right is the other bit, get cracking with that bit, Mike, if you want to keep your job."
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  41. I also, as a teenager, would have loved to join the RAF. My problem back then was the recruitment and being told "your eyesight isn't 20/20, therefore, no."
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  42. I came out of a supermarket one day to find that the rear light panel was smashed on my car. No note, no-one around. I found it easier to simply pay the £75 and replace the part myself. I now just park as far away from the doors as is possible... only people that care enough about their own vehicles to walk that far, park near by.
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  43. Rather unfortunately, because she pleaded guilty, the judges hands were tied to the sentencing guidelines (point 11 in the document). She would have received up to 1/3rd off for an early plea. If a cop had refused to arrest her, or to forward the case to the CPS, they'd had been disciplined for it. If the CPS hadn't recommended prosecution, someone, probably a woman who's name starts with K, would have complained. If she'd stood to be judged by 12 peers, the prosecution would have struggled to convince anyone (I think) that the threshold for intent to incite would have been passed... and as we all know, Criminal Law is "beyond all reasonable doubt." I doubt many would consider a social media post to qualify as hatred.
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  44. I disagree about the style of noble death. Well, more accurately, there's probably a few types of noble death. My old man was former REME, great service record. After leaving, he was a lorry driver, a bus driver, a driving instructor - and when age got the better of him, he retired and continued working for charities because it kept him busy. Then society took a big dump on him, and in his 70s he found himself behind bars for a thing that he said he didn't do, and no-one that knows him could genuinely believe he might have done. The man had never even had a speeding ticket. His last day was under HMPS guard, though he was in a hospital. His health had deteriorated to the point that he couldn't walk, couldn't sit up in bed unassisted, and I fed him his last meal. His memory was also patchy at best. Thankfully HMPS had relaxed the normal visitation rules because the hospital staff were predicting he would not have survived past the Tuesday, but it was Friday, so he was surrounded by those that loved him, comfortable, and talking (after 2 days of being unconscious). I look back on that day quite a lot - I would happily walk through what he went through, if I was guaranteed as good a last day as he managed to have. His legacy was respected by those that it meant something to.
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  45. I'm curious, what would your reaction be to a broken nose? Would you even still be running crowd control & doing your job, while you struggled to breathe through the blood and see through the tears? I probably wouldn't, I'll be honest about it.
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  46. Tim, the lads serving, and some of the government think you're a nationalist? Have any of them got a copy of the dictionary? If not, here's what mine says: "a person who strongly identifies with their own nation and vigorously supports its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations." Now, I may be wrong, I often am, but that... errr... sounds almost patriotic. (Again, for those without dictionaries on shelves, patriotic: "having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.") I guess the hang up is on the latter part of nationalism, the exclusion or detriment of other nations. Quite easy for people without dictionaries to get confused though, it seems.
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  47. Hopefully the instructor wasn't then grounded for it. The student got a valuable lesson that day.
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  48. Davies, I'm sorry, but you can't move on. I agree with you wholeheartedly, but if you move on, who else is going to stand up, be counted like a man, and help try to put an end to this nonsense?
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  49. Tim, careful mate, you're in danger of them calling you divisive. For anyone that thinks US politicians are good for the world, I have two words: Pine Gap.
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  50. The distraction story I saw, wasn't that one, it was the kid on the Scottish border that chopped down a tree. Yes, tress are important. Yes, it was an important tree. But F me it's not a news story. Tim, I think it's wise to remove the "black on black" aspect - not because you're wrong in any way, but what we actually have is the local population stabbing each other (sometimes it's a kid, sometimes it's a 30 year old dude). It just so happens that the local population is majority black. In just the same way that a fast jet doesn't care about the colour of your skin, neither does a knife (and as you can see from my profile pic, I'm a white dude). There is however a reason that Mr Khan can't control his city - he's too busy implementing ULEZ, which by all reports, everyone hates. Much like the 20mph speed limit in Wales. The issue, to me at least, is that most people aren't speaking out about this stuff. Maybe that's because government policies, and the mainstream media, have us all too busy arguing with each other about skin colour, feminism, trees being chopped down or whatever other nonsense they think will sell a newspaper or make someone click a link. If we slow down information flow, this problem probably goes away. Call it OpSec for civvy street, if you will. I fear we're scarily close to Universe 25.
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  51. Here here. At least I wasn't the only one actively listening, rather than trying to judge.
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  52. It happened about 2 years ago, and the officer posted a follow up (emotional but good) to his tiktok account about a week or 2 after. The officer received random gifts from folks when the story went viral, and passed quite a few on to the vet.
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  53. Tim, I think you mean that you want diversity, and the important thing is the skill/aptitude to learn the skill. Doesn't matter what someone's background is, doesn't matter what their gender is (as you say), if you're not good enough, a jet will spread you across a mountain. Forcing diversity (per your asterisk) is forcing people into programmes where they don't have the skills, just to appease the number crunchers, and will likely lead to more people in critical jobs dying.
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  54. I ride a high powered heavy motorcycle for the "you have to focus on this stuff" - recently, the Mrs turned to me with a "I've always poked fun at you for flight sim games, but, maybe that might help with my anxiety about flying" - so for that, I use MS Flight Sim. It's not the game, it's how you use it.
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  55. Equally, I quite liked the reference to "I will wear a costume... " - works very well given the meaning of the word in both languages.
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  56. Sir, possible pilot deviation, please don't bomb our own runway!
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  57.  @raymondbristow4007  thank you, both for what you did, and for what you continue to put up with
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  58. Please explain where any part of the guidance that was read out, prohibits homosexuality? Nothing in the guidance even prohibits children questioning their gender - let alone them trying to make their mind up either way about it. Indeed, quite the opposite... this sets out a framework for how education responds, and provides for exceptional cases that are, in nature, extreme. Section 28, it is not.
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  59. Exactly! I mean, just take the argument that branching is "hiding" implementations and therefore cannot be continuous integration... equally, Dark Launching (or Blue/Green) hides the implementation from being in the Production system. The whole "don't branch" thing (and then going on to say that we should minimise branches) just pushes the problem(s) elsewhere in the development pipeline, just so we can continue to use the term "continuous integration." I'm happy to just have "semi-continuous" integration, I don't see why me or my team should be under any pressure to continually put things into Production.
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  60.  @EclecticOmnivore  she's at no more risk than anyone else in the video, and as a translator, will be protected more than many (reasons should be evident)
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  61. Tim, if you're up for a straight swap, my other half isn't getting her easter egg until she decides to buy one for me.
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  62.  @ozzyphil74  there is also nothing so astounding about it that it deserves a public announcement. I'd be just as unhappy about an announcement for an all Latino crew - nothing to do with their skill level. I just don't care about skin colour - do your job, and do it well, or get a different one. Quite simple really.
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  63. Tim, I love this, and I hate that you were cut off while trying to make the damn point! Thanks.
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  64.  @jwenting  after the mess that was Cyberpunk 2077, I turned around to my team with a statement: "I promise you will never be forced by me, to work unpaid hours. You'll always either be paid, or get the time back whenever you want it. If people above me are demanding that I ask you to work unpaid - they will be the ones to tell you that, because I will have already resigned."
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  65. I was once told that consultants are good at 3 things: drawing squares, circles and triangles. Not enough triangles, Davies, but you added arrows. So I might let you off. Good eyes on the impact, possibly right wing float. Yaw partially induced by impact, and thrust imbalance. Unfortunately, fire ops need low altitude, and with low altitude, you have nothing to trade to gain time.
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  66. Your initial opening words "get comfortable being uncomfortable" were hammered into me by the old man (ex Royal Engineers). It was repeated so much since before the days I could even talk, that it's habit now. Sure, life ain't perfect, but if I haven't found something that makes me uncomfortable every single day, it does funny things to my brain. I have things going off in work, corporate battlefields if you like, and my words to my #2 were "lets do things the way we want, and make everyone else tell us no - and why not! No-one else is doing what we think we need, lets crack on and see if they keep up." Excellent advice, as always Tim. Will be thinkin' of you (and "Steve") while riding around the Mach Loop on a lovely 160bhp bike!
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  67. There is a lovely long downhill road where I grew up, the speed limit is (or at least was) 30mph. That didn't stop me & friends riding our non-modified push bikes down it at speed anywhere between 50-80mph. One year, I had my parents buy a speedo for my bike just so we could figure out the speeds we were doing. We didn't go through wheel bearings any quicker than anyone else. (Though yes, I was clearly risking a speeding offence)
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  68. Call me old, or skeptical, or both... paying a company and giving them the data in order for them to instruct others to remove your data sounds like it's just begging for the "good guy" to suffer a data breach at some point in future. Credit search alerts are free on a number of platforms, there is no need to pay a company anything to be told that someone has fraudulently applied for a loan in your name. I'm not even going to recommend a free one (because the same future data breach theory applies). Free credit alerts, 2FA, and calling the bank when something unusual happens (responding to the alert) is the way we all stay safe.
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  69. I loved the body language in this Tim... can clearly see after the opening by Kevin, you're thinking "F'ing media, this isn't what they told me it was going to be when I agreed to this interview" (you fold arms, close up, lean back... the facial expression). 5 mins or so in, and you're leaning on the desk drinking a mug of tea looking more like you're talking to a mate at the bar, because actually, Kevin gets it (or at least seems to). Kudos to both of you - it's not about bashing the service, it's about putting the mistakes right.
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  70. I reckon the point was that he was doing a one-man-band act. Tower + CFI + Student chatter, all through one pair of lips. Takes a big man to fill 3 seats, and Tim is a big man (not like that Davies, you told us you backed off the pies!)
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  71. So Tim, now you've done the practice, when are you joining the reds? 🤣
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  72. Paul - while you might have problems, we see you. Feel free to reply to me with whatever contact details you have. I, for one, am happy to have a chat whenever our schedules allow. I can't promise answers... giggles, maybe, if we're lucky. I'm not qualified to give advice on anything, but also, there's no judgement. For anything, ever. Tim - keep droppin' those bombs my man. Finally, someone looking at the big picture. The folks in Ukraine deserve our support (and I know some that are hands on doing that)... but... there's no point sending a jet to them that they can't use. There's better ways to help, now, while boots are on the ground, than waiting 8 years for flight quals. I go through suicidal ideation from time to time - in my case, the easy way is an RTC that I choose to cause. Every time, it's my kids that keep me alive, and to this day, they don't even know it. Oh Tim, the stories I could tell about Ukraine... maybe one day, when friends aren't busy getting jobs done.
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  73. Had my own "already dead" experience, in my terms it was "well, f it, NOTHING could be worse right now, so, when you're walking through hell, one foot in front of the other, keep on walking" Thanks to those times, I'm now carrying someone that's close to me and going through dark times. I'm not spiritual or religious in the slightest. But something is giving me the strength to do the carrying when it's needed. My responsibility to stand and be counted when needed, and it sure doesn't feel like a burden. Respect to your mum fam.
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  74. "is this war?" What a horrendous piece of clickbait from the mass media. The answer is clear: No, no it's not. Because if it was, we were bloody late to show up to it. The reason it's only come to light now, is because if it had been known in real-time, mass media would have many people panic buying toilet rolls. Davies, well done on not taking the bait and stoking the flames, but giving your usual, measured, thoughtful response.
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  75. "We're the only country in Europe that does that" - oh how I laughed.
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  76. Tim, love your perspective. There's some folk I was following (and contributing to financially) on social media. However, they've recently expressed their opinions and I, at a deep level, disagree with them. No need to name them, but the opinions I'm seeing coming out of the woodwork are "why doesn't X do Y, because that would be more inclusive and help me. Why is the onus on me to do Z instead?" I just reckon they're lazy, so I've stopped following them / contributing to them. No point having an internet debate about it, that would only end with me getting banned. You were right to warn them, they finally admitted it. Funnily enough, around your anniversary of leaving the service. Be the phoenix mate. Keep being you, even on the bad days. It's only the bad days that tell us how good the good ones really are.
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  77. The only thing I can add to this, is that a straw and a mountain chicken, is pretty comical. Sorry Tim, but I'm not being dragged into the rest of it. "Honorary" anything means they are just an idol sitting on a podium, and not someone who's opinions I will listen to. Respect to your mum, and get well soon Davies.
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  78. I literally went to the FJP page, noted it'd been a minute since we had a video... figured "heh, I hope Davies is doing alright... maybe soon" Went back to YT main page, oh look, new video 4mins ago. Smashing job Tim.
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  79. Question: Will the Tornado that they're developing be able to equip truth bombs so we can drop them on personal battlefields? (sorry, clearly not a serious question, but on brand and comments help the algorithm, apparently...)
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  80.  @HallwoodTrainingLtd  no point was missed. I have experience of the criminal courts appeals process, and based on the limited amount I know of for this case, "miscarriage of justice" doesn't apply for an appeal here. Solicitors, duty or not, can advise anything they wish. It is for the client to decide how to plea.
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  81.  @paulkemp8520  it doesn't allow discrimination, since guidance does not revert laws. Discrimination is already an illegal act, enforced by laws.
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  82.  @ped7g  that "difference" (or lack thereof) simply tells me that the advice of "don't branch" is just a synonym of "make it someone else's problem." At some point, we all must take some form of acceptable risk. We follow gitflow (at my insistence), and so, we use feature branches. We also use unit tests, pull requests, integration tests, regression tests, manual QA and UAT. We use Pair Programming, BDD, TDD, and other methods. We have well over 1000 components in the system, each probably has 17 different "versions of the truth" and a hotfix can leave a developer laptop and arrive in Production within 30mins. Could we do it better? Sure. Are we "statistically producing worse code than if we didn't branch" - I doubt it. Could we release faster by not branching? Possibly, possibly not. Do we "hide" information from other developers? No, because a pushed commit can be pulled into any branch, at any time.
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  83.  @FastJetPerformance  on a serious note, I know someone in the states that would probably jump at the chance to join the school as a CQB instructor to compliment the flight stuff you do. Former lad with time on their hands. Mull it over, if you think it's worth a chat, I'll get him to contact you properly.
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  84. This was nowhere near the front... the opening scene has a light on upstairs at night and windows aren't covered. Other than a few uncovered faces, this doesn't disclose anything the Russians wouldn't already know. How do I know it's not a safe house near the front? I have video of new recruits having a light on at night near the front, it took Russians less than 30mins to start sending grads. They did say where half of their operations are, and knowing the lay of the land, if they're operating there, this also isn't in the Kyiv suburbs. It also isn't a "normal house converted to a military base."
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  85. Tim, who told you no-one watches things longer than 10mins? Maybe the younglings that can't sit still longer than a kangaroo after drinking a gallon of coffee... I guess I'm like Mrs Davies... I enjoy a drink, whenever I want. I've never had the urge to get drunk (though I have been completely and utterly wasted at times), I drink because I enjoy it. Last year, my Mrs turned around to me with a "I'll stop smoking if you stop drinking" - OK, done. She lasted about a week, I didn't drink a drop for 2 months just to prove a point. At one point in the two months she even commented that I had bottles (plural) of whisky gathering dust. "Yeah, just don't fancy any right now," was the reply. I thank my highschool biology teacher for the psychology - her take was "everything, in sufficient quantity, is a poison, and if you burn as many calories as you eat, you won't gain weight. Everything in moderation, including moderation itself." She was a big lady, so while she didn't practice what she preached, she certainly put me on the right path. January for me, is "One Punch Man" month - 100 sit-ups, 100 push ups, 100 squats AND a 10k run - every day, for the month. Gotta burn off that Christmas pud! 11mins 51... and I watched every second.
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  86. The companies loss is our gain, hopefully you'll be on YouTube more often. Glad you got out of the car alive, but hopefully you took a load of earache from the Mrs for being an utter tool (distracted behind the wheel).
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  87. LEGEEEENDD!!!
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  88. Excellent thoughts.
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  89. It took me a minute and a couple of re-watches (before your analysis Tim, I wanted my own opinion)... but for all those saying "women have no place in front line policing" - I just want to point out that it's a female officer that successfully uses her taser, and turns the tide of this awful event. The officer that did the stomping: I get it, you'd just taken a hammering from a big fella. Things went south when the chap that gets tasered wasn't separated from his family before making the arrest. Fine, fair enough, give the dude on the floor a kick, but the stomp was emotions & adrenaline. Do better next time, and hopefully you're not suspended for too long. Sort out the scene management next time, please.
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  90.  @Henry1965ism  - do you honestly think that such a case would make it past the CPS threshold for charging, let alone into a trial? What's wrong with the police "finding it out for themselves" by you telling them? Why be difficult, just for the sake of being difficult?
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  91. @Red Lobster Skull you clearly like to debate things online (based only on this thread). Believe what you like, it was in the days before smartphones. On a shorter hill, heading towards the petrol station, I remember 47 being as brave as I could handle before hitting the brakes. Feel free to lookup the pedal cycle land speed record too (and yes, that bike wouldn't use stock components). Enjoy your debate.
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  92. @Red Lobster Skull Yawn. Please learn to read messages properly. I for one, won't be drawn into your keyboard warrior ways.
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  93. My inference, the pedestrian has precedence... and while they continue to walk in the same direction... I see no issue with driving "behind" them (subject to safe distance and speed, such as when passing a pedestrian on a single track lane). However, if they choose to turn around and walk back, then an offence may arise if I have driven into the limits of the crossing. But is it worth the risk (of harming another person) if I screw this up? Probably not.
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  94. Nope. I'm a parent... if I lived on the base with my kid, and they wanted to get involved in the social event, because of the bright interesting colours, sure, cool. But that has sweet FA to do with gender of any kind. If I don't live on the base, my kid would have no business being anywhere near an active base. Can't speak for that kid, because I don't know who their parents are. Has anyone pointed out to them, that they've painted over the double yellow lines? Pretty sure you're not allowed to do that on a public highway, whatever your think your gender is. For your last question: I have kids, sure, they should know what other people have decided for themselves. But I barely understand the alphabet community myself (and I've said so to a community member that I work with). They, just like everyone else, can do what they want, so long as they're not pushing their ideology on to someone else. If people, like my kids, want to learn about other ideologies, and see if they make sense to them, cool... I'll learn about it with them... but pushing is just out of order. I reckon you should ask the King for a Knighthood, mostly so that then you'd be a Knight who said NEE!
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  95. Dude had balls, his two crew mates were unaware of his intentions... and ran away when the helicopter landed. It'll be interesting if the interview actually talks about that part.
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  96. Oh, and Gen Z, I just had to look up that term on Google, it's not in my dictionary. Some of those folks work for me. Some applicants I've had in front of me are just bone idle lazy. Not really that different to any other generation, and if I as an employer, don't offer competitive rates, then the motivated folks go elsewhere. I don't run the RAF, obviously, but my civvy street experience says "If you don't want to lose folk, pay them what they're worth, don't listen to people who like to count beans."
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  97. Tim, I'm a biker - save your £500. Pay £80 to RoSPA and educate yourself so that you're not likely to need the airbag. One of the lads in my local RoSPA group has an airbag, and cool, it helps him sleep at night. But if you need an airbag, something went wrong at least 60 seconds earlier - no different to if you need to pull the ejection handle in a jet, something went wrong a while before that.
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  98. Tim, credit to you for taking the time out to make this (and edit it etc), when there isn't a chance in hell that YouTube will let you monetize it. Hope you took a mug of tea down to the wife. Faraz, the only way you get anywhere, is by doin' the walking yourself. Talkin' won't cut it. I wanted to be a pilot (but was told by recruitment that my eyesight wasn't good enough). I spent a chunk of time without a direction (I dropped out of university), but I now manage a team of people, haven't worried about bills in years. If my employer vanished off the planet later today, I KNOW I would have a new job tomorrow, because of the skillset I now have. It's doable, but you're the only one that can do it.
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  99. @Mirily - your compassion and thought for others is a credit to you.
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  100.  @tylerkropp4380  the situation you describe, the 3 developers that couldn't integrate until others had... isn't that just the choreography? Remove that from the equation, and both Trunk Development and Feature Branching fall down. I could make the counter argument that "if commits are every 5-mins, then conflicts are every 5-mins" Re the "ideal case" - I agree, in an ideal situation, we're effectively debating semantics. Sadly, the real world isn't ideal, so all I'm arguing, is that each team is free to work the way that they are most productive. FWIW, I like your reasoned approach to the whole debate. I actively look for people that disagree respectfully. I'm on Dev.to as 190245, and the same on Twitter. From there, it's a short hop to LinkedIn - if you want to have similar conversations in the future.
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  101. See, I took that same section as a positive. Having a plan and being confident that it can be executed is frankly, an awesome way to live.
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  102. My response has always been "I'd love to know, rather than try to make assumptions"
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  103. Tim, you're wrong mate. Here's where you're wrong: - you say Police were in the airport. They were GMP and were called to the airport from outside. The altercation happened outside of airport security (land side). - you say the officer was right to kick & stomp... you weren't there. I wasn't there. We cannot possibly know. - you're referencing a few unrelated events, and grouping them based on colour of skin/religion/type of incident alone, and you're assuming that those events influenced the Police reaction at Manchester. Unless you've spoken to one of the officers, you cannot possibly know that. Ass-u-me. - you're not aware of armed officers being attacked - to name but one incident, Bradford Riots. I was there, that's why I don't judge the ones in Leeds who were ordered to retreat. - you want me to picture my family in the departure lounge - but that is NOT where this incident happened. This incident happened landside, near the payment meters for T2's main car park. - you say that one incident makes us all less safe. I disagree partially on a personal level, that I'll get into in a moment, but also, you're presuming that there won't be an escalation of dominance (more O/T for the boys in blue, etc). Here's where you're not wrong: my wife has a blackbelt in karate, and I'm physically bigger than her (and multi-discipline trained, though not to her level). The kids have asked her to spar with me, and no matter how much effort she's put in, I've danced around her giggling. The ambiguous stuff: - "someone went for a gun" - well, the people visiting the airport certainly wouldn't chance getting one past security. So I have to conclude they may have gone for an officers weapon. Holster security is there for a reason, and I would assume that anyone grabbing a coppers gun, gets met with other coppers pointing barrels. They didn't do that in the video we saw. Maybe they did go for a gun, and the cops didn't feel it an appropriate escalation. Hopefully we'll find out in the investigation.
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  104.  @FastJetPerformance  I'm with you - it ain't a fair system, but it's the system we have, and taxation has always changed over the years. And to slightly rebuff the "doesn't pay to get the roads fixed" - doesn't pay AS MUCH. As we know, fuel tax, VAT, council tax etc go into the same pot and gets used on the roads, in part. It's also a proven fact that folks buying second homes drives prices up, reducing the ability for local folks to buy a house. The "brain drain" influenced by property prices has led some in Wales to start talking about reductions in income tax to "compensate" and try to encourage locals to stay in the area. Of course, that will probably mean an influx of population in those areas from outside, fixing the "brain drain" but doing nothing to help house prices. Can't please all the folk all the time. The day they force me to pay VED, I'll consider what I want to do about it. The choices seem like "accept it and pay" or "buy a different vehicle with a different tax bracket," but there might be another option when that day comes. Same thing if the tax band on my house changes, really.
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  105. @Barney Laurence perhaps you don't realise how case law is determined. It starts from the letter of the law, and then the courts interpret it. Until a case is heard that sets out the defence I suggest above, no-one knows if it would work or not. Further, my curiosity revolves around the use of the words "hand held device." Clearly, if holding it in your hand, that's illegal (and rightly so, IMO). But interacting with the device while it's not physically held in the hand, has as far as I'm aware, not been tested in a court.
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  106. Tim, sorry to correct you dude - 37.5k subscribers. Happy New Year to you & the Mrs.
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  107. Well, you say it was a Somali gang, and I learnt way back in highschool, that Somalia is in Africa, not Asia.
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  108.  @StabilisingGlobalTemperature  I wasn't saying anything about the groomings. I was replying to your "curious that they were not Asians." Somalia, is of course a predominantly Muslim country. There are also perfectly law abiding Muslims. Just like there have also been Christian preachers that are pedophiles, yet not all preachers are. Cause & effect, a religion does not cause a behaviour, but some with the behaviours are drawn to places they think they can get away with it.
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  109. Recently got into DCS, though I like voodoo & witchcraft down on the deck using eyeballs instead of radar, much more than breaking the sound barrier off in space somewhere (I adore the Huey). The chinhook could be a giggle, I hope the combined arms guys can just drive mech out the back door rather than having to unpack... and I wonder the max airspeed that you can drop a sling loaded Chieftan from. That question alone is reason to buy the module!
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  110. Next time, are you going all "meta" with a video about the comments on the video where you talked about the comments? 🤣 Seriously though, I'm a manager, in the civilian world. No-one dies if my team get things wrong. I agree completely about judging people on merit and not giving a crap about any of the rest.
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  111. To the decent, honourable refugees: YOU are responsible for sorting this mess out. That is the condition upon which we welcome you. Failing to sort it, simply proves you're not decent or honourable.
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  112. Shhh. Sincerely, a Euro 5 compliant diesel owner.
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  113. My plan, was to hit a dry stone wall at approx 140mph, with a 200ft cliff at the other side of it, with no protective kit on (edit: on the motorbike). I didn't have the "I regret my choice." My daughter saved me. Last second, I couldn't put her through it. Wasn't about me. I will however die before she finds out about what I nearly did that day. Hopefully of old age.
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  114.  @davecooper3238  I wouldn't really call your situation (or mine) discrimination, since discrimination requires a protected category, and simply being a biker doesn't make us belong to any of the established categories. In my case, I couldn't possibly have been guilty of an offence, as I left legal tender to cover the cost of goods they had provided me. Had you have walked away, you would likely have had at least an angry letter coming your way. I mean, I also grumbled when they stopped us sitting on the bike at the pump, which was very convenient to do when you can pay at the pump, but it's because some idiot set himself on fire one day in the US, and now we're all treated like idiots, unfortunately.
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  115.  @adminsparkes2450  I got exceptionally close to suicide. I didn't talk to anyone about my plans. I set out one day, parked my motorcycle, took off my protective kit and laid it in a neat pile at the side of the road, and set off. At the last second, I couldn't do it for one reason - randomly the thought struck me about what my actions were about to cause my daughter to go through. To me, refusing to follow through on the thoughts is strength. My old man, ex sapper, one day called me and left a "good bye" voicemail because I was working. At that point he was already Type 2 Diabetic, and he'd taken what he thought would be a sufficient overdose. I heard the voicemail 3 hours later, and then drove the 1hour to his house (without breaking the law), expecting to find him dead already. He wasn't. So he got ZERO sympathy from me as I dialled 999. He survived his attempt. His attempt was a cry for help, in exactly the wrong way. I'm just fortunate enough that he raised me correctly, and I don't hold it against him. Since you know Rich, at your discretion, feel free to let him know that acting upon the thoughts is the weakness. Talking about it, seeking help, living through the hard times, is the strength.
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  116. A United Kingdom, without control, is very very far from United.
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  117.  @CallousCoder  "Good stuff takes time." Bingo. I think that succinctly answers the issue I have in my head with the over emphasis on "continuous."
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  118. Tim, most of my family (the generation above me) went to Batley Grammar... I grew up not far from there. Thanks, my man. You summed up life perfectly. I grew up during some serious racial tension. We dealt with it. Yes, there was tension. It was handled, by both sides. Crackin' vid. Keep dropping those bombs.
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  119. Tim, I'm British, white, and live in the UK. Profile pic is genuinely me, years ago. So called "two-tier policing" is nothing new. I was a teenager when I walked up the road in Bradford as rioting happened. I wasn't part of the rioting, I was just walking up to my then girlfriends house. I guess it must be that I was in the area often, people knew my face, and I wasn't trying to get myself involved in the rioting, so I was left alone. I walked straight up to the line of police horses, since they were in my way, and with a "alright boss?" to one rider, they just shimmied out of the way, and let me pass. Genuinely pretty surreal. There's plenty of other things I could cite for people getting a "lucky break" or "favourable treatment" from the police. I just pulled the statistics for West Yorkshire, 2021 - 23% were minorities. 2011 it was 18%. In the 80's where I grew up, it honestly felt like some areas were more 50/50. IMO, those that want to come, and contribute to society (regardless of intelligence/education), and not try to enforce their culture on me & my family, then hell, yes, they're welcome. I've helped a dude from Ukraine (before 2014) move with his wife. I remember they had to pay £3000 on a skilled migrant visa, just to be allowed to use the NHS. Anyone that just wants to freeload, or bring their ideologies with them, can go on an all expenses paid holiday to Rwanda for all I care. Talking about people being thrown in jail for rioting, there were 297 arrests for the Bradford riots in 2001 - 200 of those resulted in jail sentences. It's not only white folks that get arrested/jailed. The last sentence to be handed down from those riots was 6 & 1/2 years after the event. I'll stand up & be counted when the time is right, but protesting / rioting has never actually solved anything. I was taught back in junior school not to jump on bandwagons.
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  120. @paulaberstler4449  well, you remember history differently than I. I have a personal connection to Crimea, and I remember the timeline very well.
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  121.  @harryhobson5235  counter point, be a better parent and your kids will be confident being whoever they are. One of my kids is gay, and sat is down one evening years ago to "come out." My reply was "what you think I haven't known since you were about 5 years old? I thought you were sitting me down to tell me you'd crashed the car or something. Want a hug?" Word for word, they thought that everyone had to have a "coming out talk" - mostly because of social media.
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  122. Now that I've watched the thing, good man Tim. You're right, no-one is talking about this stuff. Not medically related, but I have some personal gunfire going off. Ever since I was a kid I've always been the first to volunteer to run towards it. So that's what I'm doing this time. Probably has something to do with the old man being a former Sapper. PS. Love how you did this video standing up. I imagine sitting down after an arm up your bum isn't too pleasant. Nothing to do with most of your videos you standing up, of course. Entirely caused by the doc.
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  123. My parents declared bankruptcy when I was a kid. My old man might do so again. I and my family have what we have because I've grafted for it. I watched the film, didn't see the race issue. I like the "end of the world" genre of movies. I stopped institutional education more than 2 decades ago... there were no outreach groups... for anyone. A good friend of mine signed up to the KKK online with his real details - for a giggle. He happened to be of Asian decent. We all figured it was hilarious. I'm a white dude. I was at the Bradford Riots. I don't understand the divisive victim mindset.
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  124. They may have elected to release the water "late" to help prevent the spread of the fire in the direction that the wind is blowing.
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  125. As you often say, each case turns on it's own merits. The example in this video (shifty person looking for cameras while stuffing their pockets) - clearly dishonest. Someone taking a sausage roll from the shelf, eating it and placing the wrapper in the trolley with the rest of their shopping - unlikely to be dishonest.
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  126.  @HallwoodTrainingLtd  you've clearly never seen the inside of a criminal court... There are rules to be followed. She entered a guilty plea, so there is no defence.
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  127.  @HallwoodTrainingLtd  I've had my fair share of dealings inside a court room, though don't feel the need to cite qualifications... I posted my own comment which references "beyond reasonable doubt" - perhaps you might like to reference it before making presumptions. It really doesn't matter what she might have said to the police with or without a solicitor. She will have been asked to formally enter a plea on he first court appearance (either by a Magistrate or a Judge). That response, is the one that matters for setting the rules. Telling police she was guilty, merely makes the CPS decision easy. FWIW, I agree with the scapegoat point. TTFN!
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  128. The world can burn around me. I have a plan, it's OK. Oh hell Tim if that ain't my motto!
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  129. Going for a walk & talk is better than having a chat down the local pub! Also, you forgot the 4th thing, horse sized genitalia. My example of wealth... I used to throw spanners at my cars/bikes, and I still know how to do that perfectly well, and have the tools. Nowadays, I pay dealership rates on the bike (because it's on a PCP and the dealership has private offices for use - for free, while they service it) and local mechanic rates on the car. My time is more valuable doing something else, especially spending the time with the family. Though in fairness, my son could balance throttle bodies on a fuel injected motorcycle - by listening to the engine - aged 4 (his hands were smaller than mine, easier to get him to do it). Another example... I went to the office today... I turned up a little after 9am, I left a little after mid-day. Because I can, it minimises my time in traffic, it reduces stress. I still did the work that needed to be done, and spent the time on it that needed spending. Just on my schedule.
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  130.  @paulkemp8520  nice logical fallacy. No, that's not what I'm saying. I am, however, saying that it's guidance, and in no way shape or form does it surpass the Equality Act 2010 - which deems discrimination illegal.
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  131. Don't get me wrong, I hear the accent, but that woman at the end is definitely British. Love the rap - down wi da kids innit fam!
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  132.  @GeorgeGeorgeOnly  excuses, for the side that started the war, are exactly that, excuses. They'll do it anyway, either way.
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  133. One would hope that innocence does not need to be proven/decided. Sadly in many cases it does need to be proven, such as JD did.
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  134.  @FastJetPerformance  ease into it if you're going to try it Tim. I do a 10k run and a 10k swim (in the sea when possible) once a week, and ramp up for Jan. Even then, I won't lie, the middle of Jan is hell. But for me, that's the point of it, proving to myself that I can still do the things my body doesn't want to do. Neither of us are spring chickens mate (I'm 9 years behind you), seriously, ease into it. Would be fun to see a YouTube Short from you every day though (but I understand that editing is a pain and the routine already adds a couple of hours/day to the schedule)
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  135. My thoughts exactly. Thanks for your service in the force.
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  136. I think you are slightly confused... yes, military service, should you survive your tour, deters you from yobbish behaviour... but I happen to know first hand there are a number of charities dedicated to supporting former services personnel - both whilst they are serving a prison term, and after their release from prison. Such charities would not exist, if there were no ex-services people behind bars.
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  137.  @goygoyim6443  yes, they did, and they failed to identify themselves at the earliest opportunity. So I could have come to the hallway with a baseball bat - and been fully justified. But Amazon drivers do the same thing, it's a "perk" (sarcasm) of living remotely. So I have a coat rack in the hallway, and hang my cargo net there when I'm not using it, just in case someone nefarious opens the door randomly (lots of elastic to tangle them in). Funnily enough, the local postie always knocks, and he's apparently quite used to me not being dressed when I open the door. Being a reasonable person has always stood me better than being pedantic about the rules (and the defence by them would be "there's no number, we didn't know if it was a storage cupboard, a hallway, or anything else").
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  138.  @geordiewishart1683  and in the case that you're replying to... they didn't suspect the occupier of the property had committed any offence - and indeed openly admitted (while outside) to not even being sure of which property they had just opened the door of. Thereby failing to reach a suspicion level, let alone a belief level. I would think that a closed door, which requires opening, does not constitute "insecure" - until you try the handle, you have no indication of it being locked or not. I wasn't claiming trespass had occurred, or that trespass is criminal. My point on multiple dwellings, is that there are actually 42 rental properties here on the farm. The farm itself is private property with residents being granted a right of access. Beyond the rental properties, there are at least another 15 buildings that have no names/numbers on them, and the private 600m long farm track has provision for tennants/workers to have access to the properties. S17 PACE would - as you suggest - grant them rights to enter the farmland and subsequently the property owned/controlled by/occupied by the suspect they wanted to arrest - if indeed they did want to arrest the person they were looking for. It would not be lawful for them to randomly walk into the milkshed, for example unless they had a belief that the person was in there. The fact they didn't establish which property it was, and were "blindly" searching, confirms they did not hold a valid belief. However, as I've said in this thread, I'd rather treat people reasonably, rather than stick to the formalities of the law. So I chose to diffuse any potential bad situation, invited them in, and gave a clear demonstration to them that they were in the wrong place. They actually couldn't have been more polite about it (other than maybe knocking).
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  139.  @vanlepthien6768  - I tell my team exactly that... and make a point of saying that if they are choosing to work silly hours just to appear productive, they are choosing to lower their hourly rate. Conversely, if they tell me they're struggling, I'll a) reduce their expected outcome and b) arrange training on whatever they're struggling with. No-one writes good code when tired.
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  140.  @vulpixelful  you can, and should call it out. But your managers will only do something if they care about everyone's mental health. If you call it out, and you don't see anything happen about it - it's probably a sign that better employers exist.
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  141.  @vulpixelful  Nope, not in game dev, general software house. I've worked elsewhere (again, not game dev) where the mantra was "if there's a big problem, no-one goes home until its solved." I just don't like doing it to my devs. So I won't.
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  142. @iumpieces I've worked multiple high pace environments. I'm at one now, managing the team. Do you even realise how toxic your whole sentiment is?
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  143. @iumpieces one of my team used to be working at 9am, and still working at 2am. I saw it in the SCM commits. I continued to discourage him from it, because no-one writes good code when tired. He continued to do it. Could I stop him? No. Could I continue to nag at him to have a life outside of work? Sure. If anyone chooses to work unpaid hours, fine, it's your choice. But it's not a goal anyone should be encouraging. Isn't it awesome when people learn to be productive, and have a worklife balance, and reduce stress by delivering on time without pressure?
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  144. 100% addiction is a choice. Not an easy choice, no matter what the addiction is, but it is still a choice. Not alcohol related, but in the past, I used to be an utter tool on a motorcycle, addicted to the adrenaline. Then one day I came off, not wearing protective kit, and only at 15mph. Tarmac does awful things to flesh even at that speed. I healed up well enough. The next time I went to get on the bike, my daughter, then aged 6, ran over to give me a hug, with a "Daddy, please don't hurt yourself on your motorbike again." That was enough motivation that just typing it now brought a tear to my eye - and she's now in her 20's. I still ride, but if the risks are too much for me to uphold the promise I made that day, I don't do it.
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  145. The one thing you didn't tell us about - what's that bell for on the desk? :D I'm an Arma3 guy myself, but do prefer the TrackIR setup. Considering getting into MSFS or DCS, either VR or TrackIR - hence my interest in the video.
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  146.  @FastJetPerformance  love it, might have to employ similar tactics in work!
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  147. Thanks for the breakdown Tim, the team flew over my house when they finally returned to land. 👍
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  148. I've worked under a Sales Director that was pulling the same stunt. I called a meeting with the CEO to officially complain about it. I didn't know they were brothers. Nothing changed, so I walked. They continued to pay me for 2 months after I left (because that was part of my terms).
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  149. @@paracolider the proposal is for single sex spaces to be guaranteed for children. This means no 15yr old boys, thinking they are girls, are allowed into the female changing rooms after PE. They are welcome to use the male facilities, or the disabled facilities, or the school can make alternative arrangements. What about that is "treatment"?
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  150. I've been in a similar situation - I wasn't a witness, it was just clear that they were looking for someone that I've never met. I chose to overlook the fact that they opened my front door without even knocking, and invited them in so I could see what help they might need. I've never met the suspect they were looking for, nothing illegal has happened in the house that they could find against me, so no obligations to anyone and nothing to lose by being friendly. Plus, if those officers for example happen to pull me over on a traffic stop, there's a slim chance they might remember that I wasn't difficult for the sake of being difficult.
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  151. Tim, Greg's mum says that yes, you are very nice, and he's grounded. Allegedly.
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  152. I'm going to diversify and not go to the same place as lots of other people. That picture of the cops... that was just a junior school fancy dress party. No way those kids are even old enough to know how to tie their own shoes! In good news, two "adults" have now been charged with an alleged assault at Manchester airport, and no officers are being charged with anything (IA review ongoing). Why do all Germans sound angry (even if that particular one probably had cause to be angry)? Also Tim, to save the channel, have you considered setting up another channel? Same amount of editing work, marginal admin overheads, reduce the risk and double the pitiful ad revenue (I wager most of your views, like myself, would watch both). Hopefully another vid or 2 from you before Weds, but if not, have yourself a good Christmas fella! 👍
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  153. You forgot to factor one thing in Tim... He's an Aussie! (but no, I'm with ya)
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  154. I'm probably a little lucky... I live on a farm that has it's own 3-phase generator, we have our own water supply and our own dedicated sewage works. If things get serious, we have a lot of trees nearby, a wood chipper, and the heating system is powered by wood chippings (that normally arrive in the back of a 7.5 tonne truck once a week). If diesel becomes a problem, I own a couple of axes, and I have a "van life" power solution (charged by the mains, has a huge battery). In the past when we had bad snow, I used a tractor to plough/grit the local roads (and the council paid me for it!) I also enjoy camping (tent or hammock), so I have things like sleeping bags, alternative methods of cooking (paraffin, etc)... mobile phone signal rarely works here anyway, so you get used to not using a phone. And yes, I'm in the UK, and no, I'm by no means a "prepper." The last bad storm we had (last winter), took me 2 days to be able to get the car to the nearest town. Really wasn't a huge deal. I can imagine folks in Central London running around like headless chickens in a blind panic though...
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  155.  @tezinho81  I have also voluntarily attended a police station... only I took my solicitor with me. He was fully briefed before we arrived, and I had a clear picture of his advice. I had an open conversation with the interviewing officer, per my solicitors advice, and everything was perfectly fine. I didn't have "iron clad evidence" - but neither did they. I don't remember my solicitor actually saying a word in the interview room. There was no "bravado" involved, and the interviewing officer couldn't have been more professional IMO. So I think either you've had a bad experience, or you just like arguing on the internet.
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  156. The same argument was made over Brexit, asking for a new referendum. My opinion remains the same - the people voted, and a majority emerged. A shade under 60% of the UK population voted, Labour came away with a 174 seat simple majority - while the Conservatives took their biggest defeat on record to date. In fact, a 251 seat loss is the single biggest loss of any political party in the entirety of British history! To re-vote simply because we don't like what the winners have been doing, while they are not known to have broken any laws or parliamentary rules, would be to undermine democracy itself. For the same reason as a 2nd Brexit referendum never happened, a re-vote on the General Election should be denied (and undoubtedly will be denied). Those that are unhappy, vote with your feet - choose better at by-elections and the next General Election. To those that argue "all politicians are the same, there's no-one good to vote for" - there is nothing stopping you standing as a candidate in your local area.
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  157.  @Daimo83  except, it wasn't border patrol in the video...
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  158. I came here to post similar... I particularly laughed about the IP part of this. I mean, VPNs have their uses, but they are not the be all & end all of security.
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  159. other half is a teacher, and yes, it's a grey area, but appropriate force is permitted. She's told me that if she ever has to use force, to expect an automatic suspension pending an investigation, but I think that just makes the balance right. Dissuade, rather than outright disallow. She's also a black belt in karate, and I saw the light bulb go off in her head the day I suggested "simply block & feign until they get tired/bored"
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  160. Tim, I love your ring. Sorry, had to say it. 🤣Keep being you dude, I'm staying watching.
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  161.  @therealbacon3384  I was laser tagged by an officer at the roadside doing 50 in a 30. My opinion only, but my offence should be considered much more serious than 100 on a motorway. Not many kids running out into a motorway... Good luck.
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  162. I think this will be a minefield for them - when they have already lost subscribers, squeezing more cash from existing subscribers (with the cost of everything else going up) is risking more subscribers simply cancelling the service. Of course, it's their right to do that. I would question how it is going to be implemented - for example, I, my partner and our children all have devices with Netflix ability (TV, laptops at least 2 desktop PCs, mobile phones)... about the only way I can see them enforcing this is by IP address. Within my house, my external IP changes dynamically (within the block provided by the ISP). But I also have a VPN, if I happen to be in the UK at a hotel, rather than using public wifi, I will be using VPN. That's a different IP address (and I'm not using the VPN to circumvent geographic restrictions, because I'm still in the UK). Further, if any of us use a mobile phone to watch Netflix and it's on 4G or 5G, rather than on Wifi, that is yet another IP address. My kids could be on a school trip, sitting on a coach, and want to watch Netflix through the account I pay for. Other than IP/IP range enforcement, I'm not sure how they can detect usage that is against their terms, and for example, if they try it, what is there to stop me just having everyone use the VPN (which is a private VPN that I setup, and as a single static IP)?
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  163. BBB, given your job, you should be well aware of how fallible the human memory is, right? Hence your interest in the topic... Others online have speculated that Harry is possibly suffering with PTSD (either caused by his military service, his family life - including but not limited to the infamous death of his mother, or any other reason). Perhaps, in that view, "making up memories" is a rather unkind turn of phrase? In a court room, one might use such emotive language in the attempt to influence a jury. Outside a court room, perhaps we should focus on potential legitimate reasons why someone might hold a false belief, and give them the benefit of doubt that they might simply be honestly mistaken? Just my 2p.
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  164.  @jamingaming9251  what makes you think I don't do the same defensive riding, regardless of the mass? You think I don't cycle too, for some reason? Give your average car driver enough room to squeeze by, they will. Make them choose between stopping or hitting you head on, they ALWAYS see sense and stop.
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  165.  @jamingaming9251  the same situations happen with 2 wheels with or without an engine. Though I will add, when filtering (despite it being perfectly legal) a motorcycle rider will take some proportion of the blame if there's an insurance claim. So my gut reaction to your "I had no choice" - is that there's always a choice, including but not limited to lowering the risk by riding slower. On my push bike, car headlights at this time of year are a problem (and cars with LED lights are worse). On the motorbike, however, car drivers tend to dislike my Philips Xtreme bulbs on main beam.
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  166.  @holteenderavfc375 travelling fairgrounds, etc.
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  167. Look on the bright side, now we know why we're being told about Russian cyber attacks, the railway station suspected packages (I think there were 3 last Friday?) and the drone reports over USAF bases in the UK... all of those are "justifications" to programme a missile and let someone else squeeze the trigger.
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  168.  @sorvoja  the thing about safe houses... you want them to be close to other people so they don't look suspicious with people coming & going. However, note what they say about food. There is a canteen close by that they use, unless they want to cook. Trips out for meals 2-3 times a day when they have a full kitchen available...
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  169. That's a lot of sensible points... I left the UK last Monday. I'll be home again by Friday lunch time though, lovely short little work trip. The Fins have a great immigration policy, and now they support British passports through the same e-Gates as the EU ones. Flabbergasted I was. That's a great British word isn't it? Flabbergasted?
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  170. Did you say it's perfectly legal to use a VPN to change the appearance of location, just to watch TV shows/services that aren't available in my current, actual location? I hope due diligence was done, because I'm pretty sure that is against the Terms of Service for several subscription platforms (that is to say, it's likely a breach of contract). NetFlix for example, used to hold the opinion that they would terminate the subscription of VPN users. More recently, they moved to change their service instead, so when using a VPN, if they know you're using a VPN, you simply see things that have a global licence only. In those cases, that content was already visible to you, using a VPN just limits what content you can see. Nothing about that VPN company in-particular, it just annoys me that a lot of VPN providers extol this "benefit" of using a VPN, when it's never been true (one could argue, such claims contribute to false claims to generate sales).
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  171. Sometimes when things go wrong, all you can do is hope, and adjust your straps.
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  172. I have no evidence of you using a firearm illegally, indeed, many reports say you operate your firearm lawfully. Further, I don't believe you've ever been told to shoot at anything by a foreigner. I'm not aware of you using it maliciously, with or without intent. Are you still happy that I advocate for you surrendering your right to bare arms? Hopefully you see what I did there. Please stop feeding paranoia. People can be douches, like the life flight - could be a douche with a DJI drone that went "hey, I want to see what the crash site looks like." The drones operating in the airspace of a naval base, could be "auditors" trying to provoke a reaction.
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  173. Charles lost my respect over the Diana saga - way before things happened in Paris. I've not seen him attempt to put any of that right. I'm not privy to his relationship with his sons and what went wrong there, but it would at least appear one of them has made an effort to build a bridge. Unfortunately it also seems that bridge building wasn't reciprocal. Re other faiths using religions buildings - I could not care less. I fear the monarchy died with Elizabeth.
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  174. I question how an ANPR camera relates to traffic collisions? Your journey was impeded, so rather than go an alternative route, you chose to make the correlation to ANPR? It sure does look a lot like a ULEZ camera, because a requirement of ULEZ is ANPR. But ANPR does more than fine people directly (I once got pulled over on the M60 because a car I'd purchased 3 hours before had a tag against the plate - the officer couldn't have been more polite, and gave me a get out of jail free card - if you know, you know).
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  175. You seriously need to edit videos better. If you're still there, ask Sphynx if the stuff I talked to him about is still working properly. Also, tell him that "L" is doing alright despite the "issue" he ran into. And finally, thank him for the stuff he traded over to "L". Also, edit the damn video properly. Black squares are INFINITELY better than trying to blur.
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  176.  @johnnunn8688  if it ain't, the double yellows are not enforceable, and we all know council paint is expensive, and councils don't like spending money
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  177.  @haldir198  well, they were KIA, we can agree on that part. But in a warzone, when someone orders you to stop and put your hands on your head... but you try to make a run for it... things are not going to end well.
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  178. A query on the definition of "hand-held" given the wording in this video of "if you can prove it's voice activated..."... would it count as hand-held, if the device is fixed firmly into a holder, and the holder itself is immovable. While firmly fixed in place, if the only interaction is a single finger in a swiping motion eg, within Android Auto, swiping right to dismiss a notification. Granted that may be careless driving, and is definitely "using" the device, but does interaction with one finger count as being "hand-held"?
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  179.  @ThePorkypete51  I reckon the Ukrainians wish everyone would just f*ck off home, to be honest.
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  180. Interesting debate here. I once was the vehicle immediately behind a drunk driver, who had a head on collision with traffic coming the other way. My dash cam caught everything very clearly. Once officers arrived, I invited them into the car to view the footage, and they accepted, viewed it and then said "ok, I'm going to need to seize your camera for evidence." I countered with "Really? I'd rather keep it... I can burn a copy to DVD for you this evening, and deliver it anywhere you want, by hand, tomorrow." Initially, the officer said that was OK, and took my details as a witness. Once it was possible, I then drove one of the (innocent) people to the hospital (by agreement with the attending paramedics)... and about 5 minutes after I got home, the same officer knocked on the door with a "Sorry, tomorrow isn't soon enough, any chance you can burn the DVD now?" He was quite happy when I said "yep, no issues, come in, I'll make you a brew while you wait."
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  181. Incidentally, I can say "drunk driver" and "innocent" etc - because I know the outcome of the case (and it involved a jail term).
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  182. Quite simply, in the original case, I don't know the underlying reason/motivation for the offender to hold a knife to his wife. For me to presume that is domestic abuse is exactly that, a presumption. I haven't read the case notes, and it's not discussed here. If it was related to domestic abuse, then the ordinary English meaning of the text implies he should not have been released early. But often, the law has a different interpretation. Can you conclusively state in that case, that there was a technical legality? If so, why wasn't that discussed in the video? What was the underlying motivation for the knife incident? For all I know, it could have been a case of him defending himself, things went to court, and because it was inside the privacy of their own home, with no witnesses around, the jury found in the wives favour. Yet further, supposing that she was in the marital home as he is being released, is there some reason that she hasn't applied for a non-mol order (or similar) to exclude him from the home? I'm sure many women are in exactly that situation, and I'm not belittling their cases at all... I simply can't speak ill of anyone, without actually knowing the facts.
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  183. It's finally proof of aliens!
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  184. Oh dear. Another politician making promises, that in the next breath he calls pledges (anyone that followed the AH/JD case knows what I mean there). When he's out of office, lets see how he delivered. That's what he'll be judged on. This time next year, inflation had better be around 6% (still the highest other than current for the last decade). I'd love to know how much he "promises" to "grow the economy" by... rather vague there Rushi, did you learn that vagueness in Finance? National debt to be "falling" - another vague one, well done. New laws to stop small boats... because that's some kind of priority... how many migrants actually come by boat, compared to those that "simply" overstay a visa? NHS waiting lists will fall, and they probably will, no matter what the government does (because we're going to come out of winter, nothing to do with politics).
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  185. Prosecuting false accusations comes with a lot of real world problems. There is likely to be a "blast radius" of other innocent people that are affected, and then there's the wider public image of "X said a thing, and was prosecuted for it." Sadly, a lot of people don't dig into the details, and take statements from others on face value.
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  186. When I was employed as a Senior dev, I often "joked" that on an average day in the office, I write maybe 3-5 lines of code. The truth isn't very far from that, unless there's some high priority work (few days ago I started a new office project on a Sunday, because I was bored - I understand the business needs, but there's no requirements written... I spent maybe 6 hours prototyping and got about 1/3rd the needs done, ballpark maybe 200 lines of code, no tests).
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  187.  @thatoneuser8600  Did you see my use of past tense? Did you note that I was prototyping, on a weekend? Or did you only note that I wrote no tests (on that Sunday)? You also assume that I call myself anything - when in fact my job title now is Architect. Some of us are able to conceptualise what the code is doing, without the need to prove it. Production code requires tests, prototypes do not.
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  188. ​ @rosstempo3765  That is probably the most sweeping, most evocative argument I have ever seen, while promoting a false dichotomy. How many libraries are filled with books espousing to have THE ANSWER to great productivity? Yet all the answers are different. I learnt long ago not to jump on anyone's bandwagon, especially if they're selling a book on the topic. I'm yet to see (or read) anything that convinces me that Branch (Trunk) Development is THE ANSWER to THE BEST productivity possible, by all teams at all times. You're welcome to educate me though, I'm listening...
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  189.  @rosstempo3765  I'm still confused (and I was also confused about where your previous reply went :D please don't worry about how wording might come across, if people can't speak freely, progress cannot be made). Trunk Development and Feature Branching, must both, at some time merge. I don't see how Trunk Development will make things easier, or more productive, than our current approach. We use small feature branches, but I push my feature branch, and it is automatically Dark Deployed to Production. My team looks after close to 150 different components, all different code bases in different repositories, thousands of lines of code. The ones that take the most time are based in Angular (compile time), but they can be in Production within 30mins of pushing a branch - automatically. I think our fastest record was simply due to the build environment being "quiet" - 3 seconds after pushing the commit (branch). We have a strategy, it works for us, I'm watching these videos from the angle of "if Trunk Development is ACTUALLY better, measurably, then maybe it's worth us switching" - I'm just yet to see something that isn't full of logical fallacies.
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  190. @UCtepZ7g3Am-OALBxTB3RP0A an additional thought here. If merging code is a problem, doesn't Trunk Development style CI posit that all developers should merge all the time, lest they be "in the dark?" That sounds to me like the "merge problem" would happen more frequently? For the record, I don't believe merging to be problematic, regardless of how anyone might be using VCS of any flavour.
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  191.  @rosstempo3765  if I remove those feature branches, then I've got to change a whole lot of delivery pipeline... that sounds like a lot of work. If I keep them, then I `git cob <name>` ... do some work, `git acp <message>` and it's Dark Deployed. If we move to Trunk Development, to potentially gain some productivity in development, it sounds to me like we inherit a bunch of problems and make other teams in the business have to change the way they work. I wouldn't call what we do CI/CD, in the way these video's describe it - we stop at Dark Deploy. That is the end of the developer journey for us. That's where the test/risk mitigation cycle starts (for which, I'm also responsible, btw). We're probably about as fast as the business is willing to accept the risks for - which is the exact trade-off that each individual company needs to explore. I also wouldn't want to tell anyone on my team "Hey, you've got to be continuously delivering value" - because that sounds terrible to hear.
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  192.  @tylerkropp4380  I don't think we can safely argue that one commit automatically is a small change. There is no limit in git for the number of files per commit, as just one example. It should be, yes, but we have no guarantees. I have known XP proponents that claim one line is one commit. That's a small change, but likely a breaking one. Equally, TDD to fix a bug, the test case could be a commit, and the fix another. The test should rightly fail, so I could be doing CI, but with a failed test, it shouldn't go to Production, so might not count as CD. I think I prefer Martin Fowler's take on all this. CI/CD means that you CAN, at request of the business, deploy a new version of any component within minutes. I think these videos are trying to over emphasise the "continuous" part. With Feature Branching, the way we do it, mainline is always merged into the feature, then tested, before the feature is merged into mainline. But all of that is done automatically in the delivery pipeline (another thing Fowler advocates for, automating all the things).
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  193.  @tylerkropp4380  Again, I'm confused. Why would no-one be aware of different branches? Is `git fetch` really that hard? If you're in a Scrum team, Standups exist every day, so everyone should have some awareness of what others are doing. I personally see merge commits as a good thing - that is the point at which code was integrated. I'm also confused about why there would be duplicated effort - that sounds like a failure in planning. Lets assume as you say, we want to update a dependency to a new version, and multiple developers need to do that... lets be more specific and say that we're in Maven. All developers that need to update are following Trunk Development... and all, on the same day, modify pom.xml. First developer to push to origin wins, everyone else gets a merge conflict. So I posit that in this case, Trunk Development is no better than Feature Branching. Both styles need some type of choreography. That choreography should dictate one specific person to update the pom.xml, and then make sure everyone else is aware that it's done. For what it's worth, in the last 3 years, across 150 different components and different sized teams (from 2 people through to 40 people), following Feature Branching the way we do, I can count the merge conflicts on one hand. All of them have had maybe 2mins of brain space to work out the appropriate action, based on the history of the repository. Does this scale to development teams of multiple hundred people working on the same code base? Probably not. But that seems more like an architecture problem, and a monolith that should be broken into pieces. Continuous Delivery, being the name of the channel that produced the video we're talking about... it seems to me that the argument is being made that "Trunk Dev is better than Feature Branching in order to achieve CI"... if you're aiming for CI but not CD, what's the point of CI? If we don't always need to be in a releasable state, why do we care about "developers in the dark?" (and they are to some degree, in both approaches)
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  194. ​ @seanknox7321  have I ever worked on a poorly managed (to paraphrase you) team? Sure. They have a tendency to be managed by someone that isn't technical, and believes that people are only productive while sitting in a chair in the office (in view). I hope you don't take this personally, but one of the best pieces of advice I was ever given was "if you don't like a situation, do something about it. Leaving counts as doing something." A close second is the old adage of "find something you enjoy doing, and find someone to pay you for doing it."
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  195. Did no-one point out to that judge, that one of the first nations to outlaw slavery, was the UK? It was long since advocated for by a Yorkshireman. Does that excuse slavery? Nope. But if anyone is alive that has actually suffered from slavery, then they might have a claim. I've never heard of a 200yr old though...
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  196. I have been reported for a TS20 in the past (crossing a solid white line). The bike officer that observed me, and stopped me at the roadside reported "I can see that you went for an overtake, and I saw the car accelerate to block you. If you had tucked back in behind him, I would now be having a serious chat with him, and not you. Your motorcycle control is impeccable, but as a biker, my priority is that you think better." He said absolutely nothing of the fact that he'd just followed me down a valley road where we were both touching approx 115mph (in an NSL area), and I bumped into him again on an advanced riding course, he still didn't care about the speed. An excellent example of why officers are better than cameras. I understood his point clearly, sought additional training for safety, and now I pass that attitude on to others.
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  197. TOX also isn't secure, for starters, it is susceptible to KCI, and the TOX Foundation seems susceptible to corruption influences. Also, I believe every project that implemented TOX has since abandoned it.
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  198. I'm a "head of / principal" - you speak a lot of truth, my friend. A good lead settles debates between the team. I liken it to a Captain of a ship... you call the big shots, but trust the crew to get on with the day to day. But if you annoy the crew too much, you'll be starring down the wrong end of a mutiny. On the point of levelling up everyone, "a rising tide lifts all ships." On the point of blame/credit - my team know my mantra. If it went wrong, it's my fault. Doesn't even matter if the problem was actually in my team, it's still my fault. If anything goes well, the person that did it gets the credit. As a direct result of that, one of my team got a bonus for passing their appraisal - the bonus was a brand new car. Tech decisions, I tend to go "hey guys, what do you want to use, lets look a the pros & cons together." I'll guide the discussion, but ultimately, the team decides. "When the going gets tough" - we had a problem months ago and it became a crunch... there was a discussion about "who's working the night shift" - the answer was obvious. I can't ask my team to do something I'm not prepared to do myself, first. I always said I didn't want the "HR headache" :( I was asked to step into this position, and so far, my team have had my back when it matters. Probably because I've had theirs BEFORE it mattered. As a result of my attitude, I regularly get threatened with being fired. My response is always "ok, if my best ain't good enough, I'll have another job tomorrow. I'm not worried." - overwhelmingly, in multiple employers, my team have defended me every time. It humbles me every time. Books? Peopleware. Again, and again and again.
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  199. Yes. (Do I win for the shortest answer? :D )
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  200. Since that was a long comment: you ask what I'd do if I were that officer. Honestly, no clue, I've not walked in his shoes. I like to THINK that I'd act similarly to him, but minus the stomp. The kick sends the same message and probably had more affect. You ask me to picture my family in the airport, and what I'd do. Well... a different story may shed some light on it. Some years ago, I was on the DLR with my wife, no kids with us, we were doing the art gallery thing. On the DLR, I heard a certain phrase come over the drivers radio, and I turned to my with with a "the next stop is ours, don't ask, just walk." The stop after we got off, the train had a very long wait, and no-one was ever told why. In those situations, with the ones you love, the best defence is distance. You just need to be awake enough to see it for what it is. To the officers attending T2 on that day, and their families: heal well, I hope you're back in service after a short investigation. Sh*t gets ugly real fast with adrenaline.
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  201. Tim, c'mon mate - this is as old as England itself. My highschool History teacher taught us about taxes. Back then, tax money paid for the already wealthy to get more wealthy. Sure, as a by product, we get things like the NHS and military. But you're a fool if you don't realise those at the top will bend the rules and take the cream from the top whenever they can. Re the middle being squeezed, I live in Wales. If you're affluent enough to have a house in Wales that you choose to rent out as a source of income, why should that not be taxed? There are locals that in many cases can't afford a local home. I happen to be a career long software developer, and had a salary that you would imagine comes from that. Before my old man passed away, he remarked that I was earning more in some months that he would do annually when I was a kid. I'm now self employed, much like yourself, and earn less than I once did. To a point, it's incumbent on those of us that can have the nicer things in life, to support those below us - and because too many won't, taxes exist. Are they fair? No. Should you perhaps get a tax break for renting out that 2nd home of yours to a local? Probably. But this is the system we've had for many, many generations. I drive a 2013 Renault Megane - which I specifically bought for it's Euro 5 engine and VED exempt status. This next budget, they might change the rules so that my car is now susceptible to tax payments. But if they do, I've had a bloody good run of not paying VED, and I'm in a position to look at the market and choose if I want to opt for something else. I'm a cup half full kinda guy. The world was never a fair place, and whoever told you it was, was lying to your face (while probably banking your taxes).
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  202. "I just called it as I saw it" - very true. Unfortunately you are viewing the situation from what would appear to be an ill informed stance. My personal reaction to the meeting, was that I saw the headlines and deliberately went "lets not just follow the headlines, I'll find the original, unedited video, watch it as if I were in the room live." As for other leaders reactions after the meeting, I literally could not care less, I expect they will be busy virtue signalling. The "whole thing" is actually longer than 40 something minutes, if we're including the US media run up to the meeting. Perhaps it might be the case, that you saw the largest number of unsubscriptions on your opinion of the meeting, because you completely misread the situation. My takeaway from that video, was that you were somewhat excusing/justifying the behaviour of Vance & Trump, while laying blame at Zelensky's feet. My comment, on that video of yours, was at least attempting to lay the blame equally at Vance & Zelensky, while somewhat understanding Trump's position. In your previous video, you seemed to hinge on the fact that Zelensky didn't wear a suit. Again, I will re-iterate that when Churchill went to the Whitehouse to ask for US involvement in WWII - he also did not wear a suit. No-one considered him disrespectful. There was also a bust of Churchill on display, in the room when Trump & Zelensky met. I find it odd that your previous stance was that the lack of a suit was the starting point for the tensions, but now, you say it was the "diplomacy doesn't work" comments. Zelensky was upset way before that.
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  203.  @notbaltic280  I find it more interesting that your initial response to me, is the words "grow up."
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  204. So, let me get this straight... it's OK for you to not wear a suit, to indicate that you're "no better than the viewer, just explaining things that you know"... meanwhile, Zelensky has vowed not to wear a suit until the war is over, to show solidarity with his military forces... and that is somehow disrespectful, just because he happens to be in the Oval Office? This not withstanding, of course, that he has not worn a suit on previous occasions at the Oval Office, including when meeting Trump, but no-one considered it disrespectful then? I know a few Ukrainian folks - and while they have never liked Zelensky, I can understand the cultural reasons behind WHY Zelensky acted the way he did. IMO, Vance was the most disrespectful, and stoked the arguments. Trump was trying to play hardball, so that he can ALSO play hardball with Putin, and Zelensky was ANGRY - to put it mildly. That is why Zelensky's body language was defensive. It is factually accurate that all global leaders, so far, have done nothing to stop Putin. Sure, help has been offered to Ukraine - but none of that help has actually stopped Putin. Sadly, I don't believe deplomacy will work - Putin has a long record of doing whatever he pleases, both within and external to his own country, regardless of any consequences. If your thoughts on Zelensky claiming no-one has stopped Putin is where it all kicked off... Zelensky still wasn't factually wrong, or disrespectful to point it out. I watched the whole thing, including the 3h or so lead up to the meeting - you are factually incorrect that Zelensky was not interrupted. Sure, he wasn't interrupted at the particular point you are referencing, but he was interrupted, talked over, and not allowed to complete answers to comments made by Vance. It was Vance, mostly, who raised his voice in order to talk over Zelensky. Sadly, it is very clear that you do not understand the Ukrainian/Russian culture, and you're applying a Western cultural reference to your observations - which interestingly, lead you to almost the exact opposite conclusion of most of the rest of the Western media, at least in so far as I've seen media references to it. And here I was, thinking that this channel purported to being unbiased.
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  205. I'll also add, when Churchill went to the Whitehouse to ask for US involvement in WWII... he did not wear a suit.
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  206. Tim, I can't help but feel it all boils down to envy. Whatever the number of immigrants coming in, they're wanting to come to the UK because of the perception of our country from theirs. Envy also causes people to try to tear down the things above them that they can't achieve. I've spoken to a few folks from overseas, and in their countries, the UK has a similar reputation to back when our ships were busy colonising the world. Of course, time has moved on, and the grass is always greener, but they're not aware that on the inside, many of us don't believe we still have the reputation. I think "tired of it" is almost the wrong expression, because it hints that we may be close to breaking point. I was once in a room where they asked for volunteers to go searching for IEDs, completely out of my skillset, my hand was in the air as soon as they'd said "We need some volunteers" - the task didn't matter. If I were to be "tired of it" - maybe my hand wouldn't go up as quickly. Nah, I'm not "tired of it" - annoyed by it, motivated by it. Much better.
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  207. Happy 40th man!
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  208. I travel overseas very frequently - on average, at least once every 6 weeks. I have ONCE had my laptop searched - when leaving Türkiye to come home, and all they cared about was that it turned on. That was 6-7 years ago, and I remember looking for details afterwards because I thought it was odd... they were acting on very detailed intelligence specifically stating something along the lines of "a plane from Türkiye going to the UK has been threatened." I think your statement of "you have your laptop searched whenever you cross the border" shows just how naive you may be on this topic.
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  209. So you wouldn't consider wasting security services time with paranoia and false reports - is in itself a security issue? Maybe they've stopped flights at specific places a) to minimise the noise of false reporting (even if well intended) and b) to weed out the few illegally operated drones without infringing the rights & freedoms of everyone else. Please stop feeding the paranoia.
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  210. I've learnt a thing or 3 about the situation that gave rise to the deformation case, and I personally believe the findings in that case were incorrect. I've seen some of the video... and I agree that no-one is above the law. The correct action would have been to appeal the deformation case (and if overturned, hopefully remove the injunction). I think the recent arrests and questioning under Anti-Terrorism laws we not substantive, but I don't know the guy, so I don't know where he may have crossed a line. No matter what the legal aspects are, long term solitary isolation is not pleasant for anyone. 18 months, with a potential early release at 40% of tariff is still a shade over 7 months of potentially solitary confinement. That's a long time...
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  211. What other professions learn at home, off the clock? Teachers, solicitors, doctors/nurses, pretty much anyone that is an instructor in their field (think, fire marshals, first on scene medics, etc), and those are just the ones that immediately fall out of my brain. Pretty much anyone that takes their job seriously, and enjoys it, wants to learn more in their "off clock" time. Note, the "junior" roles in any job don't understand this, I just felt like I was lucky to get in the door back then...
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  212. I believe you mean 0.004% were caught, and proven to be fraudulent. As a biker, years ago, we all knew which stations didn't care about noise limits etc. Still wrong, though much less dangerous.
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  213.  @StabilisingGlobalTemperature  when did I say all religions were the same? That's a bit like trying to claim all colours of the rainbow are the same, no? You make a lot of guesses, none of them are correct. I grew up just down the road from one of the London bombers, went to school with some of the same family, though I don't remember meeting that individual, I might have. I care little for the media descriptions of anyone's motives, they could label them pumpkins for all I care. I'd still enjoy Halloween, and your Somalia gang example would still be Afrikaans, not Asians (and they may also be Muslims, but that doesn't detract from other Muslims also being perfectly law abiding).
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  214.  @StabilisingGlobalTemperature  in fact, I just did a quick Google, the term "Muslim gang" turns up the predicted results, talking of prisons, grooming gangs etc. Change "Muslim" for "Islamist" or "Asian" or "Afrikaan" and you pretty much get the same results. Change it for "Christian," though, and the stories are all about high fives and converting to Christianity. Genuinely made me laugh to look at how skewed in one direction that things appear online.
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  215.  @StabilisingGlobalTemperature  not a book I'm familiar with, but I have read the Qur'an, the Bible, and the Torah. Not sure why you insisted on an answer to it, but as anyone who has read the Old Testament will agree, the Christians don't have a great basis with which to throw stones, either.
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  216. "No-one knows what these drones are" 🤣 Those that know, know. The shorter wings on the front are called canards, btw.
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  217. I'll take the "lessons learnt" rant as a win! I actually had a chat about gender with some Service dudes recently (and some civvies included). The question was basically "would you want a woman in the trenches with you, fighting by your side?" Overwhelmingly, the service dudes said "if she's proficient in weapons handling and front line tactics, F yes. If she's not, F no." One or two of the civvies said no immediately, but couldn't justify why.
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  218. I personally take a "should" as a "should if safe to" So in the scenario of coming off an island, if I see pedestrians, I will check behind me to ensure I feel confident I can stop without someone hitting my back-side. If I think someone is following too close, I'll actively position to signal to the pedestrian that I'm not going to obey the highway code "should" rule. So far, I'm yet to see that fail.
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  219.  @tomvalentine4928  Says who?
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  220. Try that some day and let us all know how you get on...
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  221. Where would you draw the line though? I'll hold my hands up to being caught in a 30 at 50. Those fines make your eyes water, and I was very lucky to keep hold of my licence. Some people need education, some people need to feel some consequences of their actions (and, fun fact, when I was caught 50 in a 30, I was actually on my way to a Speed Awareness course for a previous offence). The heavy fine I got has made me slow down.
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  222. Art Of War. If your enemy expects a counter attack, you'd be a little silly to give them one...
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  223.  @pfseri  you appear to have read a different version to me, because the one I read, was all about advice. Yours appears to be full of warnings
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  224. Quite simple really, end the false dichotomy, and define things such as human rights applicable to a person - regardless of their gender (assigned or otherwise). That, is equality. When it comes to sports, allow the governing bodies the scope to have male-only, female-only, and mixed gender competition categories - allow market forces to dictate how popular they are. If I wish to join an archery team, but there isn't one for 1000 miles nearby, that is not discrimination. I am welcome to setup my own team/club. I can predict how popular my archery team would be, and that's a large part of why I haven't bothered to buy a bow... (archery chosen at random because of it's negligible gender differences) When it comes to prisons - build more (we're already reportedly at capacity) and have spaces determined by use-requirements rather than history. There is no reason a prison couldn't have multiple "trans-sections" and Governors already have a mandate to look after the well-being of all within their establishment equally. Sadly, in many cases not related to gender, sometimes they have no choice other than solitary confinement. Build prisons, create spaces, and the issue goes away. Yes, it would cost more and isn't a popular opinion - but criminals being free to roam the streets also isn't popular. When it comes to public toilets - many organisations have already moved to single-occupancy gender neutral facilities. Tesco being one example, at my local one, they have 1 toilet, for use by 1 person at any time, with a lock on the door. It's disability-friendly access. Don't want to queue behind other people? Go to the toilet at home, no-one is stopping you.... If a pub deems that this policy would drive their customers away, they're welcome to create more toilets and sacrifice some floor space.
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  225. You'd have thought, being an ex-Marine, he'd be aware of tactics like this. I guess that's the style that COD has taught though, and is largely why I don't play COD. Or maybe he was just "it's just a game, f**k it."
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  226. The higher in-store price was likely the sales person commission, which clearly doesn't need to be paid if you buy online. Because I know that particular outlet that you mention in the video pay their sales staff commission, if I want something from them, I tend to wait until near the end of the month, and then barefaced haggle with them. I start with "so what's the best price you can do this sale for?" - if they don't move from the ticket price, that's OK, but I likely know the price of the same item in other places already, too.
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  227. Perhaps this is a case to discuss the topic of nullification by jury? Emergency service drivers are taught not to encourage drivers to jump red lights (or speed through roadworks etc) - they do this by turning sirens (mostly) and lights off, then resuming after the hazard. To counter the "vehicle waiting for green" point that you make, I have done exactly that. I was driving a very powerful car (4x4 with WRC spec engine), traffic light controlled cross roads in a 50mph area. I was young & stupid, and when my light went green, I launched. Immediately after launching an ambulance appeared to the left of me, with blue lights on but no siren. Thankfully they stopped, because it was already far too late for me to do the same without blocking the junction. For the chap in the case, if I remember correctly, when you get a NIP, you can reply in writing (I know it works that way under SJP). Therefore the chap wouldn't need to go to the court and talk with the magistrate - and it wouldn't increase costs.
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  228. These "priorities" aren't really priorities. They're more akin to "responsibilities." Yes, a pedestrian stepping out in front of traffic is idiotic. But they will get injured more than your average car driver. The clip in question, the cammer and the BMW in front of it clearly do not have an interruption in their direction of travel (by road signage), the junction is to their right. The pedestrian is clearly in the wrong, causing vehicles to brake so that they can cross at an uncontrolled junction. However, had something untoward happened, the BMW driver would have likely taken some of the responsibility under the new system. Did this particular scenario cause "mayhem" - clearly not. Some people had a minor inconvenience and everyone went about their day. No car driver experienced more than a 60 second delay. I posit that yes, the pedestrian is an idiot, but all the car drivers behaved as per the intentions behind the new rules, and it really wasn't a problem. Could there be worse situations than this example? Certainly. Feel free to post one for an opinion on that.
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  229. So, nothing was actually exposed and nothing was said about whomever might actually be running the country. Just a government response read out, and someone else's video played, so as to distance yourself from the actual opinion. Got it. The government response that was read out is nothing like mind control. It's word salad. They have a duty to respond, that response does not have to make sense. The PR team responsible don't want to write "it would be undemocratic to reverse a recent vote and go back to the polls" for fear of inciting nearly 3 million people to riot. But that is the truth, it would be undemocratic to call a new election just because 4% of the population asked, when the vote completed by a conservative estimate of 13.4 million. Since when do 3 million get to counter what 13million wanted? (For ref, assuming 68 million people in the UK, 60% of those voted, and 33% of votes were Labour, that is 13.46 million)
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  230. I reckon the pilot just wanted to feel the wind in their hair! If he did want the emergency oxygen, he definitely got a force feed of it at 600mph 🤣 Glad they're safe & made it home so we can have a giggle about it.
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  231.  @amojak  I suggest you lookup the legal definition, and at least, in the UK, the Equality Act.
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  232.  @amojak  See Schedule 28. "Such as" does not appear in the wording of The Equality Act.
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  233.  @amojak  re-read me comments, and try to join the discussion productively then, instead of being a keyboard warrior.
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  234. 18mins Davies, what are you doing? The youth won't watch it ;) The "idiot", since he's admitted guilt he - in my opinion, doesn't deserve to be named. However, he was, and remains British. We might not like it, but part of living here is that we don't strip people of citizenship rights just because they've gone to prison. We're better than that and have no need to stoop to the level that some countries operate on. The line is drawn above that. If he were not British, there might then be a discussion about deporting him at some point - and potentially that he might be triable under some other legal framework, and that would do an injustice - in my opinion - to the victims. He is British, and as a result, should be forced to stand up and suffer the (legal) consequences of his actions. Re dealing with threats in the moment - I've been tested, my kids have been tested. The police were involved in all those cases, but nothing needed to go to a court room. There is ALWAYS a proportionate - and legal - response. In positive world news, very recently, Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that elephants, are indeed, not people! It's a shame that case had to go through a court, but it is a light at the end of the tunnel!
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  235. I'm a biker in North Wales, and the engine between my legs is 1600cc and 160bhp. I know a guy that "went out the way he wanted to go out" - they do exist. Re education, I'm medically trained (and will stop & help at an accident whenever I see them, even if I end up doing traffic management and not bandaging). I'm also going through RoSPA on the bike. I don't agree with the blanket 20mph, anecdotally, accidents generally don't happen in 30s in Wales. They happen mostly in NSL areas. The vast number of new 20 signs that have been vandalised... and every time I'm out (car or bike), I'm following the law even though I don't like it... and EVERY time at best, there's a queue of cars all tailgating each other. VERY often people will overtake, in excess of 40mph (where previously they would have sat at 30). The one example I can think of recently in a 30, was a biker who's steering locked up & threw the bike into a wall. He wasn't seriously injured, the bike was a little damaged. A few years ago, on a NSL dual carriageway, a biker departed his lanes, crossed the grass central reservation and hit the side of the oncoming traffic. It took about 30mins to figure out that the pillion on the bike had gone over the hedge and was laying in the farmers field. Things weren't pretty. Years ago, I used to help organise large rides (70+ bikes) around North Wales... we stopped doing that, mostly because people that didn't have the ability on the complicated Welsh roads were going too fast. Every ride we organised, someone stepped off the bike and went to hospital. Those oops moments, by and large, were in high speed areas, where people would do silly things like throwing a bike backwards through barbed wire fences. Rarely was another vehicle, or a pedestrian involved. Maybe a few sheep. I'm all for education. Lets start with the fact that before the 20mph limit change, the average speed in the 30 zones was actually 23mph. Early indications are that the 20 limit has reduced that to 22mph. ArriveAlive have announced they'll give speeding tickets at 10% + 4 (so, 26mph).
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  236. Why can't we lock 'em up? Simple, the prisons are so full that we're releasing people early (40% through sentence instead of 50%). Why are they so full? We've lowered the threshold for throwing people in, turning the whole system into a merry-go-round that achieves nothing more than Magic Roundabout did on TV back in the day. And yes, I know I said the same as you did - pinky promise I'd typed it out before I played that part of the video though. Just shows you we're both right. The way to fix the problem, is to modernise the prison system - not only upholding standards - uplifting them! Believe it or not, prisoner property cards (that list the property they own in prison) are still on paper, written by hand. Imagine how long an internal transfer takes, or release paperwork... if judges know someone will spend only 3 months work there, what's the point in all the Prison Officers having that paperwork in an ancient (and broken) system? Anything under 2 years is eligible for a suspended sentence for exactly this reason. Make prisons more efficient, and hell - build more of them - and we can START to bring back law & order. A rising tide (standards) lifts all boats equally.
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  237. There is no requirement to give a FULL defence at interview. However, if you're actually innocent, there's no harm in having an open conversation. Indeed doing so will likely help the police/CPS end your involvement quicker, and save tax payers money. After interview, if charged, the defence will require a FULL disclosure from the prosecution, and then you get to formally (in writing) reply with your defence statement. The point BBB was making, applies to if you first mention something in the court room, it will look like you just made it up. If you don't mention it in a police interview, but do before trial (via your legal representative), then it will be argued that you did raise the defence statements at your first available opportunity (you might not know it's a valid defence, until you discuss it with your counsel and they point it out to you). Justice should certainly not be blind, it relies on all the facts being uncovered/brought to light!
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  238.  @clarkmerchant2  I'm neither police nor CPS. I also know of one specific case where indeed the investigating officer was convinced of someones innocence due to interviews alone. The interviews were pre-charge too, and no charge was ever made. It happened to me, when I was interviewed about a thing that I didn't do. I'll add that my solicitor was with me throughout the interviews - not the duty one. Infer whatever you like, but context matters. If you understand the law (and not only the thing you might be accused of), and you're innocent, there is literally no benefit to staying quiet. However, there's more ways than just in an interview to communicate the facts. For example, you could choose to stay silent in the interview, wait for the transcript of the questions, and then, via a solicitor, formally write your reply. If later they charge you, it would be unreasonable to accuse you of not mentioning something earlier, that you NOW rely on as a defence. And yes, legal proceedings are expensive, if you KNOW you're 100% innocent, and you choose to stay silent, you're choosing to not end that expense as early as you can. So you also then can't complain when the local council tax rises.
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  239.  @silviafarfan2523  then you clearly don't understand the words you quoted, ie, "actually innocent"
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  240. I've paused it just before the police statement, pinky promise I've not read it. Initial reaction: dude on the ground with a woman next to him... he's clearly been tazed. He did something to deserve that. He turns his head and gets a boot to the face - ok, that's borderline - could be justifiable based on circumstances (disobeying an order, no prior event history from the video). The stomp, now that, to me is crossing a line. He didn't raise his hands to his face in response to the boot to the nose, and he doesn't appear cuffed, so the stomp feels like it's a bit too far. That said, I also have clocked that officers are engaged in crowd control, and the female officer appears to be crying while continuing her job. An officer crying while doing their job isn't a normal Tuesday job with tea & biscuits. Maybe the officer with the over-reactive boots is having an emotional reaction to something that went on with his colleague. Also, I go through Manchester airport - A LOT - it took me a minute to clock where this happened - it's T2's car park near the payment machines. So they're not in a "controlled" area of the airport - possibility for weapons etc whereas beyond airport security, people are unlikely to have a knife or other weapon. Overall: I'll leave this to someone who gets paid to investigate it, to have an opinion on right/wrong. Now I'll continue watching :)
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  241. Quite some time ago, I parked my motorcycle in a "half length bay" - standard width, still had the white paint at the sides, but it was half length because half of it had been converted to paving, and it was directly outside the shop entrance (the shop I was going into). There was approximately 2m of paving for people to walk on outside the shops, with some bollards, and then half of this space (and the adjacent one) were paved over. Me, presuming they did that because they didn't want cars parking too close to the shop doors, and not seeing dedicated motorcycle parking, thought this was ideal. So I parked in it. I came back to the bike to find a parking charge notice for "blocking a fire exit" (note that I was about 4m from said "fire exit" - main shop doors, with a motorcycle that is about 75cm wide at it's widest point). So I took pictures, had a little chuckle to myself and went home. I considered it utterly ridiculous that anyone thought I was blocking a fire exit, when it appeared to still be a designated parking space. Instead of writing to the company, I picked up the phone, and to my surprise, got through to a human. On explaining, the chap replied with a "what bike do you ride?" - I answered and he chuckled with a "don't worry, I'm a biker too, the attendant in that car park is well known for hitting bikes with pointless tickets. Let me cancel that for you. Have a good day."
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  242. Tim, I'm sorry, but this comes across as somewhat of a reductionist argument. Especially with including places that I grew up around. For a little context, it's me in the picture, I'm obviously a white dude. My brother is also a white dude. He, for a long time was a paramedic in/around Leeds. I met my first girlfriend at the ice skating rink in Bradford. I, a white dude, was at the Bradford riots (and no-one, on any side of that "debate" could give two s** that I was even there). Sure, I'll grant you, the areas that - lets call them "foreigners" (even though many of them aren't) - live in have grown. The Asda in Dewsbury for example, is predominantly "dark skinned" folks walking round buying groceries, and while that Asda didn't exist when I was growing up around there, it sure FEELS like there were more "light skinned" folks as a proportion. All of them, as far as I'm aware, completely respectable folks, even if some will try to put on some bravado (which is no real difference to the old Mods vs Rockers around Whitby/York, and gets the same reaction from me). Sure, there was racial tension between groups. BUT if anyone, of any group got too far out of line, it was the elders WITHIN that group that sorted things out. The nanny state didn't exist. I like a lot of what Trump has said, and I've long since been a fan of FAFO - and that's what the problem is. Many people today don't get to FEEL the FO part, so they will FA. Take kids (of any race) in schools - I'm not saying we should bring back the cane, but I'd be happy with a blackboard wipe being hurled at my child's head if they were FA in a class - it didn't do me much harm. Can't do that though these days, without a teacher losing their jobs. Bring on the FO!
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  243. Purely for the fact that the car is over the centre line, I agree with the fine & points. We can't see any potential reason why the car was over the line, but if such reason exists, the appropriate action would be for the car driver to slow down.
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  244. I went to a comprehensive too, and my careers advice was rather rubbish. I went on to university, and came out with a "debt" (that I never really felt while paying off, because it was taken from salary). At highschool, we had in excess of 30 students per class. I still have no clue how that has any baring whatsoever on VAT for private schools. Yes, the charges will go up for those paying private school fees, but that does not necessarily mean that students will flock to other schools. Market forces will come into play, as they always do. The school that sees a mass exodus of students will adjust their income streams accordingly. Splitting classes in two doesn't duplicate everything such as heating - virtually all schools have a central heating system, and even unused classrooms are heated (or not, if the heating system is broken in winter, and on in summer, like ours always was). Private school teachers are not paid for by the local authority (my partner happens to be a teacher). Schools will find it very difficult to cut salaries of teachers (changes to terms & conditions of employment must be agreed by the employee), and the teachers union is already quite well versed in having employment discussions. You don't NEED to be in a catchment area to get into a school, the catchment area takes priority, but schools will and do accept students from outside the area (take cases of poorly behaved students excluded from a given school, for example). Private school closing? Well... the teachers need to work somewhere to pay their own bills... sure, the school need the physical space, but my high school used temporary buildings for their own reasons. Lots of straw man thinking going in this video. Lets say that the government decides not to raise capital by any mechanism - the outlook to the economy does not look fantastic (we can't keep "printing money" as that causes inflation)... they will have to do something, and that will upset someone... but will it negatively affect us all? Probably not.
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  245. Rob, what's the best way to get in contact with you? I too have had ups & downs, and carry my own demons around that I'm slowly trying to rid myself of. I also have shared access to a kid. I'm also a Software Development Manager, and if I can in any way help you progress into the industry, I'm happy to do so.
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  246. In a modern briefing room, you'd probably have to write that as TeaBag, and just watch everyone smirk.
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  247. I would argue that Russia has been at war with NATO/the EU for a long time... just look at things like Sailsbury. Friendly countries don't send visitors to see cathedrals with poison. That said, there is a line in the sand where proactive self-defence stops being self-defence, and becomes an attack.
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  248.  @harryhobson5235  I agree, and that's on those parents. Certainly nothing to do with the RAF, for example
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  249.  @G58  have you seen any of the Aussie traffic laws? Just curious...
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  250.  @Gruxxan  a car radio also isn't a two-way communication device
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  251. I happen to know people in Ukraine, those that are Ukrainian and those that aren't... complicit is the wrong word to use when defending someone's home. Doesn't matter what side of any conflict you're on... politics don't matter... if you're defending someone's home, you're never complicit in the death of anyone.
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  252.  @bobboo1319  no-one on the boats at Dover has tanks, AA systems, no-one is shooting missiles at the farmers market in Dover. Apples and eggs comparison.
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  253. Well, at least you & I are on the same page. I'm actually verging on thinking that the implications of "continuous" are bordering on toxic. Managed sensibly, feature branching can be very quick. Whether it's better or worse code, is a test coverage debate, not a VCS strategy debate.
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  254.  @michaelrstover  - have a look around, feel free to read my other comments in several threads about this video. You might realise that I'm all for making things more efficient, regardless of the tactics employed to get the job done. It seems the part that you're missing, is that I dislike the over-emphasis of continuous. Sure, be quick, work in small chunks, follow best practices etc... but there's also no harm in going to get a coffee, or chatting about your weekend with the person sitting next to you, etc. I'm yet to meet a developer that MUST deliver value within X mins or someone will die. No-one writes good code under continuous pressure to deliver.
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  255. Re all you can do is laugh... last week a police officer opened my front door and simply walked in (while knocking and simultaneously shouting "HELLO?" He made no attempt to identify himself as a police officer. Now, I live in the middle of nowhere, and everyone and their dog simply tries to walk in (Amazon drivers are the worst for it)... so I've taken to a standard response of "That noise you can hear, is me loading the shotgun, I suggest you step outside!" (I don't own a shotgun and there was no noise, but I chose that reply because it makes me giggle). Turned out the officers were looking for someone else, and being a stereotypical Brit, I helped them with finding the person they were after... then I came inside and filled in the complaint form to get the officer who opened my door a roasting from his superiors (I hope). That's the SECOND time police officers have simply opened my front door and let themselves in. You've got to laugh at the state of law enforcement - be that local bobbies acting on a warrant (I presume, I didn't see it), or immigration...
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  256. Two solutions there James: 1) instead of estimating complexity/time, you can time-box an investigation to figure out the answers, for example "I'll know more about it in 2 days" is perfectly valid. 2) Backend before FrontEnd simply puts pressure on the team delivering the backend (assuming they're separated). Instead, the design phase should include an API spec agreement, so that the FrontEnd devs will know what to expect, and both can then happen in parallel. Of course, that risks BackEnd implementing slightly differently, but that's solved in the daily standups.
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  257. My question here, what defines which toilet a person should use? Is self identification enough alone? So, should someone identify as a woman/girl, do they use the women's toilets? Or the self-contained facilities? Is my CIS daughter taking a risk by using "female toilets"? Equally, is my trans daughter taking a risk by using anything other than the self-contained facilities?
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  258. I have before been a little dishonest. I filled up knowing I was due to be paid the following day. I made a statement to the petrol station staff to the effect of "I just realised I left my wallet at home" I had to fill out the paperwork, and they actually gave 28days to pay, without any additional cost or escrow. I returned the next day, when funds had cleared. It took a little time (for both parties), but the staff I encountered were extremely professional and kind throughout.
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  259. Given he was holding it in his hand, the conviction is (in my opinion) sound. The interesting part though, is that section you quoted (6a, of reg. 110), seems to imply that a mobile phone counts under the legislation, regardless of how it is being used at the time of alleged offence ("...if it is, or must be, held at some point..."). Combine that sentiment with reg. 110 S 4 and it could be argued that regardless of how the device is being used, it is still a device that falls under the consideration of reg. 110. So, in theory, in-car controls that communicate with the phone, or voice control of the phone, may well count as "use" - and of course, until such a case is heard in a court, everything is simply speculation anyway.
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  260.  @ArminGrewe  I see what you're saying in respect of reg. 110 p6 (a), but with the stated definition of "communication" - (6)(c)(i) states that interactive communication includes "sending or receiving oral or written messages" - so it may yet be argued that verbal commands to a phone count under this regulation too. Again, until a case is tried, we have nothing but speculation. Had this chap not been holding it in his hand, he could have tried the route of "a mounted device doesn't count as handheld" - which might have set the tone for vocal prompts too. Or a magistrate would see sense, and class it as a distraction, which means we're not even talking about reg. 110 anymore.
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  261. Hopefully the 3rd got the message to leave the landrover alone. It would have only cranked once 🤣 If you know, you know.
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  262. The Equality Act doesn't help me get into a mosque (or other religious building) in order to get friendly with the folks that are making IEDs. Predominantly, folks that make IEDs don't hang around at the local Methodist church drinking tea. They haven't said people aren't allowed to apply, they've said they're recruiting a specific subset of society, and I suppose they might have operational reasons well beyond DE&I.
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  263. Media companies, being companies, have a responsibility to their shareholders. Sensationalistic reporting practices, particularly where divisive opinions are being discussed sell more newspapers and generate more clicks (and therefore advertising revenue). Simple market economics at play. No-one ever said things had to be fair, or completely true. In the latter, if the facts are so egregiously wrong, slander laws exist. Those slander laws would not exist if all reporting was solely limited to the truth. To give journalists whatever credit they may deserve, perhaps someone has made such an article about his release... and perhaps the editorial team has chosen not to publish it, because they want the space for something they consider more important (and by "space", I'm including bandwidth for online media).
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  264. I also grew up cycling, and now ride a large motorcycle. With respect, you seem a little blind to the other options that exist. For example, the dad saying "stop but don't pull into the side" (assuming a quick shoulder check proves all is well behind). In the dad's situation, I would have been riding more defensively. The kid had a great position for the parked cars, but that allows the oncoming car space to squeeze past. So I would have positioned into the middle of the road, and sped up closer to the kid. That would leave no room for the car, while allowing the dad the option to swerve left if the car decided to push through regardless.
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  265. Weren't all those cases in Australia?
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  266. Thanks for raising this, in general, I think the Highway Code is a well thought out document, and I agree with the aims of these latest proposed changes (that is, addressing vulnerability and responsibility). I think that the clauses about waiting if a more vulnerable user looks like they are about to move are probably (or should be) covered by other clauses (ie, the basic tenant of "you don't move unless you can see the way ahead to be clear"). As a result, they are, as you suggest, adding confusion. Clearly, if some pedestrian is already crossing the road when I get to the junction, I should stop and case a blockage in my current lane (with an indicator on) - and I think the existing Highway Code already made that clear enough. The devil always lies in the details though, and ambiguity sets in as multiple parties act at the same time. Also, it's worth remembering the Highway Code definitions for Guidelines (should) vs Rules (must)... when read in that light, I interpret this as "if you don't follow it and no-one has cause to make a claim, no-one cares."
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  267. You just popped up in my feed. I'm a dude, a white one at that. I wouldn't say I have friends, but I would say that I don't feel lonely. Never have. Boredom, sometimes, sure. But I don't think I've felt lonely, ever. I saw the previous video. I got the point. Thanks for the follow up. Not convinced this "epidemic" exists. But if other dudes are lonely, sucks for those dudes, I guess. DAVRO tactics will lead us to Universe 25. I'll be living out in the sticks enjoying life while the world burns. Won't be giving you money though. :p
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  268. Would you want to risk an officer (or 2) in a car coming the other way, observing you touching your phone? The roadside stop alone would be an inconvenience, but then if they decided to act further, you've got a fine or a day in court to discuss it. Isn't it easier to simply not touch the phone at all? The phone can still be used without touching it...
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  269. @GeorgeGeorgeOnly  no point was missed. The simple fact is that the Russians started the war, they can and will use any excuse to do whatever they wish. However, there are consequences when they do. Perhaps the consequences aren't adequate, perhaps they're too late and Ukraine should strike first in some cases, but the consequences do still happen. This video is nothing more than a propaganda piece - a positive one, in my opinion, but any Russians that see it will realise the same as I did in the first minute of the video... it's designed to get Western support for Ukraine, and isn't worth their time.
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  270. Tim, my big takeaway from this, is that I've probably bumped into Sam on a night out. I was probably wearing a dress at the time, despite being 100% straight. Damn good giggle on those nights, but man, yes, you see a lot of stuff. Point being, don't listen to the idiots throwing stones dude. No need to prove you're not, I've never met you, and I know your values enough to not listen to those trying to discredit you. On the topic, fair play on that Admiral for not being scared of "cancel culture." I've had more than my fair share of stones from from glass houses. My old man's advice was perfect, so I'll repeat it here. "Don't be throwing mud for the sake of throwing mud. It's Fing hard work, trust me. And all that happens is you end up dirty. But DO draw a line in the sand, and the microsecond anyone on the other side dares to put a toe over it, do whatever you need to do to chop their Fing legs off. Be extreme at times like that. Send a clear message about where the line is, and why it's there. And when they retreat, have the good grace to let them go lick their wounds & feel sorry for themselves."
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  271. Banning "zombie knives" ain't a bad step, it's a step in the right direction, but it's less than half a step. Unfortunately, Tim, using stats won't help. As my high school maths teacher drummed into us, statistics can be used to draw any picture you like. I personally treat every situation as unique, because relying on stats alone means those close to me are at risk due to blind spots. You don't fly a fast jet based on statistics, you fly it based on experience and what the situation infront of you shows. I learnt long ago to pay attention to the smaller details in life, and it's not done me wrong yet. Off topic, my 19yr old brought home the "free palestine" ideology this weekend - I thought about emailing the exchange to you Tim. My response was the same as any sane persons should be. "Here's a map, show me where Palestine is, and if you can, I'll listen to you. If you can't, then you listen to my arguments on the topic." His final comment on the topic was "Well, since Britain setup Palestine, anyone arguing to free them, is arguing in favour of colonialism, and that isn't exactly free. So it doesn't make much sense." Back to the topic, it's not race that matters, it's culture, and to a lesser extent, religion. A British black dude is British no matter where he was born, so long as he holds the British values as his own. Most of the people in the Isreal/Gaza conflict have the same skin colour as each other, but one side gets involved in fisty-cuffs more than the other. Anyone showing hostility towards my family gets criticism, race, religion, skin colour doesn't come into it. Attitude is what matters. I watched all 17mins, and I already know you read all the comment fam. Make the wife a brew, that'll help settle the arguments.
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  272. Tim, the format of this video made it's content lost on me. I see the point you were making by playing the game while talking, but it made it difficult to tell me what parts were the essay author's, and what commentary you were adding. So, I went back to basics, back at college, I was a Computer Science student wanting to get into AI (so I took Psychology & Physics too), my girlfriend at the time was doing soft sciences (Sociology etc) and my best mate is now a Barrister (he was doing Law & History)... Tainter's book was right up our alley for reading & discussing without it being on any particular course. So we did, knocking on the door of 30 years ago. Wanting to get into AI and being aware of Mr Asimov's work around robotics, I always wanted to structure things around a moral framework - for no other reason than it felt like it made sense. Regrettably, Tainter was an archaeologist rather than a historian, and in the book (in which he lays out his theory - and it is just that, a theory) he cites his framework as explaining the fall of Rome, for example. At it's very heart, his framework is reductionist at best. Sure, he might be on to something, but it needs fleshing out. To that end, a list of other books around the same subject that I recall reading: - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond - A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright - The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes - The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization by Bryan Ward-Perkins - The list goes on, I'm sure you get the point... Sure, there are parallels between modern society and Tainter's book... but one thing I don't remember mentioning (perhaps the essay didn't mention it), Tainter's book also states that the collapse need not be catastrophic. Not to mention his work being very ethnocentric - which always trips my "why though?" circuit when someone tries to be divisive (as he was - I'm not suggesting you are being). For example, his framework doesn't appear to fit the Mongol empire, or the Ottomans. You make a long video, I make a long comment. Seems fair to me. 🤣
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  273. Davies, bashing one out in the car huh? (Yes, I have the mind of a 12 year old). Re illness, it's not only stress, but modern offices with AC have a lot to answer for. I'm not in the service, never have been. I work - a heck of a lot. I work in IT where there's a lot of imposter syndrome, I'm lucky to have never suffered with it, but I have helped a few through it. I don't think I'd describe my thoughts as "I'm not good enough" - but I have always chased the improvements. And there's always something that could have been done better. An example on a tangent: I'm a biker, and I occasionally ride with a camera - not to post on YouTube, so that I can critique my riding, ask those I trust for their opinion, etc. The last one of those was a 7min video riding down a road I've known like the back of my hand for the last decade - and EVERYONE that I showed it to went "Don't be daft, I couldn't ride that well!" However, in that 7min video, I found 21 things that I consider I did wrong. It's just how my brain is wired: "I screwed that up and can do it better, so this is how I learn."
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  274. For anyone thinking they could have done anything about that different to the victim: There's only one rule in a knife fight - you're getting cut, and it's going to hurt. I'd send the video to my kids (all 18+), but they're already very well aware of the 21ft rule. I can't pretend to know the motivation behind the attack, but I do agree with Joanna Blizzard - culture is the problem. Tim, you may say it's downstream, but with respect, no, culture is the root of the problem. I agree that you can't judge it based on looks, but culture differences is the root of the problem nonetheless.
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  275. Thanks for the update on the cradle - that was one of my questions. My phone is always in a cradle when I'm driving, and connected to the car using bluetooth. Regardless of the phone function (calls/music/sat nav etc), I can control all of those functions using the manufacturer provided controls within the car, and I have no need to touch the phone whatsoever, let alone hold it in my hand at any point. I can also hit a button on the steering column to enable voice commands, and then for example "Hey Google, call the emergency services!" Of course, none of this would be a defence for Careless Driving - and indeed, this has always been the case, well before Regulation 110 came along. I was curious about interacting with the phone by prodding at the screen (without it ever being held), and as you suggest, this is probably a grey area at best, and not worth the cost/time of arguing it in a court - in my opinion. Certainly not when there are much safer alternatives available.
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  276.  Tom Foster  You're hilarious. How about you try to join the discussion in a productive way, rather than making incorrect assumptions?
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  277. Fun fact, I have a button under the driver's window that controls the cold locks in the rear. "Big man" might think it's funny for a skit, but if bet he'd look pretty white locked in while I drive down the road to the police station (I doubt it constitutes an offence, but it'd be fun to watch him sh... enough bricks to keep Fred Dulibnah busy)
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  278. The picture of the car on fire, looks like it's a Landrober Discovery Sport (Diesel PHEV) ... passenger side electrical fire. If it is a Disco, the batteries are in the boot, but the interior fuse box is in the usual location (passenger footwell, near the glovebox). Image could have been taken by the driver after evacuating the vehicle. The moment an EV battery lights up, that's a lot of heat... could build up to collapse concrete... tyres pop, glass shatters... fanned by the wind (the fire would draw wind towards it). Last time I was at an airport car park, there's lots of EVs parked next to each other, even if it wasn't the first vehicle, if it spreads to them, it's a damn hard job for the Fire Service. No need for the rumour mill to suggest the initial investigation is "wrong"
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  279. If a child were to come at me aggressively with a knife, it's entirely possibly to remove the weapon from them without "hitting" them. I would argue that to "hit" anyone only vary rarely qualifies as "reasonable force" - ie, police officers rarely hit anyone, even when arresting people that don't want handcuffs to be placed on them.
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  280. What do these leaked Ukrainian documents tell us? Easy, they tell us what the Russians think they know. I wouldn't be the one to tell them if they're correct or not.
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  281. Not that long ago, two officers opened my front door - no knocking, literally just opened the door and shouted "hello" - they did not, at that point, identify themselves as police. So I got up, went from my front room to the hallway, to find these two officers shining flashlights at me. On seeing me, they then identified themselves as police, and asked what the address was (I live on a farm with multiple rental properties, mine doesn't have a number/name on the front door). I told them the correct address, and they replied "Oh, sorry, we're looking for Mr X at number Y. Do you know where that property is?" Quick mental maths told me that they're looking for someone else (that I've never met) at a different property - so I invited them in for a few minutes. I knew nothing illegal had happened in the house, so they couldn't find anything against me anyway. I shared the landlords phone number with them, gave them some options of where the property might be that they were looking for, told them where the post pigeon holes were (so they could check if the person had collected post or not). They thanked me, admitted they were out of their normal area, and left. I still don't know what alleged offence they were seeking information about. My point: sometimes in the course of an investigation, police will talk to you even if you have nothing at all to do with the case they are investigating. I've also been interviewed under caution, but did so with my solicitor (not the duty one) sitting next to me.
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  282.  @goygoyim6443  in my family, it's considered fairly rude to stand at a family members door, knock and wait for them to answer. Not just immediate family either. The way I was raised is "family is always welcome, no matter what" - so it's ingrained in me that when the front door opens, it's probably someone I want to spend time with. I just take reasonable mitigation steps in case that's the wrong assumption.
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  283.  @geordiewishart1683  s.17 PACE '84 is quite clear - other than when trying to save a life, the officer has to have reasonable belief (not reasonable suspicion) that the person they wish to arrest is within the property they are about to enter. In my case, with there not being a number on the door, and it being a farm with a lot of other buildings that also have no numbers on the door (eg, barns, milking sheds, etc)... that would be exceptionally difficult to prove (other than a first hand witness statement of "I just saw them go in that door"). The rules about multiple occupant dwellings would likely apply... unless it was a large scale hunt for a murderer AND they had reasonable belief that the suspect might be within the bounds of the property. In fact, it turned out that the person they were actually looking for wasn't even on the farm, let alone in the property (when the officers identified the correct property).
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  284. @iumpieces I should add, we do 100% WFH and have a completely flexible hours arrangement. You agree to work X hours/week, we agree to pay you Y. If you're a night owl and want to work say 8 hours overnight and sleep all day... cool, not a problem. If you want to emmigrate and live in a different timezone, cool, not a problem. If you want to work normal office hours, but go to the gym for 2 hours at lunch time, cool, no problem. But if you commit to working X hours/week, and then put in even more hours than that, just to meet the same delivery goal, you're by definition lowering your own hourly rate, and you likely need to learn how to manage time better. Conversely, if you commit to working X hours, but work more AND that extra work gives us a higher throughput of work than we asked for... then I should (and would) look at increasing pay.
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  285. @iumpieces motivation can be easily demonstrated without working excessive hours though. That's the part that you seem to be missing.
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  286. Sadly, POWs admitting on camera that war crimes were committed, is not going to help any convictions - because the counter claim is simple. "I believe that they would beat me if I didn't say what they wanted"
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  287. Had I been on that train, my actions would have been simple.... dial 101 in earshot of the conductor "Hi, police please, I'd like to report a minor incident. I'm about to help this train conductor escort a non-paying customer off the train at station X, where the train is currently being held. I don't want to get violent, but I will respond appropriately in self defence if needed. If you would like to ask BTP to meet us on the platform, that'd be appreciated. I believe there's a fine payable for travelling on a train without a ticket, they might want to ask the chap about that when they arrive." What happens after that, is the choice of the non-paying British Rail customer. Also, notice how skin colour didn't factor into my comment? Yeah, I would do the same if it was a white guy not paying and delaying the train. And yes, I'd be happy to delay MY journey to help the train continue for others.
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  288. Bravo to British Swimming - I wasn't aware they were so sensible and forward thinking (I dated a girl that did synchro many many years ago). I literally posted similar in response to the video - allow the governing bodies the scope to have male, female and mixed categories. Let market forces dictate how popular they are.
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  289. Artur, take the time you need to take, get yourself squared away, no matter how much time that takes. I've been on anti-depressants, I've been to counselling, I'm still working though things. I know what that's like. Also know that your interpretation of events/video's that you see, is actively useful to those with boots on the ground. I don't upload YouTube video's, but I do have friends in situations they shouldn't be in because of the war. I also review similar, if not the same material as you do daily. It's not easy, brother. I'm sure, like me, you've met people who have told you how invaluable your aid is in the war... the difficult part there, is to bare the pressure of it. We're with you - both those, like you & I that are involved to some degree, but also all of your subscribers / patrons. I know that doesn't alleviate the pressure at all, but we're with you nonetheless.
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  290. It's pretty simple to map the dates/times to global events... for example, amongst other things going on in the world on 12th March 2024, 25 drones hit a major Russian oil refinery, while on the 22nd, 135 people were killed in the Crocus City Hall attack - Moscow Oblast. January 21st is the anniversary of the death of Lenin. And yes, I'm cherry picking from the data, lots of other things happened, too, on those dates.
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  291. The UK has never had free speech, you're utterly deluded if you think it has... go back to the times of Henry VIII or James I... the monarch could behead you at their whim. That is the price of living under a Monarchy.
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  292. "Someone must be typing in the date"... nope... mail merge was entirely possible back in the 90's, to do things such as `date = now() + 10 days` Could easily automate the whole printing/packaging/bundling for loading on to a Royal Mail truck. In fact, if they are doing 5000 visits per time period (lets say that's a month) - and lets assume that 50% of visits get an automated letter in the post... that's still 80+ letters per day. Much better to pay for the machinery than to pay a human to get involved.
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  293. Situational awareness FTW! I saw it come in (having played BF3 years back), then saw him step out behind cover... "Yeah, this isn't going to go well..."
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  294. Tim, I'm sorry mate, but you have a bit of a false dichotomy going on in parts of this video. Example: "Is it right that my mum has to wait in line being people that have come into this country, when she's paid taxes all her life?" - well... the NHS is a first come first serve business. That's how the queues work, that's our free healthcare (for all, regardless of if they're a tourist or an 80 year old working class nan). Taxes pay for part of that. We also have an option for skipping the queue - paying for private health care. In the example, if your mum were in the wait before immigrants, she'd get an appointment to be sorted out, before them (unless, of course, your argument is that the NHS has corruption within it). Being British, means waiting your turn - to do otherwise is entitlement. In the last video, I commented that I have experience of the immigration system. You're not too far wrong - legal immigrants that contribute to society have millions of hoops to jump through to be allowed to stay. Illegal ones (who will still get NHS treatment under our system), typically don't come through an official border, or have a bank account, or other paper trail. Some get caught, some of those get deported, some "escape." But I still question the numbers reported. It seems to me like immigration is just a divisive topic, no different than Brexit was... and I, for one, would love to get us back to a United Kingdom. There's no easy answers in life, but the protests that are ultimately about poor quality service from the Police etc, should be held (regardless of who is highlighting the issue - that's not supporting the person, that's supporting the cause).
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  295. Last I checked, the Highway code says nothing about "pride flag crossings" - so absent of any lights or other signage, I'll be treating them as graffiti. Hopefully I'll stop before hitting someone dumb enough to think it gives them any rights to step out in front of me. Hopefully...
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  296. Logical fallacy. No-one can possibly know who will be assigned (or purchase) a newly built house, and the question does not factor in the number of homeless people we have in & around cities. Migrants have a history of being housed within hotels. Quite famously. Note how I just said "housing" and applied the term to a hotel? It was also looking at gross income, not net income figures. The only issue I see here, is Rainer hasn't been through enough PR & maths training. Politicians never answer questions, quite possibly because they're not familiar with how journalists will play with logic to sell papers/clicks/ad impressions.
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  297. I recently cancelled my TV licence, online, directly with TV Licencing. I told them that as of December 1st 2024, I no longer require a TV licence. They asked on the form when this might change, and as I genuine do not believe I will ever need one in the future, I put December 1st 2099 in the box. During the process, they informed me that they would not contact me again until the date I had indicated, unless it was regarding the cancellation specifically. They also stated, a little to my surprise, to go ahead and cancel any direct debit - so I did, immediately. A day or two passed, and they sent me an email which read something along the lines of "We've been notified that your direct debit has been cancelled, if you don't re-instate it we might miss a payment - and that means that you will be breaking the law. I had a little chuckle to myself, given that they had told me to cancel the direct debit, and deleted the email. Another day or two passed, and they sent me a "thank you for cancelling your TV licence" email.
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  298. While not on topic, I have my own thoughts about the people marching around London recently. I'll leave that there until you do a video on that topic. The group of Brits that surrounded the cenotaph - the original sentiment behind that, I fully support. No different as I support the arrests for vandalising other cenotaphs like the one in Rochdale. Had they done so without any of the macho BS, perhaps committing to do it in silence out of respect. They would still have my full backing. But the chants etc, was just trying to antagonise an already tense atmosphere. Chasing the march through London and keeping the Met busy was simply out of order, and not in line with the stated spirit of that gathering. To the tweeter - for all you know, Tim's mum might have been in that crowd that you've just branded as tw**s. That's bang out of order fam. Watch your mouth. When does remembrance become remembering your own actions instead of the lost? I don't know. For me, never. And while we're at it, lets spare a moment for the animals that have been in theatres and lost. This year, I learnt that even veterans that are serving time at "His Majesty's pleasure" in prisons, are given time to respect the dead. The TV's are on full volume, those that want to step outside into the fresh air for their moment of silence can (within the walls of the prison). There's also a "remembrance breakfast" served. It turns out, convicted criminals can still be recognised as British patriots. So in my book, so can "right wing tw**s."
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  299. My mind is wired a little different... when you asked "how many chairs" and "where's the door"... my response was "why do you care?" Equally, I typically don't carry cash (mostly covid + contactless payment options), so any beggars that ask I can genuinely say "sorry, I don't carry cash" without thinking about it. On a night out, if someone is asking me the time, my reaction would probably be "don't you have a phone? Everyone does these days!" I've also been through martial arts, but in my work life, I spend more time thinking about "Why" than "How" or "What" - so I guess over the last few decades, I've just been conditioned to default that way. I do still have the old habit that I'll make a mental note of any overt CCTV in any room that I'm in though, too.
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  300. I find it funny that I purchased a diesel car within 2008-2018, specifically because it's engine was granted VED rate at £0, in Band A. Because it was manufactured in 2013, when VED changes in 2025, I will move to Band B. Currently, Band B is £20/year. My car has never failed an emissions test at MOT. Why is this funny? Because apparently it's also not ULEZ compliant.
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  301. @@paracolider and no-one is forcing anyone. At least, not if they are following the guidance that this video is about. Feel free to read the comments I made about my daughter. No-one forced her, to do anything.
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  302.  @jons9721  absolutely, yes. While it might not be directly admissible in a court, anything an officer observes (either they see it or hear it) can form reasonable grounds for them to investigate whatever offence it is they think it applies to. For a rather extreme example, the officers that came to my house were looking for someone else... when they identified themselves as the police... if I had replied "are you here about the stolen car?"... they would have been very interested about coming in and talking about it, even though it might have nothing to do with their current investigation. I'd expect a court case to begin something like "we found out about it when he asked us." Equally, when they were invited in, if they saw large stacks of cash piled up on my desk, they'd probably enquire about it - even though just having cash isn't directly illegal, but it MIGHT lead them to a drugs investigation, etc. Of course, all scenarios are hypothetical... just in case there's any trolls reading.
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  303.  @jons9721  I agree completely, on both points. But in your situation where you're being asked about a missing child - you can answer those questions outside without having to invite them in for a coffee.
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  304. My only curiosity here Tim, is why you're so late to this. Maybe, related to the targeting system, you didn't want to speak first. I get that. But Russia released this leak, not because they had it, because it was advantageous to them. The advantage? It gets us to squabble amongst ourselves, and voices to put pressure on politics to stop helping. There's a LOT more I could say, that I know we're doing and not admitting, but I have Ukrainian friends (from before Crimea was annexed)... politics aside, we pushed Putin to act (as you said), our duty to stand by the innocent that we dragged into conflict. Re changing schedules etc, my old man served in NI (and in Germany, before the wall came down). That's been ingrained in me.
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  305. In my opinion, this is a false dichotomy. Uncle Bob got it right: comments are evil, and require maintenance of their own. Comments are valid, but only when you fail (for whatever reason - and there are many valid reasons) to write clean code. I recently went back to a project that was written months ago, and I needed to add a feature. There were no comments. I was rather pleasantly surprised that it didn't take long to do, because the code was readable. I recently told a friend that I had a productive day - and all I changed was one word, on one line. Again, in my opinion, the real benefit of comments, is in the commit message - rather than in the code itself.
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  306. I think the point here, is that estimates are just that, estimates. They're almost always wrong, in wonderful and different ways. Unless you're a contractor, you're not getting asked to quote a number of hours. In my team, we ballpark story points - any unknowns or worries and we round up. Over N sprints, so long as the team doesn't change, you can see how many story points are completed on average. That allows the business to plan. I also always round down the sprint commitment too. I manage the team, so it's easy for me to say to PMO "Nope, we're not agreeing to that, and here's why..." We also don't blame anyone - for anything. If things go wrong, that's what the Sprint Retrospective is for (so long as you're also taking steps to learn from it). Ultimately, problems within my team are my fault, and no-one else's. Though if they do awesome things, they individually get the credit loudly & proudly (which simply helps me when it comes to the next seasons budget anyway). I think the big missing point here, is that working as a developer for a company paying your wages, means that there needs to be compromise (on both sides of the fence).
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  307.  @albertroberts5929  it's not, and never was a residential house. That's very clear to anyone that actually knows what those look like in Ukraine. They said it was in the video, but they lied. IMO, a little white lie to save giving accurate details.
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  308. You clearly haven't seen the news, prisons are so full that convicted criminals are getting early release...
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  309. Tim, important question. Given that prisoners who die while serving their sentence are automatically given a public inquest into their deaths... who in their right mind thinks that members of the military (in training or otherwise) that die on British streets get a lesser treatment than a convicted criminal? I would love a minister to go on record trying to justify that.
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  310. As a parent, I'm more annoyed by the sign where someone can't spell the word "off" - it really demonstrates a level of care for education - at home or in a school. Goggles are clearly so they don't get orange paint in the eyes. Interestingly, one of the ads that popped up while watching was a lady that proclaimed "too much information comes up in DBS checks" - I'm sorry, what?!? Skip!
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  311. The fine "feels" appropriate here, but for a repeat offence, even the other offence was a lower speed, or crossing solid white lines etc... 28 day ban is just a joke.
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  312. It wasn't a terrible definition of asymmetric public key cryptography, I'll let it slide. There is a way for tech companies to comply, without breaching privacy laws. Take Facebook or WhatsApp as an example - using the service to send a message within a web-browser is NOT end-to-end encrypted. The user sends a plaintext message to the server, and the server then encrypts. When using the app on a mobile device, the message is typed in, encrypted and then sent. So the way to comply with the Online Safety Bill is to automate a scan for keywords (and image hash values, etc), prior to encryption. A court would likely find that an automated scan in the interests of public safety (be that child abuse, domestic violence, terrorism, etc) does not constituent a breach of privacy. So, why are tech companies opposed to it? Simply, it's an arms race to the bottom. Lets say that the system gets implemented to check the hash values of an image. People sending the images can just edit the image, change a few pixels, such that the change isn't visible when viewing it, but now the hash is completely different. Lets say that the system looks for keywords, so instead of "plant a bomb" I say "plant a tulip." Or I simply send a voice message instead of text, or a video instead of a picture. Those can be interpreted too, but it's much harder to get right, and again, in a voice message, I can still just say "I'm going to plant a tulip in the garden."
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  313. My eldest daughter was bullied at junior school. Group of 4-5 kids her age stood around her, her age, hitting her. My youngest son ran over (4 years younger), and the school called me with "he made them all cry" - I took him for an ice cream since school didn't want him in lessons for the rest of the day. As he's grown up, in high school, a bully was throwing balled up paper at him repeatedly. He threw a chair back at them and he got excluded for 2 days for it. So I enrolled him in karate to teach him the value of an appropriate response. Kids 3 years older than him found out he did karate and wanted to "challenge" him, he stood his ground & dealt with everything the older kid could throw his way, and never once lashed out at the other kid. School did absolutely nothing about it, but he found it funny. It's entirely on the parents to correct the mental attitude of kids, it's clear no-one else will.
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  314. "flying an unauthorised drone is super illegal, you'll get arrested, I wouldn't recommend it." Either that statement is false, or people don't get arrested (in NJ) nearly as often as one would assume. Or, here's a hot take, maybe the drones exist AND the flights are authorised?
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  315. "OK Google, open Spotify" - no hands are needed, and it's akin to talking to a passenger. The screen will turn on, yes, but it is definitively not in my hand (in the cradle and voice controlled). Same risk of due care. "OK Google, navigate me home" - etc. Answering a call in my car is a button on the steering wheel (or voice controlled).
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  316.  @Tom_Hadler  no answer on my curiosity though, huh?
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  317. The retailer advertises the prices, as a sort of contract proposal. The contract is presumed accepted when you take goods (the same as price stickers on shelves in supermarkets - if the labels are incorrect, legally, the retailer does not have to honour the quoted price). I suspect that "consuming" fuel and not paying for it would be deemed fraud, in the same way that using electricity and not paying for it is an offence. Though I think fuel would be a matter for a subjective test (ie, were you aware you only paid for the wash and should have paid for the fuel, despite an employee error?)
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  318.  @terencej72  - Thanks, not quite the point I was making, but any contribution to the discussion is welcome. In my comment, I mention "excessive speed" - and yes, your friend was (in my opinion) driving at excessive speed for the conditions you describe. But, that's more likely to be looked at for Dangerous Driving, than it is an SP related offence (though it sounds like your friend was lucky, and probably got an SP30 with 3 points, and I guess, court costs). In my case, I was seen by an officer holding a speed gun at the side of the road, while I was travelling 50mph but I was 2m within a 30mph zone, and I was on the brakes, but the fact remains that my speed was excessive. That fine is calculated as a percentage of weekly gross income (max £1k), and I was extremely lucky to keep my licence. I was actually driving to a Speed Awareness course at the time! Thankfully, I've "grown up" since then.
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