OwlPaste

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[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Punishment is to shoot more civilians

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

From the numbers its sort of implied that these are not per population but rather total numbers which is generally meaningless because some areas are metropolitan and others are long country roads.

Its curious ish but not really a reasonable comparison. Who records people vs people collisions? And in how many people vs people collisions is a knife involved?

Anyway absolute numbers are not particularly interesting, per population per area sounds more useful to give real context. However i will also take this opportunity to say "fuck cars" because over this side of the pond those shitty overcompensating shit trucks with their bull bars should be banned and removed from the road. Absolute death traps and don't fit into our parking spots

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

It is a very high possibility, most likely not next election but certainly one after that is a likely candidate.

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

yes but if the op doesn't have an ac already, could be renting, which severely limits what kind of ac you can get.

But yes split units are of course far better efficiency. I been eyeing up next years upgrade to an external unit with heat pump and 5 internal units for the 3 bedrooms, lounge and kitchen. But given how expensive the unit is i don't even know how much would it cost to install something like that. Lucky for me the house is arranged so that only one of the internal units would be a complete pain in the arse to install. So hopefully its something I can afford to do for next summer... fingers crossed

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's just what a poor person would say!

/s

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Depending on your room size and budget, i would recommend at leasr 12k btu and always try to get one with a heat pump so you can use it in winter too.

sticking the output hose out of the window is good enough to get started but even using the fabric window kit is good enough to be more comfortable.

For reference i used a 14k btu in a 25-30ish m2 room and it was more than enough in +38 heat. If you start to cool it down early in the day and close curtains you can prevent alot of heat later in the day.

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You can get all sorts of portable aircon and even having a pipe thrown out of your window helps alot. My loft gets to 37-38...

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

or make thames water fix their shitty leaks?

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

so we don't have to click the R🤮DD!T lonk

The hero we need! 🤩😍

[–] OwlPaste@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

ohh cool tip will check it out thanks!

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by OwlPaste@lemmy.world to c/diy@sh.itjust.works
 

I got a cable channel going between floors with a backbox on the ground floor wall and a hidden plastic guide channel for the cables on floor above.

so wanted to ask, is there a faceplate that hides cables into trunking to a side in a nice way? got some d-line trunking that would come to this box but id prefer not to have cables sticking out of it and just pop into the trunking.

pic of the box location, i need the cables to pop out towards the brown colour wall (but probably going up first to coven level) but would like the cables to not be visible

 

Hiya, anyone has recommendations for bike carriers for cats? I would prefer something in the front so i can keep an eye on my cat mostly for going to the vet.

Wifes bike is one of those folding ones so there is no carry bit at the back so looking for something that either secures to the handlebars or between the seat and handlebars.

Seen a few whicker basket types, but never used those before. Would appreciate any recommendations 🐱

Cat tax (and future carrier user) Cat sitting in the garden

 

almost entirely black cat on sofa looking like a seal

She's almost a void, just a couple of drops of not void paint.

 

So I wanted to ask what are people thinking might happen with mortgage rates?

The reason for this question is, should I consider going from a 2 year fixed mortgage to a 5 year one on the basis that Trump's economic policy of tariffs is likely to not do any favours to interest rates and world economy?

 

I need to record information about what my cat eats and does, as she might have a food allergy and I need to track down what it is.

So I am after some kind of a user friendly locally hosted database (maybe via some kind of app), preferably Linux friendly.

It would be nice if it had similar relationships to the added image, some kind of relational DB that I can fill with data. But essentially I need to have a bunch of lookup tables to return some data specific to difference events.

Its a bit of a pain (and takes time) to have to write an entire webapp to manage all this from scratch, that's why I am looking for some kind of user friendly GUI way to do it. Surely there must be some kind of relational database managing "application" that lets you set up some lookup tables and enter data in a nice and easy GUI way to do it? sqllitebrowser doesn't count as it doesn't handle linked tables in a nice way (would be nice if its friendly for my wife to use) :)

Cheers!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by OwlPaste@lemmy.world to c/london@feddit.uk
 

Got a small walking treadmill, that now became a fire hazard, rhe motor is sparking, but replacing it seems not feasible as i cannot get a replacement part (the company stopped existing a while ago and doesn't seem like a main manufacturer). And it seems a slightly more permanent installation than not.

So looking to scrap it, but how to scrap it in London without a car? Council bulk pickup seems not to mention anything about fitness equipment and neither does the "not so local" recycling centre, tried calling it but the number goes nowhere. Its a fair trip on a taxi if i wanted to bring it to the centre and not a straightforward walk either.

So the question is, how to scrap it? Contacted a random "local" company that mentioned picking up gym equipment but they quoted £200, which is more than the bloody thing cost!

Going to email the council, but anything else i can try?

 

Using react router and have a route definition:

  {
       path: '/',
       element: <Root pageTitle={pageTitle} />,
       errorElement: <ErrorPage setPageTitle={updatePageTitle} />,
       children: [
          ...
          {
             path: '*',
             element: <ErrorPage setPageTitle={updatePageTitle} />,
             loader: async () => {
                throw new Response('Not Found', { status: 404 });
             },
          },
       ],
    },

This shows me 404 page how I want but without the rest of the root element but also the http status is reported as 200. How do I properly throw it as a 404 and show it inside root element?

 

Using react router and have a route definition:

  {
       path: '/',
       element: <Root pageTitle={pageTitle} />,
       errorElement: <ErrorPage setPageTitle={updatePageTitle} />,
       children: [
          ...
          {
             path: '*',
             element: <ErrorPage setPageTitle={updatePageTitle} />,
             loader: async () => {
                console.log('throwing a 404');
                throw new Response('Not Found', { status: 404 });
             },
          },
       ],
    },

This does show me the 404 page how I want, but http status is reported as 200. How do I properly throw it as a 404?

It seems not to trigger the loader (console log does not appear), or is there another method to throw a 404 and show a pretty page?

 

Say I have a Films library

Is it possible to make a shortcut on the left hand side menu to a specific tag or collection from this library? I was not able to find this option.

And a side question, if I have media in multiple languages, whats the best way of signalling it? Via tags of some kind? Or {edition- labelling?

Cheers

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by OwlPaste@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world
 

Cat recharging in the sun https://imgur.com/a/MgsUN8W

 

Picture of a road sign swallowed by a tree.

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