T156 @ T156 @lemmy.world

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That's... it? You can get knighted for being "fairly good" at your job for half a decade, and then quitting?

Yes. Knighthood is generally up to the whims of the monarch. Although to make it there, it's generally expected you have an achievement significant enough to be befitting of one.

But from what I recall, there's little stopping his majesty from conferring a knighthood onto Chief Mouser Larry for his research into the napping suitability of 10 Downing Street's furniture, if he wanted to do that.

Is there a Wrong Dishonourable title?

I'm not sure which is fluffier. Him or the rug (?).

I think that for the most part, it was a fad because people had a lot of time on their hands, with nothing to do during Lockdown.

Now that they have work and everything else going on, people don't really have that kind of time any more.

What a sentence out of context.

Yes, both for health tracking and because it's handy for notifications and calendar alerts. It's also a bit of a habit for time-keeping at this point.

Although I've found fancier, newer watches to be much worse for that. I replaced my old Garmin with a Samsung Smartwatch, since the corner broke off the Garmin, and the Samsung one had a metal frame that seemed more durable. However, the software is both worse and more fiddly than the garmin, which is itself worse than the software on the Pebble (RIP) I had a long time ago.

I don't know, it kind of makes sense, since Kagi can tailor itself to a specific audience, whereas something big like Google will just make a generalised slop that is able to be used by anyone, but isn't to anyone's particular tastes.

It can depend on your particular part of the tech-sphere. I barely saw anything about either of those, because I wasn't all that interested in AI things, and didn't really follow the kind of people who would talk about it. At most, it was a quick flash in the pan before it was overshadowed by other news.

China is already trying quite hard with its Great Firewall. We don't need to make their job easier for them.

Crack enough eggs, and you won't have any left for the omelette.

Wrong battery. You're thinking the high-voltage EV battery, but in this case, it was the 12V lead-acid accessory battery that died. Normally, that would be charged from the high voltage battery, if the car was running.

In this case, it might just have been bad luck with a worn-out battery.

The toddler was strapped into the seat at the time, so chances are that they would not be able to find and open the door that way anyhow.

I don't think that's how you're meant to use a WHERE.

Everyone is dead

Get well soon! Better vacicne aches than catching the actual thing, at least.

It's hard to believe that they have any bones at all.

If I tried to sleep like the cat does, I'd end up with backache for the next century.

Either its under salted, or it's oversalted to the point where eating some is like crunching a salt lick.

Almost impressive how KFC manages to straddle either side of the line.

Good luck ! The cover letters have been the hardest and most troublesome part for me.

How anyone can crank out and personalise more than one a day (let alone 20) is a complete mystery.

A spot of fish now and then also won't go amiss.

Its also the winter solstice (or as close as), ans as such, there's a Solstice celebration event thing going on at CERES, if anyone wants to pop in and have a peek. Doesn't seem to be all that much, though.

Would also not recommend buying food there. Had a peek at the prices, and they're corked ($9 for a small box of chips?!), even before any likely surcharge.

On the bright side, the cold weather seems to have let up some today, which is nice. We've had more than our fair share of chills for the past day or two.