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Comment on Headphone recommends that actually block out voices in ~tech
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Comment on Is a degree worth it? in ~life
4imble Link Parentyes, student loans do https://www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan/when-your-student-loan-gets-written-off-or-cancelledyes, student loans do
If you were paid the first loan on or after 1 September 2006
The loans for your course will be written off 25 years after the April you were first due to repay.https://www.gov.uk/repaying-your-student-loan/when-your-student-loan-gets-written-off-or-cancelled
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Comment on Is a degree worth it? in ~life
4imble Link Parentalright, I agree stifling is probably a bit extreme. but you may as well consider it a 25 year student tax as no grad is likely to pay it off before their term. it's a decent chunk of your pay...alright, I agree stifling is probably a bit extreme. but you may as well consider it a 25 year student tax as no grad is likely to pay it off before their term. it's a decent chunk of your pay too, I'm not entirely sure at what point you start overcoming the interest but I believe it's close to 50k.
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Comment on Is a degree worth it? in ~life
4imble LinkI am firmly in the camp of not unless you need it. By that I mean if you intend to study law or medicine you no choice but to bite the bullet. you absolutely need that piece of paper at the end of...I am firmly in the camp of not unless you need it.
By that I mean if you intend to study law or medicine you no choice but to bite the bullet. you absolutely need that piece of paper at the end of your degree.
If you intend to do a skilled job and can learn while doing I believe time and money is much better spent teaching yourself and then doing an internship or even volunteering to get hands on industry experience.
Comparatively you will be way more employable after let's say 3 years compared to someone else straight out of university. they will likely have stiflingly debt and you could well have started a pension and have some savings and well on you way to being a mid level employee.
I am drawing strongly on personal experience as a software engineer in the UK. I got my degree and paid off my debt but if I could go back in time I would have opted to skip it. students these days have it way worse than I did too, they come out with more dept and a way higher interest rate, I don't believe it's realistic to believe they will be paying off their debt before it gets automatically written off after 25 years which is a joke.
All that aside, university is one of those amazing times in your life, I met my wife while studying many years ago and there's so many great experiences open to you as a student. -
Comment on Sync for Lemmy now available on Play Store in ~tech
4imble LinkI just gave this a super quick try. initial thoughts I quite like a lot of it. Things I'd change are... The abundant whitespace across the top until you scroll seems wasteful and I couldn't work...I just gave this a super quick try. initial thoughts I quite like a lot of it. Things I'd change are...
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Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! (v2) in ~tildes
4imble LinkIs it discouraged to use a jokey tone to a comment. I wrote a comment using some light hearted jokey language while trying to actually write a genuine response (it was not a serious thread) and it...Is it discouraged to use a jokey tone to a comment. I wrote a comment using some light hearted jokey language while trying to actually write a genuine response (it was not a serious thread) and it just got collapsed.
I also feel like the noise label is too severe or at least simply doesn't scale well with more users. I have seen some threads with 90% of the comments collapsed, if all it takes is 2 people to trigger then with more users this is going to become increasingly common to see.
I can't help but feel if I have genuinely tried to contribute something worthwhile and it gets collapsed then I have failed. how can I see what I did wrong, can I see the labels that have been applied? it would be useful for me to know was it too jokey, was it considered noise even if no-one else can see it.
Finally what effect does editing have, if a comment is flagged as noise or joke and becomes collapsed and you edit it to bring it more inline with a valued comment, is it beyond saving?
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Comment on What are your favourite bean recipes? in ~food
4imble (edited )LinkThis is a easy one to follow from me but one of my all time favourite meals. Baked beans on toast. I'm not joking. That said it has to be done right. contrary to common advertising they don't have...This is a easy one to follow from me but one of my all time favourite meals.
Baked beans on toast. I'm not joking.
That said it has to be done right.
- contrary to common advertising they don't have to be Heinz, branston are my favourite but even the cheapo tins will do.
- super important: a add a big dollop of butter, I would say between 1 or 2 teaspoons worth.
- cook, cook, cook. they are not done when simply hot you need to keep them simmering down, let the butter emulsify and it needs to form a thick non runny sauce. by this time the beans will have softened up even more too.
- when beans and sauce is done, take off heat, let them rest, you'll regret tucking in too soon, they are now hotter than the sun as far are your mouth is concerned.
- while cooling, now is the perfect time to make the toast, throw in your favoured bread and wait.
- add more butter to the toast if you want but I actually skip here (weighs less on the guilt of adding butter in step 2). serve the beans on top and dig in. careful it'll still be hot though!
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Comment on Do you think there should be more customization of user profiles on Tildes? If so, what should be added? in ~tildes
4imble LinkI'm a big fan of minimalism and it's one of the reasons I really like it here. Signatures and colours would be a distraction or just plain confusing for me. That said, I'd likely enjoy seeing a...I'm a big fan of minimalism and it's one of the reasons I really like it here. Signatures and colours would be a distraction or just plain confusing for me. That said, I'd likely enjoy seeing a very small avatar if it fit within the header and was no larger that the +/- expanders.
With that you would gain a small amount of insight or bias about that user or their personality based upon what they pick, but I believe you get that already from their username anyway.
The best in class for ANC are supposedly the sony XM5s, I recently bought the xm4s which are slightly better than what they replaced - some Bose QC35IIs. I heard Sony held back on the noise cancelling for the XM4s because they wanted something to offer on the 5s. I ultimately went 4s due to the price and compactness when travelling (the 5s don't fold).