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  1. Comment on What wiring decisions do you wish you made when building a house? in ~hobbies

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    Late and such a small comment to give you : think about where you'd plug your vacuum cleaner in, and place your sockets accordingly. It's a right pain in the bum to have a poorly placed socket...

    Late and such a small comment to give you : think about where you'd plug your vacuum cleaner in, and place your sockets accordingly. It's a right pain in the bum to have a poorly placed socket when doing homework.

    Also, consider where your family and house guests would plug in hair dryers and straighteners, near to mirrors and dressing tables. Again it's a pain when you have a short cable and no sock nearby.

  2. Comment on YouTube orders ‘Invidious’ privacy software to shut down in seven days in ~tech

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    Sneaky ways yes, kind of impressive the lengths they'll go to to get your eyeballs looking at something. Now I see it, it sort of doesn't affect me as much. Like that bit in the film The Labyrinth...

    Sneaky ways yes, kind of impressive the lengths they'll go to to get your eyeballs looking at something.
    Now I see it, it sort of doesn't affect me as much. Like that bit in the film The Labyrinth "you have no power over me".

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  3. Comment on Music Discovery Thread: Share the Top 3 songs you’re currently obsessed with! in ~music

  4. Comment on YouTube orders ‘Invidious’ privacy software to shut down in seven days in ~tech

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    I think it's incredible that all tracking and data gathering that's done to us, all the spying and monitoring, is for advertising. Advertising to get us to buy things we don't want or need,...

    I think it's incredible that all tracking and data gathering that's done to us, all the spying and monitoring, is for advertising. Advertising to get us to buy things we don't want or need, getting us to look at little boxes so we want the thing. I don't know the word to describe this experience but it's like realising your long-standing paranoia was because the Peeping Tom you've been avoiding only wanted you to buy a new shed/car/dress/PPI/wallpaper. Once I realised that I found it much easier to ignore adverts pushed into my face.

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  5. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    A few years ago I created a cross stitch pattern of my best friend's favourite band's favourite album. It took several months to recreate into a suitable design that would capture the essence. I...

    A few years ago I created a cross stitch pattern of my best friend's favourite band's favourite album. It took several months to recreate into a suitable design that would capture the essence. I started the process in 2018, giving myself 3 years to complete around 5000 stitches.

    It's the skeleton album cover of Machine Head's The Blackening album, a woodcut of 'the mirror which flatters not' https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1896-1230-185 fantastic piece of art and an excellent album if you like that kind of thing.

    I'm hoping that I'll now have more time away from a certain doom scrolling website to actually finish it now.

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  6. Comment on What would cause moral panic if invented today? in ~talk

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    It's far too easy to accidentally overdose on paracetamol if you're in pain but not counting your tablets.

    It's far too easy to accidentally overdose on paracetamol if you're in pain but not counting your tablets.