kollkana's recent activity
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Comment on Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today in ~health
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Comment on Tesla Cybertruck owners shocked that tires are barely lasting 6,000 miles in ~transport
kollkana Link ParentDisclaimer that I know nothing about cars. I'd always assumed that was a "if you put maximum strain it can do >100mph so doing 50mph is less wear on the engine" type of situation. Is that not how...Disclaimer that I know nothing about cars. I'd always assumed that was a "if you put maximum strain it can do >100mph so doing 50mph is less wear on the engine" type of situation. Is that not how it works?
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Comment on NHS cannot embrace AI until its basic IT systems are up to scratch. Prof Sir Martin Landray: clinical IT functions are slow and ‘devastatingly user unfriendly’ in ~health
kollkana Link ParentMy GP used to offer some appointments through a web portal, but at some point they got rid of that other than for blood tests (which need a GP referral anyway) and children's vaccinations....My GP used to offer some appointments through a web portal, but at some point they got rid of that other than for blood tests (which need a GP referral anyway) and children's vaccinations. Incredibly frustrating because I'd used it just fine in the past and now we're back to, again phoning at exactly 8am and convincing a receptionist that my problem is "urgent" or it's no appointment for you.
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Comment on What things do you have are surprisingly good / handy? in ~life
kollkana Link ParentI've had pretty good experience with Loop Quiet earplugs for this. Sometimes I can't get then to sit right and will wake up with an aching ear, but the vast majority of the time they work great...I've had pretty good experience with Loop Quiet earplugs for this. Sometimes I can't get then to sit right and will wake up with an aching ear, but the vast majority of the time they work great for sleeping through a snoring partner, and a piercing alarm is still audible enough to work.
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Comment on How are you dealing with mosquitoes and flies? in ~life
kollkana Link ParentYes! Any time our indoor compost caddy gets infested with fruit flies I chase them around the kitchen with standard cleaning spray. Shooting them out of the air is immensely satisfying, and...Yes! Any time our indoor compost caddy gets infested with fruit flies I chase them around the kitchen with standard cleaning spray. Shooting them out of the air is immensely satisfying, and squishing them and wiping up the excess liquid is just cleaning.
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Comment on PS5 Pro technical presentation hosted by Mark Cerny - Out November 7th for $699.99 in ~games
kollkana Link ParentMy point is that if $700 is considered a steep price in the US, where incidentally median household income is a good 60% higher and income taxes are significantly lower when compared with the UK,...My point is that if $700 is considered a steep price in the US, where incidentally median household income is a good 60% higher and income taxes are significantly lower when compared with the UK, then imagine how steep it feels elsewhere.
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Comment on Synthetic diamonds are now purer, more beautiful, and vastly cheaper than mined diamonds. Beating nature took decades of hard graft and millions of pounds of pressure. in ~science
kollkana Link ParentI can't speak for anyone else, and I don't own any jewellry other than a gold wedding band, but it's not the industrial mining that would give it the character in my eyes, it's the sheer...I can't speak for anyone else, and I don't own any jewellry other than a gold wedding band, but it's not the industrial mining that would give it the character in my eyes, it's the sheer pre-history. A naturally formed diamond is potentially billions of years old, at the very least tens of millions. And by virtue of being at a depth that can be mined it has traveled for miles through the earth's crust before a human ever saw it. I don't really care for diamonds visually or culturally, hence not owning any, but I definitely feel the geology gives naturally formed diamonds more meaning.
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Comment on PS5 Pro technical presentation hosted by Mark Cerny - Out November 7th for $699.99 in ~games
kollkana Link ParentEven the ex-VAT price in the UK would be over $750, so higher than the total with any state's sales tax if this page is correct.Even the ex-VAT price in the UK would be over $750, so higher than the total with any state's sales tax if this page is correct.
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Comment on PS5 Pro technical presentation hosted by Mark Cerny - Out November 7th for $699.99 in ~games
kollkana Link Parent$700 is also the cheapest price in the list by far. £700 and €800 are more like $900.$700 is also the cheapest price in the list by far. £700 and €800 are more like $900.
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Comment on The “email is authentication” pattern in ~tech
kollkana Link ParentI feel the exact opposite, I can't stand having to wait for an email or a texted code or whatever their extra step is, and having to leave the app I'm trying to use to retrieve it. If that became...I feel the exact opposite, I can't stand having to wait for an email or a texted code or whatever their extra step is, and having to leave the app I'm trying to use to retrieve it. If that became the default experience life would just be that tiny bit worse.
I'd also be much less worried about a random small website being targeted for a data breach than a major email provider unless there was clearly some indication that it would provide valuable user data (e.g. a yacht club membership site may have lots of wealthy members, a niche geocaching forum not so much).
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Comment on Microsoft Graveyard: a website for tracking dead and soon-to-be-dead Microsoft products in ~tech
kollkana Link ParentAnd saying Yammer was killed when it was just rebranded as "Viva Engage" - at work we all still call it Yammer because the new name is so silly. Edit: I was looking at the other link in these...And saying Yammer was killed when it was just rebranded as "Viva Engage" - at work we all still call it Yammer because the new name is so silly.
Edit: I was looking at the other link in these comments and now see that the main post doesn't list Yammer. Oh well!
While most adults in the UK probably know their height in vague imperial terms rather than metric, in medical settings it's always metric. The timeline of adopting metric is very muddled, and the link to their dataset is broken, but I'd be very surprised if conversion were a factor in data this recent.