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theplanlessman@feddit.ukto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why are body modifications always towards the nasty side?English16·2 years agoBody mods that look good in the traditional sense are generally called plastic/cosmetic surgery. Breast implants, face lifts, hair implants, etc. are the same idea as body mods, just with the goal of achieving a more mainstream idea of beauty.
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto World News@lemmy.ml•British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to TheftsEnglish71·2 years agoI’m honestly shocked this hasn’t happened already. How can a world class museum not have a centralised inventory of all its items?
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are the shortest karaoke songs?English6·2 years agoThe shortest song I ever found at a karaoke place was You Suffer by Napalm Death. It’s 1.3 seconds long.
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Bike Riders of lemmy, you okay with me riding my eScooter in the bike lane?English2·2 years agoFor what it’s worth the UK uses mph and we’ve had the Internet for a little while now too, and here e-scooters are technically illegal to ride anywhere other than on private land, i.e. not on pavement, on bike lanes or on the road.
The exception is if you’re in one of the cities which is operating a “trial” rental scheme, in which case the rental company will let you know where they think you should ride. But I believe even in those areas privately owned e-scooters remain illegal to use in public.
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why can't we decrease our eye's FPS to get better night vision?English3·2 years agoWell I certainly wouldn’t want to change my pupils without their consent, that’s for sure!
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Free streaming platform with live TV from BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 launches next yearEnglish4·2 years agoI seem to recall Nadine Dorries proposing an end to the TV license, which apparently would come about in 2027 if it happens. But with a complete roster change in the tory government since then and a likely loss in the next election, we’ll have to wait and see what Labour decide to do about that.
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•‘Lib Dems will raze this place to the ground’: Mid Beds byelection duel could gift seat to ToriesEnglish21·2 years agoIt’s English, but not as we know it, Jim.
Translated it reads: “The Liberal Democratic Party will ruin everything” competition between two left-wing parties in mid-Bedfordshire by-election could split votes and result in a win by the Conservative Party.
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto United Kingdom@feddit.uk•Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another wayEnglish292·2 years agoThis reminds me of two recent posts that I got involved in here.
The first was about Wales’ upcoming 20mph zone, where people were complaining that “they’re just trying to generate revenue”. Well, only if you decide to break the law, surely?
The other was a discussion on the cyclists who were “caught” speeding in Devon. Drivers were outraged and wanted cyclists to adhere to the speed limits (good luck without a speedometer). But they would get apoplectic when you suggested that they should do the same.
As a cyclist it always strikes me that we probably don’t need any new laws to make the roads safe, we just need the current laws to be enforced and obeyed. If every driver gave every cyclist 1.5m of space, priority at junctions, kept out of the cycle lanes, etc. as they’resupposed to then the roads would be a lovely place to cycle.
theplanlessman@feddit.ukto Technology@lemmy.world•Magic Earth is an alternative to Waze and Google Maps with crowdsourced traffic and road hazard informationEnglish1·2 years agoAn intriguing idea, but they seem a little vague about where they’re actually getting their traffic data from, just a “third party”. For crowd-sourced traffic data to be at all useful it needs to be coming from software that a lot of drivers happen to have on their phones, so I wouldn’t be surprised if Google or Apple aren’t to be found somewhere in the pipeline.
How do you know the output is an accurate translation?