overview for Arrakis

Roses are red, in c/dadjokes

[–] Arrakis 6 points 1 year ago

He left a hole in her heart

WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters in c/[email protected]

[–] Arrakis 1 points 1 year ago

All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again

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Roses are red, (self.dadjokes)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Arrakis to c/dadjokes

3 comments fedilink

Violets are glorious,

Don't try to surprise

Oscar Pistorius

(Since he's back in the headlines I couldn't help but remember this oldie)

Disabled man without hands or legs is left without carers in c/[email protected]

[–] Arrakis 26 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Over the past while, our government has essentially turned our welfare system into a parody of the US's. This guy makes the most amazing Lego sculptures, and it's so fucking sad he's going through this.

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Disabled man without hands or legs is left without carers (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Arrakis to c/[email protected]

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DJ Calvert told BBC News NI: "I've been let down - and I'm not the only one."

It was proof that Northern Ireland's health and social care system had "crashed", said the 49-year-old.

When someone walks over a certain part of the loft floor, all the smoke alarms in the house beep in c/homeimprovement

[–] Arrakis 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks very much, I can't believe I didn't think of this - I think I was just so frazzled by the alarms blaring my brain couldn't think properly. I'll be lifting up the floor for a look tomorrow!

When someone walks over a certain part of the loft floor, all the smoke alarms in the house beep in c/homeimprovement

[–] Arrakis 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks very much, looks like tomorrow will herald my inauguration into carpet lifting!

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When someone walks over a certain part of the loft floor, all the smoke alarms in the house beep (self.homeimprovement)

submitted 1 year ago by Arrakis to c/homeimprovement

7 comments fedilink

Honestly I am so bloody baffled by this.

I removed the smoke alarm that would be affected by vibration from the loft floor (which was in the room directly underneath), but the other alarms still go off when someone walks up there (they're all wired together, so when one goes off they all go off). I removed the one that's in the loft too, but it still happens.

I have no fecking idea what else to do 😅 should we go in under the loft floor to have a look, or into the ceiling underneath the loft floor? Any suggestions for what to look for? Should I be concerned that vibration is affecting wiring? Is it spooky ghosts?

Washington Post: Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. in c/[email protected]

[–] Arrakis 5 points 1 year ago

Those silly sausages!

Washington Post: Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. in c/[email protected]

[–] Arrakis 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And when you consider that approx 47% of the population is (was) under 18, they really showed those ~5k kids!!

AAAA in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] Arrakis 0 points 1 year ago

So Linux has been dominating the server space since before it existed? Cool!

I just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY? in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] Arrakis -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is a wrong way to be right about something, and this comment is a great example of that.

I just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY? in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] Arrakis -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Um, no you don't. I mean you can do it that way if you want I suppose, but you can just use the good ol' decline button too (repeatedly, on various screens, with your network cable unplugged. Fuck Windows)

I just want to set a timer for MY FOOD WINDOWS WHY? in c/mildlyinfuriating

[–] Arrakis 6 points 1 year ago (18 children)

it won’t install the OS without making you create a Microsoft account

I'm not pro-Windows by any means, but this simply isn't true.

Isn't it convenient that the alphabet is in alphabetical order. in c/showerthoughts

[–] Arrakis 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TL;DR wooooooosh

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It’s Saturday night: let’s speculate wildly on the ID of the BBC presenter giving a kid money for blow! (self.ukcasual)

submitted 1 year ago by Arrakis to c/ukcasual

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I reckon it’s Anne Robinson. Fight me.

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Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Arrakis to c/[email protected]

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"Based on these findings, the authors warn that more than a fifth of ecosystems worldwide, including the Amazon rainforest, are at risk of a catastrophic breakdown within a human lifetime."

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Church of England sacks independent abuse panel (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by Arrakis to c/[email protected]

1 comments fedilink

"The Archbishops' Council confirmed it was "ending the contracts" of all three board members - acting chair Meg Munn, Jasvinder Sanghera and Steve Reeves.

The latter two recently claimed the Church had been obstructive and interfered with their work."

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We're whalers on the moon (self.futurama)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Arrakis to c/futurama

10 comments fedilink

We carry our harpoons

For there ain't no whales

So we tell tall tales

And sing our whaling tuuuuune