In UK employment (inc international companies) :

How normal is very regular unpaid overtime? By “very regular” I mean many days per month, every month. Several hours at the end of the day.

Just curious.

I have a view that occasional “as needed” overtime is fairly common, but routine, regular overtime isn’t.

But, I possibly don’t experience the entire real world in my two roles. Hence asking.

Pop Quiz!

Which monopoly telco who we've been asking for pricing and details of higher speed FTTP services literally for years, decided to let the press know on Friday BEFORE letting us and their other customers know?

One guess.

Fuel has increased in cost to such a point that now, almost every stupid eBay purchase you do not need can now be dismissed away with “well it’s less than a tank of fuel”.

Today’s example: bass guitar, plus amp, £80. Far less than a tank of fuel.

Interesting scenario.

Went to Greggs. Got items. Paid contactless on my phone. Machine beeped. Walked off to one side to wait for the hot food. Whilst waiting was told my transaction hadn't gone through. I said "it did - it beeped". Was told no it hadn't. All others around me paying with contactless where then failing by that stage. Kinda believed them. Didn't have alternative means of payment. Repeated I thought it had gone through. Was not allowed to take food, on trust.

Why is there a certain common look to men who've been accused of terrible things. You know the one I mean - big dark glasses even in not extremely amazing weather. That one? What's up with that? Genuine question.

Well this is the first time I've been really annoyed and dismayed by Ubiqiti stuff. I have a couple of U6+ APs live, and my TV for a while now has constantly been disconnecting and reconnecting and generally just being shitty.

https://community.ui.com/releases/UniFi-Access-Point-for-U6-LR-U6-Lite-U6-and-more-6-7-54/758132b8-27dc-4a5f-ac6c-5b87aa80a777

This may be relevant maybe. So I tried a rollback to 6.7.41 from 6.7.54. And that fucked the AP totally. So that's brilliant isn't it.

Apparently Rockstar / Sony / MS are starting the GTA6 preload earlier than they originally stated ; apparently as early as the 10th.

I think I can say the IXPs, transit providers, and ISPs of the world thank them for this!

"Dear Diary.... first day of supporting the MAGA Republicans on their election going amazingly so far! "

Me: *looks at midterm election results*

“Oh!”

Cautiously, very good.

Will we see impeachment proceedings? I think the possibility exists.

Why are all materials able to be called "materials" but only one material; essentially cloth; gets to be called "material"?

And, I guess, in a cosmic context, is this material?

Fender : “We’re sending lawyers letters to guitar makers (big and small) because we perceive derivative products damage the value of the intellectual property in our unique and beautiful Stratocaster shape/design.”

Also Fender:

LinkedIn casually emailing me to tell me about this interesting post that some guy called Alex Bloor wrote and maybe I’d like to read it. Wtaf.