Forte69

I use it most days, mostly at work. Generally for coding, sanity checking technical things, or giving me prompts when I’m trying to troubleshoot something. They’re quite good at being a personal sommelier.

What is this being built by Milton Keynes Area?

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Yeah but with a dozen worker deaths, forcibly removing people from their homes, and zero regard for environmental damage during construction. We probably have gone too far the other way, but we really don’t want to be building like they do.

Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers?

Posted by Succinate_dehydrogen@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 3571 comments

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Yeah but it’s a 2-3 year contract, and then you likely have to start over, in a new location, with no guarantee of a better salary. And you’re stuck in that cycle until you’re in your mid-late 30s. In my experience, very few postdocs have additional income. There’s no time for it. But maybe it varies by field. Tenure also isn’t a thing in the UK, so I’m not sure why you’re mentioning it.

Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers?

Posted by Succinate_dehydrogen@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 3571 comments

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Most of academia is £35k jobs that require a PhD, lol

Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers?

Posted by Succinate_dehydrogen@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 3571 comments

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Depends what you teach. Physics is an easy £50k.

Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers?

Posted by Succinate_dehydrogen@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 3571 comments

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If you account for part-time workers, tradies not reporting income, and illegal employment (e.g. 10 people sharing an Uber account), those figures will change significantly.

Do people actually earn £50-60k, or are they outliers?

Posted by Succinate_dehydrogen@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 3571 comments

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Science doesn’t pay well. £50k is the new £30k. Averages are very misleading, so £50k might sound high but it’s pretty standard for an educated/skilled full time worker.

North American F-82E Twin Mustang night fighter

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https://preview.redd.it/xtjysan60w0h1.jpeg?width=2100&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f2af089a3704e2fbe3c4c3ce6519bacd5cc1e03 The Yak-110 is the same concept, but with a jet engine added for fun.

North American F-82E Twin Mustang night fighter

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The Yak-110 is similar to this, only there is an underslung jet engine in the middle.

Why Wrap Luggage in Cling Film?

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I just put a plastic tamper seal on the zip. Bit like a zip tie but you can easily break it by hand.

Why do we never hear about the Fire Brigade?

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They don’t suffer from scope creep. The police and ambulance services are increasingly having to fulfil roles that should be provided by social care, while also dealing with the issue that a worse economy (i.e. less budget) means more demand.

Identification please

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This is from a patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/USD146240S/en

The AN/ASG-21 fire control system's dual search track radar of the M61A1 Vulcan 20mm tail cannon of early B-52H models, searching targets using the raster scan method

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Another fun fact: A HARM locked onto one of these radars and hit the tail of a B-52. It survived with heavy damage and was named “In HARM’s way” https://www.twz.com/10314/the-time-a-f-4g-wild-weasels-anti-radiation-missile-blew-apart-a-b-52s-tail

Has a WW2 bomb ever exploded in recent times?

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Just read through the Wikipedia page for the Montgomery, and the recent concern about the potential for drone attacks on the mast to try and cause a detonation. I’m glad that most terrorists are dumb.

Is there a British cultural equivalent of an ice cream on a sunny day for people without a sweet tooth?

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Good bread and half a block of cheddar

The 2026 Hongqi Guoli (formerly known as the L5) is the ultra-premium flagship sedan of the Chinese luxury brand's "Golden Sunflower" lineup.

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These photos somehow make it look like this is a barn find from the future

The Catalina will fly again (PBY Catalina and soon Catalina II) - YouTube

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There are still airworthy OG Catalinas so the title is misleading.

Northrop Grumman's F/A-XX Next Generation Naval Fighter Design

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This will win the tender. Boeing won’t get both - it’s always been the way for American aviation. Everyone gets a handout, to keep the industry afloat.

The BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4: a planned maritime patrol and attack aircraft using a rebuilt and updated Nimrod MR2 that itself was based on the BEA Comet 4, which was a redesigned Comet 1 first flown in 1949. Cancelled in 2010

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I guess there were Short Tucanos and Long Tucanos

The BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4: a planned maritime patrol and attack aircraft using a rebuilt and updated Nimrod MR2 that itself was based on the BEA Comet 4, which was a redesigned Comet 1 first flown in 1949. Cancelled in 2010

Posted by Xeelee1123@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 104 comments

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Too expensive. During conversion they discovered that no two airframes were the same, with fuselages even varying in length by a few feet. This made it ridiculously expensive as every conversion became bespoke.

Had this through the door but no one lives here by that name and that's not my car either - what should I do?

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Forte69@reddit

This is the correct approach, it’s against the law to open post not addressed to you. Just write “Not at this address - return to sender” on the back and pop it in the letterbox. I’ve done this and eventually the letters stopped.

Do you enjoy your job?

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I love the work but not how much of it there is.

Why did my neighbour ask me not to get a smart meter?

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I once met a radio astronomer who told a story about spending months chasing unidentified interference. It turned out to be caused by cows touching an electric fence a few hundred metres away.

The B-52 sideshuffle at the RIAT 2023 - A stratofortress crabbing nearly sideways along the runway with its wingtip landing gear collecting runway lights

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I was there, it was in fact sideways.

The B-52 sideshuffle at the RIAT 2023 - A stratofortress crabbing nearly sideways along the runway with its wingtip landing gear collecting runway lights

Posted by Xeelee1123@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 62 comments

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This was just showing off for the crowd, may not have been formally planned.

The B-52 sideshuffle at the RIAT 2023 - A stratofortress crabbing nearly sideways along the runway with its wingtip landing gear collecting runway lights

Posted by Xeelee1123@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 62 comments

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This runway is absolutely big enough, it was just showing off for the crowd.

The B-52 sideshuffle at the RIAT 2023 - A stratofortress crabbing nearly sideways along the runway with its wingtip landing gear collecting runway lights

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I was there for this. They did it right at the end of the show so a lot of people were leaving and missed what was, for many people, the highlight of the day.

Would you leave your oven on while you pop out?

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I leave my 3D printer in which is a much bigger fire hazard

What is a reality or truth inside your industry that should be more widely known to the rest of us?

Posted by order-of-magnitude-1@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 597 comments

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Nobody really builds anything from scratch. You build on top of existing public tools, which themselves were built on other public tools, and so on. All of the levels of this need to be kept updated for security/compatibility, so you are continuously dependent on a long chain of tools that are maintained by other people.

Schwan 1

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Ornithopter vibes

Does anything beat phones needing screen protection when it comes to “I can’t believe they don’t just provide that as standard”?

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More often than not, they break when the screen would have been fine.

Does anything beat phones needing screen protection when it comes to “I can’t believe they don’t just provide that as standard”?

Posted by MonsieurGump@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 263 comments

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Screen protectors aren’t really necessary. They are damaged much more easily than the actual screen, which makes you think they’re offering protection when they aren’t.

A clearer picture of the new C-2 based jamming aircraft.

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P-1 my beloved

Another Sedan by Joey Ruiter

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Is that an IKEA office chair?

If you were given the power to introduce one law you think the world needs, what would it be and why?

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Politicians have to wear jackets that show their donors, like racing drivers with sponsors

Where would you choose to live?

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Crap bus services though: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5y91enx5wo

What “low-skill” jobs pay the most (and how do you get them)?

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That’s a terrible salary

Are there way more unmarked police cars now than 15 years ago?

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I don’t think they’ve become more common, but you might notice them more often because police forces are stretched thin. They sometimes have to use the unmarked cars for response because it’s all they have available.

Are there way more unmarked police cars now than 15 years ago?

Posted by Fando1234@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 53 comments

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It’s really not many. Outside of major cities, there’s usually one a couple of armed units on patrol per country.

Are there any Redditors who actually uploaded their ID to access certain subreddits blocked due to the UK government?

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Mr Bean’s license works, apparently

Do you prefer gas or induction? Getting our kitchen redone.

Posted by darkazuria@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 537 comments

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I’m statistically unlikely to be in a car crash, I still wear a seatbelt. I’d get an EV. Fuel shortages have happened in recent years, and will probably happen again. EVs are better for when things go very wrong.

Do you prefer gas or induction? Getting our kitchen redone.

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I had a ~3 hour one recently, but generally they’re rare. I’m more concerned about catastrophic scenarios where a natural disaster, terrorist/cyber attack, war etc. disrupt the grid.