Notices by iona 🐝 (iona@social.coop), page 80

@Antanicus Why not have a look at Kubuntu or Xubuntu? I'm no fan of GNOME but I'm happy with KDE (on Debian, but the Ubuntu experience will be similar).

@vfrmedia If the range isn't enough, you could always build a cantenna using the antique paint tins ;)

@Damage It seemed to go a bit bizarre when they brought in that cheesy cabaret singer character for no apparent reason.

@fluttergirly I love your avatar picture :) it's so cute and soft! And the hair is such a pretty colour.

@djsundog So much of the radio industry relies on it and it's so neglected.

@fluttergirly The other option is to use some kind of MiFi device or 4G dongle to connect to the mobile network and bypass your parents' network altogether. I don't know where you live, but such things are relatively inexpensive here.

@Naxjns They are paying the price literally, too! An unhealthy fish and chip meal where I live is £3.80 and a McDonald's burger meal is the wrong side of a fiver. And you're less likely to get punched at the fish and chip shop.

@mattbk My own website is set up with PayPal and Stripe but I strongly point people towards Stripe unless their heart is set on using PayPal.

@mattbk Not easily, but they are switching away from PayPal as a whole over the next couple of years. They've made a deal with something called Adyen that I've never heard of.

I'm trying to get off eBay and onto my own website for most stuff, but it's a case of the eyeballs still being on eBay. :(

@fluttergirly Couldn't you just spoof the MAC address on your computer?

@Naxjns Isn't the sugar tax just for fizzy pop, like Coke, Irn Bru etc?

Living near a certain well-known fast food chain place, I'd like to see a McDonald's tax, if only to pay for clearing up the branded litter.

There's so much amazing food from all over the world in this country these days that I don't get why people go to those fast food chains or buy crap sugary/salty supermarket junk. It's not like it was, even my small area has so much wonderful independent choice.

@Antanicus To be fair, it's mostly down to the fact that radio equipment is inexplicably in the same category as mobile phones, and there are a lot of eBay scams around high-value iPhones and similar.

But that is small consolation when I am selling ATUs and antenna building bits and pieces.

I have over a thousand pounds on hold with PayPal right now for random reasons, mainly that I sell what they class as 'high risk electronics' via eBay. It's mostly ham radio equipment.

Will everyone please look at alternatives to PayPal - I am struggling for money despite a record month for sales.

12 and sunny!

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@dajbelshaw I think Yeovil Town used to have a pitch like that

Then again, if BT were a competent organisation I'd still have a BT line instead of an internet-only fibre line and VoIP.

Oh, for FUCK's sake. More companies getting job applicants to jump through demeaning hoops rather than actually - I don't know, test their competency for the job they'll be doing.

https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/bt-recruiting-you-crystal-maze-14478953

@squirrel @Jo It's an interpretation of a squirrel by a child in a toy factory in Zhejiang Province who's never seen a squirrel

@fluttergirly I like it too! Flutter is a pretty word <3

@Jo #ChargeYourPhone