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I’ve come across some pretty levelheaded people from that instance too

This was me (for some definition of level :D)

I joined .ml before I really understood the differences. Even once I realised the connotation, I didn't switch until I realised that !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works was blocked on that instance. That made me think about what instance I wanted to join (based on what communities I was most active in) and then I switched over here.

So, there are definitely a mix of people on each instance. It makes me sad when I see people jump to conclusions based on instance, although I also understand it if 90% of their experience is of a particular type of person.

Thank you for the recommendation! After deliberating back and forth over whether to go with this or a DIY solution, I ended up buying this one.

I saw a tildes comment talking about this adapter. I'm thinking that, once we finish the first couple of refills, we can decide whether we want to get a bigger donor cylinder to refill them through this.

And then, if this ever does break, we can switch to a full DIY solution at that point, since we'll then have more hands-on experience with the larger cylinders. So, we can gradually ease into a more DIY approach once we've shown we'll stick with it, and have a bit more confidence.

I didn't read the article, since it requires JS. So take what I say with a pinch of salt.

I always find that there's chaos as a cyclist turning onto Clements Lane, especially with roadworks. If you're turning there coming from the bridge, there are always pedestrians taking their chances and it's just very chaotic. If you turn onto there from Eastcheap, there are cars coming the other direction from Cannon Street and cars passing you on the left at the same time. It's pretty sketchy. I guess there are just too many people all shoved into the same space at once.

I use Munin for monitoring and XMPP for alerts via go-sendxmpp. That way I just configure munin like this:

contact.admin.command go-sendxmpp -u [bot_username] --password [bot_password] [contact]

And that sends me messages to my main XMPP account whenever my servers breach a limit.

You must be able to see oncoming traffic very easily with this! But, what happens when you stop at the traffic lights?

Since this is what I think first, you can tell I'm commuter first and a cyclist second :D

Oooo that's an idea, I'd also pay so much for subscriber-only RSS feeds like Nebula, if they were undelayed, had all the shows and didn't have adverts for BBC sounds every 30 mins.

Hopefully Lisa Nandy is reading this thread 🤣

Middle ground in the sense of paying monthly, or paying less for a limited subsection of the content?

I ask because I pay by monthly direct debit. When I was a student, I also paid while I was using it and then cancelled it when I was not, and got a refund for the time I didn't use it.

He's a former Labour MP, but it was under Blair, so same difference :)

I feel quite similar. I love the idea of the BBC and I have fond memories of listening to comedy shows with my dad in the car as a kid. I think they do good investigative journalism, although I wish they were less timid. I consume the panel shows, podcasts, the news website. I really want to support it and help it succeed.

But, they really frustrate me when they try to lock things down. If podcasts go sounds-only, I'll stop listening, because I don't want two different ways of consuming podcasts, and supporting open standards is more important to me than supporting the BBC.

I understand that they lock things down to prevent people free-riding, but I wish the government would stick a progressive ring-fenced tax on, and then they could release everything openly to everyone. Every step away from that feels like a dilution of its role as a public service.