It’s a Pokémon [not a serious answer]
Just can’t trust anyone these days…
“D’ya make her?” Sounds like Jamaica.
As in “did you make her go?”
Bluetac - no light gets through and it’s usually pretty easy to remove when necessary.
Mission successful? … he infiltrated pretty darn deep
Ackshually, Zealand isn’t really Old Zealand because New Zealand is named after Zeeland, only the spelling has changed over time.
Relation to New Zealand The island nation of New Zealand has no etymological relations to Zealand. New Zealand is named after the Dutch province of Zeeland, which is sometimes referred to as and/or anglicized to Zealand, but is not to be confused with the Danish island.
I thought it was the Netherlands https://www.britannica.com/story/where-is-old-zealand
And it’s an inverted torx (with 5 points) as usually the screw driver is male and the screw head is female - I think that’s the right nomanclature.
https://germantoolblog.com/2017/06/01/torx-and-its-many-variations/
Yep, I have this issue too.
And Android phones are also made by Microsoft’s competitor in many fields.
To me the bigger wtf is why Apple has an App store there, but Android do not.
Gosh that was a quick year! Thanks 😁
As much I like the EU, politicians are politicians …
Sorry, yes I was slightly unclear in my response. (I’ve moved the paragraph to make it clearer)
The House of Lords in the UK is a mix of hereditary and life time peers nominated by the govt.
The House of Lords has limited powers (I think can veto or suggest amendments to a bill only once before the house of commons can force it through) and it is a archaic institution that we have kept, I guess it adds an extra check or balance to the elected representatives.
Thanks for the explanation.
Well gosh, I’ve had to go and read up on it too 😀
Looks like we both have the same 3 branches, but I was wrong in thinking the house of commons and lords were 2 of those branches.
In a perhaps slightly simplistic overview:
Legislative - debates and decides the laws.
Executive - executes or implements these laws in policy decisions (assigning funds to public bodies etc, setting mission statements)
Judicial - interprets the implementation of laws when needed (e.g. edge cases)
Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. In the UK, the executive comprises the Crown and the Government, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers. The legislature; Parliament, comprises the Crown, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Also seems like the UK independence of legislature and executive branch is up to debate -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_the_United_Kingdom
I’m British, but it’s hard not to be aware of American stuff due to Reddit / Lemmy, movies, books, games, etc.
Are the 3 branches of govt.:
House of representatives, Senate, and judiciary?
We have house of commons, house of lords, and judiciary. First is elected, second is a mix of hereditary and nominated by govt I believe. Third is appointed by govt I guess.
Edit: looks like I got the branches wrong, see next reply.
Who needs trust when you have a monopoly.
We had the teams update at work, with the endless notifications to let me know that a new version was coming, would I like to update early, on the 1st the update will be forced …
I didn’t notice until you mentioned it!
So the top one in a house I don’t recognise, and the bottom one on a web … a black widow or red something … As you maybe able to tell, I’m not really a spider fan!