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To be fair, Carl Pei was a bit more than an employee, he was one of the founders. Fwiw I am adjusting to the Nothing Phone. It feels more premium than my old OnePlus but I admit there were little things with OnePlus's Oxygen OS that I prefer to the Nothing OS. I am getting used to it though and 5 years of familiarity wasn't likely to seamlessly transfer to a new device.

The numbers of road users killed or seriously injured are generally decreasing every year. Car occupants account for about half of all road deaths every year with pedestrians being the next biggest group. Given the actual numbers of road users out there, car driving is by far the safest mode of transport and is orders of magnitude safer than cycling or riding a motorbike. We live in a village so my kids will realistically have to learn to drive and I'm fine with that. I can talk to them about driving safely and being a responsible driver and here's the important bit: I can also impress on them the dangers of getting into a car with an idiot driver. These four poor lads in Wales died in a car accident, but only one of them was driving, the other three were just passengers. And for clarity I'm not saying that the driver in that case was an idiot because I don't know the circumstances and some times bad things happen to good people. I have a mate who works on the serious collision team in the police which is an incredibly sad role (but very rewarding, he says). Most collisions that he deals with are caused by unnecessary risk taking or stupidity, like trying to do a 3 point turn on a blind bend on a country road, for instance. Risks are greatly increased if drink and/or drugs are used. Sometimes though, it is the case where perfectly innocent people suffer horrendous injuries or death through no fault of their own by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Using a road by whatever means of transport you choose carries risk. All you can do is take steps yourself to minimise the risk to yourself and others and hope that other road users do the same.

That is a poor sentence. He surely must have been given a fair amount of credit for a guilty plea. I find it quite perverse that he can be as obstructive as he could be when arrested (refusing breath test, refusing PIN for phone), yet once the evidence had been presented and it was clear that he was guilty with some quite aggravating factors, then he pleads guilty and receives a lesser sentence.

I've taken the plunge and ordered the Nothing Phone (2) from Amazon. Reduced from 699.00 to 569.00. It's replacing my OnePlus 6T which has been an epic phone, but at 5 years old the battery isn't what it once was and the charging port is a little temperamental now.

Just finished watching Snowfall on iPlayer. Wow. How it passed me by over the last few years is beyond me. Easily the best thing I've seen on TV since The Wire. Utterly brilliant. Lead actor is a Brit too.

Praying for 40 points!

It's really quite common. Most people believe that they spend too much time on their phones and lots of people spend too much time on them without even knowing. Google "Mobile Phone Usage Deloitte" - every year they produce a survey about mobile phone usage and over the years there's been some real interesting stats. The amount of people who check their phone within the 5 minutes before falling asleep and are back on it within 5 minutes of waking up is staggering. I have now downloaded an app called Minimalist Productivity Launch - it's free and essentially turns your phone into a fairly boring, more functional space. Apps are just listed alphabetically (you can have favourites on your home screen). It's all black and white - no colourful icons to entice you in. Once inside the apps themselves it looks the same. One nice little feature is that the amount of time you spend on each app is shown on the home screen. I recommend giving it a try - it still takes will power to stay away, but it can help - my TikTok use has fallen off a cliff.

We've been playing fireworks sounds for short periods of time for the past couple of weeks, gradually increasing the volume, the dog was freaking out to start with, but got better over time. Come the real thing, so far the dog has been fairly OK touch wood. That said, we don't live somewhere where there are lots of fireworks going off all around all night.

It was a great save. It didn't go in. It wasn't a draw. We move on.

We're in a rich vein of form right now. It's unrealistic to assume it will continue for much longer. When it does finally break I suspect that come the end of the season we'll look back and see that this was the best form of the season. Realistically, I would hope that we don't lose more than 6 all season, especially if we have ambition to win it. This is the Championship though, so defeats could literally come from anywhere.

I understood it that there was 16 pieces of chocolate, Tracey tipped up and grabbed 4, so Rachel is left with 12. A quarter of 12 is three, so if Tracey was indeed successful in her quest to obtain the remaining quarter, as demanded, then she (Tracey) would be skipping down the road with 7 pieces of chocolate in her grubby little hand whilst Rachel is left standing with 9 pieces, wondering how the hell she's just lost almost half her stash.

I mean from the macro. The justice system in the UK is pretty robust. Perfect? No. But it is pretty good. The fact that it's being looked at again is testament to that - it wouldn't happen in every country. As I said, the evidence is circumstantial, I get that. Prosecution case was based on a combination of circumstances and witness testimony around his behaviour before and after the crime. It's not exactly a slam dunk. Defence case was "I don't remember", which doesn't really counter the prosecution case. Out of interest, is your issue with the case that the CPS shouldn't have pursued the prosecution in the first place, or that the jury should have found him not guilty?

There's no doubt that the investigation would be different if it were to happen today with the advancement in forensic and digital investigations. For me, it's an interesting case. I'm not convinced that Bellfield is anything other than a narcissistic liar. The circumstantial evidence against Stone is intriguing, but it is just circumstantial. The guy does sound like an utter scumbag, but that alone doesn't make him a murderer. The evidence gathered by the police was presented to the CPS who were satisfied that it should be presented at court and then a jury found him guilty. Twice. We have to place faith in the justice system. He protests his innocence but his defence of "I don't remember what I was doing" is a bit crap. He's been found guilty and he needs to prove his innocence to gain his freedom. Given the circumstantial evidence in the case, it's probably appropriate that the boot lace is forensically examined. That might prove his innocence, but it might not.

Some sort of scheme like they have with those bloody scooters could be a solution. Electric cars, unlock with your phone, pay as you go. It would be great if they were driverless cars It won't replace private ownership but could reduce the number of cars on the road. If it's cost effective, people who just need a car to go to the shops or pop round to see friends and family could go for it. Use the train to get between cities and pay as you go cars when you're there. The scheme probably exists somewhere, I think it sounds reasonable on paper, but not sure what it would be like in the real world

Pleaded guilty to public order offences. Has been bailed before sentencing. Lost his job, too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-66985501

There's no infringement. The only player possibly infringing was the attacking player, who kicked the ball out - so regardless of whether there's infringement or not, it's a goal kick. Different if it's a defending player doing the infringing, but I can't see that it's the case in this instance.