• @RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    I mean, you could probably put a short version of your title like “How Polluted Are Our Waterways”, but you should have a tighter title that’s not a question like “Our Polluted Waterways and the Threat They Pose”.

    • @dave@feddit.uk
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      84 months ago

      Is there any good reason to limit a text field like that these days? Although, UCAS probably still rocking a System/360…

      • @SuperIce@lemmy.world
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        84 months ago

        In 2015, I had a part time job managing some parts of my University’s IT. We still had 2 Sparc64 build servers that were like 15 years old and had a dual socket MB with 2 physical CPUs and 2 GB of RAM. Top of the line when it came out. It took like 10 seconds for ls to run. Most infra had moved to x86_64 CentOS machines (from Sun Microsystems still, so like 10 years old), but we were still routinely building updated dovecot packages for the Sparc64 machines managing internal email.

    • @CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      I agree. It’s supposed to be the title, not an article. 🙂 Posing it as a question does help to pique interest, though. Could do… “Are polluted waterways a major threat?” Boom. Done.

    • Hellfire103OP
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      174 months ago

      There are plenty of queer 17-year olds like me here, too!

    • Hellfire103OP
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      224 months ago

      UCAS is the organisation that deals with applications to higher education (e.g. university) in the United Kingdom.

      EPQ stands for “Extended Project Qualification”, and is an A-Level enhancement subject. In this subject, you pick a topic in September and spend the next few months writing an essay on it.

      • Carighan Maconar
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        24 months ago

        A-level? Enhancement subject? Is that like something you can hand in for extra credit?

        • Hellfire103OP
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          84 months ago

          A-Levels are a British standardised exam, at the same level as the American SATs. However, they are much harder.

          An enhancement subject is (AFAIK) a way of getting more UCAS points, which increases your chances of being accepted at some universities.

  • @Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world
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    134 months ago

    I’m pretty sure for the subject you just put “mathematics” or “chemistry” that’s what I did and I hope I didn’t mess it up

    • Hellfire103OP
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      34 months ago

      If I messed up, my representative should return the form in due course.

  • GreatAlbatross
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    104 months ago

    Thames Water casually pulling strings at UCAS. (Or at least, truncating them)

  • @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch
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    84 months ago

    And MS won’t let me create an accout (for Minecraft) with email alias. Imagine, everyone can now handle aliases, except the billion dollar company.