I thought the aluminium was fine conductivity wise, the problem is that it oxidises and becomes brittle.

Every time a BT man went into the box, it was russian roulette as to whose internet would get broken.

If they are twit-twoo owls, listen to where the sounds come from, it will be from a pair, with one going twit and the other going too.

For some detail:

Flagging this fund manager for actually green funds: https://www.edentreeim.com/ most “green energy” funds just had oil in them, these guys actually do it properly. (I just learnt they are related to the Church of England though, so for any “moral” investing, assume that to be the morals of the CoE)

Jupiter: https://www.jupiteram.com/uk/en/individual/ is a large UK asset manager that should have a decent range of funds if your broker has them. I have their strategic bond fund as well as some of their Asian funds.

Otherwise, look at picking up an array of non US index funds.

As always, it depends on where you are, what your risk appetite is and who your broker is. I advise moving a way from a US based broker if you are using one, they will have a heavy US focus.

Look for funds/indexes managed outside of the US. Look at what is in funds, most brokers/apps should give you at least the top 10 holdings, see if they line up with your expectations.

IMO, look at value stocks/funds currently rather than growth. Aim for dividends and stability until we know where global politics is heading.

Personally, I am slowly selling my world index holdings (mostly US tech by value) and most US shares. I’m putting it into renewable energy (check the fund isn’t just buying oil majors) and a strategic bond fund (I want to buy a house next year, so want stability)

There is also https://wandrer.earth/ (not federated) that is really cool. It gives you points for each unique mile you have been, encourages you to explore new places.

This is the cheapest I could find that wasn’t dodgy in some way.

Previously I was pay as you go at 1p/mb on a different supplier, but that got discontinued.

UK:

£5/m contract for 5GB data. Only run out once when traveling.

Looking back, I normally use about 2gb of data and 30gb of WiFi a month on my phone. Most stuff is done on my PC or laptop.

I just do miniature painting, so it’s the really tiny detail brushes, keep ruining the tips trying to get into little corners.

Might have a look at the brush restorer.

What the consumables are. As a noob, you don’t look at a metal bike cassette and think “that’s going to wear out”. Or at a metal 3d printer nozzle. Or at paint brushes (I keep ruining expensive ones! 😭).

the answer is yes! https://docs.opencloud.eu/docs/admin/welcome/features#files-on-demand

may try to give it a spin later this year

How is the file sync integration? Even some of the commercial products have shocking implementations.

Does it support shadow copies of files?

It’s not that they are gigantic companies, it’s that they are big companies with lots of techies. Other organisations can have them as well.

The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) has it’s own TLD for example. their Mastodon account uses it: https://social.bbc/

Depends on the angle of the flow out of the tap. I switched out a tap with an identical looking replacement, that just had a 20 degree or so andle on the plastic spout bit that made a huge difference.

Doesn’t have to be your main copy (those bags are annoying to use). But put a copy in there at least (and keep it up to date with the important ones)

DON’T put the paper in a plastic organiser etc, plastic melts/burns at lower temperature so can ruin them even if the bag would have otherwise been able to protect them.

I think part of the idea is: build it and they will come… If 10% of users have NPUs, then apps will find ‘useful’ ways to use them.

Part of it is actually battery life - if you assume that in the life of the laptop it will be doing AI tasks (unlikely currently) an NPU will be wayyyy more efficient than running it on a CPU, or even a GPU.

Mostly though, it’s because it’s an excuse to charge more for the laptop. If all the high end players add NPUs, then customers have no choice but to shell out more. Most customers won’t realise that when they use chat got or copilot one one of these laptops, it’s still not running on their device.

If they are serious passwords, look at putting them in a fireproof bag.

Otherwise, what happens if something happens when you are out?

All good until your house burns down/floods or something.

really? able to nest nultiple times etc?

Firefox has tree style tabs add-on. Gamechanger

There are a lot of minor things, that are much faster to print than to get delivered. (If you can find them at a sensible price).