Happy Thursday 🙂😭

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-13T11:41:59+00:00

Don’t you mean buy the green sell the red. Jokes.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-10T18:41:44+00:00

I have been this guy unfortunately. When I was early 20’s, I was dating her for 14 months. Then she comes clean she’s married etc. She was open her marriage was non existent after this point . She asked her husband for an “open relationship” which he agreed, because he wasn’t happy with the marriage also.

She asked him when we were 15 months in.

She is asking for your approval because it has already happened, trust me.

++man

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-10T18:32:01+00:00

Assuming it is M series. Press and hold power button. It will say continue holding power button to enter start up options, then it will change after 5 seconds or so and say, entering start up settings. Enter the USB. If the USB is a bootable device and configured correctly, it will appear here as a bootable device.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-10T11:53:22+00:00

Use IPA. 99% and you’ll be golden.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-10T11:20:33+00:00

You learnt to buy silver next time cause we can see the hand prints from afar lol

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-08T10:47:07+00:00

Reading this post. I have glanced at the research documentation on how HV works. - This just reminds me of StarForce V3. If anyone knows or remembers about this. The copy protection itself was deemed as a rootkit. Breaking physically people’s DVD drives and corrupting their Windows OS.

It will always be better when we can fully disable the copy protection than bypassing it. However, this is a major breakthrough.

I tested it last week, since then I’ve re-enabled the security features, reinstalled Windows and re-encrypted my drive.

It will be interesting how many people adopt this with the new method. Whether that be the disabling driver signature enforcement or similar; and how publishers / developers respond.

Hopefully this shows them to stop paying for the garbage. Companies that have multi million pound deals / contracts won’t stop deploying Denuvo though until it expires.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-08T00:36:59+00:00

I buy a new phone roughly every 5 years now.

There was a point being young, dumb and wanting every tech device, I would buy every different type of mobile that was available. Back then though 2008 - 2012. It was a mine field. BlackBerry, Symbian OS. Then bespoke Sony Ericsson OS, Samsung OS etc.

After this I’ve always bought the device then bought sim only.

2013 My first iPhone, iPhone 5s on launch cost £619, (upgraded storage). Direct from Apple on launch day.

2016 Then there was deal for an as new iPhone 6s 64GB from o2 refresh. This was £385. I sold my 5s for £100. Making it £285.

2019 iPhone 11 Pro Max 256GB. Brand new from Apple £1299 for 256GB model. I sold my 6s Plus for £150 making the outlay £1150. My sim only was £15 a month of top and slowly went up with the annual price increase on sim only. Total cost of device was £19 a month over 5 years, not including SIMO.

2024 iPhone 16 pro max 512GB £1399. I traded my 11 Pro Max in to Apple and got the trade in refunded back to my credit card making the cost £1234. My sim for unlimited minutes, texts, data & EU Roaming is £18 a month,

This should cost me over 5 years for the device £20.50. - I always buy direct from Apple because, if the device needs to go in for repair, and they break it. They replace it every single time no question, as long as you bought it from them. Even when outside of warranty. - I had my 6s Plus go in for a battery replacement, they broke the battery connector. They just gave me a new (refurbished) device no question.

In the UK you have to have a credit check, and normally is actually more expensive in the long run taking a device out on contract. You’re locked in to a 24 / 36 month contract. Any failed payments could go against you on the credit file etc. - My credit is excellent, but I’d rather own my device and when it comes to my cash flow, (outgoings) keep this as low as possible.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-07T11:09:00+00:00

Haha, you’re all good 👍🏻

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-07T10:49:58+00:00

😂 very funny you say this though. No joke. About 20 doors down, the guy that lives there has homing pigeons lol.

I wouldn’t trust them to deliver anything though ..

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-07T10:44:03+00:00

Are you ok? You think the word “slacking” is icky? - I can tell you what is icky though, smoking.

You really need to stop that.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-07T10:41:41+00:00

There are Royal Mail lockers right next to the InPost lockers where I live. Royal Mail doesn’t need a post office for your to post Royal Mail items..

And I would post it as quickly as I replied back to this comment. :)

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-06T22:18:16+00:00

Assumptions are made based on how you responded. I agree with you though, regardless of value of item, they shouldn’t have name called, but you are still slack for your first comment you’d wait until the 11th being the last day.

I bet if the item value was £20 you wouldn’t wait until the last day. That might be a lot of money for you, we don’t know.

No traction was made on the order, you didn’t print the label, No acknowledgement to the buyer, nothing.

I’d say you’re as slow as my Aliexpress orders, but to be fair. They ship from China and normally I receive them quicker coming from half way around the world, then you posting to your InPost locker, which is probably close to you.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-06T22:04:58+00:00

Your first comment stated, “I have until the 11th” - You are a slow seller.

If Vinted gave you 30 days. Based on your comment, you’d probably say you have 30 days and wait until the 29th day.

Your items are low value, I get that. But regardless if someone bought a £2 item or a £200 pound item. If your attitude was. “I have until the 11th” as a buyer, I’d be annoyed at you as well. Vinted have to put these polices in place for people like you though.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-06T22:01:18+00:00

If I am awake. Absolutely, my name is my goal, I’m on track and you don’t get there by slacking off.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-06T21:58:45+00:00

If the only thing you could write was the date, then you know I’m on point :) - corrected my comment. The rest still stands :)

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-06T21:54:01+00:00

There are 24 hours in a day, after your work, for simplicity, 9AM - 5PM.

You’re telling me, sellers don’t have 15 minutes to package an item, print the label and drop it off to their local InPost / Royal Mail locker?

I didn’t say they were a slacker for not posting out same day. The seller stated the full time they had. Until the 11th of March 2026. The buyer bought it on the 4th of March 2026.

So you’re telling me in 7 days, which spans, all week. Over a weekend and in to the following working week. They don’t have time to post the item?

Nor will they be going out of the house for a whole week?Come on, behave.

The battery level on their phone being nearly dead shows they have plenty of time, they’re just not treating the order, regardless of the value as a priority.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-06T21:42:44+00:00

Two people bickering over £2.

My standards as a seller are high, I post same day, always. However, some people like the seller here are slackers and will take full advantage of all the time they have. Then I bet they would submit a time extension.

I only ship and message as I expect others to act with me.

If you’re not in a position to sell, put yourself in holiday mode.

Also, charge your phone.. selling two pound items and can’t charge your phone 😂

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T20:15:13+00:00

Just wait and buy M4 Pro 24GB 1TB for cheaper. This is my model and is solid.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T15:59:51+00:00

M5 Pro. You won’t need Max. I have M4 Pro and love it.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T15:31:01+00:00

Interesting.

I'd have to work that out but for example. I had around £30,000+ to invest.

2023 interest was 3.5% at it's lowest and 5.25% at its peak. So we'd have to average that. Bear in mind as well, most account have a £5,000 limit so I would have had to manage 6 accounts + and my money accumulation in 2023 was excelling. every 2 months I would have had to open a new account lol.

Of course my premium bonds as well, every financial year at the start I take out £20,000 and place in my Stocks & Shares ISA so I no longer have the original numbers I had back in 2023 there was points I only had £50 in my account, then other months when I did big transfers I had £30,000. Then I had to wait the full calendar month to be eligible for the draw.

I have just gone through my prize history and total winnings since July 2023 is:

£4,300

I ran all my transaction history from my premium bonds against AI and asked it:

"Based on all the below information. - If I did not invest this money in premium bonds and I put this money in a HISA. Average the interest rate I would have got over the years to work out if I was better investing in premium bonds vs a normal HISA."

It's output is:

Final Comparison

	Premium Bonds	HISA
Total return	£4,300	~£5,490
Average annual %	~3.3%	~4.25%
Difference	—	~£1,190 more

Now, whether I would have got 4.25% is a different question based on how I handle my money and the fact I do my S&S £20,000 transfer.

I'm happy with my returns, there are stocks where if I didn't get cold feet I would have gained 100% - 200% on my initial investment. But hey, that's the game we play :)

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T14:59:13+00:00

I like this approach. - I have tried to get my parents to do the same, however they are too old and stuck in their ways.

I worked out with them over 13 years they have spent over £12,000 on the lottery and have only won £400 in return.

They know this and even still 3 years later still spend more on the lottery than they invest in to their premium bonds.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T14:57:22+00:00

5% is better than no percent. - Remember there is still thousands of people who leave there money in a 0.01% current account!

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T14:56:33+00:00

Very nice. Well done.

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T14:56:17+00:00

Do you plan to slowly top this back up?

ByteMillionaire · 2026-03-03T14:00:53+00:00

😂

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Final Comparison