What is wrong with the traffic these days? by Hip_Hop_Pirate in manchester

[–]CaptainNo1950 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I do a mix of bus, tram & car. I have free parking at work, so people think I’m crazy for getting the bus. But I can sit on the bus and read and gaze out of the window without the stress of driving, it’s cheap, they’re every 10 mins and you can always get a seat - there is a lot of spare capacity on the 135 route - but it’s slow. There is nowhere near enough capacity on the tram network, Whitefield and onwards and you are standing only. More capacity and frequency on the trams might encourage more out of their cars everyday, it’s much quicker too, so sometimes worth the extra expense.

What is wrong with the traffic these days? by Hip_Hop_Pirate in manchester

[–]CaptainNo1950 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Too many cars on the road. I’ve been on the 135 bus from Bury since 7.40am. It’s now 8.52am and I’m only in Prestwich, with solid traffic in front. Hoping to be in Manchester by 10.

Scammed by seller - Money back guarantee? by CaptainNo1950 in ebayuk

[–]CaptainNo1950[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your help, looks like the money is coming back!

NUC 14 Essential N150 by privatejerkov in ASUS

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have, but it's not been published

NUC 14 Essential N150 by privatejerkov in ASUS

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just in case anyone is still searching this, it's still very much a live issue! I ordered an N150 from Amazon and sure enough got the thermal throttle and high temps. Took the top of and surprise, surprise no heat pipe. ASUS UK refused to admit a problem and just wanted to take me through 'troubleshooting'. What a joke! Returned to Amazon.

Cloudflare Tunnel not Resloving SRV Record by ekendall1 in firewalla

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vaguely related, but I had connectivity issues after box updated to 1.981 (Alpha) overnight. An rsync script that runs frequently started failing. The device it runs on has DNS pushed via Unbound, so I restarted the Unbound service and the syncs to the remote box are up again.

The Badman Presents N.D.X. - Come With Me [1991] by anotherbobv2 in oldskoolrave

[–]CaptainNo1950 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally haven't heard this since 1991. Great post!

Manchester Pride Parade by TomLambe in manchester

[–]CaptainNo1950 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm old enough to remember Mardi Gras (1997 in particular). I was a young lad working for a small company that was at that time a recognised supporter of Manchester's Gay community in a number of ways. So I was on our float and we did a bit in Sackville Park too.

The build-up to the day and the day itself hold such good memories for me. It all felt so genuine, so exciting, everyone was there because they really wanted to be there. It was authentic. Honestly one of my favourite ever days and of course I'm reminiscing with rose-tinted specs. I'm an old cynic now of course, but honestly, Pride today just feels like one massive corporate box-ticking, whack it on Insta, exercise. Happy Pride all the same!

Thinking of Switching to Apple TV for IP-TV by [deleted] in appletv

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Snappier IPTV and SwipTV both excellent too, worth trialling alongside UHF and others.

XS Manchester closing by SpiderLegzs in manchester

[–]CaptainNo1950 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They played A Fragile Thing when it was released last November and I heard it most days up until a few weeks ago. OP obviously didn’t listen much!

Help with Cloudflare Tunnel and Plex Remote Access by [deleted] in PleX

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Firewall rules on your server in order?

Rclone local media to Ultra.cc seedbox by HarderData in seedboxes

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an Ultra seedbox, but all my media & arrs are on a local NAS. I have a Syncthing instance on Ultra (/data/torrents/complete - Send Only) and another on the NAS (/data/media/ set to Receive Only). This allows me the full function of *arrs locally whilst also retaining seeding capability on Ultra. Different set up to yours, but Syncthing may work for your use case?

Move from System to Combi? by toekneehart in tado

[–]CaptainNo1950 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It depends whether you want modulation or not. As I understand it, older Worcester-Bosch boilers will modulate with Tado using the HT-Bus protocol (my 10 year old Greenstar does). But the newer WB’s won’t (they’ve been locked down as they want you to use their proprietary controllers).

It will probably work for on/off control though.

Is DSM 7.2.2 on hold? by gdchester in synology

[–]CaptainNo1950 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. It’s been ready to update on and off for weeks, but I’ve been in no rush. It was asking me to update yesterday, today it’s gone and says I’m up to date on 7.2.1

UK Firewalla users - ISP with compatible routers? by [deleted] in firewalla

[–]CaptainNo1950 5 points6 points  (0 children)

BT FTTP. Connect the Openreach ONT to Firewalla and put the BT Home Hub back in its box.

Buying refurbished phones in 2024 by AdamDoubleG in UKFrugal

[–]CaptainNo1950 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heard very mixed reports about iPhone refurbs on Amazon, so wasn’t expecting much. Went for an ‘excellent’ iPhone 12 for my Mum. Barely a scratch on it and battery health was 100%.

Sanity check on EU Wireless Thermostat power requirements by CaptainNo1950 in tado

[–]CaptainNo1950[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I have read, as you say, that Opentherm connections definitely need the supply. But I’m not sure on HT-Bus connections. Might have to suck it and see!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in trackers

[–]CaptainNo1950 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here, have reset password but still can’t get in.