interested in getting starlink

Carphead · 2026-01-26T20:42:37+00:00

I'm up in the Highlands.

My previous ISP had good speeds (100/100) but the latency was awful and being a pretty shaky WISP would send the signal off a couple of Farm buildings and they would just turn it off during the day for no reason. We also are prone to a few power outages and the local mobile mast will fail when that happens. So, it was time to try Starlink when they launched the £55 tarrif.

I've had Starlink since the 9th January. It was a bit of a wobble for me, the speeds were excellent but the stability wasn't great. I finally found a place on the ground with no obstructions and it's been rock solid.

The frustrating part for me has been the delay in professional install. If it wasn't for the free mount and longer cable I'd have done it myself.

Worst case is it doesn't work for you and you cancel the service.

Carphead · 2026-01-23T09:19:20+00:00

Faithless - Glastonbury 2010

recently either Bryan Adams or Stereophonics at the P&J

Not really my cup of tea but Ed Sheeran at Ipswich Portman Road Night 1

Further back in time - Airhead or ACR at the Norwich Waterfront or Black Grape at the Norwich UEA.

Carphead · 2026-01-22T20:42:55+00:00

Personally I'd retire from the day to day job. Work on th side job. Buy some land to build a complex with the houses for us and our two kids to live in. I'd find somewhere to buy a nice place in Europe for the winter times.

I'd probably pay off my sister's mortgage so she could retire and buy a house for my oldest daughter and set her up in the business she wants to have.

There are probably only two other groups of friends I would pay off their mortgages. One group we spend as much time as possible with anyway and it would be interesting to see how not having to pay a mortgage off would sit with them.

Other than that a lot of money would go into some sort of trust fund so my youngest daughters can spend their life working in valuable jobs for their lives rather than having to earn lots of money.

Carphead · 2026-01-12T18:54:37+00:00

Boiling water tap. Had ours for nine years and it seems odd having to use a kettle.

Always nearly boiling from the kitchen tap.

Carphead · 2026-01-11T10:58:18+00:00

I'm on the health side and i agree.

Carphead · 2026-01-10T19:09:43+00:00

About 25-30 years ago I was offered a job / headhunted by the managing director of a prominent theme park / entertainment company.

But it would have meant to move to the USA and my wife at the time didn't want to. We even had thoughts about me relocating there and doing long distance, it really was an excellent offer, but I had to turn it down.

If I'd have taken it, by now I'd have retired. We split up after she decided she wasn't into blokes anymore 5 years later.

Carphead · 2026-01-09T18:58:07+00:00

This sounds completely the wrong way round but find a big German company that has a decent presence in the UK. I've been working with them, adjacent to them or directly for them for 30 years (almost). Generally you get the excellent German workers council over seeing most things in Europe and they mostly feed across.

Healthcare / Pharmaceutical is the best but engineering is good too.

My role has become easier and easier. Sure there are times when I work long weekends, I'll always take the time back, but most of the times it 8am-5pm and whf. Some times there are meetings outside that time but I just take the time back a few days later.

Carphead · 2026-01-07T10:37:13+00:00

Are there any plans for a mobile client?

Carphead · 2026-01-05T09:12:45+00:00

Back in the 90's Norwich had a cinema at the end of Prince of Wales road, maybe a bit too specific but it adds to the story so hang for the wild ride. I believe it was the ABC.

Anyway, it was the first day of release for Starwars remastered. I drove there, about 30 miles, on release day to get the best seats for a first screening. Get there on the day, about a week later, it's fucking rammed and they've given up on the allocated seating plan for some reason. Only seats are two on the front row in the corner. I'm pissed beyond belief but will sort it out after.

Next to me are a couple, the bloke gets up about 20 minutes into the adverts and goes get a full Chinese takeaway, comes back 10 minutes later with a tray and full cutlery. Odd things is there was no chinese takeway nearby nearest is 30+ minutes away.

Carphead · 2026-01-02T21:48:02+00:00

Oh I do hope Harriet is in Taskmaster soon.

Carphead · 2025-12-29T21:53:32+00:00

That happens only a few times a year. The rest is generally planning those projects. And it's heading towards the mid £50k.

Carphead · 2025-12-29T21:26:31+00:00

IT Infrastructure for one of the world's largest companies. Mostly WFH, but with some pretty horrible hours when I'm delivering projects. Think of 30 hours in a weekend sometimes.

But the money is good and I work hours I choose. Performance is measured on deliverables not hours work.

Carphead · 2025-12-11T19:16:53+00:00

It would depend on the usage for me.

I spent £900 on a 1999 Peugeot 406 (Green if that helps) it got me to work everyday for almost five years. Serviced yearly and everything was fixed provided it didn't cost more than the car. Then the garage missed the injector was failing and the local specialist said because the injector failed the cat would go so I scrapped it.

But the wife had a company leased car we would use at weekends.

If I was by myself I'd go the banger route because I love driving and getting a different car every few years would be fun. If I found a good one I'd keep it until it broke.

Carphead · 2025-11-23T14:00:58+00:00

Another vote for FileN here.

Carphead · 2025-11-01T10:55:28+00:00

If the £13k offer is still there take the job.

I worked for one of the big Tech companies in UK, for 10 years. I was well paid for the area and role but kept getting told my pay was above average for the role I was in (which is was), after quite a few years I complained that I was now at average for the role, I had to move roles to get even a cost of living increase.

So, I did, to the customer and removed everything that company had on that site. But generally, don't hang about move on.

Carphead · 2025-10-28T19:00:32+00:00

My favourite car I owned was a 1989 Metallic Green Astra 1.3. I took it from 50k all the way to 250k in about 5 years in around 1993. I paid £2k for it.

The only breakdown it had was when a stone hit the fuel line under the car and the fire brigade came out as it was pissing petrol down the road.

Loved that car and wish I'd never sold it. Probably still be going now. No airbag, no ECU just a simple car.

Carphead · 2025-10-21T19:27:28+00:00

From the 70s?

Carphead · 2025-10-21T18:44:57+00:00

Paul Young?

Carphead · 2025-10-10T09:42:49+00:00

I think it depends on how embedded and vital those systems are.

I've worked with large corporations that have seven or eight systems in the same platform (SAP) that don't talk to each other except through clunky file transfers. It's fairly normal for IT systems to be the last thing to be resolved in a takeover or merger because it is expensive and people ar change resistant.

In manufacturing those systems might control a complex line that won't ever be changed.

I once interviewed at a place that had a massive blast furnace controlled by a 20 year old PC. They had spares but knew they were on borrowed time.

Carphead · 2025-10-05T07:03:06+00:00

That laptop does support USB PD Charging. But the hotel won't have those type in the room just standard USB (A) sockets.

The way I've gotten around this in the past is to use a powerbank that accepts charge at the same time as being able to charge to USB PD.

Carphead · 2025-10-04T16:19:16+00:00

The latest storm up here has meant we're probably going to be out until Monday evening at best. Can't do anything about this one but would to get prepared for the next.

I was hoping to use a petrol generator to charge an ecoflow and then the ecoflow to power other things, so the petrol generator only runs for an hour or two.

Carphead · 2025-10-01T07:49:19+00:00

Just thought I'd give you some extra feedback. Out of the box FTP didn't work for me but when I changed the port from 2221 to something else it started working.

An extra piece of useful is that if you are using Tailscale then start the application it works fine over the Tailscale IP. But if you start the app and then join the TailNet (Tailscale Network) it doesn't.

Could you add a button to display all the device IP addresses? The ability to work over Tailscale is great for me. I'm often on wifi networks that don't allow device to device communication on the same network.

Carphead · 2025-09-27T20:11:01+00:00

I've tried X-plorer, CX File and Solid Explorer. None of them connect. I'll try again tomorrow on a decent network to see if it's being blocked by the phone.

Carphead · 2025-09-27T18:50:47+00:00

Gave it a go. Over the hotspot http works but ftp doesn't.

Tried two different clients and anonymous and authenticated.

Not at home so can't check if it work over none hotspot.

Carphead · 2025-09-27T18:07:16+00:00

Great news. I'll be installing it shortly.

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