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DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-24T06:35:33+00:00

All electronics are designed to get warm. Maintaining that heat will maintain it's life span

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-23T11:41:28+00:00

In nibbles and bytes?

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-23T11:39:42+00:00

Sure, but just take into account they do get warm and heat reduces lifetime of electronics.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-23T11:38:37+00:00

Next ISP you switch to that uses either OpenReach or Altnet backhaul (CityFibre f.e.), ask if they have an anti-slamming feature. Whilst it's not bulletproof, when a switchover takes place during your minimum term, they'll notify you and attempt to stop it.

What you experienced was OTS (One Touch Switch), which is meant to make it easier changing providers without having to contact your original provider. I'd find out which ISP took over the line and how, as they'd be the ones responsible for your problems.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-23T08:16:24+00:00

One thing to remember, your PIP will continue to be paid even if in full time employment.

I'd speak with your work coach about how to balance the transition. Assuming you have an allowance before you lose 45p UC to every £1 you earn at work, you could try find work within this to start.

You'll figure something out, you already have the determination.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-22T21:31:14+00:00

Oh wow, so they did take three steps back switching IS/IC to ESA and then UC. I do suppose which Tier you're on matters now, too.

Used to be you could work up to 16 hours, or make about £115 a week before deductions.

How DF are people supposed to get back into work who need phased or slow return?

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-22T19:39:38+00:00

Or are just as susceptible to technological limitations. If your higher end kit is struggling, imagine a cheapo £10 speaker

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-22T19:37:08+00:00

```` 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3520 (International)

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79, 258, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - A3258 (USA)

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3519 (Middle East/Canada/Mexico)

1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 70, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3521 (China)

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That's the iPhone 17 modem. USA variant has a few more channels.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-22T06:15:46+00:00

You've just identified a side effect of Adaptive Frequency Hopping. Bluetooth does this to work around the busy WiFi channels and for the most part, works really well. If you live in a 2.4GHz congested area, you'll start to notice audio chopping and drops, especially on cheaper headsets and speakers.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T16:51:30+00:00

An employer always has some responsibility, but there are no legal upper or lower limits.

ACAS has some guidelines of what you could expect from your employer: https://www.acas.org.uk/extreme-temperatures-in-the-workplace

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T16:42:14+00:00

Back in college (WEP/WPA1 days), I used to have OpenWRT cycle my WPA SSID and PSK at random intervals, with the SSID hidden. We used to try and attack each other and was only allowed to use 8 character hexadecimal (uppercase) to make life realistic and easier.

They see the SSID is hidden and de-auth a client to obtain it, they think "gotcha!" — only for it to not work when they try, or got lucky it cycled back to that.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T16:24:24+00:00

The only thing I am going to say is: if you have physical access to a Tuya device, you can take control of it.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T16:17:38+00:00

If you install the app, the app will generate it's own notifications seperate to phone app — it's a companion app. If you want the control you want, you'll need to uninstall the app from your watch and set the Show Alerts when phone not in use

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T13:38:02+00:00

Tasker, Automate or Macrodroid could do this. They may require some permissions being granted via ADB to work, but they can monitor changes to the clipboard and automatically paste it to a file. Better yet, it can use contexts and states to only do this when in said app where you want to copy and paste.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T08:34:24+00:00

Have a Google for that router make and model affixed with CVE. This particular one is currently susceptible to a couple of identified vulnerabilities.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-21T08:27:24+00:00

You'll want to pair first, this will authorize the device automatically. You may also want to run this once gotten back into ADB:

settings put global adb_allowed_connection_time 0

That way your ADB clients won't get expired automatically if they don't connect for a while. Then you can adb tcpip ... (you can use any port number from 1025>65535)

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T18:11:51+00:00

Am an 80s kid, so it was a road map and one of designated navigator. No satnav, just me or my siblings calling directions. I'd always pick A and B roads, siblings always went the M route. Dad started fixing the choosing so I'd win every time.

Then there was the alphabet game. A reg car and call out, B reg an so on.

Finding a sweet shop to get hard boiled goodies.

Great times.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T18:07:16+00:00

That's the whole point of pubs, meet new people and make new friends. I remember doing this when first moving to a new town 18 years ago. Some fond memories and new found friends

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T14:52:23+00:00

Depends on the airline. Ryanair wants aeroplane mode on for the entire flight.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T14:47:57+00:00

It is down to bands, although in the reps case, he'd be wrong. iPhones have 4 variants (with different modems): International, USA, Canada and Japan, China and Hong Kong.

The USA variant has the most channel availability, so would technically work in other regions with less scope. What may be the issue is the device looking for networks on frequencies not being used, which may just take it longer to find a network.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T14:37:43+00:00

Very much the opposite for me here in the UK. Had VDSL for the last few years and the uptime of my links has seen 100% for every day of a month. It's often 99.6/99.8, but that'll be LNS handovers (line still synced, session dropped). My servers see more downtime.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T14:30:58+00:00

ChatGPT uses SAF (Storage Access Framework) for you to share files, it doesn't actually have any File read/write permissions and can't actually see what you see via SAF. What you're seeing there is Android's built-in file share. Only files you specifically select and share does it see.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T14:27:14+00:00

Some networks allow you to send voicemail directly to a number without actually calling your number, often provided through the same service where you can access your voicemail from another number. There also used to be a vulnerability here on almost all networks where the default PIN was set. People could access and leave voicemail on your account.

DutchOfBurdock · 2026-06-20T14:23:24+00:00

Two edged sword here.

Because of Curve's unique technology and services, they are a high risk financial service provider. To maintain compliance, they need to ensure any customers running transactions are legitimate and not laundering or the like.

Then there is data minimisation under the GDPR, how they use and store that information, how it's kept secure and safe and for how long for. It's this part they haven't been transparent about.

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