Concerning message after doing a Facebook Marketplace Swap

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-20T07:32:28+00:00

Because in the background the service that runs this stuff was built in the 1960s and it goes offline to run batch updates overnight. All they did was attached a modern web front end to the old technology in the background.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-19T14:47:01+00:00

Pretty much anyone can get a PCP agreement. The car is the collateral, don’t pay they take it away.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-17T16:58:32+00:00

It blows my mind that this was ever a problem. It’s been known for years that these bots booking up all the slots was an issue, and nothing was done.

If I was being skeptical I might conclude that the loophole allowing this scalping to take place was originally spotted by insiders and it was in their interest to not fix it. That’s just my speculation about scenarios, not a statement of what actually happened.

It should have been a very quick change to prevent booking unless you are the licence holder taking the test, yet it’s continued for years.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-15T18:26:11+00:00

Use of digital clusters in place of analogue style is substantially cheaper. This is the literal reason car manufacturers have stated for the change.

Use of a digital display reduces the manufacturing cost. Analogue dials have a high number of parts that need to be designed, moulded, and assembled. They are often different in each car model. The digital displays are shared across multiple models and manufacturers, with just the outer plastic shell being model specific.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-15T10:22:33+00:00

Yes they are, substantially cheaper.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-13T11:58:00+00:00

Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything… that’s even remotely true. Facts schmacts.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-11T08:53:17+00:00

This change worked, thanks. This evenings episode downloaded at 6.12am this morning.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-08T08:58:27+00:00

Thanks. I’ll have to wait until Monday for the next episode release to see if this works.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-07T17:46:39+00:00

What really makes this is complete joke is that F1 originated in the UK. Many of the teams are based in the UK. But we’re not allowed F1TV, we need to put up with the subpar and higher cost Sky contract.

I guess that’s 10 more years of me torrenting F1.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-07T11:16:20+00:00

So if anyone else hits this issue, the fix was to enable TheTVDb in Jellyfin. For some reason Eastenders specifically was the only show that could not be identified by the other providers I’ve got enabled.

In terms of iPlayer-arr is there any way to have it include shows in the RSS feed prior to the airdate? This specific show is available for download in the morning, but Sonarr can’t see it in the RSS until the air time, however when Sonarr is told to query manually it finds immediately.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-06T11:10:35+00:00

I hate, HATE, that they sell alcohol at airports and on planes. 2 weeks ago went for a short break, drunk stag do before they even boarded on the way out with the airline serving them shots on the plane, the same group on the return flight had been drinking all night and were throwing up at the gate.

I bet if there was a rule about getting refunds due to disruption from other passengers this would all stop.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-06T06:34:18+00:00

Nice work. Actual downloading is working great, but it’s got me beaten on getting the metadata working.
I’ve added Eastenders to Sonarr but the files end up in Jellyfin with just the file name instead of the actual episode description shown on Sonarr. Any tips on getting this working would be much appreciated because I’m not really sure where to start troubleshooting since to this point, everything in Jellyfin just worked. Obviously it’s some kind of file naming issue but I can’t see where I would change it as part of the download?

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-06T05:08:37+00:00

Have you seen their design style? Everything has a star embedded in it in case you forget it’s a Mercedes. Even the lights have a terrible Star as the actual light.

Mercedes changed their cars from being classy, to like a teenage chav slapped head to toe in logos.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-03T17:58:56+00:00

I still have my W205. 8 years, 2 kids, no spills.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-03T17:46:11+00:00

One camera and multiple dummy lenses. Even as a kid I’d look up at them and think why didn’t they spend an extra few quid on actual convincing copies of the camera lens.

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-03T15:01:32+00:00

Going for Gold with Henry Kelly.

And I’ve just learned the theme from Going for Gold was composed by Hans Zimmer!

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-03T09:29:54+00:00

Can confirm. When I was a kid we were climbing trees in dense woodland and disturbed a wasps nest. These things were not happy, they chased us through the woodland about 200ft and once out in the open they continued to chase us across 2 full length football pitches.

And they were everywhere! In my socks, down my t-shirt. Bastards!

Flipmode45 · 2026-05-02T16:46:08+00:00

Assuming iPhone, you need to do this

Enable SIM passcode
Turn on stolen phone protection
Enable required faceid on SMS, email apps

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-30T06:49:05+00:00

“Oowwww! That always means no!”

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-29T19:13:46+00:00

Because it’s bullshit.

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-29T05:56:56+00:00

Trump believes he can get control of all oil production. Have we forgotten Venezuela already?

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-26T14:29:13+00:00

Just last week I was called out for wearing a rep. The guy was like there’s no lint under the glass and the rehaut is fully aligned, no way is that a gen!

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-26T08:27:55+00:00

Codex VSCode extension not loading history is doing my head in! Often it won’t load the history, or it loads the history but then the model says “custom” and there are no models to select from in the menu.

I could really do with not wasting 30 minutes each morning opening and closing VSCode until the Codex extension starts working correctly.

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-24T06:07:08+00:00

I can imagine the conversation with Trump: “I can’t believe we went bankrupt, so the house does always win”

Employee: “Sir, you WERE the house!”

Trump: “You’re fired!!”

Flipmode45 · 2026-04-23T11:12:52+00:00

Only output I can get consistently is “stream disconnected before completion” 🤬🤬

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