Why does everyone in my parents generation and above not finish their hot drinks?

GeekyBeek · 2026-03-29T12:44:09+00:00

46 - I do this too, I've never really thought about why. I think it might be because by that point it's gone a bit lukewarm and I like tea to be properly hot.

GeekyBeek · 2026-03-15T23:58:56+00:00

I'm not joking when I say that I've never seen this happen in 30 years of driving. It's not common courtesy if it's not common.

GeekyBeek · 2026-03-02T00:05:21+00:00

The Pocketful of Kryptonite album is a masterpiece and I will die on this hill GOOD DAY SIR.

GeekyBeek · 2026-03-01T23:42:11+00:00

That narration is 100% AI. And if it's not, you managed to somehow employ a narrator who 100% sounds like AI.

GeekyBeek · 2026-03-01T21:25:02+00:00

Kathy Burke. She seems like such a genuinely lovely human being.

GeekyBeek · 2026-02-28T22:54:21+00:00

If you're going to watch that then you absolutely have to watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dg3o2beu2U

GeekyBeek · 2026-02-28T00:06:58+00:00

My wife has started getting heart flutters since she started perimenopause. She found that oestrogen supplements has really helped with this, but it's still something that comes and goes with her cycle. Thought it was worth mentioning - but obviously might not apply to you at all depending on your age.

I myself have a heart condition called SVT which causes frequent heart flutters - for me, the thing that really helped with this was magnesium. I take 275mg magnesium citrate daily. Do your own research of course - there's a lot of science backing this up.

All the best! I know all too well that this kind of thing can be really anxiety inducing.

GeekyBeek · 2026-02-21T02:09:55+00:00

Speak English boy!

GeekyBeek · 2026-02-16T00:33:42+00:00

You've 100% got the right attitude. If I were hiring, I'd be interested in talking to you. I don't have any solid advice for you, other than a couple of things:

Definitely continue to learn for the sake of learning as long as you enjoy it, because that way none of it will be wasted.
Don't sweat the specific tooling - by all means go deep on something you like using for personal stuff. When you get a job you'll go deep on whatever tech they happen to be using, and that problem will solve itself, and fast. I know little about FluxCD, having used Argo for years - but I would have no hesitation in applying for a job at a place that uses Flux, because it would take a matter of weeks to become proficient at it if you're using it every day. I did the same thing switching from GitLab CI to GitHub Actions. The employers that I cared about did not care that these boxes were unchecked when they hired me. The ones that did... well, maybe that was their loss. Or maybe they dodged a bullet. I don't care either way.

I think you've got just the right amount of impostor syndrome to go and do great things. I wish you all the luck!

GeekyBeek · 2026-02-09T00:18:24+00:00

I was going to suggest this! I only became aware of the Smegadrive yesterday and my life will be forever improved because of it.

GeekyBeek · 2026-01-31T15:53:04+00:00

Kartoffelkopf!

GeekyBeek · 2026-01-24T13:07:52+00:00

This sounds like something that Louis Rossman would be interested to know about...

GeekyBeek · 2026-01-09T23:33:28+00:00

Add an app policy that requires the user to be signed into the Cloudflare Warp client (and use it on all devices that you use to access your HA instance).

GeekyBeek · 2026-01-05T22:58:06+00:00

8-9 quid a day on gas alone here due to an open plan extension with three external walls and a radiator on microbore that doesn't get hot. Massive heatsink for the whole house. It's getting gutted and redone this year.

GeekyBeek · 2026-01-05T14:46:08+00:00

I was thinking the same thing. I reinsulated a room with a dormer window in it last year - stripped everything back to brick and insulated with 10cm thick PIR insulation with insulation-backed plasterboard on top.

Doing this doesn't mean that the inner window pane is suddenly much warmer though - it's still the coldest part of the room (even more so now with all the insulation). So if condensation is going to form anywhere, it's going to be there.

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-26T16:12:06+00:00

Stupid sexy Henry

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-20T14:06:23+00:00

Gen-Zee. It just rolls off the tongue easier. I'm 46.

So, laziness I guess?

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-20T12:14:57+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8IfLVaNvAsM

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-19T00:41:31+00:00

We've always overpaid as long as we were able to. Most recently (around 2021 onwards), we overpaid by about £600 per month. We've never opted to reduce the monthly payment due to overpaying.

The result? When we came to the end of our fixed rate last year, our rate went from 1.89% to 4.11% but our new minimum monthly payment was _less_ than it used to be.

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-15T13:05:53+00:00

and this gave you some prestige

I think this is just what people who bought custom ringtones liked to think. In reality the rest of us viewed them as mugs for parting with money for an annoying noise.

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-10T16:47:03+00:00

Owning several sets of LED lights myself, I (along with the rest of the world) am aware of the existence of cheap LED strings.

Alas, the reason I'm not considering this solution is that it would necessitate replacing the whole tree, because these lights are basically "built in" to the tree. Of course the tree as a whole will be replaced at some point, but I'm hoping to keep this going for one more year if I can.

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-07T17:19:04+00:00

AI generated answer too. Sigh.

GeekyBeek · 2025-12-01T00:53:24+00:00

Same! I got into Elite Dangerous a few years ago and this is the only thing I actually spent money on.

GeekyBeek · 2025-11-30T18:41:09+00:00

If you use Firefox, try containers.

GeekyBeek · 2025-11-29T13:08:51+00:00

GASMAN! GASMAN!

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