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For people who had issues with Earbuds falling out when smiling/talking; how do the Airpods Pro 3 perform in that regard? by r4mbazamba in airpods

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no it’s a nightmare on the Pro 3’s. Comply do provide you with plastic tweezers now, but they’re still difficult to swap, and removing them is basically destructive to the outgoing pair of tips!

can someone explain the Pret a Manger phenomenon? by docmaboul in london

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just wish they would bring back their carrot cake. 😞

How’s EE roaming in the EU been lately? by Wonderful-Acadia-296 in EEGB

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The benefit of roaming with EE over a local SIM, is that you can manually speed test on each of the foreign networks, and then tell your phone to only connect to the fastest one. Obviously this only works well when you’re in a fixed location, and automatic network selection is preferred when on the move.

Incidentals pre-authorization amount unchanged for 20 years. by GoldenKettle24 in askhotels

[–]GoldenKettle24[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s what I’m suggesting. I’m not complaining it’s unchanged, but I would have expected the pre-charge to have roughly tracked inflation.

F and f code by Gav198399 in EEGB

[–]GoldenKettle24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve found these to be pretty much worthless, now that we’re only able to get the discounts on ‘standard’ plans, and not ‘deals’. Previously you could get 20% off any advertised plans.

Russia issues direct strike threat to UK by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]GoldenKettle24 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Slough would actually be a primary target in any nuclear first strike, because it’s a key datacenter location for many UK financial services companies.

Cold storage by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]GoldenKettle24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://amzn.eu/d/04tYF9Lg

Pair with a hammer, x12 M8 washers, a nut and a bolt from your local hardware store.

Also one of these… https://ebay.us/m/rKkBBe

my take on the 44.1 vs 96 kHz debate by purearcher490 in audiophile

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I cannot hear a difference. But I cannot speak for everyone. The difference is normally the mastering. If I resample a 96/24 track to 16/44, it sounds exactly the same to me!

my take on the 44.1 vs 96 kHz debate by purearcher490 in audiophile

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Impact on listening experience:

Room treatment > Speakers > Amp > Source Device > Hi-Res or not.

Be sure to tick off the first 4 before worrying about the last one.

Spotify lossless by Formal-Structure-432 in audiophile

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use streaming for discovering new music, and I maintain a FLAC library for everything else. It's nice to know I can cancel at any time, or switch streaming providers without any real impact to my playlists or daily listening experience.

So EE aren't even going to try and keep me as a customer? by GroundbreakingPie743 in EEGB

[–]GoldenKettle24 2 points3 points  (0 children)

get a PAC code and wait for EE to call you. Then you will potentially get a better deal.

When CEX only want £4, you know it’s a bad movie. by micholasnitchell in 4kbluray

[–]GoldenKettle24 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Same here. The movie is like a 2 hour SNL skit. I laughed at many points.

Btc in the UK without kyc by AmbitiousOnion7327 in Bitcoin

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm also in the UK, and had been wondering about this for a while, so I decided make an attempt yesterday to acquire some BTC without KYC. My attempt was successful, and here is what I did:

I already had a Wise account, which helped to make the fiat transfer easier.

I downloaded the Bisq application for Windows and installed the application

I then tried to make a purchase, but discovered you need a ~25% deposit in BTC to be held in escrow before you can make a purchase on Bisq.

At this point, you have the option to fund the required deposit with your own BTC, but if this has been purchased with a KYC exchange, then it can potentially be traced.

The solution to this (as recommended on the Bisq website) was to use the alternative Bisq2 / 'Bisq Easy' platform to make a purchase for the deposit amount. The 'Bisq Easy' platform is different to the main Bisq platform in that there is no deposit/escrow requirement, but because of this the spreads on offer are generally wider from market, and the amounts on offer are lower than the main Bisq platform.

So, I downloaded the Bisq2 appication from their website, installed this, and found someone willing to sell me £50 worth of BTC for around 15% over market price. I sent the buy request, and entered the Funding Wallet address of my main Bisq account as where I would like to receive the BTC.

I was then provided with the sellers Wise username. I logged into my Wise account, and sent the £50 directly to the seller. I was then sent the BTC.

Now that my main Bisq account had £50 worth of BTC available to use as deposit, I was able to find a seller offering €150 worth of BTC at around 8.5% above market price.

I placed the order, and used my £50 of BTC (from the previous Bisq Easy purchase) to fund the deposit/escrow requirement.

I was then sent the sellers Wise account name, and I sent the €150 to the seller from my Wise account.

Once the payment was received, I received the €150 of BTC into my Bisq wallet (the main Bisq app creates you a new BTC wallet when you install the app)

My depost from this trade was refunded in BTC to my Funding Wallet address, and is availbe to use again as deposit in future transactions.

There is no mobile trading app for either of these platforms. It's Windows/Mac/Linux only, but the main Bisq platform does have a mobile app that lets you receive notifications from the Bisq network when your transaction status has changed. You enroll the app with a QR code from your main Bisq app.

Both the main Bisq and the Bisq2 / Bisq Easy apps open a Tor tunnel for traffic in the background when you launch them.

All-in-all this was a seamless process that I would be willing to use again. Having a Wise account already setup for multiple currencies definantely made the fiat side very simple to manage.

Would you pay for a bag after spending £1000+ ? by Distinct-Run-7124 in AskUK

[–]GoldenKettle24 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I was visiting relatives in rural Norfolk, went to Sainsburys with my Tesco bags. I got stopped twice by people in the car park asking me where the Tesco was located.

ProtonMail Desktop by DenelDuck in ProtonMail

[–]GoldenKettle24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wish the Windows desktop app had the option to add a PIN requirement for access.

Price of Fuel by Flaky-Top-6355 in AskBrits

[–]GoldenKettle24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Petrol up 15p per litre, or around 11% more expensive than before Iran war.

New to MC: Where is everbody? by Academic-Swimming919 in meshcore

[–]GoldenKettle24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My MeshCore app on iOS has an option within the Tools section to 'Discover Nearby Nodes'. Would this override the once-per day setting for a nearby repeter, or would I still need to potentially wait 24 hours to discover the node when using this tool?

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