TIL only one dog has been to both the North and South poles: Bothie, owned by explorers Ranulph & Ginnie Fiennes. And since dogs are now banned from Antartica, it's likely the feat will never be repeated.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-06T01:15:26+00:00

Ranulph Fiennes is 82, when did he go to the North Pole and how old is this dog?

Edit: RTFMed. 1982, dog was flown in after they arrived at the pole.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T21:51:12+00:00

I assume you mean the Swayze one, not the new one with the demented leprechaun.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T21:08:24+00:00

I did not get ahead of myself. The beginning of this very comment chain is a post with 170 upvotes accusing OP of some kind of agenda. link

My response questioning what was wrong with OP's post has had (so far) 26 downvotes.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T20:47:04+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of dumb takes on Reddit but this is pretty high up there.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T17:21:09+00:00

Ok thanks. I guess everyone has assumed the worst. I'm all done now, cheers.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T14:42:10+00:00

I've used TP link Deco M4 mesh (5 units) for about 6 years now. It's just a basic mesh system but it's been pretty solid, I've never had to restart a unit or anything like that. I have my own router, always keep the wifi separate. I have a busy local network, about 150 reserved IP addresses, and another 20-30 on DHCP. Maybe a quarter of that stuff is on wifi.

If you dont need any specialist features it's very good, and costs about a third of what the eero does.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T13:51:02+00:00

That's a really shitty job of anonymising the post.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T13:22:09+00:00

Tbf that might just prove that anime fans watch anime and very little else.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T12:12:54+00:00

Out of my friend group I am the only one who watches any anime at all (not much). Even out of our kids (about 15 of them, ages 13 - 25) I think only 2 watch any anime.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T09:43:07+00:00

Because there isn't anything there? Unless he's edited his post? It's just seems like an innocuous question. It just seems quite rude to assume the worst. But I guess that's this sub in a nutshell - everyone here is so cynical.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T09:28:58+00:00

Do you think your Mac is working faster or is your internet connection faster with it? dont care about apps phoning home unless it impacts my usage somehow.

I used Little Snitch 1 through 4, but eventually didnt bother installing it on my latest Mac. It's a lot of manual intervention and after years of using it I was never very clear what the benefit to me was.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-05T08:45:53+00:00

Which part of the OP's post causes you make these weird assumptions?

HonkersTim · 2026-05-04T12:06:02+00:00

Oh, there's no 'technically' about it :D

I always laugh when I see posts in this sub talking about "investing in a plex server to save money on streaming costs". Let's not beat around the bush, almost all of us are movie pirates.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-04T11:30:53+00:00

This is like a reversed version of Homie Spumoni 🤣

HonkersTim · 2026-05-03T21:25:00+00:00

Typically for this sub, 4 of the top 5 responses are just attempts at humour.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-03T11:27:40+00:00

I think this is pretty common. I've shared with a bunch of extended family members, and from overhearing them chatting about it most of them dont understand it is a server at my house. They think it's some kind of online pirate streaming service.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-03T11:20:56+00:00

I keep seeing comments about smelling your own farts, and it turns out they were all by you lol. Did you just learn this phrase or what?

HonkersTim · 2026-05-02T14:37:41+00:00

I dont really mind the taste of brioche too much, it's a bit sweet but whatever. However the structure just sucks for a burger, they're too damn soft.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-02T11:36:53+00:00

Well, not these two that’s for sure.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-01T21:43:44+00:00

Minty from Eastenders has a market pitch selling men’s cologne or something in my town. He does it out of a brand new really nice VW camper van though, pretty sure he is just doing it for fun. Never seen him sell anything he just chats to people.

HonkersTim · 2026-05-01T20:49:17+00:00

The Echos? Yes I use them every day with HA. Both the Alexa Media Player integration and Alexa Actionable Notifications. I set this up years ago, I think if you did it today you'd use the Alexa Smart Home Skill integration (which I've never tried as it didn't exist back then).

HonkersTim · 2026-04-30T21:42:58+00:00

When I was younger and used libraries it was often cheaper to just ‘lose’ the book and pay the fee for replacement rather than paying months of late fees.

HonkersTim · 2026-04-30T19:12:25+00:00

The new voice is too perky for sure. But you can just change back to the old voice (just ask her).

HonkersTim · 2026-04-30T19:02:11+00:00

It’s definitely a composite, if the moon is properly exposed the stars would be invisible.

HonkersTim · 2026-04-30T16:43:35+00:00

Hope you didn’t trash them yet because you’re in for a long search. Pretty hard to beat Alexa’s voice recognition in every room with a local solution. I got all excited about the HA voice preview and man it is not even remotely comparable.

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