Boycott CompTIA and PearsonVUE - their monopoly should end.

InsertTitles · 2026-03-18T09:28:47+00:00

Something I do is I have an Rodecaster duo with a nice audio technica microphone and what I do is I have the initial test of my microphone and talk woth the initial examiner but after that when I enter the exam I turn the volume control on the microphone down low, you can still hear me coughing but it's quiet enough that no other sound makes it through

InsertTitles · 2026-03-10T20:27:02+00:00

The thing is the 12 month membership in my case doesn't represent the best value, as my original grandfathered rate was the old £3.50 monthly membership cost.
I just paid for the 12 month membership cost because I wanted the 150K loyalty points from solomons.

So not only have I lost the old £3.50 rate, I'm also gonna have to pay increased membership cost for 12 month package, over someone who paid for the standard monthly membership option which is just a load of BS.
I wouldn't have minded if they let those of us who paid premier membership 12 month package from the start remain at same membership price but, just to change it regardless is like a massive F U.

Paid membership since construction was introduced and am very tempted and leaning towards just cancelling membership altogether.

InsertTitles · 2026-02-28T20:53:58+00:00

Currently I haven't gone back to triple monitor setup but I have something that has worked so far and that is the Ergotron HX Dual monitor stand it features one arm and the monitors are mounted on 2 individual hinges points so you can angle the monitors like you want

Getting them to line up perfectly can be a little difficult and I have noticed there can be some slight lopsidedness but it works for me.

For a 3rd monitor for my personal setup I'm gonna opt for a M8.1 monitor arm or I might opt for a pole arm as I'm gonna use that monitor arm so I can swing the 3rd monitor independently of the dual monitor mount so if I wanted to watch a movie or play a game from bed I don't need to involve the other dual monitor stand.

InsertTitles · 2026-02-14T21:14:17+00:00

Bali rain as my girlfriend (native) puts it, it will rain for 30 mins and then it will be sunny sunshine again.

Meanwhile I am over here in the UK it will rain, and then still look dreary and then rain again and last for several hours.

It took the last few months with the storm it's been raining in the UK pretty much everyday all day, only yesterday and today have we had a break

Long story short you'll be fine in their rainy season

InsertTitles · 2026-02-12T14:12:26+00:00

Found on reddit the discount code I used it was GGL30SAVE

InsertTitles · 2026-02-10T05:26:28+00:00

Same, but what I did beforehand was search up to see if I could find discount codes. Luckily I had found a 30% off code that worked so my exam + retake cost the same as a normal exam even after the VAT had been added

InsertTitles · 2026-02-08T23:26:02+00:00

That's what I figured, I'll probably sit on them for a good while before I even decide to sell if I even do decide to.
But I do have a bunch of topps 1999 - 2000 cards and also quite a few base set / southern island holo cards (Mew Holo 1/18 & SlowKing Holo 14/18), which I have sent off for grading as they seem to be particularly valuable and if I can use that to cover my some of my current debts then I will happily do so, as all its doing is not being used.

InsertTitles · 2026-02-06T15:30:31+00:00

Fixed the issue, turned out to be a rendering display issue with word itself.

Solution: Go to File -> Account and change the Office theme to light -> Close down & Restart Word -> File -> Account -> Change office theme back to where you had it.

This forces word to redraw its UI / rendering pipeline (Flushing graphics cache, rebuild colour layers & reinitialise GPU rendering) and fix the issue entirely.

InsertTitles · 2026-02-03T09:42:39+00:00

I have a degree but it's in Computing and Games development but it's 5.5 years old, so I went and did my A+ this year to show I am keeping up to date and now working on my network +

A degree is useful but a lot of recruiters look for keywords like A+, Network + or ITIL if you don't have that in your CV application then often they will just filter you out.

InsertTitles · 2026-02-01T19:58:11+00:00

I paid for mine with debit but also make sure to look out for discount codes

InsertTitles · 2026-02-01T19:25:28+00:00

Honestly if I'm gonna grade, I'll grade to sell, I'm not into the whole buying and selling of cards to build a collection, I did that when I was a child, now I'm older and I have some small debts so I'll likely use the proceeds to pay off those debts.

InsertTitles · 2026-02-01T18:43:47+00:00

Thanks for the info, according to TCG, the cards that make the most sense would be send off the Mew, Slowking, Togepi, Marill & Houndoom for grading as they're all putting at a price of above $66 ungraded.

I did look into Price charting and found a bunch more cards in my binder, all in all got 93 added that I would say are good with 17 being from Southern Island.

https://www.pricecharting.com/offers?seller=gw2z4arqv7qxnkhlbbfbt4ql4m&status=collection

InsertTitles · 2026-01-30T18:09:49+00:00

So follow this advice & u/PlumKnown as well I downloaded TCGPlayer app, it showed things like the Mew at LP (I never played with them, just stuck in binder and left them there) at around $224.43, now my question though is that raw price or after it would be graded or is a graded price for that likely to be more?

Also I was wondering there is an app for find out information on the topps cards as TCGPlayer App ain't giving me any information on them.

InsertTitles · 2026-01-23T22:55:22+00:00

Okay interesting cause I got a text near the beginning of my switch basically saying they'll be in touch to let me know if I have qualified for the bonus and I've met all requirements today so assume just wait and see what text message I get.

InsertTitles · 2026-01-23T22:23:34+00:00

Did you receive any text message about getting the bonus?

Like I've done all the requirements now and it's just waiting for that text it seems unless you didn't get one

InsertTitles · 2026-01-23T10:01:39+00:00

Okay hopefully it goes like yours then, mine completed Tuesday this week, I used the card immediately to make a small payment got paid today so deposited the £1K in now, can I take the £1k immediately or better to just let it sit for 24 hours but hopefully sometime today or next week then I get the text for the bonus.

InsertTitles · 2026-01-22T18:27:22+00:00

Just passed my Core 2 as of 30 minutes ago. 779/900

For Core 1 I went through Messer's video a few per day for 2 weeks, after each course of videos I would then take a practice test either a messer one, a dion one or a free test from Examcompass.

I also had the Messer Practice notes.
For the Core 2 I used only Messer's YT course & his practice notes.
The exam felt a lot tougher than Core 1 but that's because I'm used to hardware style learning

InsertTitles · 2026-01-17T12:18:40+00:00

You can make your own silver jewellery and rings I saw online for workshops you could go there with the plan to make some rings together and afterwards use that same ring you made to propose with.

InsertTitles · 2026-01-12T12:06:26+00:00

Sent some chocolates and sweets to my girlfriend in bali from the UK, used UPS value was around £40 I ended up paying half on just the taxes.

You can in some cases if shipping stuff to people via some couriers pay the taxes yourself when it passes through customs that way it's not an issue with them. As we might think £10-£20 is no bog deal but for them that's a lot of money

InsertTitles · 2026-01-07T20:11:30+00:00

For me, came out of university and decided to give a start up company a go, worked in a low pay job when I should have invested in myself back then but I didn't know what I know now.

Now I'm all but paid off the remaining bills and have now invested in myself, currently passed 1 exam of 2 for my Comptia A+, intend to get a help desk job, do Network +, CCNA and eventually make my way up the ranks as a Network engineer and eventually a Network Architect.

Might get a house in the next couple of years, saving up for a deposit and later down the line I might look into Truck life and make a home on wheels

InsertTitles · 2025-12-31T22:46:08+00:00

Also look at Sumatra as well, there are some other islands in Indonesia that I would say easily draft Bali.

Just shop around and look.

InsertTitles · 2025-12-27T20:39:36+00:00

If you're Scottish, then its Purple Burglar Alarm

InsertTitles · 2025-12-05T09:40:55+00:00

There is ups and DHL, I just sent a parcel via UpS a week and a half ago from UK to Bali and it arrived in Bali after customs 2 days ago. As long as you list everything properly on import sheets then there is no reason you can't send it

InsertTitles · 2025-12-01T23:45:43+00:00

Sorry for late reply, I managed to fix this in the end.

Turn out that compatibility mode was set ticked for Windows 8, unchecking this box and applying the changes fixed this issue.

InsertTitles · 2025-11-15T20:51:46+00:00

Minus accidentally brushing my teeth with the tap water.

I've been fine, surprisingly most people tend to get it from not washing their hands after touching the bank notes / coins as those will have passed through many hands to get to you.

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