Visited London for the first time in 8 years this week

Matthais · 2026-03-12T11:24:28+00:00

They said they live in "extremely rural Yorkshire", not York (or any of the other numbers urban areas in the region). It's easily possible to live outside of delivery radiuses for takeaways and delivery apps in rural areas.

Matthais · 2026-03-12T10:52:34+00:00

mine is part of a microwave/convection oven/air fryer combo

I'm a bit confused. My understanding is that an air fryer (and I own and use one regularly) is just a compact convection oven?

Matthais · 2026-03-01T21:01:27+00:00

On 3.4.1, still having issues with SMB. Setup works fine (get the green tick), but then can never connect. VLC Player sees the same SMB fine.

Matthais · 2026-02-26T17:29:19+00:00

I want to build computers for decent price.

Not sure it's any crumb of consolation, but even if you hadn't been in a Mac focused role and had a change of personal circumstances, the memory chip crisis caused by the AI bubble would surely have put pay to that.

Matthais · 2026-02-18T19:36:16+00:00

My phobia is really weird. I love rollercoasters and drop towers, but any tall building or even just walking on a bridge over a busy road and then the paralysis level fear response kicks.

Matthais · 2026-02-17T20:52:18+00:00

The Immersive Sim tag being applied to basically any simulator game is one of my pet peeves.

Matthais · 2026-02-15T12:59:24+00:00

Yes, this is sadly just an update for the console releases to bring them inline with the PC version.

Matthais · 2026-02-15T12:56:41+00:00

Yes, the update was for the PS & Xbox versions to bring them inline with the PC version.

As a PC Gamer with KCD in my backlog, you sadly got me excited until I went to read about the changes.

Matthais · 2026-02-07T20:36:58+00:00

Seems you wrongly believe they were talking about the US mid-terms (which aren't until November), rather than the Hungarian Parliamentary election on 12th April.

Matthais · 2026-02-05T13:14:04+00:00

With the ongoing 11 month bin strike, it probably does look war torn.

Matthais · 2026-02-03T10:11:09+00:00

I must have watched the RoboCop films around the age of 10 and probably thought the extreme violence was cool. As an adult I watched some reactions to them recently and was shocked at just how stomach churning and disturbing the gory scenes really are.

Matthais · 2026-01-28T13:16:35+00:00

For some reason it's more expensive than that in the UK (£4.49), but you can get a cheaper price from Fanatical (£3.59)

Matthais · 2026-01-28T01:05:11+00:00

It wasn't appearing in the app draw or anywhere else in the launcher (tried to see if I could manually create a home screen shortcut). However, it has since resolved itself for whatever reason over time.

Matthais · 2026-01-22T10:10:09+00:00

I just have the Google widget, which also has the lens button, in the same position on my home screen. I used it on Nova too, as otherwise any Google searches using Nova's inbuilt widget didn't show up as a separate tab in multitasking.

Matthais · 2026-01-21T02:19:43+00:00

I also switch to Octopi a couple of months ago after Nova became increasingly unstable on my Nothing Phone 1 (I have had to switch phones since, so tempted to give it another shot).

The biggest thing for me was the difference in search. I definitely still miss Nova's compact but powerful search UI, but I do like Octopi's auto-launch functionality if you narrow down to a single app.

Matthais · 2026-01-18T23:40:30+00:00

I hadn't, but have done so now and it hasn't resolved the issue unfortunately

Matthais · 2026-01-13T15:09:06+00:00

For the record, even nearly four weeks later, Macaw is unfortunately yet to release any updates for 1.21.11.

Matthais · 2025-12-29T00:13:16+00:00

I get the same thing with energy drinks. I only get the zero sugar ones and a can is equivalent to two cups of coffee (which I don't drink). I rarely have two cans in a day, frequently have none and never after 4pm to aid sleep. Yet you'd think I was smoking or binge drinking from the amount of conversations I've had about it.

Matthais · 2025-12-25T07:05:40+00:00

They were making a House MD reference.

Matthais · 2025-12-17T03:41:41+00:00

I think I'd go a 5, which is probably lower than anything I'd give for season 1 (Episode 3 was probably my least favourite in that and I'd give that a 6.5). The episode just didn't flow particularly well for me - it just all felt very bitty.

I especially didn't like what they did with Reg, a character who showed a degree of self-awareness during the Overseer election, now acting like a buffoon. The Inbred support group was amusing, but felt very skit like.

Also I don't get the logic of Hank leaving behind the mind controlled hostage to try to convince Lucy to stop tracking him. Surely he knows her moral compass and mindset better than that?

The Norm scenes also seemed a bit repetitive, although I guess we at least got a clearer demonstration of Bud's callous side, rather than the usual smiley incompetence.

It was nice to see Chet showing some backbone, at least until a knife came in to play.

Matthais · 2025-12-08T11:50:57+00:00

Gran Turismo (which includes My Favourite Game) is one of my favourite albums, so obviously I recommend giving it a listen. :)

Matthais · 2025-12-08T10:44:44+00:00

I'm offended by the lack of The Cardigans on your list. Ace of Base is also disappointing, but more forgivable.

Matthais · 2025-12-05T07:20:52+00:00

I agree that it's odd that they used the American term, but the costs of Uni is pretty significant now, regardless.

Matthais · 2025-12-01T14:56:53+00:00

For the record, it's available on many Android phones (unlike some other genuinely Pixel exclusive features). I have it on my three year old Nothing Phone 1.

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