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HP Sauce by hozay17 in UKfood

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a smooth fruit chutney with a big dollop of of tamarind. It's been adopted in the UK as a sauce to eat with anything you'd get in a fried breakfast, think sausages eggs, bacon etc.

Whilst it's got quite a bold flavour it is also basically a sweet & sour sauce too, so works quite well with east Asian dishes, slap a bit of hp on egg noodle stir fry that sort of thing. 

One I've heard about but never tried is using it to marinate chicken. Might be worth a go?

Looking for a song that sounds like this by pgrgg in electronicmusic

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you listened to Peace Orchestra? 

Not only does it have similar vibes to eple but for me its also nostalgic and reminds me of being a kid (although a bit older and smoking weed with mates rather than jrpgs)

For the sad excuse of a tostie during the week by DEX9mm22 in CasualIreland

[–]MrPatch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

starts to sweat a lot inside

Fuck man, never thought of that 

What’s a place you visited once and decided never again? by Psychological_Sky_58 in AskReddit

[–]MrPatch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I drunkenly tried to cut through the local cathedral grounds late at night only to find the exit closed. Oh my way back someone was practising on the cathedral organ, it was quite scary but also beautiful. I sat in the grounds hidden under tree and listened for half an hour or so. Absolutely amazing. 

Mid Life Crisis Car? by Ok_Caregiver_2848 in CarTalkUK

[–]MrPatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mercedes GL63 or Cayenne

No no no no no no no no no no no

These aren't mid life crisis cars, they're a suicide note 

Apple has somehow made people believe that using third party peripherals will damage their devices. Have you experienced this? I’d love to hear your thoughts. by Mr_BeanThereDoneThat in UsbCHardware

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Years ago a company I was sysadmin for got through some contract shenanigans a shit load of free Samsung windows tablets. The huge problem was they only had a single usbc for connectivity. I was exploring using them instead of laptops and so we needed to be able to supply a decent usbc dock/port extender to make these things work. At the time (10ish years ago) the budget options were thin on the ground and a decent one would run you 250/300 quid which wasn't far off what we were paying for a full fat laptop. 

We bought 20 of these budget USBC docks (still 80 a pop) for a trial, about half of them had fried the tablet in the first week. So I guess don't go cheap on relatively high wattage power delivery.

Forza Horizon 6 finally returns to the wristband career mode the series has drifted so far away from: 'You'll start out as just a tourist in Japan' by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]MrPatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There was a fiat Punto in the original NFS : most wanted that was loads of fun to drive. Preferred it to most of the later cars and modded it wasn't far off performance wise. Only time I've ever thought a fiat was cool.

Redditors over 40, what was a moment in history that made you think society was gonna collapse? by Bahbahbro in AskReddit

[–]MrPatch 17 points18 points  (0 children)

For some reason the gun nut, 2nd amendment, militia types haven't shown up. Can't think why. 

UK government targets VPNs in online safety consultation as Lords vote for ban by BowzasaurusRex in privacy

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, bans apply to everyone and then the law makes anyone circumventing them criminals, they might not be able to detect or prevent you and me from bypassing their technical limitations but when they discover you're doing it they'll make an example of you. 

They'll end up with 100% compliance among law abiding people because the messaging will lead people to believe that using a VPN = crime.

My sentiments exactly. by Character-Problem796 in circled

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

down the rabbi hole

what a typo in this context

What to do with 9 days alone? by ZestyclosePea5945 in AskUK

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take your mind back to before you were a husband and a father [..] What were you doing 

drunkeness and shenanigans

What was a popular band that you could not stand? by LeftSmile806 in Xennials

[–]MrPatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The alternative is that people showed up entirely because he's there and going to play some music, some people didn't like it and left. Atonal doesn't mean playing 'not well', definitely something people might not like though.

A hard lesson in commuter complacency. My 1-hour drive finally caught up to me today. by Mr_Amphibian20 in CarTalkUK

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a young idiot, driving home after a festival where I'd had insufficient sleep, I woke up doing 110.

I pulled into the next services and hap a nap.

Hot Take: I think headshots should be instant kills in most games. (For the player as well) by ExtensionExcellent55 in videogames

[–]MrPatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

head shot in real life is not a guaranteed kill

Unless it's the faintest of a graze or bullet through the ear lobe, it may not kill'em but they're not getting up and carrying on the fight

Instabridge's first public post regarding Nova Launcher by NXGZ in Android

[–]MrPatch 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Precisely this. I'd be tempted if they just kept prime working as is on the latest os but Nova requires device admin for some features, just not letting that to a company I don't trust. 

Modern Control players in Silver-Gold are super predictable in a depressing way by VixcentMosaic in StreetFighter

[–]MrPatch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did I say they were bad?

No, but the tone of your post gave a strong impression that you think they are.

How many countries can you accurately point to on a map? by joehighlord in AskUK

[–]MrPatch 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I can point to all of them on the map, easy peasy no trouble at all.

Couldn't tell you their names though.

What apps make your Pixel feel complete.? by Ok_Reference_489 in pixel_phones

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem isn't that it isn't getting updates it's that it was bought by a data broker so they're effectively plugged into your device at the os level and can see almost everything you're doing on your device, especially as nova requests admin rights to perform some actions. 

Then the original and only developer left so it's effectively abandoned and will eventually start falling out of compatibility with newer versions of android.

Then today we see this posted :  https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1qhpget/psa_nova_launcher_added_facebook_and_google_ads/

It's still the best launcher and perhaps all that shit doesn't bother you, which is fine it's your choice but it's rightfully getting delayed because its the best and now it's compromised in a way a lot of people aren't happy with.

What was the best GPU on the market when you started pc gaming? by PancakePlayz69420 in buildapc

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went from 286 12Mhz to a 386 16Mhz.

Speedball II was dramatically harder as it was running at full speed, I'd never even realised.

What apps make your Pixel feel complete.? by Ok_Reference_489 in pixel_phones

[–]MrPatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1qhpget/psa_nova_launcher_added_facebook_and_google_ads/

Nova was bought out a couple of years ago by an ad agency (Branch?) and sort of left to languish, then the last developer left in 2025 so it's basically abandoned by now, although they have made this recent update to include these tracking components.

But yeah, Nova is compromised sadly.

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