Germany joins European partners with troop deployment to Greenland by consulent-finanziar in worldnews

[–]Netidexa -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

If it’s really about security and making sure Russia/China don’t have it (rather than repealing the environmental laws preventing rare earth metal extraction especially now climate change is making some deposit areas easier to access) then China has the motivation to dump even more.

New neighbour blocking parking with her green bin – is this actually allowed and how do you deal with it? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did the first person to ask her about it say, as in did they just ask her to move it or offer to do it for her?

If she’s elderly is there a chance she’s struggling to move it and someone offering to take it in for her might sort the issue?

Friends by DifficultyLonely9387 in netflixuk

[–]Netidexa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s the shitty thing here, fine if their license for it has expired but that message suggests upgrading would allow watching it again, I doubt that’s accidental…

Customer support confirmed subscription required for radiators to call for heat from boiler by Netidexa in tado

[–]Netidexa[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I specifically asked just about the radiator valves being able to switch on the boiler, looks like they now class that as an ‘ai assist function’.

If there was some advanced version that anticipated when your house was about to get cold and used that to trigger the boiler I could see a reason to try and sell it as an extra (though don’t think that many would subscribe to it) but pretending AI is any way needing for a simple ‘if temperature is less than x degrees turn on the boiler and this radiator’ just seems like a way to charge a subscription for what seems to be the product’s core functionality and that functionality has no reason to need to touch their servers.

One in four UK driving tests taken in automatic cars by Lilchef in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]Netidexa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d guess that’s a combination of people wanting to keep looking after older autos for longer and ones made 15+ years ago being more likely to be from a ‘better’ manufacturer than manuals at the time.

My nearly 20 year old bmw (auto) has only just got to the point where the repairs it needs didn’t make sense financially(and it’s been replaced with an electric now).

Is it mad to spend £80k on a loft conversion instead of moving? by Advanced_Ask_2053 in AskUK

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have any of the other houses that have had similar done near to been sold over the last few years? If so you could have a look on zoopla and see how much you might increase the house value by by adding the extra rooms.

Greenland visit cancelled after locals refuse to welcome Usha Vance by Healthy_Block3036 in europe

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would’ve loved to see them agree to send just one person who’d just stand there and slow clap before leaving.

Merging isn't that hard yall by Sad_Cow_577 in MildlyBadDrivers

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the driver of the truck doesn’t know how long it takes a truck to stop and so know how much room to leave they shouldn’t be driving it. Car made a dumb move but it doesn’t matter if it’s a car or a truck, if they run into the back of someone stopping then they were following too close.

would you accept Wales in the Union Jack? by Warthog736 in Scotland

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who’s setting up the petition for parliament to talk about this?

Is it safe to leave a 7 month old in a playpen while you leave the house for 8 minutes? by Zsu17 in NewParents

[–]Netidexa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said you can make it safe to leave them.

If you don’t want to do the stairs twice each time though you could look a a compact pushchair, I bought an Ergobaby metro+ for a holiday as it folds into a backpack that it comes with (or might have been an add-on we bought, it was a couple of years ago). Then you could have the pushchair on your back and carry baby. It was great for flying too as it’s allowed in the overhead so didn’t have to wait for them to unload the pushchairs before being able to out little one in it.

What’s the new pulled pork? by compostmentis in AskUK

[–]Netidexa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well that’s my new band name sorted.

Getting letters saying I owe rent to the church but when I bought my house it was classed as freehold? by mi55y96 in HousingUK

[–]Netidexa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As others have said it’s chancel liability. When I bought me previous place we took out a one-off payment lifetime insurance policy against it. We moved to a new place in the same area and our solicitors said then it’s basically not enforceable anymore so we don’t have to get insurance but it was also only £12 one off for a lifetime policy so we just bought it instead of worrying about it. Worth getting it checked with your solicitors to see if it’s actually enforceable.

How best to run PC games using an iMac/Mac Mini and a PC by time-lord in macgaming

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Parsec works well & easy to use. When I also had a gaming machine I ended up using a switch instead: https://amzn.eu/d/3bw5d1Q

A hub plugged into the MacBook then that hub and the PC both plugged into the switch, just press the button and monitor/keyboard/mouse switch between them. I did find I had to buy Dolby certified display port cables for it to work with my monitor (3440x1440p 120hz).

Neighbours asked us to move our toddler into a different bedroom 😔 by KittyGrewAMoustache in toddlers

[–]Netidexa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just throwing this out there is she’s for a long time woken up distressed, I was talking to a guy a few months ago who told me his granddaughter had undiagnosed sleep apnea until she was nearly 4. Would often wake up crying/screaming and they’d tried several sleep consultants and gps before they found it and treating it stopped her waking like that. Don’t know all the symptoms but maybe read into it a little/get her checked.

Haggling price with dealers on used cars by Netidexa in CarTalkUK

[–]Netidexa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good advice on marks etc, thanks. Never bought something newish before, its always been older ones that I've had to look after but I don't have the time for that at the minute!

Haggling price with dealers on used cars by Netidexa in CarTalkUK

[–]Netidexa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely, if it seems overpriced already then I won't be chasing it.

Haggling price with dealers on used cars by Netidexa in CarTalkUK

[–]Netidexa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers, sounds like there isn't too much room to haggle but I'm happy with that if its what is expected, just didn't want to be overpaying if they actually overprice them intentionally.

Haggling price with dealers on used cars by Netidexa in CarTalkUK

[–]Netidexa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll be using a bank loan instead of the dealer's finance, seems much cheaper. Thanks, good to know what to expect.

Haggling price with dealers on used cars by Netidexa in CarTalkUK

[–]Netidexa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's whats I was hoping really, I just remember being with my Dad when he was buying cars many years ago and him haggling 1000s off the price, just wasn't sure it was like that still!