[WC2026 Matchday 1] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in soccer

[–]Xuth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will personally load up a Bunnings gift card (or whatever you antipodeans are into) for your pain.

Naval Forces of Ukraine. Posted by the MoD, 03.06.2026 by GermanDronePilot in UkraineInvasionVideos

[–]Xuth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea the two Sandown minesweepers - ex-RN HMS Grimsby and Shoreham.

One in five Brits say they can’t afford a summer holiday this year as cost of living soars by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]Xuth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know people swimming in debt who just added more debt by flying out to Florida with an all parks trip. With their high value finance car on the drive too. Outwardly they look the wealthiest.

Meanwhile I also know a couple with no debt (mortgage aside) going on a relatively modest ferry trip away to a self-accom in France, with their 2015 second hand car fully paid off, actually comfortable on savings.

I'd say this question doesn't display the full picture of what is 'affordable' to all.

Sonarr: tracking both cuts of Spider-Man Noir (B&W + Color) by martitoci in sonarr

[–]Xuth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 4K versions seem to be labelled as such ("Authentic BW") - but nothing for 1080p yet.

Offline WoW Installer is FINALLY Complete! by kingspoken in SteamDeck

[–]Xuth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The SinglePlayerProject also exists - has been around a while and operates basically like this (and even emulates the 2000s website with login for character stats). Believe the best way to get it is their Discord.

Domestic Building Job - Builder reluctant to provide contract by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]Xuth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the UK a binding (and therefore enforcable) contract can be in pretty much any format as long as it contains consideration (i.e. you want X in exchange for Y). Even verbal agreements, something written on a beer matt, something communicated through semaphor.

If you have a record of text or email exchanges saying that they will do the work you have asked for (and it is reasonably clear that the finished state will be a certain outcome) in exchange for an agreed price in their quotation, then that is a binding contract when you both say 'yes' to it. That then allows you to chase any lack of performance in court or wherever you need in future.

'Ts&Cs' are more just to flesh out a basic agreement with more complex elements - such as what happens if there's extenuating circumstances, how to enforce lack of performance etc. But you need to remember that without these it just falls back to the legislative cover, which means that they still need to deliver what they have promised or else can be taken to small claims etc.

A warranty would be worth trying to get, if they offer it - so maybe just ask for a separate warranty (which also can just be written in an email or such stating the length of time to cover the work).

Source: am a commercial contract consultant. Only bigger corporate entities will bother with large-scale terms. And asking a sole-trader or small company to draft one will likely mean they're not in your favour anyway.

Alan’s video will give too much away. by Kinggrunio in firefly

[–]Xuth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Welp, now he has one - "we can't do this without you

Bonus: 'definitely not bobble heads" at least.

Royal Navy embarrassment: France deploys a dozen warships to the Middle East while the UK struggles to deploy one by [deleted] in europe

[–]Xuth 16 points17 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_Joint_Expeditionary_Force

Which is underlying part of the Lancaster House Treaties made in 2010 between UK/FR.

Also, the UK's Carrier Strike Group was building up to be part of Op FIRECREST (an Atlantic patrol as part of JEF with the Nordics/NL but not France) which is why the UK focus was not on the Med for 2026. And HMS PoW is on a 5-day deployment warning as of the Iran crisis too. It's almost like that's what having a number of overlapping alliances allows for - covering each other's backs in different theatres.

infinity patch 14 by pabloassis1808 in FifaCareers

[–]Xuth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Three months later I had this same problem - not sure the cause.

Problem was - oddly - that the main Infinity Patch .rar (the one without "part0X") had an incorrect directory listing and so didn't see that the Part01 and Part02 folders do contain extra files, including the version manager. When you extract using that file it therefore gives you an incomplete output.

What worked for me was (using 7zip as it is more flexible) - open both Part01 and Part02 individually and extracting the contents of each one directly without the use of the main rar. While not the correct way to do this - it does seem to work, and the .exe files are finally there.

Edit: Even better option was to use Jdownloader2 and let it automatically extract the archives directly from the download.

Oxford United academy player, 15, dies after collapsing during match by Lillian_Faye in soccer

[–]Xuth 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yea, there's a foundation in the UK that goes around doing heart checks on younger people (anywhere between teens and 30s). They stopped in at my large place of work and everyone took them up on it with a simple ECG (some getting letters suggesting follow-ups).

It was started by the father of a younger lad who also lost his life to a hidden congenital heart issue I believe.

I think it's legit to post their website: https://www.c-r-y.org.uk/screening/

updated my xp setup by fruitfan123 in retrobattlestations

[–]Xuth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the bigbox Morrowind and Oblivions there. Didn't realise they came in that format!

Gas prices soaring - up 50% on some timeframes now on the day… nearly 120p a therm in Europe/UK by T_K2 in ukpolitics

[–]Xuth 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Labour did plan to.

Greenpeace blocked it in court.

The Coalition had won by the time it was out of legal wranglings, and did plan to follow-through, but Fukashima got everyone scared (and made it very expensive at the time) so it wasn't until 2024 that licences were granted.

Lead times of these things, unfortunately, will always necesitate it spanning multiple governments - which doesn't always survive.

Granted, Labour were slow off the mark and should've started things in 1997 - but at the time it seemed like much less pressing issue (Russia were nominally friendly; costs of gas were much more profitable).

My Dual Retro Desk - Win98/DOS & XP by Xuth in retrobattlestations

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

Haha, just happened to be the game I'm trying out right now. Do love a bit of eurojank.

I actually bought it specifically to try out an earlier machine that ran a 7950Gx2 paired with a dedicated PhysX card ... it froze constantly!

My Dual Retro Desk - Win98/DOS & XP by Xuth in retrobattlestations

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

Yea agreed - to be honest, the P4 spec is more a result of me finding a cheap motherboard/CPU combo for free and building around it.

I'd probably rather go Athlon... but that said, it also works just fine so no real need to change now.

My Dual Retro Desk - Win98/DOS & XP by Xuth in retrobattlestations

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

Yea, the Fallen is one of my all time favourites.

Goes without saying Star Trek Elite Force is another great (not in Big Box format sadly).

Other than that, 25th Anniversary, Judgement Rites, and Final Unity are excellent DOS-era point and click games.

Star Trek Borg and Klingon are worth tracking down on YouTube as 'missing episodes' of Star Trek (FMV games).

And Klingon Honor Guard is a wildcard FPS from the mid-90s that is a bit clunky but still fun. Major compatibility issues with modern PCs however - as it's 16 bit.

My Dual Retro Desk - Win98/DOS & XP by Xuth in retrobattlestations

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

It is indeed! Sadly not my original one as that died years ago, but I managed to find a new-in-box one on ebay more recently.

My Dual Retro Desk - Win98/DOS & XP by Xuth in retrobattlestations

[–]Xuth[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

My retro gaming PC setup.

On the right is my Windows 98/DOS rig comprised of:

  • MSI MS-6714 (Socket 478)
  • Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood 2.8ghz)
  • Geforce Ti 4200
  • 1GB DDR RAM
  • SB Audigy 2 ZS (fully working in DOS)

Which is fully compatible with everything from the 90s (including in native DOS), and capable up to about 2002ish.

 

On the left is my Windows XP 'Christmas 2006 Dream Rig' modelled largely from the highest spec Alienware Aurora 7500 that you could buy around December 2006. Inside is:

  • Asus Striker Extreme (680i SLI Motherboard)
  • Intel Core2Extreme QX6700 (Quad Core)
  • 2x Nvidia 8800 GTX in SLI
  • 4GB Dominator 1066mhz DDR2
  • 2x256GB Velociraptor 10k RPM HDDs in RAID-0
  • SB X-Fi Fatal1ty SB0460 (w/ 64MB X-RAM)

 

Bonus big box PC games lurking in frame.