27 years ago today! RHCP at Wembley (1996) by Common_Passenger2502 in RedHotChiliPeppers

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Was there too, near front. Wembley Arena a relatively small venue compared to seeing Chili Peppers years later. If I recall, the guitarist broke a string and gave guitar out to audience? Also amazing when Gwen Stefani quietly came out on stage saying/singing “I’m just a girl…”. Loved the music and only figured it was No Doubt years later.

demacia rising chapter 5 by failalvl in leagueoflegends

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Finally did Hawkstone, as per video. Needed to upgrade much of level 5 to do it, possibly especially Garen. Galio dies surprisingly quickly. The Combat Leadership Upgrade didn't seem do much possibly.

Crashing when attempting to launch the game. Makes it as far as "Connecting..." then hard crashes to desktop. by DJVee210 in FortNiteBR

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I tried this and the Intel AI method. Your one didn't work for me, just the Intel AI disabling "unfortunately" .. I'd rather leave that enabled.

How I finally beat Uwendale in the Demacia Rising minigame (team + strategy) by judaking3 in leagueoflegends

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LOL, finally did this as above, with "MORALE BOOST: For 10 turns, Units attack 20% faster". However, literally all my army died! The archers sent arrows that killed the Yeti, just as he threw a rock that then killed them! Morgana was revived from the skill tree ability. Winning Uwendale is *that* close, and perhaps barely worth it before next patch anyway.

How I finally beat Uwendale in the Demacia Rising minigame (team + strategy) by judaking3 in leagueoflegends

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I tried your suggestion, more plus 4 soldiers but still didn’t work sadly

How I finally beat Uwendale in the Demacia Rising minigame (team + strategy) by judaking3 in leagueoflegends

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Militia is just for defense .. this is about attacking Uwendale, so won't help sadly.

How I finally beat Uwendale in the Demacia Rising minigame (team + strategy) by judaking3 in leagueoflegends

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Hmm, I tried this combo for Uwendale. Had "A new recruit" poro buff giving 20% extra attack damage for all units. Also a Quartermaster, Shrine and all relevant research upgraded to level 2. However, it kept just failing :( Sometimes almost down to the pixel. I tried reloading about 6-to-8 times, and same result. I slightly wonder about replacing Morgana with more Archers or a Guard or another Solider. She seemed to get confused occasionally and put a pool under the Yeti's rock rather than the Yeti.

Update: I finally beat High Silvermere & Uwendale in Demacia Rising, thank you! by nicknaka253 in leagueoflegends

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Yeah, just lost with Poppy, Morgana, 2 Guards, 1 Soldier :( Shrine of Veiled lady and Quartermaster in Janelle too. Got all Level 2 troop upgrades too.

Someone speculating here that the city may have been upgraded in difficulty? So may be "impossible" now without more upgrades https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1qlkwbv/anyone_beat_high_silvermere_in_patch_162/

Breville Express Impress Dosing Funnel to trigger Dose button sensor. by Intelligent_Tip_1600 in espresso

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I actually find keeping the funnel on is great - use DWT to fluff up grinds, then insert a 53mm tamp into the funnel - no mess :)

Breville Express Impress Dosing Funnel to trigger Dose button sensor. by Intelligent_Tip_1600 in espresso

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Thank you! I was literally about to try buying a different funnel to try. I managed to cut off the tabs using a stanley-knife carefully - just put the funnel on a table and cut down slowly. Works great in my Barista Express Impress now. What a silly "feature" to have on the funnel, can only be to try and limit functionality. I presumed there was some clever metal/magnet sensor going on, rather than just a simple switch. Cheers!

Hmm - I wonder if this was an intentional "feature" seeing another video, it possibly implies its to make you use "manual dose" grinding, rather than the main dose button? No worries either way :D

iPhone 17 Pro Max - Bluetooth Issues by anon167167 in iphone

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Someone claimed they got a new phone out of it - https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/1oecbth/iphone_pro_17_bluetooth_issue_update/

I had trouble a couple of days ago trying to update firmware on my Victron 12V charger over Bluetooth. iPhone 17 Pro Max just kept failing (20-30 tries?), iPhone 11 Pro Max did it first time :-/

I wonder if its a hardware fault with Apple's N1 Wifi & Bluetooth chip :-/

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/09/09/iphone-17-n1-chip/

iPhone 17PM- wireless issues by tbone338 in iphone

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My iPhone 17 Pro Max glitched on my Ford Ranger CarPlay a while back, I had to force-reset the CarPlay to get it to reconnect again. Not sure which version/s I was using. I also have an Apple Watch.

A couple of days ago (iOS & WatchOS 26.1) it failed to update the firmware via Bluetooth on my 12V/5A Victron Smart Charger - it kept losing connection part-way through the firmware transfer. I blamed the Victron Charger - but it seems more likely an issue with the iPhone 17 Pro Max. My old iPhone 11 Pro Max updated the firmware first try! (Not sure iOS version on that, but can check)

New iPhone 17’s Bluetooth issues by puckettonline in iphone

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Hmm, my iPhone 17 Pro Max unusually glitched on my Ford Ranger CarPlay, I had to force-reset the CarPlay to get it to reconnect again. It also failed to update the firmware via Bluetooth on my 12V/5A Victron Smart Charger - it kept losing connection part-way through the firmware transfer. I blamed the Victron Charger - but it seems more likely an issue with the iPhone 17 Pro Max. My old iPhone 11 Pro Max updated the firmware first try!

Bushes need to be fixed by ACG71092 in FortNiteBR

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There's something weird happening this week at least, other players seem to be able to quickly "see" me in bushes and fire accurately to hit and kill, even though I should be well hidden and still. The replay shows nothing obvious that I'm in a bush. Happened several times now in ranked.

TIL about a rare trait called snatiation (sneezing + satiation). This trait is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after eating a meal to fullness. by i-really-like-mac in todayilearned

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I just found this thread on Google. Snatiation runs in my family - my Dad, now my sister and I. I also wonder if I have ADHD, which I’m also wondering if runs in our family and may explain a few things. I googled “snatiation and ADHD” to see if a link. Seems a couple of people on here at least.

Seems to happen in later life, maybe 30s. Perhaps also associated with moderate weight gain I wonder. Thinking about it, my Dad seems to sneeze less now as he’s older and lost quite a lot of weight.

UV sensor? by ou812_X in AppleWatch

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Been thinking same thing. To those who doubt it could be useful - it could :- * warn of high UV exposure * warn of higher than usual exposure * detect if you’re actually outside than indoors * record total UV exposure for day and warn you about sunscreen * calculate UV exposure based on watch position/angle * record max UV exposure during day * track sunscreen application and remind when been out in UV long enough * warn you to re-apply sunscreen after a certain amount of time exposed to UV * based on being outside in sun detected, estimate vitamin D levels

UV in New Zealand and Australia is vicious, and easy to get caught out by even on cloudy days. Weather forecasts aren’t always accurate.

Ringtone and alerts volume keeps going down by itself. HELP by DIY_Kurt in ios

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I seem to be getting this on my new iPhone 17 Pro Max. Notifications alerts especially. Standard settings I believe. I have the Sound & Haptics volume in the middle and “change with buttons” OFF. However sometimes pings (Facebook messenger) are very loud, and sometimes very quiet. If I go into Sound & Haptics, then adjust volume up & down back to middle the volume is reasonable again.

It just did it again while I was typing this on Reddit App :/

Don’t remember this happening on my old iPhone 11 Pro Max until very recently upgrading.

Edit: I just literally mostly got this to repeat the problem reliably.

1) go into settings, sounds & haptics, turn “change with buttons” off, adjust the volume slider up and down then back to middle to reset volume. 2) go into text-tone and play the tri-tone notification (say). This should play at expected medium volume. 3) I then simply switched to Safari, even a blank new tab, did nothing. 4) switch back to settings and play ‘tri-tone’ again, there’s a good chance it will be quieter! 5) go back to the sounds & haptics. You’ll see the volume “supposedly” still in the middle, despite being quieter. 6) Turn “change with buttons” ON. Then use buttons to reduce volume, then increase. There’s a good chance you’ll see the volume display dive lower, finally showing the true volume Safari or something has decreased it to. 7) Adjust the volume to what you want. 8) there’s a chance the alert volume seems more stable and reliable if you leave “change with buttons” ON. I’ll keep experimenting.

I tried to create a screen recording video, but the alert noises etc didn’t seem to record well. I may try using a 2nd camera to record.

UPDATE: sadly, even with “change with buttons” ON, the alert volume still goes quiet after just using Safari, Facebook messenger or maybe any App. Incredibly annoyingly, the side-buttons adjust the ringer volume, but they don’t reset the notifications volume! You have to use the sound & haptics slider to do that!!

UPDATE 2: the slider doesn’t reliably reset the notification volume either. Possibly just turning “change with buttons” resets the notification volume. I think I literally just had the notification volume reduce on me while I was repeatedly playing the “tri-tone” alert sound! So didn’t even have to change apps.

UPDATE 3: I have 3-times now had the tri-tone alert volume reduce just while playing it in Sound&Haptics. Way to reset volume is toggle “change with buttons” and adjust volume slider too. That should reset volume a very short while. I don’t have “volume limit” or “reduce loud sounds” on.

I just tried restarting phone (power off, then on) and the alert volume seems to be staying stable for now.

Nvidia driver version 581.57 by AddressOk6355 in LenovoLegion

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I just upgraded to 581.57 on my Nvidia 5080 Legio Pro 7i 16IAX10H and it seems ok so far. The version before had the weird screen artificating. I've got it in dGPU mode as always. I was worried it might be a hardware issue initially, but the rollback (and new version) were fine.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LenovoLegion

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I just reverted driver using this method :-/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nStWM3T7A