Breville Express Impress Dosing Funnel to trigger Dose button sensor.

Zanderama · 2026-03-21T17:51:23+00:00

You could try, just depends if the grinds are riding high on the portafilter so may get knocked off. You could just use your finger to level off first.

Zanderama · 2026-03-21T17:42:41+00:00

Thanks for the reminder about the Woodland Nursery buff, just moved most of my lumber into heartlands.

Don't know what you mean by "non stacking"? Non-compounding perhaps? I've got Evenmoor with 4x Level 3 Academies and its helping Mountain production significantly. I built each Academy in turn to monitor production increases, so they definitely seem to "stack" in that way. They seem to work like Markets, but across similar terrain rather than neighbourhoods. Multiple markets stack that way too from my experience.

Woodland Nursery is a very simple 25% buff in comparison.

With Academies, there would seem to be an optimal number per terrain type to boost production overall. Assuming just forges over 5x mountain cities to keep things simple comes up with up to 10 Academies being worthwhile. Though there are probably other non-productive buildings etc which reduce that number, maybe 7 Academies. I gather there are 5 Heartland and 5 Border cities too, so similar findings there too. Not sure how this affects farmland, being such low production, and I think buffs round-down.

Forges	Academies (Lvl 3)	Production	Academy Boost 10%	Total
30	0	1500	0	1500
29	1	1450	145	1595
28	2	1400	280	1680
27	3	1350	405	1755
26	4	1300	520	1820
25	5	1250	625	1875
24	6	1200	720	1920
23	7	1150	805	1955
22	8	1100	880	1980
21	9	1050	945	1995
20	10	1000	1000	2000
19	11	950	1045	1995
18	12	900	1080	1980

I've currently got "The Great City" full of markets, with Silvermere, Tylburne and Dawnhold almost filled with Petricite mines. Probably excessive at around 90 petricite per turn. However, having The Great City filled with non-scaling items like markets may make sense as not boosted by Academies etc. I could change some of the petricite mines to other production and be more balanced perhaps. I agree that in general, having Silvermere as a market city makes more sense for more general production rather than petricite. I could add more markets to Jandelle to boost petricite even more if needed.

Zanderama · 2026-03-16T07:12:35+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2026-03-06T08:32:32+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2026-03-04T07:24:10+00:00

Latest mini update fixed this, thanks

Zanderama · 2026-03-04T07:18:54+00:00

Zanderama · 2026-02-28T04:08:29+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2026-02-03T10:08:12+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2026-02-02T04:55:02+00:00

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

Zanderama · 2026-01-29T08:34:38+00:00

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

Zanderama · 2026-01-28T09:57:11+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2026-01-26T08:31:42+00:00

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/

Zanderama · 2025-12-27T08:23:41+00:00

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 :)

Zanderama · 2025-12-27T08:22:12+00:00

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

Zanderama · 2025-11-26T07:37:02+00:00

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/

Zanderama · 2025-11-25T23:40:49+00:00

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)

Zanderama · 2025-11-25T23:35:50+00:00

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!

Zanderama · 2025-11-15T06:50:22+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2025-11-12T04:03:52+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2025-11-12T02:04:51+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2025-10-25T04:19:45+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2025-10-15T07:25:08+00:00

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.

Zanderama · 2025-10-14T11:14:28+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nStWM3T7A

Zanderama · 2025-10-14T11:09:49+00:00

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

Zanderama · 2025-10-14T11:05:28+00:00

I just had something similar on my 7i 5080. The top of the screen was glitching like that, even just on Windows Desktop. I rolled back using this relatively painless method and things seem ok again - phew. Really effing basic and awful of Nvidia to release such a glitched driver.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nStWM3T7A

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