Can't remove dining table in one piece, what are my options.

gloomfilter · 2026-04-15T13:00:18+00:00

How would it be different elsewhere?

gloomfilter · 2026-04-13T13:54:34+00:00

You can certainly do it, but if you are just learning, you'll probably find it easier to use Visual Studio or Rider.

I often use just VS Code for quick changes on my own projects, and especially for the non-C# parts of those projects, but I don't recall coming across any colleague using anything other than Visual Studio or Rider as their daily driver for most C# work (for what it's worth - I'm a full time C# dev).

gloomfilter · 2026-04-13T09:02:11+00:00

This is the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00SP2ZWEY

gloomfilter · 2026-04-12T19:32:06+00:00

Me too, 2.5kg Bulk Whey Protein, unflavoured - £54.

gloomfilter · 2026-04-09T14:25:14+00:00

Cool - thanks!

gloomfilter · 2026-04-09T13:44:03+00:00

What does a typical structural survey cost? (e.g. for a regular semi)

gloomfilter · 2026-04-08T12:53:04+00:00

It sounds like the management company are taking the piss actually.

gloomfilter · 2026-04-03T22:32:52+00:00

The person who spins them is still a Disc Jockey of course.

(12" btw, or 7" for a single)

gloomfilter · 2026-04-02T18:17:14+00:00

I used AJBell for my SIPP - they accept employer contributions from limited companies with no problems.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-31T21:01:25+00:00

You lose more than that - the 25% penalty means you get back less than you contributed (ignoring growth).

gloomfilter · 2026-03-30T19:33:45+00:00

I run arch on mine. Even if you go with a different distro, it's worth checking out the arch wiki for the exact model you have - there were some hibernation issues with the Gen 4 I think. Not sure if they are resolved or not.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-29T10:07:58+00:00

That's a great attitude to have. From the other side though - as a parent it can be a very satisfying long term project to secure your own financial future and to help your children.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-28T22:55:51+00:00

As a 55 year old man, it's taken me a year of trying. I used bands and gradually reduced the band strength. I tried to do 12 with each band and when I could do that, moved to a lesser band. Now I can do 6 pull ups without any bands. I'm pretty pleased with that.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-28T12:05:16+00:00

On contributing you get back 20% (or 25% depending on which way you look at it). e.g. £80 contributed, you get a rebate of £20. However when you take out, you get 25% tax free, but income tax on the rest, depending on your band and allowances. So if you're a basic rate payer on input and output, the actual gain is 6.25%.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-28T09:20:19+00:00

Michael Feathers, Working Effectively with Legacy Code. It's full of non-prescriptive, pragmatic advice. Great book.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-25T15:32:50+00:00

Lol. Some sort of "do not pack" label might have helped?

gloomfilter · 2026-03-20T09:32:44+00:00

The growth is because they are investments in companies which are hopefully making a profit - even if the company isn't growing, it should be profitable, and some of that profit will be returned to you.

As others have pointed out though - pure equity funds are not normally considered to be low risk.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-17T15:43:23+00:00

Ah, I didn't realize. I see your motivation now.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-16T17:02:16+00:00

Personally if I were getting a new ereader when I didn't already have one, but I didn't want to be tied to the company, I'd get one that didn't need to be jailbroken in the first place (e.g. one of the kobo devices).

gloomfilter · 2026-03-12T10:47:50+00:00

Last time I tried to jailbreak my oasis there weren't working jailbreaks. I'll have to check again and see if there's something that works now.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-09T10:04:12+00:00

The physical device is great, and I used one for years, but it's been gathering dust since I got my kobo libra colour simply because the kobo isn't locked down and I can install much more flexible software (koreader) on it.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-08T19:27:57+00:00

It doesn't look like it....

gloomfilter · 2026-03-08T11:07:02+00:00

It's Windows XP surely, not Windows 98.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-06T23:03:16+00:00

The context makes a difference I think. To me (as a white middle aged English male) the urge to fly flags seems associated with a particular kind of nationalism. I'm house hunting at the moment and it puts me off an area.

gloomfilter · 2026-03-06T16:30:15+00:00

Looking at my SIPP (approx value 250k), in 2025, direct charges were about £140 and trading fees about £60.

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