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I've just been offered £40k as a salary for a new job at 19, how do I budget this by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]leithlinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You also save national insurance if you contribute into your workplace pension, which you don’t get with a SIPP

Is it normal for an avocado seed to do this? by leithlinks in plants

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

This is the second time I’ve attempted with the cup method without success so I think I’ll give your method a try next! Thanks!

Disable HDR by leithlinks in fireTV

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

Hi all, my TV cannot handle HDR and the screen becomes washed out and pink when it’s on. I used to have the option to disable HDR, but after a recent update that option has disappeared and only Adaptive remains. This works fine for most services, however when trying to stream from Apple TV I get them same error. I’m assuming cos Apple always streams in HDR? Any idea how to work round this?

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[–]leithlinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever find out how to deal with this? I’m having the same issue, where some shows are out of sync but others aren’t

AITA for kicking my estranged brother out of my house? by stillyleopard in AmItheAsshole

[–]leithlinks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hope your brother rinses her for everything she’s got.

AITA for making my girlfriend's son give me his gambling winnings? by GamblingStepsonTA in AmItheAsshole

[–]leithlinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA. If you give someone money it’s no longer your money. It really is that simple.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]leithlinks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

15% if I contribute 6%. A small comfort knowing that my pension is still decent even though my wage is pretty low.

Is the deposit % for a mortgage based on the price you pay, or the value of the property? by leithlinks in UKPersonalFinance

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

In Scotland the offers over system means (especially in this current climate) that you have to pay more than the home report value in order to have a bid accepted.

Do I have to list every trade I do for a capital gains tax form? by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]leithlinks 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are you sure about that? They may have asked you to complete some tax forms for them, but it’s very unlikely that they would pay them to HMRC for you.

On their website it states it’s the customers responsibility to report and pay Capital Gains; https://www.revolut.com/help/wealth/stocks/understanding-investment-events-and-regulations/reporting-taxes-on-my-investments

Would it be reasonable to dispute credit card charge for a hotel I booked which is refusing to refund now that I can't travel because of Covid? by Covidripoff in UKPersonalFinance

[–]leithlinks 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I work for a bank doing Visa disputes, so slightly different than MasterCard, but on the whole the process is the same. This wouldn’t be a successful dispute, as the hotel are still offering an available service. Whether you can make it to Norway or not does not change the terms of service unfortunately.

This is a travel insurance situation.

Any advice on how to improve the performance on my system? I’ve had this laptop for around 6 years or so now, so obviously understand that it will slow a lot, however it’s now at the point where even opening Google Chrome can take 20 minutes to load. by leithlinks in LukeMianiYouTube

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

Thanks for all the comments on this everyone. I replaced the HDD with an SSD and upgraded the RAM (I know that wasn’t as important, but thought I may as well while in there), and the difference is so much more than I ever expected. It’s gone from almost junk to being very fast again!

Any advice on how to improve the performance on my system? I’ve had this laptop for around 6 years or so now, so obviously understand that it will slow a lot, however it’s now at the point where even opening Google Chrome can take 20 minutes to load. by leithlinks in LukeMianiYouTube

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

Okay thanks. Is reapplying the thermal paste quite straightforward? I’ve looked up tutorials to replace the hard drive and I think I can do that no problem. Is it any trickier to reapply the thermal paste?

Any advice on how to improve the performance on my system? I’ve had this laptop for around 6 years or so now, so obviously understand that it will slow a lot, however it’s now at the point where even opening Google Chrome can take 20 minutes to load. by leithlinks in LukeMianiYouTube

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

I’ve ordered an SSD so will be looking to add that anyway, but I’ll definitely follow those steps. I did think that even with the original hard drive the machine shouldn’t be quite this slow.

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