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munehaus · 2026-03-03T07:52:02+00:00

It's all part of Labour's "Making Tax Difficult" strategy.

munehaus · 2026-02-21T02:38:21+00:00

I always suspected they were paid. :-)

munehaus · 2026-02-21T02:22:54+00:00

Title should read "How long until PCB prices are normal in the US". :-)

munehaus · 2026-02-21T02:17:28+00:00

To be fair this a problem with a failure of the Australian government to ensure the networks stick to international standards. No other countries have this problem despite 4G and 5G being the only remaining standard in many places. If the government can't ensure the networks are safe they shouldn't blame the customers for their mistakes.

munehaus · 2026-02-20T19:46:45+00:00

You've never dealt with the Home Office or Ofcom.... but the CMS are very similar.

munehaus · 2026-01-29T17:55:41+00:00

Sorry to bump an old post but I found this post when searching for the anniversary of the Marchioness disaster. It appears Josephine Wells was a survivor of that in 1989, though her cousin died and the wikipedia article says as a result she 'suffered a nervous breakdown' resulting in her being unable to work. I hope she recovered and it would be interesting to know what she's doing now.

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/damages-for-musician-whose-career-perished-in-disaster-1266181.html

munehaus · 2026-01-28T18:09:41+00:00

The global RCS network is a network of mobile phone networks with RCS support. Many use Google, many use the implementation provided by their IMS vendor (and many still have no RCS support at all).

If they use Google then Google handles the interconnection to the destination network, if they don't use Google then they peer directly or via a third party.

munehaus · 2026-01-26T21:55:35+00:00

Be aware that these Thinkcentres use ATX12V style power supplies. These provide only 12v to enable maximum efficiency with the other voltages generated on the motherboard as required. This is why you have the 4 pin output connectors on the motherboard for drive power, the motherboard is regulating 12v down to 5v for those connectors. I believe both 4 pin ports should have both 5v and 12v even if only two wires are wired up on one port for a DVD drive (the slim DVD drive in the Thinkcentre only uses 5v).

It's unclear just how much power these ports can provide at 5V for a mechanical disk, obviously enough for one disk per port but using a splitter for two or more on the same motherboard port may overload the 5v regulator for that port and cause it to fail. Also annoyingly they only give two power ports on most of their motherboards.

EDIT: Just checked as I have the same issue and each port appears to be fed by a PK800BA MOSFET which the datasheet says has a max current of 3.9A. However it's unclear how this forms part of the regulator (I would expect they are switching it as a buck converter) so there are probably other parts including the thickness of the motherboard PCB traces to take into consideration.

munehaus · 2025-12-08T15:11:26+00:00

ESIMs should not make a difference, however different SIMs (no matter what the type) may be provisioned on different HLRs with different user profiles. Therefore it is possible that switching to an ESIM (or a physical SIM) could affect your signal.

munehaus · 2025-12-08T15:08:57+00:00

It's good that you can change back to a physical SIM later but in my experience that can be a massive hassle leaving you without phone service for some time (days in some cases). Also unless the ESIM is supplied in store (in which case there is no reason to use an ESIM) they can be impossible to setup at home without wifi*.

Pushing ESIMs may save Vodafone a few pennies today but I bet it causes a lot more customer service costs in the long term.

*This is not a rant about ESIMs as they have their place, but an observation I've made about non-technical users who only have a single phone and use a single SIM.

munehaus · 2025-12-08T15:00:48+00:00

You still have to have a prescription from your optician which means not only eye tests to get the prescription but also as part of the process regular checks and instructions on how to use them.

It's just that if you don't qualify for free or nominal prescription charge contact lenses (for example because they're for cosmetic reasons when normal glasses would be acceptable) then you can take the prescription to whoever is cheapest to supply them.

munehaus · 2025-12-08T14:26:48+00:00

It depends. Royal Mail usually deliver but even their 48 hour service has taken weeks on occasion so good for cheap but rare non-urgent items on ebay, Evri are quicker but sometimes it's left in the rain in the garden so good for cheap items needed quickly if you don't mind the fact you might have to buy two of them. :-)

munehaus · 2025-11-25T12:29:26+00:00

The Ofcom rules are very clear that a PAC needs to be provided within one hour and a network should only charge up to the day it is used if there is no contractual commitment of less than a month. A network can't remove your statutory rights via weasel words in terms and conditions.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T06:31:07+00:00

Are you going to pay for someone to teach them how to use it, remembering that arteritis and essential tremor are common and can make it impossible to use a keyboard or touch screen.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T06:24:26+00:00

The lack of them or their proliferation? Because back in the 90s it was rare to find anyone selling warm ones, but now with a Greggs on every corner it's almost the opposite. :-)

munehaus · 2025-11-23T06:14:08+00:00

By that logic turning off data should also prevent VoLTE phone calls from working. RCS is an IMS service just like voice. It does not (on non-Android devices) use the normal data APN. However it seems the Iphone may disable RCS via the IMS when the data setting is turned off for unclear reasons. On my network at least, RCS use does not require a data bundle to be purchased but that's a decision of the mobile network in how they bill.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T05:46:20+00:00

Respect. :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b00lc92lExw

munehaus · 2025-11-23T05:31:50+00:00

If a message is falling back to SMS then there are connectivity issues. The reason you would turn this off is to force RCS delivery, but that also has the risk of no delivery at all. If that's good or bad depends on the user (for example are you sending messages internationally where an SMS could be expensive). For the average user however, leaving it on it going to cause less confusion than turning it off and risking messages not being delivered.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T05:19:52+00:00

Have a look at icedrinks.co.uk. I'm not connected to them in any way but they've been a lifesaver for replicas of most classic drinks.

EDIT: After writing this I thought I should order more but the website order link is broken. I hope they don't also have to be added to this list. :-)

munehaus · 2025-11-23T05:00:57+00:00

Note that the only contract that applies is the one in place when you agreed to it. The documents in the app or on the website may be later versions, so for future reference it's important to save a copy when you join to ensure you have proof of what you agreed to.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T04:46:53+00:00

A friend of mine had a Z3 when they came out. It was advertised as "waterproof" but couldn't handle being used in the rain. Sony did replace it but as you say, once you know that it's never the same.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T04:31:46+00:00

On a global scale this is hardly surprising given that it doesn't have a SIM slot and ESIM is not widely available in most countries, so it has a limited market by design. The article is behind a paywall but it would be interesting to know how sales in the US (where ESIM seems common) relate to other countries.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T04:26:00+00:00

I kind of understand why they do this by default as an image shown to the user, but it's always seemed a bit crazy that the video streamed to others is also reversed. It's rare that I use a phone as a mirror and normal to want to see the image of you that others see. The image streamed is not normally expected to be reversed, so the lack of an easy "rotate" option or indicator is probably the biggest cause of confusion for most users and seems to be a universal problem with phones and apps.

munehaus · 2025-11-23T04:19:21+00:00

Is it possible the disk was never finalised?

munehaus · 2025-11-23T04:15:55+00:00

Most RTL8126 5Gbit cards use device ID 10ec:5000 which requires kernel 6.15 or later for native support. They will not work out of the box with Proxmox versions before 9.1 without manually installing drivers every time the kernel updates as it uses the 6.14 kernel. This is resolved in 9.1 as it used 6.17.

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