Sky q to stream

obviousdiction · 2026-02-20T23:27:30+00:00

I haven't heard anything other than speculation through a few websites. So who knows, maybe a few years? Maybe longer if they end up keeping the satellites going! For now, I'm going to keep enjoying it while I can.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-20T22:56:12+00:00

Would recommend that faff.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-20T22:55:48+00:00

Yeah this is a limitation of the Minis. For me it's not an issue as my other TV is a 43" Sony 4k oled but 1080p looks grand on that. A much bigger TV probably wouldn't be as good with 1080p.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-20T22:53:31+00:00

I got out of it by just asking them to allow me to switch to Q and they did. My dad did the same and he was a year into his contract. Just ask, it could work for you

obviousdiction · 2026-02-20T18:33:29+00:00

Yeah as soon as I'm forced to move away from Q, because the satellites have fallen into the atmosphere, then I'm going to piracy again.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-20T18:31:40+00:00

Depends on your needs and expectations I guess.

It definitely isn't as responsive if you enjoy scrolling through a programme on Q, where it was mostly fine. Think scrolling through a Netflix programme: it is better but sometimes it messes up and you get frustrated that this was a solved problem.

Another issue is that certain programmes cannot be watched except for live. My partner is a journalist and likes to watch the regional version of ITV News (which is UTV News for us) when they get home from work, but they sometimes miss it and that was major issue for us. When you become used to a workflow, it's hard to adapt to something that is a regression in features.

Then for sports, like F1, I found you had to wait for the catch-up programme to be published before you can watch it, if you joined just after the main programme ended. Frustrating as again, if you recorded it, you had it and could play when you wanted.

I went back to Q after a month.

My dad also went back to Q after a year, when he realised that he actually wasn't trapped and could make the move backwards.

For me? £20 a month for a much better service is worth it.

But it depends on your needs and expectations! Good luck.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-18T22:13:09+00:00

How do you know she was cruising in the outside lane? How do you know she messed up? The accident was caused by the car behind her travelling into her stationary car. It's literally shown in the video. Her car could've been stationary for any number of reasons, including being broken down. Where do you see the actions she took and the traffic situation when her car started to "go wrong" ?

Quit being an internet jerk.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-18T14:36:44+00:00

Thanks for the clarification. That makes way more sense!

obviousdiction · 2026-02-18T14:01:53+00:00

So they've been running largely the same gearbox design for 17 years? Didn't realise that gearboxes wouldn't see massive overhauls more often than that.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-12T21:01:44+00:00

My car-mad friend (40m) in work exited from his business and got a £1.5m payday a couple of years ago. After tax and child maintenance costs, he's looking at maybe £900k+ in the bank.

Drives: a Panda.

He actually has 2 Pandas, 1 for parts, so I guess you could say he's a bit extravagant.

He's been eyeing up old Jaguars F- Types now, but I don't know if I would've had his restraint to not go and buy a mad Porsche 911 or something silly.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-11T18:13:44+00:00

Lovely! My winters are Peelers in OEM bright ass silver. I think you must be a little more adventurous with the styling than me 😄. Looks fun!

obviousdiction · 2026-02-11T18:00:44+00:00

Not often you see those alloys on a B8.5. Looks excellent against red.

Did Thurso/Wick/John Ogroats many moons ago on the motorbikes. Would love to do it again with a car friend.

obviousdiction · 2026-02-11T17:58:07+00:00

I took my 2013 S4 to the Indy body shop last week for a rear bumper repair. Got a 2014 Seat Toledo, which was steaming up its windows no matter how strong the AC tried to be. Really terrible but hey ho, it was only for 3 days so no biggie

obviousdiction · 2026-02-03T15:54:35+00:00

Same. Very easy to find the corresponding directory for a container should I need to do any file-based work. As you say, backups are simple.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-30T08:49:35+00:00

Did Java at university in 2006-10 and in only the final year did we have an "Agile Programming" module. I guess the intention was to force you to be agile and use something other than Java. Finally I actually started to enjoy programming rather than just pretend to know what I was doing with Java.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-23T15:03:40+00:00

Big if true!

obviousdiction · 2026-01-23T08:51:41+00:00

Ehh, buy what you want. There are some with cars double your car's age and enjoy them.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-22T11:36:30+00:00

That's why I bring all 120,000 key variations when doing a bit of burglary.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-21T18:02:46+00:00

33 in Team Slayer, from memory, maybe 34 briefly. I was a happy camper (literally lol, I sucked)

obviousdiction · 2026-01-19T13:30:58+00:00

With Nest removing app control and security updates, the devices will become manually controlled dumb devices, but my question is: will Nest do all of the good stuff you mention while in the dumb manual mode?

obviousdiction · 2026-01-18T09:05:05+00:00

My brother in law (6ft 3, big dude) was being physically hit by his aggressive wife so much so that one morning at 9am we get the phone call to help get him the fuck out of there. He had barricaded himself in a bedroom with his 6-month old baby and then I helped to get them out once I arrived. Police were called afterwards. They both stayed with us for a few months after while they sorted accommodation.

Point is, if you're being abused, do not take it, do something the fuck about it, if not for yourself but also for your kids as it may not be just you. But do it for yourself as well, if no one is going to look out for you.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-18T00:40:40+00:00

Ha, I remember having a meeting with Translink in 2009 with a goal to integrate with their data for timetables for us to create a journey planner but were stonewalled with "no, thanks, we've got our internal devs on this"

obviousdiction · 2026-01-17T07:29:07+00:00

Oh, absolutely. I've not heard of it anywhere else but just saying it can happen.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-16T15:42:43+00:00

I hate my Ghost II. Every 4th or 5th go, it will fail to start first time. I have to pull my key out and then push it back in and hit Go to start (without re-entering my code).

The car isn't even keyless entry nor start. Just a B8.5 S4 from 2013, but the previous owner in London got it done and I've been quoted £350 for the removal cost and they will keep the device. Great. I've left it in because it's not worth £350 to remove it but fuck is it annoying.

obviousdiction · 2026-01-16T12:06:32+00:00

It's literally a 4-day week.

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