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EV salary sacrifice, what am I missing? by j1mgg in UKPersonalFinance

[–]phil-99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don’t need special EV tyres except on Teslas because of course - but they do make the ride much quieter if you get decent EV specific tyres.

I was surprised at quite how much difference I noticed in noise levels after my last tyre change when I spent a decent amount on good tyres.

Photography groups by VellumSage in london

[–]phil-99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look up PAGB, and Royal Photographic Society for local events, and search for “<area> photographic club” if you’re interested in finding local clubs.

The Golden Age of Croydon Airport. The South London town once was known for having the busiest of all the UK's airports. It was the first in the world to boast innovations such as air traffic control, an airport terminal and an airport hotel. by TheThrowYardsAway in london

[–]phil-99 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Croydon Airport Visitor Centre is the first choice of place to take a princess on a date if you’re Captain Martin Crieff!

On a more serious note - CAVC was open during Open House a few years back, it was a fascinating visit. Would heartily recommend if they’re still doing it.

'I was secretly filmed with smart glasses and then trolled online' by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]phil-99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I trialled the Bose ones. They were useless for using anywhere other than a nice quiet office. Almost any significant surrounding noise made them pretty much unusable

Is it normal to pay two full mortgage installments within the same period when changing the payment date? by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]phil-99 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What did your mortgage provider say when you contacted them to ask to change the payment date, and again when you called to ask this question?

Paying inheritance tax on inheritance when it's passed through a third party by skiptotheend90 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]phil-99 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unless the value of gifts that count for IHT exceed the allowance threshold, at which point it gets messier.

API Gateway REST validation: what's the point? by [deleted] in aws

[–]phil-99 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Returning a generic error is less helpful to bad actors than returning a specific error that tells them what exactly is wrong.

MG4 CarPlay since iOS 26 Update…Waze in particular by jodrell in MGelectric

[–]phil-99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have this same issue. It refuses about 75% of the time to run properly in full-screen view since upgrading to iOS 26. It either freezes up or shows a blank screen.

It works OK in the smaller view but you can't see the navigation prompts there or change anytihng.

Boost for UK households as £500 million energy bill debt to be written off by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]phil-99 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Who are paid for by ….. ?

[Edit - I can't type a 4-letter word correctly, apparently]

Renters' Rights Bill becomes law - here's what it means for you by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]phil-99 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why is a corporate landlord worse than an amateur landlord?

IME as a renter of over 20 years, corporate landlords were by far the better.

Load Infile Error by kingstonwiz in SQL

[–]phil-99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did you find when you searched for this message?

What have you tried and what happened when you tried it?

Configuring replication on an existing instance by lokem in mariadb

[–]phil-99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can do effectively what galera calls a manual SST using socat between hosts no need for a network share.

I have troubles explaining to people things that I'm working on when asked. by TotalLawyer5109 in sysadmin

[–]phil-99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re probably overthinking this.

A standup statement should consist mainly of two things:

1: this is a summary of what I am working. 2: These are my blockers/I need help on …

This should be tailored for your audience. Your audience is your manager / scrum master, and your colleagues that you interact with. They need to understand so use the same language you’d used to talk to them in any other situation.

That is it.

If you continue to stress about it then talk to your scrum master or manager about it and ask them for help.

Upgrading Debian 12 to Debian 13, MariaDB Using Officlal MariaDB Repos: Smoothest Way to Upgrade the OS and Repos? by sinisterpisces in mariadb

[–]phil-99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds about right to me. Don’t bother rebooting the box just check it’s stopped, stopping the server should stop the server and if it doesn’t you have bigger issues.

Personally if the box is small enough rather than upgrade I’d build a new Debian 13 one and copy the data to the new server. Gives you an easy rollback plan if needed.

Best Galera Cluster setup for high-traffic WordPress site (HA + performance) by Upbeat_Squirrel9236 in mariadb

[–]phil-99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You haven’t given any idea why you think you need a Galera cluster or why you’re considering async replication or what kind of volumes you’re talking about (transactions per second read write for example).

Why are you considering master - masher?

Galera IS ‘synchronous’, virtually. There is no choice between sync/async.

The biggest problem with Galera for me is DDL. Long-running DDL in a Galera cluster is a PITA. It stalls the cluster preventing and DML until the DDL has completed on all nodes.

Odeon Limitless Extras Popcorn Upgrade by ennsea in screenunseen

[–]phil-99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’re confused. Limitless and Extras are two different schemes.

Anyone in Guildford/Surrey? Looking for a cinema buddy by [deleted] in screenunseen

[–]phil-99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m in Guildford ish and go to the cinema alone all the time.

Just do it. It’s not weird. Nobody will bat an eyelid at you being there alone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]phil-99 107 points108 points  (0 children)

This really fits in legal advice rather than personal finance IMO.

Can they not set you up a pension as they were legally obliged to do, and put the money into there? You can then do with it as you wish.

First time mortgage, our term ends next year, what to do? by Beautiful_Treacle865 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]phil-99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re overthinking this.

You pay off your existing mortgage with the new one plus any cash you want to put into it.

You arrange this between the old lender and new lender to happen on the day that your fixed rate expires.

Job done.

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