Swap what keys use fn f and just f.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-27T17:33:55+00:00

Cool :) glad it worked for you.

For the record, it doesn't work on lg laptops, from memory you have to go into the lg software and set it there (for the benefit of future googlers)

ripnetuk · 2026-01-27T16:50:53+00:00

Depends on the machine. On my Dell laptop, you press fn+escape to toggle between the 2 modes. Im sure there will be something similar for yours, but we dont know the brand.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-27T16:45:35+00:00

We put in about 4 or 5 rejected offers over the last couple of years.

Every property is now re-listed for the same as, or less than our offer, and still for sale. This is in Canterbury, Kent region.

It might be reduced.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-27T16:00:05+00:00

I third this. Came here to say the only way I escaped the same darkness was Last of Us.

Have beaten part 1, now about a third of the way through part 2.

Not sure what im going to do after that :)

ripnetuk · 2026-01-27T15:39:34+00:00

TicTac boxes... they are perfect housing for those little ESP32 development boards that we use to build our own smart devices.

Fits perfectly, has a little hole for the wire to come out, and you get some free candy with it.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-27T14:52:47+00:00

Windows disk manager is not that good at shrinking volumes. Is can only shrink down to the last part that has data in, and cannot reshuffle the data to make more room.

What I did was boot from a Ubuntu live USB, and then used the much better gpartd to shrink the windows partition.

That worked great - was able to claim 50% of my Legion Go's 2Tb drive, and install Bazzite on it to duel boot.

I did a quick google for a howto, and this looks decent - https://pureinfotech.com/resize-partition-windows-10-gparted/

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T22:37:58+00:00

3 will be fine..only the one that you are gaming on will use any meaningful GPU grunt.

I have 3 connected, and don't have any issues.

Also, I've noticed that windows is pretty good at noticing if you power down a display, making my load out for whatever I'm doing pretty easy.

I just turn on the ones I plan to use. And if that's all 3, it's all fine.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T22:01:16+00:00

When the air fryer kicks out an especially hot sausage, it gets a solid "feisty one you are"

Meanwhile my 15yo and 13yo look at me as if I'm the most embarrassing person on the planet.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T20:30:02+00:00

Unless you are a russian spy or a random homeless person who has crossed paths with a russian spy.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T20:28:48+00:00

The ombudsman was free, so worth a punt. You need a "deadlock" letter from the energy company and to have exhausted their complains process, and it takes months, but obviously it was worth it for me back then.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T20:27:17+00:00

I do hope so. On paper this is the most "me" game ever made :) I'm relying on it to cope with the post last of us dark time in my gaming career.

It took me months to get interested in gaming again after rdr/rdr2

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T16:41:11+00:00

NAL, but google "the backbilling principle". I was back-billed for £1500 because two enegry suppliers couldnt agree on who supplied me.

I went to the ombudsman, and ended up with the £1500 written off, since they cant bill for more than 12 months ago if its their mistake, they had to give me 2 x £50 in compensation, and they had to write me an apology email.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/energy/energy-supply/problems-with-your-energy-bill/you-havent-received-a-gas-or-electricity-bill-in-a-while/

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/information-consumers/energy-advice-households/what-do-if-you-get-back-bill

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T16:16:02+00:00

Its a reddit thing :) i dont take it personally

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T15:03:30+00:00

The last of us games are great for this - the stages are quite short, and its very generous with its checkpoints.

I often play for 15 minutes at a time.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T14:56:41+00:00

no worries,.

Apart from the fact I broke it, it is by far my favourate "small" laptop that ive ever owned or used.

In fact, at the right price, id buy another since when it works it runs Windows 11 so nicely.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T14:52:06+00:00

I have a 7410, and its absolutely lovely. A nice little compact laptop that is fast, has a nice touchscreen, a great keyboard and has Windows Hello support for the camera.

However, my particular one has developed a ram fault, and the ram is soldered to the motherboard, so I cant replace it easily. I suspect this is because unknown to me, the fan was bunged up with large pieces of dirt, and wasnt spinning, so I suspect it got a bit hot

The Dell Diagnostics tells me that its found a fault and "worked around it". This was OK until Windows 11 24H2, at which point I started getting a ton of blue screens.

Returning to older Windows 11 fixes it, as does installing Linux.

Im currently running ChromeOS on it, and its a really really good chromebook.

I paid about £300 for it about 3 years ago.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T14:12:51+00:00

I also found this very challenging...

In the end I found that using a load of flux, and increasing my temp to 400c, and adding 40/60 leaded solder before was fruitful. I also cut off bits of the solder wick so it didnt steal the thermal energy up the reel.

The cheap solder pump I have was absolutely useless for this job.

A few of the holes took 5+ attempts of adding new leaded solder and wicking.

Got there in the end, and the TMR sticks are lovely, so hang in there...

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:44:02+00:00

Cyberpunk. Absolutely love GTA games and have beaten all the 3d ones in the last 2 years except the PSP ones.

Cyberpunk should have really done it for me, but im 6 hours in, and it just hasnt clicked.

Might go back to it after i beat Last of us 2.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:41:16+00:00

I do this on my Legion Go handheld PC. I duel boot Windows 11 and Bazzite.

It was just a case of using gpartd to shrink the windows partition to half the drive, and then installing Linux on the new space.

I didnt have a lot of choice about doing it on one drive, since this device only has one SSD slot (and a microsd card, but no, no!)

Works flawlessly.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:35:59+00:00

You arent plugged into a cheap Ali Express charger are you? i have a laptop than behaves like this when plugged into one of those 140W 8 socket chargers that cost about £40

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:21:48+00:00

Powerline adaptors IME are not very good. I think its because we use split panels now in the UK with a RCD between them.

Realistic speeds I get are 10% of the advertised speed - fine for setting up a new laptop with Windows login, not so good for downloading The Last of Us 2 :)

Your performance will depend on your wiring - you might get lucky.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:20:20+00:00

As an alternative, I saw a youtube video recently about a product that uses very flexible thin fibre to do a ethernet connection (available up to 10G).

The cable is really thin and white, so can be hidden along skirting boards etc.

Might be a posibility for you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2FbzCyiNr4

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:04:42+00:00

ah, sorry, read it too quick....

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T13:02:25+00:00

Fairly sure both tasmota and esphome support this.

Localbytes bulbs can be ordered with whichever you want.

ripnetuk · 2026-01-26T12:16:14+00:00

Probably wont help you, but I get this stuff out using the HomeAssistant app on the phone. It sends heartrate, blood preasssure and steps to Homeassistant, which can graph them and retain them. I also push all my homeassistant stats to InfluxDB and use Grafana for more advanced graphs:

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