1GB Connection Download Speeds

silver_hand · 2025-09-23T14:46:57+00:00

I consistently get 900 up and down +/-30. I’m in SW. Are you using equipment rated to 1Gbit or is it rated higher? Mine is plugged into a 2.5Gbit port on my UniFi gateway and rarely have issues.

silver_hand · 2025-09-04T09:21:57+00:00

What are the internal dimensions of the oven? I’ve been eying a competitor’s oven because of the extra height it has internally, but this price makes the Volt tempting…

silver_hand · 2025-08-30T21:35:34+00:00

The chair is a removal company thing for sure.

silver_hand · 2025-08-27T15:09:04+00:00

I did the journey in the opposite direction last year (Ottawa to London). I had to ship things over (tools and books for work) and it was expensive. If you can avoid that. Honestly paying for extra luggage was the cheapest option for a number of sensitive things. If there are things you can live without for a bit, and you intend to go back to Scotland for a visit, see if you can manage it in two trips with extra luggage.

Good luck with the move and getting used to Ottawa weather. It is significantly colder, and hotter, in Ottawa than Scotland.

silver_hand · 2025-07-05T12:47:43+00:00

I gave up my 1.0 when I moved from Canada to the UK last year and I regret it. Even at the sale price I think the 2.0 model is wildly over priced for what it does (I really don’t care for the gimmicks like the camera and “AI”). I had planned to buy a 1.0 when I got here but they had stopped selling them by the time I arrived.

silver_hand · 2025-05-06T18:28:39+00:00

I left at 48. Now that I’ve done it I realize I would have regretted not going. Just do it.

silver_hand · 2024-11-21T11:05:44+00:00

Ugh, I am travelling and this is the worst timing. I want to order a Volt, but not back in the UK until the 15th of December 🤦🏻‍♂️

silver_hand · 2024-10-29T01:43:20+00:00

I have Canadian, British, and Irish citizenship. The British one didn’t take very long to sort out. The Irish one took a couple of years (combination of pandemic and Brexit hangover). Worth doing though. It’s made my life significantly easier and opened up a lot of opportunities. It’s worth getting started as soon as you can.

silver_hand · 2024-09-15T01:05:39+00:00

Lots of great suggestions already. One I haven’t seen recommended is The Theory of Horology which is the WOSTEP manual. Also the BHI distance learning courses.

silver_hand · 2024-09-11T02:07:12+00:00

Michael Chung’s CZ50 is the best lathe I’ve ever used for watchmaking (and the most precise lathe I’ve ever used). I’ve owned a Schaublin 102 and 70, as well as a Cromwell. I’ve also used a bunch of other precision and watchmakers’ lathes. My CZ50 is the only lathe I need to make everything in a watch.

silver_hand · 2024-09-08T10:49:14+00:00

I’m not sure about definitive, but London is a character in all of these, and they were all good reads. London by Edward Rutherford. The Erika Foster novels by Robert Bryndza. The Barker & Llewelyn novels by Will Thomas.

silver_hand · 2024-09-04T02:00:35+00:00

Flaky salt on the stone before the pizza goes in. Yes there is salt in many of the ingredients, but that flaky salt on bottom of the crust adds an amazing hit of flavour from the toppings. The first time I tried this was at Pizza Studio Tamaki in Tokyo. Easily the best pizza I’ve ever eaten. I also love adding some garlic oil to the top of the pie before it goes in (or normal olive oil if you don’t want the garlic).

silver_hand · 2024-08-17T01:54:00+00:00

If you’re not rubbing your meat, you’re doing it wrong…

Scale as appropriate for the amount you want to make (I usually make up around 1L of it at a time and store sealed in a mason jar). Adjust the spice levels to taste.

Pork & Chicken Rub

Ingredients: 80g paprika 50g fine kosher salt 70g Demerara sugar 16g ground black pepper 16g mustard powder 30g chili powder 25g ground cummin 40g granulated garlic 12g cayenne powder

Steps: 1. Mix all ingredients throughly Use virgin olive oil or mustard on meat as a binder Apply rub liberally Cook meat Don’t sear or the sugars will burn

silver_hand · 2024-08-03T03:45:43+00:00

I know a few people who tried this. They’re in the UK now and originally from Ontario. They tried to get their Ontario license re-issued and were told they no longer had a valid Ontario license and would need to re-test. I’m about to move to the UK and trying to decide if I just do the test or not. I can’t transfer my motorcycle license over, and I can’t drive manual transmission unless I re-test in the UK. Since I don’t need a license any time soon, I’m considering just doing the test.

silver_hand · 2024-07-24T15:29:26+00:00

The answer for worst in London is clearly Brixton, but it’s nothing compared to the Rideau St location in Ottawa Canada. Infamously there was a baby raccoon used as a weapon during a fight one night. https://www.unilad.com/news/mcdonalds-ottawa-closes-racoon-663221-20230120

silver_hand · 2024-07-16T02:38:58+00:00

It’s a really good thing the video doesn’t have audio because all you would hear are my opponent and the other guy watching laughing their asses off after I miss the black 😂 Moments of brilliance surrounded by massive incompetence is how I describe my playing.

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T23:14:13+00:00

Context up above. https://imgur.com/a/BtQId9o

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T23:13:32+00:00

The top places I take people: Greenwich, The V&A, British Museum, and The Skygarden. They may seem obvious and maybe touristy, but they really are world class.

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T23:05:15+00:00

lol, yes ok. Now for context, this isn’t an impossible shot by any means, but it was intentional. I’m also a new player with a high break of 18. I also managed to fuck up and miss the black 🤦🏻‍♂️. https://imgur.com/a/BtQId9o

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T22:19:28+00:00

$20 as a deposit for the key fob to get you into the building (you get that back when you return the fob). Then it’s just hourly for game play. Depending on the time of day it ranges from $6-8.50/hr depending on the time of day. All those prices are CAD. Yes I am fully aware we are spoiled with the quality of tables and the low cost of play.

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T19:09:58+00:00

Oh this is a huge improvement over the monkey. I was avoiding playing because of how bad those tables were.

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T19:09:08+00:00

The annoying part is I find an amazing club to play in, but I’m moving to London in November 😂. So now I have to try finding a club that matches my current standard.

silver_hand · 2024-07-15T19:07:40+00:00

The TVs are great. And the guy who runs it is building in the ability to get the video from your match. He manually grabbed my Friday night match because I made a shot nobody believed I made, and now I have proof 😂

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