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    100-400ii L Front Elements?

    I'd be more concerned how the fungus appeared. Is the bag it was in now something to consider as "infected"?
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    Notepad is being retired

    This is Yahoo notepad - not Microsoft Windows Notepad. I'm more amazed that Yahoo is still a thing - even a fringe thing
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    Backup generators

    Had one for 20+ years - after the local DNO managed to completely annihilate the feed in to the street on the day I returned to work from paternity leave. Was quite the brown trouser moment for the digger driver (the arc took a lump out of the shovel about the size of a dinner plate) Took them...
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    On Tripods

    They sure reacted badly to my tripod as carry on Lufthansa :ROFLMAO:
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    Utility warehouse - any experience...?

    Last time I looked UW seemed to be a paid referral operation - they weren't particularly competitive unless you did a lot of "introductions" whereby you got discount as commission. It may have changed obviously.
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    Home Assistant

    Yup, been using it for (checks) about a decade now. Mostly just for geekery though. The car is hooked up along with the charger (and general energy consumption), temperature monitoring being slowly added via RuuviTags. Although it is jolly to be able to remotely turn on the lights (based on my...
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    Canon EOS R Series Cameras

    No sooner do I post this than I leave my "fast" CFx card in the card reader at work. So I carry it for two reasons now, sigh.
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    Canon EOS R Series Cameras

    Depends entirely on how many shots you ever might want to take in one go - I have 2 CFExpress cards - one is a pleasure to work with, never filled the camera buffer ever, the other is a royal pain in the hole. I carry it purely to ward off failure on the other card. Camera itself can only go up...
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    Barclaycard fraudulent phone call this morning

    Both of my current banks do - the one that didn't is the one I no longer bank with after someone ran amok in Sao Paolo in bars for about 3 weeks (and it took 3 months to sort out the initial chaos & a further 6 for them to stop attracting the fraudulent charges to my account - and they wondered...
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    RIP Bonnie Tyler

    It's a heart ache for sure.
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    Help! TP APP

    Plus the internet has moved on - no longer do you need a bespoke app for a website - simply add to home screen in the browser. Essentially it creates a shortcut that opens in your browser - more or less exactly the same as many/most "apps" do...
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    Chrome 'Ask anything' box

    There will inevitably be a flag for it. My info may well be applicable to an older version of Chrome. Sigh
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    Chrome 'Ask anything' box

    Try this go to chrome://flags/ and DISABLE the following: lens-overlay-optimization-filter (removes the annoying "Ask Google" button from the search bar) lens-overlay-non-blocking-privacy-notice (removes AI suggestions after right-clicking to search with Google lens)...
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    Why are people buying electric cars?

    102k miles up in my modest BEV. Does almost all that I ask of if - odd tactical charge on a long day out - but otherwise entirely sold on £0.02/mi and the fact that it really ticks some people off. It works for me. I love the smell of petrol - it's about the one thing I miss about having an ICE...
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