manualoverride

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[–] manualoverride 5 points 23 hours ago

I’ve just been making a wardrobe in an alcove where in the space of 1200mm they have managed to be out by 40mm (1.5 inches in 4ft for our American folks) Trying to be within 1-2mm and deciding on referencing a side wall that’s curved but making the room “more square”, and having a variable depth wardrobe or making something that looks right but that I know is a parallelogram. Either way a future guy with a tape measure will ask “what idiot built this?”

[–] manualoverride 4 points 1 day ago

OMG, how did you know?!

[–] manualoverride 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol really?!

You learn something new every day

[–] manualoverride 1 points 1 day ago

Ha! Good point. I’m far enough south to have only ever seen IrnBru in a supermarket “world foods” section.

I’ll keep this in mind for next time I hop across the wall.

[–] manualoverride 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow I didn’t even consider Barr was a British company, I just assumed it was American. Barr root beer is great! You may have given me the best option here, thank you!

[–] manualoverride 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve never seen Fritz Kola in the UK but I’ll try and find it. For me reasonably priced is anything I can get for around the same or lower as Coke at £1.75/€2 for a 2L bottle. There is Fentiman’s in the UK which is great but 2-3 times the price of Coca Cola

[–] manualoverride 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have bought the Lidl/Aldi lemon and orange sodas before, I’ll have another look at their cola, thanks! Hopefully Freeway is wholly EU based and not owned by a US conglomerate.

[–] manualoverride 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I’m in the UK, and this is why I was looking for something ideally UK based, I 100% agree with reducing transport as much as possible. A local bar makes their own Cola but it’s terrible, and is £5 a glass.

I was thinking Fanta is European, but its owned by Coca Cola.

 

My one vice is diet caffeine free coke, I’m so rock and roll. Trying to find a UK/EU alternative I keep finding almost all drink brands are owned by Coke or Pepsi. These companies which originated in the USA have entities in the EU, which complicates the decision. Can anyone recommend a wholly UK(ideally) or EU alternative that’s reasonably priced?

[–] manualoverride 4 points 2 days ago

Looking at what just happened in Canada where they ‘sold’ 8600 in one weekend, it may be a case of 4000 Teslas registered in the UK but not necessarily ’sold’

[–] manualoverride 7 points 3 days ago

Or just replace the GB and EU stars with a swastika

 

While many people may have had Tesla orders with non-refundable deposits before the salute incident, there is no excuse for buying a Tesla now and supporting an actual Nazi.

I’m hoping I don’t see any Teslas with the new ‘25’ plate, but if I do I may have to mention something to the driver about what it now symbolises.

[–] manualoverride 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There is the stuff they use to repair Leather/PU car seats, it’s basically stretchy rubber paint that you paint on with a sponge brush. Last time I looked it was more expensive than a pleather jacket. Maybe time this was turned into sofa stuffing, and you replaced it with a genuine leather jacket, that with care can outlive you and your kids.

[–] manualoverride 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ah - I’ve just noticed the slightly different shade on the inner and outer pieces

 

This is just a rant… maybe a discussion starter

Margins on 2nd hand and new electric cars are thin, gone are the days where you could get 25% off a new car, and thin margins mean lower commission.

Servicing costs are minimal so no kickbacks for selling the servicing plans.

People are wise to paint protection and alloy wheel cover that cost more than a refurb.

EV buyers tend to make better decisions and are more likely to be cash buyers or finance elsewhere, so no kickback for selling a finance plan.

Manufacturers still selling higher margin hybrid and ICE vehicles mean they are the real target for salespeople.

Manufacturers also want to shift their ICE inventories and new products so they are still pushing the FUD on electric, and myths like “EVs will be obsolete once Hydrogen cars come out, you may as well get an ICE car in the meantime.”

I’ve had a really bad customer experiences at Toyota, Honda and now Kia dealerships.

I know people will suggest the Tesla online sales model, but Musk is just ruining the brand to the point where I can’t buy or recommend one.

So now I’m going to do all my own research, find the exact car I want, and contact the dealer/seller directly while avoiding as much interaction as possible.

 

Anyone else so used to being gaslit by the government they started to read this thinking ‘Great! Let’s find out how I’m a “failed citizen”, who had rubbish plans during the pandemic’

I’m finding this transition a little difficult, I’m hopeful but I’m still half expecting the Home Secretary to announce concrete shoes at low tide for all immigrants or something.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by manualoverride to c/[email protected]
 

As a Thames Water “customer” (given the complete lack of competition maybe “hostage” is a better term) who will have a £20 rise per year, and as someone with no money I’m fine with paying an extra £1.65 a month for water, but not to Thames Water who will inevitably use that money to pay shareholders dividends.

If it stops us from dumping raw sewage into the rivers and oceans I’ll happily pay ten times as much, but it’s clear that Thames Water is just corrupt, and cannot be trusted with any extra money.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by manualoverride to c/[email protected]
 

James Dyson who famously championed Brexit then moved his company’s head office to Singapore, and finally lost a libel case when papers pointed he was a massive hypocrite, has now announced he is cutting 1/4 of the UK workforce.

All this while parliament is busy swearing in all the new members.

In case you needed another reason to avoid his crap vacuum cleaners other than the horrible repairability and quality of failure prone components.

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"Latest" (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by manualoverride to c/enshittification
 

Is YouTube actively trying to make their platform as unusable as possible?

In case you can’t zoom the YouTube definition of ‘latest’, is any time in the last few years.

My video suggestions are also 50% text posts now for some reason.

 

I need some help finding the simplest but safe small EV for my parents in their 80s. They currently drive a massive old Mercedes E and S-class, but they don’t need such big cars, as sight and reaction times dwindle having such big powerful cars might get them into trouble. I’m looking for a small simple EV with the ability to lock things down and start every drive with consistent user selectable settings. Maybe limit the power, ensure the air conditioning is set appropriately every time and that the radio turns on to their station and with the volume at a good level. Basically so they just have to get in and press the go pedal, without worrying about messing anything up because the next drive will be back to normal again. For size I really like the Honda-E but I have taken them to two garages and both have been terrible experiences, where the salesperson tried to convince my parents that EVs were a dead technology and that they should buy a Hybrid until the Hydrogen cars come out. The longest journey they ever do is 100miles but mostly journeys are <50miles round trip. Anything with 130miles + would be perfect and give some cold weather/degradation buffer.

 

On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.

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Some of you may die (youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by manualoverride to c/[email protected]
 

Looks like the Labour Party have finally hired someone under 60 to handle their social media. Excellent, no notes.

 

Just thinking back to the iPhone 6 which is 10 years old this year. I’m trying to work out if there are any features people use that weren’t available 10 years ago?

My dad still uses my old iPhone 6, and it really highlighted for me that innovation has stagnated in the last 10 years, unless I’m missing something.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by manualoverride to c/iphone
 

I’m still on the iPhone X, and the latest models just don’t have any features I’m excited about. I was thinking about what would make a difference to me and I think a really cool feature that would make me upgrade is thermal imaging.

Thermal cameras are expensive and the resolution and frame rate is generally rubbish because they are a niche item, but they are so useful. I’ve used them for everything from fixing heating systems, cars, and electronics to simply checking if my dog is still in the garden in the dark, or working out where ‘that draft’ is coming from.

Thermal imaging needs to be brought into the mainstream for price reduction and development, that integration to the next generation iPhone can deliver.

Am I just a weirdo, or would you like a thermal camera on the iPhone?

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