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An interesting article about the history of the '486' cpu
mixture of pictures and text Brian The 486 CPU Era – The Birth of Overclocking. – Part 1 | The CPU Shack Museum
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Background radiation levels in England and Wales
But they don't want to learn anything do they ?
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Obvious scam
An ad link on Ebay pages, which links to - are then invited to fill in a survey form, with then 3 chances to win an Iphone 11. You always win the Iphone 11, it then takes you to another page, where...
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LED Lights - help anyone please?
I bought 4 of these for our kitchen: of them have failed, and Amazon have agreed that I should return the lot, including the replacements I bought. They are circular panels (36W 3240LM 4000K). In...
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Re: "Who or What is Rod Speed?"
Does he live in Griffith 2680 or Griffith ACT? Who or What is Rod Speed? Rod Speed is an entirely modern phenomenon. Essentially, Rod Speed is an insecure and worthless individual who has...
 
OT Vets
Anybody else had a nice local vet for years low cost nothing ever forced on you then suddenly without notice you get messages saying injections are due that you never needed before and then they try...
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DIY Medicine
Anybody else suffered from pruney fingers with no water ?...did B-12 help ? .....
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How does it know?
I have a Philips PT860 rotary electric razor that takes HQ80 cutting heads. Every couple of years or so, a little three-point light comes on, telling me that the blades should be replaced. So I take...
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Well that's the Christmas lights taken down
And that's enough DIY for this weekend.
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Dissolving olive oil
Anyone have any idea what might remove burnt on olive oil please. I need to clean an air fryer. Hot soapy water will not touch it.
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USB power question
On the PC desktop here (Gigabyte MB) the USB power is on at all times the PC is plugged into the mains. The separate web cam has a couple of LED indicators. I assume this is under BIOS control, but...
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OT - London Taxis
Don't know why it came into my head - but I recall at one time London Taxis had an open luggage space on the nearside front. Was this in response to a ruling - or what is a whim of a maker?
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Refinishing an oak "parquetry" floor
It looks like the next major job will be to refinish an oak parquetry floor. It's flat but may never have been refinished since it was put down in the 1930s, so the surface is poor. I don't know how...
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"Bread & circuses"
"Bread & circuses" (or bread & games; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement. It is attributed to Juvenal, a Roman poet active in the late 1st &...
 
Ebac Dehumid clicking repeatedly.
Unit clicks the main contactor repeatedly when start push button is pressed and unit will nit start or run. Changed contactor and relay and no different. Any other advice before I bin it?