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Eternal September showing IP address
Since today's "reconfiguration", Eternal September headers now show the posting-host header in plain text. One or two posters ain't gonna like that.
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Battery life for PIRs
I have a wireless Yale alarm, battery operated. I dont have a need to use it often but find the batteries in one particular PIR only lasts approx 6 months, the others maybe 18 months. This PIR is...
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6 years ago
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Inserting bushing into mounting
Hi, I need to press a bushing into its mounting. It's one of these concentric steel & rubber types about 40mm dia and an interference fit with its mounting and I don't have a fancy press. Once I get...
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6 years ago
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Speed up the ball bearing
After more than a few spins, the free fidget spinner that we got from a newspaper offer now seems more noisy than when we first got it. I read not to put oil in the ball bearings because that will...
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6 years ago
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OT Bike ride
► Watch Rampage 2016 LIVE HERE Oct 14: http://win.gs/Rampage2016YT See firsthand what it's like to rip down one of th...
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6 years ago
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Arduino based battery discharge alarm / coding help.
Hi all, I'm aiming to d-i-y a battery discharge alarm that will be 'matched' to 3 identical 12V Lead Acid Gel traction batteries, used with an electric outboard. The quick overview is that it will...
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6 years ago
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Soldering
I may have a need to bring myself up to speed with some electronics repair, and may need to invest in some more modern technology. For example, using a blowlamp to desolder chips is probably no longer...
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6 years ago
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OT Jury service. At 75? Are they serious?
I've just received a summons to serve as a juror. I'm 75 years old and thought I'd got away with it but apparently you have to be 76 or older to be exempt. I'm not sure I can stay awake for a full day...
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6 years ago
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Quality precision screwdriver set wanted, plus weird heads set as well
I'm trying to find a decent quality set of precision screwdrivers along wit h all the wierd an wonderful heads that can be found nowadays, here's an ex ample. I'm just sick and tired of having one set...
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6 years ago
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Moss on path
I use gyphosate spray to kill growing between the bricks of my block path but it doesn't kill not the moss. Would something this be suitable for killing the moss? The path area is about 40 metres...
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6 years ago
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OT : Recs for Sat Navs with Free Map Updates
Tomtom has the full map in the phone's memory (sd card) so you don't need a phone/data signal for it to work. From what I understand other Sat Nav applications do not need a phone signal to work. What...
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6 years ago
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Correct or not correct
From the link "Nine more points are needed for Gordon Strachan's side to have a chance of pipping Slovakia to second spot and that possible play-off berth." With three games remaining, BBC Sport looks...
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6 years ago
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Beginner airbrush
Only tangentially DIY, but are any of the beginner kits rated? You know the airbrush ,compressor, cleaning tools all in one kit. Not requiring one of the whoop-e-do brushes at £100s so was thinking...
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6 years ago
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How to determine whether two separate tiled floors at ground level are even with each other?
Add detergent to the water?
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6 years ago
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OT: Firefox: scheduling/automating copies of webpages
Longshot, I know, but there's a wealth of knowledge here. I've been using Page Saver from Pearl Crescent to take screen dumps of webpages for a while and been very happy with it. You can click and...
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6 years ago
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