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[OT] reversible USB cables.
For anyone interested CPC have some reversible USB2 cables and they work. You can plug the ends in either way around and they still work. I have not had them long enough to comment on reliability.
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Cutting laminated MDF (or possibly chipboard)
I'm installing a kitchen from a trade supplier: the cabinets were provided ready assembled but the decorative end panels have to be cut to size. I can use two of the existing finished edges for the...
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Amusing instructions
From a dusk-to-dawn light sensor; "Do not attempt to install during wet weather, if you are suffering from nausea or dizzy spells or if you are taking any medication with similar side effects."
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Light bulbs (again)
Salesperson in the lighting shop yesterday told me that 2D fluorescents are to be phased out. This seems unlikely to me, and this page confirms what I thought (that they aren't); Which stick has she...
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Inductive charging, how efficient?
I have noticed an increase this kind of device recently. I seem to remember from when I played with this that its main issue was loss. IE there is no way to closely couple the windings enough to...
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Outlets in bathrooms
What is the obsession with power outlets in bathrooms in the UK,in Australia almost every bathroom built in the last 20 years and many before have a power point in the bathroom and I doubt our...
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OT: making files available when offline across desktop and mobile devices
I want to be able to share folders of files across different devices so that they sync when connected to a network but have the files available when offline and of, course, I'd rather not have to pay....
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Parking Charge
Barnet Council (and others) use the following automated telephone system to enter the full car number plate for car parks and also on-street parking. it: "press 1 if you have a blackberry phone, or 2...
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Plug socket in Conservatory
I am having a lean to conservatory built with a dwarf wall 3.4m wide x 3m. The base and ground work has been done but awaiting the frame of the lean to, to be built. My question is, where to site the...
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OT: Web Hosting
OT but there are a lot of knowledgeable people in this group. I'm looking for recommendations for a good Web hosting Co. preferably cheap. My present hosting company is closing and I need to transfer...
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Composite door side 'feathering'
Are you using water based paint?
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Bunnings opening hardware store in UK
Do not shop there! They are shite!
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Hive CH Automation (again)
Every other email from Screwfix tries to sell me a Nest or Hive system, so I thought I'd have another look at them with my holiday flat in mind. I currently have an S-Plan system with an unvented HW...
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Mains doorbell ringer in bathroom?
Is it permitted to have a plug-in mains doorbell ringer unit in the bathroom? This is the doorbell: I'm not sure the regs permit a 3 pin socket in the bathroom but maybe there is some sort of clever...
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[OT] Simple arithmetic
Actually you both get the same answer except that Graeme rounded 'half of 4.14 ft' - which is, of course, 2.07ft - to 2.1ft.
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