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by DeskJockey
Mon Apr 20, 2026 6:54 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Lego
Replies: 1485
Views: 463837

Re: Lego

That'll get him some time in penne-tentiary.
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 2111
Views: 993147

Re: The Watches Thread

All good points. That leaves the handmade bit to carry a lot of weight.
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 17, 2026 11:14 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Selling Property
Replies: 96
Views: 14265

Re: Selling Property

That looks very nice.
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 17, 2026 11:13 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Smelling Property
Replies: 6
Views: 174

Re: Smelling Property

Not sure about redolence, but rest are valid. I stand corrected.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:42 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Smelling Property
Replies: 6
Views: 174

Re: Smelling Property



As we're just waffling. Interesting fact: in Danish there are words for good ("dufter") and bad ("lugter"/"stinker") smells. In English there is only a word for bad smells (AFAIK).

Bonus facts, "lugter" is negative when used alone, but can be positive if you add the word "godt" (good) after ...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 4:37 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Smelling Property
Replies: 6
Views: 174

Re: Smelling Property

As we're just waffling. Interesting fact: in Danish there are words for good ("dufter") and bad ("lugter"/"stinker") smells. In English there are only words for bad smells (AFAIK).

Bonus facts, "lugter" is negative when used alone, but can be positive if you add the word "godt" (good) after. You ...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:09 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 2111
Views: 993147

Re: The Watches Thread

I guess it depends on what you perceive the value to be.

I'm not particularly bothered about the movement as long as it keeps time and works as expected. I get that on a skeleton style watch the movement is part of the artwork, but for this one other factors drive the cost. Perhaps it can (unfairly ...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:13 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Graphical upgrades
Replies: 9
Views: 2080

Re: Graphical upgrades



Second-hand they're really good value too. With cables and an arm I've paid just shy of £250, can't really fault that. Monitor looks brand-new, not a mark on it.



Where did you buy Alex? That does sound great value


eBay. Specifically this one: https://ebay.us/m/w7eh1q

They did a short ...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 10:34 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Graphical upgrades
Replies: 9
Views: 2080

Re: Graphical upgrades

Yes, it is a massive improvement.

Second-hand they're really good value too. With cables and an arm I've paid just shy of £250, can't really fault that. Monitor looks brand-new, not a mark on it.

Was originally looking at a 34" but my wife was worried it was going to be too small for her needs.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:46 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Graphical upgrades
Replies: 9
Views: 2080

Re: Graphical upgrades

Tangentially related: just upgraded my 2 x 23" FHD monitors to a single 38" QHD ultrawide (HP Z38C), and ermagehrd what a change! Why did I wait so long?

Need is driven by how we work in the office. All desks have 49" ultrawides running 5120 x 1440 resolution, and my puny old FHDs just couldn't cut ...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 9:27 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Today’s want
Replies: 3462
Views: 848514

Re: Today’s want

Graphite looks better I think. Might be the lighting/rendering, but in black the wheel and tyre merge too much.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 16, 2026 8:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 2111
Views: 993147

Re: The Watches Thread



Came across Dawsey Watches, a previously unknown to me, brand. They're quite cool.

Like this one a lot.

https://dawseywatches.com/product/dawsey-model-525-dg


£825 for a Seiko NH35 movement?! 😲


It is the handmade case and materials that's the value in these, the movements aren't anything ...
by DeskJockey
Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:44 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Watches Thread
Replies: 2111
Views: 993147

Re: The Watches Thread

Came across Dawsey Watches, a previously unknown to me, brand. They're quite cool.

Like this one a lot.

https://dawseywatches.com/product/dawsey-model-525-dg
by DeskJockey
Mon Apr 13, 2026 12:51 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Dutton is back
Replies: 20
Views: 540

Re: Dutton is back

That's awful.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 09, 2026 1:39 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: The AI Thread
Replies: 144
Views: 57477

Re: The AI Thread


Analysis Finds That Google’s AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-ai-overviews-misinformation


Large language models adopt an authoritative tone and can confidently ...
by DeskJockey
Sun Apr 05, 2026 9:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Trump
Replies: 3584
Views: 665044

Re: Trump

That raises rather difficult questions about who is posting on his behalf, then.

Does he know? How far up his backside is the puppeteers hand? On who's orders was it Putin there?
by DeskJockey
Sun Apr 05, 2026 4:35 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Artemis
Replies: 42
Views: 1752

Re: Artemis

Wasn't that an episode of The Big Bang Theory?
by DeskJockey
Sat Apr 04, 2026 8:38 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: It's Highway Robbery, innit
Replies: 45
Views: 1696

Re: It's Highway Robbery, innit

Nice. Depressing to see that my nearest is 7p/L dearer than the cheapest "nearby". But as that's a 20 mile round-trip, I'll just suck it up. Nowhere near here is cheap either.
by DeskJockey
Sat Apr 04, 2026 7:14 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Lego
Replies: 1485
Views: 463837

Re: Lego

Fair enough, the kids have only recently started buying those types of sets, so maybe I'm a bit rusty. We got there in the end, and he's happy he's got some AMGs.
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 03, 2026 6:37 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Lego
Replies: 1485
Views: 463837

Re: Lego

Eldest bought this

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/mercedes-amg-g-63-mercedes-amg-sl-63-76924.

The G-wagon it is one of, if not the worst, designed sets I've built/helped build. There are so many pieces that are poorly supported with only one point of connection that it took a lot longer to ...