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by Ascender
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Ross Scott's stopkillinggames.com campaign
Replies: 14
Views: 353

Re: Ross Scott's stopkillinggames.com campaign

I've had movies I've bought disappear from Apple and Prime for "reasons" which I guess are all licensing related. Its a complete mess of rights issues which can be country-specific meaning there's stuff disappearing, some things move to streaming and some things aren't available to buy leg...
by Ascender
Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Bright light, bright light!
Replies: 28
Views: 616

Re: Bright light, bright light!

Presumably there are legal guidelines specifying minimum standards for brake and indicator lights? I saw a few random EV cars today which all had some funky looking rear setup of brake lights and indicators, the latter of which were really difficult to actually make out when activated.
by Ascender
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Decent Recent TV
Replies: 2781
Views: 600421

Re: Decent Recent TV

I really enjoyed Constellation on Apple TV and want to give it a rewatch to pick up all the little hints along the way about what was going on as its one of those shows where what was happening was hiding in plain sight all along. Noomi Rapace is an astronaut onboard the ISS when an accident happens...
by Ascender
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Harry’s Garage
Replies: 2653
Views: 343528

Re: Harry’s Garage

Was it Dickie Meaden who bought one back in the day just before the values went crazy?
by Ascender
Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Porsche's 2023 Results
Replies: 6
Views: 219

Re: Porsche's 2023 Results

Jobbo wrote: Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:31 am It’s a good job that Porsche make profitable sports cars to keep their core SUV business going.
:lol:
by Ascender
Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Cholestorol and heart disease.
Replies: 37
Views: 776

Re: Cholestorol and heart disease.

My only recent & slightly relevant info to share as I'm most definitely not qualified at all... when they were investigating my low heart rate I saw a couple of cardiologists who both said the same things. Salt is very bad. Excess alcohol is very bad. A Mediterranean diet and being active are th...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Decent Recent TV
Replies: 2781
Views: 600421

Re: Decent Recent TV

Its almost like a Greatest Hits of Guy Ritchie but is very good fun.
by Ascender
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: FTAO EV owners - possible action required before end of March-24
Replies: 27
Views: 3556

Re: FTAO EV owners - possible action required before end of March-24

Every day's a school day.... I genuinely didn't know you could do that.
by Ascender
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:55 pm
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Home CCTV
Replies: 111
Views: 61472

Re: Home CCTV

Are there any good solutions out there for motion-detected cams which can use battery and solar power only? Looking for something I could stick on a shipping container which would be in the middle of a field basically, for a bit of extra security... I have a few Eufy cameras (as I don't want the pe...
by Ascender
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:22 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Home CCTV
Replies: 111
Views: 61472

Re: Home CCTV

Thanks everyone, that's given me a good start. I kind of thought there would be a few challenges with this, but one camera might do the job.

40 Ring cameras @Mito Man!?
by Ascender
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Movie Thread
Replies: 2237
Views: 496278

Re: The Movie Thread

I do like Memento, not seen it for a long time though so I'll add that to the rewatch list - I've got a lot of time supporting some testing work this week where I'll be kicking around with nothing to do so I will watch it then. I really like Insomnia but I know it's one of his least-liked movies. I'...
by Ascender
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: Home CCTV
Replies: 111
Views: 61472

Re: Home CCTV

Are there any good solutions out there for motion-detected cams which can use battery and solar power only? Looking for something I could stick on a shipping container which would be in the middle of a field basically, for a bit of extra security...
by Ascender
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Movie Thread
Replies: 2237
Views: 496278

Re: The Movie Thread

I didn't have any issue with the dialogue of Dune 2 when we saw it at the local iMax. I saw Oppenheimer there too without any issues but then saw people complaining about that, so I do wonder if there's just very fine tolerances when it comes to movies like that where the soundtrack is using a massi...
by Ascender
Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Selling Cars Privately
Replies: 68
Views: 4746

Re: Selling Cars Privately

We've used WBAC a few times as well, hassle free and twice we've had their offer increase after they saw the car.
by Ascender
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:51 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Tesla Cyberpuke
Replies: 153
Views: 53728

Re: Tesla Cyberpuke

That f*cked up door is something else :D

I can see what they're going for with the styling, but it looks like Musk did a doodle on a napkin in crayon and insisted that was the final design rather than it being a v1 sketch which gets evolved.
by Ascender
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Cayman/Boxter RIP.
Replies: 40
Views: 3263

Re: Cayman/Boxter RIP.

The whole USP of the 911 is having the engine in the wrong place. An EV could never replicate that driving experience. For that reason an EV "911" will never be a real 911. They should just kill it off. It will be interesting to see where they go with a 911 EV, a usable sports car like th...
by Ascender
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Selling Cars Privately
Replies: 68
Views: 4746

Re: Selling Cars Privately

.. and that's it sold. To a lovely local lady who has put a deposit down and will pick it up in a couple of weeks.

Wasn't that bad ;)
by Ascender
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Weather Thread.
Replies: 1193
Views: 140531

Re: The Weather Thread.

:o Before Easter! Are you mad? :shock: It's pishing down here atm - I don't think that was forecast but a clear night at feels like 0° is so I expect there will be crashes later if not already. You sound like my father in law... It's not even Easter! We've not started lambing yet. Have you not hear...
by Ascender
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Cayman/Boxter RIP.
Replies: 40
Views: 3263

Re: Cayman/Boxter RIP.

Those sales figures are genuinely surprising re 911 to Boxster/Cayman ratio.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at these car companies who over the last 5-10 years or so are having to do so much more in the way of software development, UI design and all the security considerations that come with it.