I agree. This website has been very useful and encouraging on my language learning journey.
Does the fifth cyclist only cycle at the velodrome?
Technically, no, as in the UK, you can't steal electricity... you can only abstract electricity, which is an offence in its own right. (IANAL)
I'll get my coat.
I was so annoyed to get that email. Never using them again. Going to install a non-smart wireless thermostat, or maybe a HA install if I'm feeling brave.
Any ANSI UKers? How was the switch from ISO?
Hi!
Many mechanical keyboards are only available in ANSI layout. I've held off buying a keyboard because of this.
How have people here found moving from ISO to ANSI? Does it take long to say goodbye to the backwards-L return key etc.?
Thank you for letting me know! I didn't realise that it had connectors at all. I'm looking forward to checking it out tomorrow :) Cheers!
That is good news. I have to draw a lot of diagrams and I find myself stuck between a few tools, none of which is perfect. Any one of those that improves is a great thing!
- Draw.io is brilliant for quickly creating stuff, but you can't easily reshape shapes
- Visio is ok, but for software that aims to be diagram -focused, compared to draw.io, its connectors are appalling
- Affinity designer is good, and not too expensive, but the lack of (outline+text*) objects (compared to draw.io and visio) quickly becomes a pain with complex diagrams. Plus complete lack of support for variable fonts is a showstopper for me.
- I was really pleasantly surprised by inkscape when I tried it again the other year after many years of not using it. It's really come along and improved. I know its not intended for diagrams, so dynamic connectors and (outline+text*) shapes aren't there. If they were, it would be the perfect tool.
I'm looking forward to trying out the new features of this release.
*When I say (outline+text) I mean a shape with text in it that isn't two separate objects I have to wrangle with careful alignment or grouping etc. If you don't know what I mean, take a look at how easy it is to put text in shapes in draw.io compared to inkscape
Not quite a direct answer, but since watching Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, we've enjoyed referring to things in tins/cans as trapped potatoes, trapped beans etc.
It seems to use jawg.io for its base map. Perhaps it's this?
It brings me a lot of joy to contribute to OSM. I haven't written anything other than the occasional script for years, so it feels good to help the community in ways like this instead.
I've sunk so many hours into it. Either "armchair mapping" with OSM and the imagery overlays, or (more fun) wandering with the android Street Complete app to fill in gaps when I'm out and about.
Mr Goose! I love it. Makes me feel a bit old though. Hold on a minute, according to the RDS wiki page, I'm older than RDS. Damn!
Great question. It's not teletext, but similarly adding digital data onto a traditional analogue FM signal.
Not sure where you are, but if you're in the UK, it's RDS that does the magic.
Given its age, it's a pretty awesome system!
On DAB, there is the possibility to have an EPG. The BBC broadcast an EPG for a while but so few radios made use of it, I don't think they still do.
That's not quite true... just less than half of voting Conservative party members voted for him, preferring instead the steady hand of Liz Truss. Well done there guys.
*cries
That's true. Hopefully the best thing about Baofeng is that it adds competition to lower the price of kit from more reputable manufacturers.
For radio enthusiasts worldwide, the inexpensive Chinese handheld radios produced by the likes of Baofeng and other brands have been a welcome addition to their arsenal. They make an ideal first tr…
Are they really as 'bad' as is made out? Presumably for low power use, a bit of spill-over isn't the worst?
Not sure what sort of duck we saw on the way into Reading on the K&A, but it gave me a dirty look as we went by!
Narrowboat Insurance
Just received our new quote. Ouch! Does anyone have any recommendations for good (and well-priced) narrowboat insurance?
Tesco Mobile WiFi calling
Very pleased to see that Tesco have enabled WiFi calling on my phone.
Now I hopefully won't have to go outside to make and receive calls in patchy areas! Hopefully it'll lengthen battery life (and not warm my brain as much) if I turn off mobile connectivity inside too.
Is WiFi calling as good as I dream it to be on a narrowboat?
I'm keen to learn what the other 20% are satisfactory about.
Ofcom licencing changes
We are proposing to make a number of changes to the amateur radio licensing framework, to make sure it meets the needs of today and tomorrow's radio amateurs.
Ofcom are proposing some changes to amateur radio licencing in the UK. The proposals are interesting.
What are people's thoughts?
Newbury pronunciation…?
Is Newbury pronounced:
- (2 syllables) New•brie; or,
- (3 syllables) New•b'uh•ree
I really need to know, and Wikipedia says nothing!
Dipping onto the Thames?
We're heading down the K&A to Reading. We don't have time to travel anywhere on the Thames before we have to head back, but vwe were wondering:
Is it worth dipping onto the Thames for a day or so, just "because"? Does the licence seem worth it, just for a few hours to "feel" the Thames?
Has anyone ever successfully transferred trains at Reading station?
The platform numbers on the display boards don't use decimal, or are somehow encoded with the wrong number until 30 seconds before the train heads off.
And given the doors close up to 45 seconds before departure, -15 seconds just isn't enough time to storm up the escalator, run sideways and fall down the next escalator to the correct (and-now-empty) platform.
Lights on pins?
Hi! Does anyone have any recommendations for lights to put on mooring pins? I've seen solar powered garden lights stuck next to them, but if anyone knows of anything better, I'd be keen to find out!
Dusty Yaesus, pondering full license
I passed my intermediate a couple of years back. I loved both the foundation and intermediate training. Great teachers, interesting topics.
I've tried a few times to get on the air (mostly vhf due to lack of space), and every time without fail, the people on the other end are, well... not particularly welcoming, and on occasion quite rude to newbies.
I'm considering going for a full license, just because the learning is fun. But after that, I don't know if I'll ever make use of it.
Can anyone here recommend ways to use my intermediate (and eventually hopefully full) licence to communicate with people who aren't unkind?
I realise that not all operators are like this, I think I've just been unlucky.