jmak

Could be worth grabbing the drivers from one of them. I don't have experience of this specific model, but I've seen a lot of posts asking for copies of the drivers.

Gonna say get it in writing from HP to cover yourself.

Ginger

From what I've seen it needs internet connection every time you install a new game (even if you buy the disk version), every time someone logs in and I think if you swap games and the game wasn't originally "installed" from disk (checks you haven't installed it with the same license on a different machine). Might have some kind of cache system nowadays to mitigate for missing internet as @paulkerton says, but I've seen errors when internet connection was missing on mine.

They're just reminding everyone why they need to keep paying for support [emoji57] Keep creating bugs that they then need to fix.

Ours was limited to school dinner, packed lunch or home lunch. School office pre-populated with dietary requirements (halal, kosher, vegetarian, allergies) and lists were then given to the kitchen. IIRC, we had to ensure we knew the whereabouts of all pupils within half an hour of school starting, so the electronic register went through to the office for them to chase anyone who the teacher had marked as absent without reason. Wouldn't like to add an extra delay into that process - definitely need to get class teachers taking registers electronically.

Just SIMS. It's been a while, but the pictures on this page show what I remember. As you'll see, dinner register is the next tab along. https://www.connect-up.co.uk/taking-a-register-in-sims/

I think you got it in your first sentence. Presumably as we increase the proportion of renewables in the grid mix, the influence of international prices and especially global fossil fuel demand will reduce. It is actually partly expressed in yesterday's increases; gas has gone up by much more than electricity. The best/most amusing/most insane infographic I saw was of a ship that had left full of gas bound for the far East that had gone across the Atlantic, through the Panama canal and halfway across the Pacific only to turn round and head back to Europe as we were going to pay so much more for it [emoji2357]

They're less efficient when it's cold but instead of thinking in Celsius, think in Kelvin. At the temperature water freezes, it's still 273°K, as opposed to the 293°K you're trying to achieve inside. That's not to say it doesn't make a difference that sometimes it's a bit cold here, just pointing out that there's still plenty of heat in the air outside to capture and amplify. I've posted in another thread about my experience and will update again after winter is finished, key points for me are: 1) You can effectively heat an old, poorly insulated houses with a heat pump (the more efficient your house is, the better, but that's true for any form of heating). 2) We need to stop burning stuff and at the minute ASHPs are the only game in town (GSHPs are a lot more expensive as retrofit). 3) I wouldn't rip out an efficient fairly new gas boiler. If I had to replace a gas boiler now I'd get a heat pump if it's affordable for you. If my gas boiler was getting on a bit and I thought I could get another 2 or 3 years or if it, I'd wait but start planning and finding out what's possible in your house. My experience is that my ASHP is efficient and quiet, but the fitters tell me it's streets ahead of what they were fitting 4 years ago. I'd expect them to continue to improve in efficiency and noise.

I guess it's only about £6/month, and bills are going to increase by so much that most people won't notice, but.... How can they justify doubling the daily standing charge? Edit: the price table above tells quite a different story to the headlines. Headline: energy cap up by 54% Boring detail: Electricity up by 36% Gas up by 84% Heating oil is up by about 50% from last year - although that's unregulated anyway. You can't get away from the fact that whatever energy you buy it will cost you a shed load more, but I bet £693/year or 54% different match many people's experience.

Yep. Cos the gas hasn't actually suddenly cost loads more to get out of the ground and pump to your house. It's just the market so it's not difficult to work out where the extra money goes.

Nailed it. The way they describe the cap is driving me a bit mad. Tell me how much difference it makes per kWh.

The info-graphic quite clearly says that pedestrians have priority at junctions when the vehicle is turning into a different road. The change is that this now applies when turning from a minor into a major road (it was always the case the other way around) and that it now applies for pedestrians waiting to cross (previously it was only for those already crossing). Obviously when driving, your fundamental rule should be "try not to crash" whatever other idiots do, but a pedestrian who steps out into moving traffic doesn't have priority

I'll admit to repeating what an electrician told me when he looked in my loft without thinking properly [emoji15] I suppose it might not make a massive difference especially as mostly what you'll find in lofts is lighting circuits and there's less current draw than the original design now that LEDs have replaced incandescent bulbs. But cable is rated to carry different currents in free air vs enclosed spaces Looks like the difference in "ampacity" is about 20% https://www.reconelectrical.co.uk/image/data/pdfs/Cable%20Current%20Carrying%20Capacities.pdf

Really important to make sure that electrical wiring isn't covered by insulation as that could cause it to overheat and start a fire. When I did ours, we also had halogen downlighters from before they needed fire hoods. I made sure to leave plenty of room around those too, although they've now been replaced with fireproof led lamps.

Don't everyone start using that! I've had a few interviews recently and without exception the panels have said it's a really good question [emoji41] More seriously, it usually makes them think (a good thing), leaves them in a positive mood (reminds them why they're working there and what motivates them - also a good thing) and gives you a chance to reinforce how you'd be an ideal fit for their organisation.

I watched John Campbell's video and wrote quite a long reply, but wasn't paying attention and my phone ran out before I finished. Tim Harford's take on it in last week's More or Less is not far off what I was trying to say: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0013r9w

Don't want to be presumptuous about what mav was getting at, but what I'm seeing/hearing is people who think that the pandemic is a government/left wing/right wing/conspiracy are trying to convince you that only people who died with nothing else on their death certificate should be counted as being due to covid and that there is no pandemic - hence "new conspiracy number".

I know of a school that still requires face masks in lessons that's getting an Ofsted inspection next week (they're reviewing policy again at half term). It'll be interesting to see what comment they make. Off topic, but when did the rules change so that schools get notified of an inspection later than Wednesday lunchtime?

Yep. Balance is what is missing from a lot of places. We have to acknowledge the harm that's being done by the current measures, but it's no use telling everyone to go back to "normal" if you end up with such a high level of absence from work/school that you don't get anywhere near normal. And that doesn't go near the discussion about what's an acceptable number of deaths. Not quite sure exactly what I would be comfortable with, but with the 1839 there were last week feels significantly too high for me.

Have you ruled out using a Cloud Key? It would seem a waste to run a Linux server (even a VM) just to run the Unifi controller. I ran a Cloud Key gen 1 for years without problems despite the flakey reputation. The Gen 2 is supposed to be a great improvement.

Wait. Leave the traps/bait boxes on what looks like its route and eventually it'll have a look inside. Pest controllers have told me they're suspicious of changes to their environment, but eventually curiosity will get the better of them.

And with almost perfect timing he's released the final video in the series:

Difference is that previously you had to give way to them if they were already crossing. New rule is that you should allow them to cross if they're waiting. Advice I saw from a driving instructor was that you should approach the junction at a speed appropriate to expecting someone to be crossing so that you would never have to stop suddenly. I think that will cause some confusion and some inconvenience, but maybe it is time to re-prioritise. If it ends up being really difficult to drive in built up areas, perhaps people will stop doing it so much...

I think some of the emphasis on trying to encourage people to learn priority rather than right of way is because too many people think right of way = right to crash into someone who failed to give way.