BenM2023

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[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

IANAL however.... Your daily storage rate is way too low. It will cost you more to get what they owe you than you will get out of them.

Send them a letter changing the rate to £250 a day and stating payment terms of 30 days.

You have to be (legally) reasonable, so give them 14 or 28 days to get something sorted, after which the new rate will apply.

You should send them (snail mail and email) invoices every week reminding them of their ongoing commitment to paying you.

They may not pay you, in which case you have to go through small claims (Google it) or sue them to get the money they agreed to pay you (by not removing the vehicle after you gave them a reasonable time to comply) the former costs you time and effort the latter cost time effort and money.

In my experience, once invoices for significant sums start adding up to being a PITA for them, things will happen. Once the car is gone you have to decide if it is worth your time and effort to chase down the invoices. Hint - it probably isn't.

I got rid of incompetent bailiff companies this way (they kept buying a debt that someone had taken out using my address as theirs and the original loan company didn't check)

tl;dr - you have to make it worth their while to make you go away whilst being cool, collected and, above all, reasonable.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeh - it's just the Arubas are much more sensitive to slightly dodgy connections. Connections and wiring which worked with their predecessor Ciscos just fine is persona non Grata in the Aruba universe.

With cameras they just won't talk to them even if the port is set to 10mbps rather than Auto. Stick an unmanaged switch in the way and they work fine.

One thing I have found is that FS.com sfp+ Aruba compatible modules work just fine which saves a packet!

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We have an extensive Aruba estate here (managed for us by the local authority). You have to be careful about licenses for management software. The authority weren't so there are issues... Though that may be authority incompetence rather than an Aruba issue.

The other thing we have noticed is that they are very touchy indeed about 10mbps connections (cameras often need an intermediate unmanaged switch), and also will drop so-so 1Gbps links back to 100mbps at the drop of a hat...

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I bet that one of the quarries in which Dr Who was filmed is much more scenic than an asteroid... Towering cliffs, caves reaching back into the limestone, crashing waves... Lovely if you can make the trip, and a decent pub in the village or tea room if the pub doesn't appeal.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago

Like all men, his wife tells him what to do ... She is his handler after all and has been since he brought her to the US of A.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Judge is clearly mistaken.... Trump can just sign an executive order and, because the SCOTUS has said anything he does in post is legal, boom - AP are excluded.

Having thrown tea in Boston harbour to rid yourselves of tariffs and royalty, 200 years later, it sure looks like you have a king over there!

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's not how loans work for little people.... It totally is how loans work for oligarchs because the money they get from the loan provider is tax free so no income tax.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Live in Wales so I have skin in this game...

Observations: 20mph limit means most people drive below 30 in urban areas.

20mph might not be universal in UK but many many places I drive through over the border in Engerland have a 20 limit.

Most roads with a 20 limit have an average speed of... Stationary /walking pace anyway.

The mandatory 20 limit was proposed and supported by Welsh right of centre politicos who dropped it like a hot potato on implementation - it was was weaponised legislation used as a stick with which to beat the left of centre Welsh Government Assembly ruling party.

My commute of 16 miles each way, though mainly through urban areas, has about 500m of 20mph limit.... Commute time is unaffected. I'm all right Jack!

Over all I like the 20mph limit and the shouty loudmouths who don't have failed to engage critical thinking.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

If it is Boeing, I ain't going!

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Perfect "research" strategy...

  1. Claim you have a world breaking tech
  2. Watch as others scurry to replicate/verify/improve your claims
  3. "Borrow" their results from their networks.
  4. Profit, without too much exertion on your part.
[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Err they do if you order online for collection - their staff pick your order and bring it out to you. You just park in a bay, check in and someone brings your shit.

Granted they, generally, don't carry your shit from the checkout to your car if you do the shopping...

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That 200kg of cocaine has nearly filled the storage facility.

 

Guys

Voyager native app on Android.

Anyone else got an issue when scrolling through a thread the rendering flicks all over the place?

It's random and I can't think of a way to screenshot it. It's like the replies get drawn in one position then jump to where they should be. Sometimes, if I catch it right, sliding up and down with my finger flashes the post/comment on and off...

Like I say, hard to describe properly.

 
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Guys

Dunno if I am missing something, but I notice that many times a post is cross posted to many communities, resulting in the All feed being full (well not really full but you know what I mean) of what are, effectively, reposts...

Does voyager have a "hide posts with the same title in different communities" setting somewhere or is that a feature request?

 

Guys

We have an XYZ DaVinci 1.0 Pro, connected by USB to a Windows 10 PC (latest updates etc.)

The drivers are all correctly installed (both cameras show up in device manager, the printer shows up in device manager as both a printer and a USB-COM3 device).

The printer has Firmware 1.2.3 installed (as recommended by XYZ.... not sure if that's a good thing)

  • XYZ Printing does not detect the printer as online;
  • Cura does not detect the printer as online;
  • Pronterface does not detect the printer as online;
  • In a massive turn-up for the books.... Microsoft 3d Builder does see the printer on line and will start a print.

In device manager the com port seems to be set at 9600,8,n,1. Changing this to (say) 115200 breaks printing in 3d Builder. Changing Pronterface to use 9600 baud makes no difference to connecting to the printer.

I have changed the USB lead, tried different ports on the PC yadda yadda yadda but no change at all - only Microsoft 3d Builder will see the printer online and print.

Anyone got any idea at all why everything except Microsoft 3d Builder can't see the printer?

 
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