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  1. Nexy

    What's everyone using for model creation?

    Tinkercad, but I keep meaning to sit down and learn Blender. I figure Blender will give me the most flexibility for any other 3D/video tasks I might ever need too. And if I can wrap my head around it, OpenSCAD. I fear that my programming skills will not hold up to OpenSCAD though.
  2. Nexy

    What cable do I need..

    @ChrisD. is, of course, spot on. You want an Ethernet cable, Cat 5(e) or Cat 6. Just to expand a little bit, as I'm assuming your ONT is in an awkward spot and you want to move the router to a different part of the house... Flat cables generally aren't actually Cat 5 or Cat 6, but you can...
  3. Nexy

    FTTP move from BT to TalkTalk

    This! TCB and Quidco have given me shedloads of money over the years, for nothing. If you look at the TCO of the various options, if you can afford the take the minor gamble on cashback (because it's never 100% guaranteed) then cashback can absolutely swing it. Also see if the ISP give referral...
  4. Nexy

    What are the 30 year old plus gamers playing?

    36. Overwatch pretty much exclusively. I was playing Valorant and loving it, but I hurt my wrist damage picking something up awkwardly. It's left me using a vertical mouse and I just can't get back to the level of mechanical skills required to enjoy Valorant now.
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    FTTP move from BT to TalkTalk

    I've FTTP clients with BT Retail, Zen, and TalkTalk Business. Only times we've had to contact any of them for tech support was Zen. Neither were upstream issues. One was because some clown, while cutting weeds on the premises, managed to completely sever the fibre. Other was a weird issue that...
  6. Nexy

    Virgin Media Discussion Thread

    Nope, fastest I can get via Openreach is 16mb/s ADSL2. Virgin have me over a barrel for fixed line. Might try some brinkmanship then. Unfortunately, if I do get cut off, I'm stuffed. They have me over a barrel, there's no real alternative here.
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    Virgin Media Discussion Thread

    Just battled the beast as they wanted £47 a month for M200, with an enticing offer of M200 for £50 (£3 more!) per month if I re-contracted. As soon as I rang up, they offered £6.50 off a month for 6 months with no new contract. After sitting through several holds and getting escalated to...
  8. Nexy

    What retro game would you like to see modernised?

    It might be a bit too new, but Blast Corps from the N64. Those hoping for GTA III and Vice City, there may be good news... GTA III and Vice City fully reverse engineered: re3 (HN link because some of the discussion is interesting...)
  9. Nexy

    ZOLTAN Birthday

    Happy birthday Zoltan, hope you're having a good one up there! I think of you literally every time I see someone with their fogs on when they shouldn't be.
  10. Nexy

    Wierd internet issue

    I found in the past that the OcUK website would block me if I were connected via a VPN, which I usually was if on public WiFi. I don't know if that's still the case, but it might be related. Have you got anything funky set up on your router, like a VPN? Who is your ISP? If you open a command...
  11. Nexy

    Ocular migraines

    UV (even sunlight on cloudy days) or any eye damage will randomly trigger me. Rockstar-level use of sunglasses and management of other triggers has reduced my migraine frequency from a few a month to a few a year. Frovatriptan aborts most of the remaining ones that do start. Dehydration or...
  12. Nexy

    Do we have a Black Friday 2018 Deals thread

    I'm hoping for more Philips Hue bargains. I've become a total sucker for smart lighting. I just grabbed the Echo Dot deal with a view to resell the spare hub, keeping the dot and the colour bulbs. (Same as the Google Home Mini deal from the spicy high-street retailer, but with a 3rd gen Dot.)...
  13. Nexy

    I found my old skool Coolermaster cases - forgot how beautiful they are

    Wow, I'd forgotten how beautiful some of the older cases were. I wish I could justify buying the one on the left especially.
  14. Nexy

    Aorus Owner's Lounge

    Didn't notice about the Type C port as it wasn't used for anything, problem might have been there originally or it could be new. The card reader has worked a couple of times, most notably after a drivers update some time ago, but recently noticed it's not working now. (He was stuck with no way...
  15. Nexy

    Aorus Owner's Lounge

    Hi guys, my mate has a x3 plus v7 (from OcUK last May) and he called me over for a second opinion on a couple of issues. The Realtek PCIE card reader won't read SD(XC) cards. Sandisk MicroSDXC cards in an adapter. Reads perfectly in my in-built Acer Realtek USB 2.0 reader. on my cheap laptop...
  16. Nexy

    Model kits?

    Have you had a look in the local area to see if there are any independent stores that might stock models, even if they don't advertise stock of the specific ones you want? I've found stockists are quite often passionate about models, and if they don't stock it, they can probably order it in or...
  17. Nexy

    OCUK founder Spie passes away

    I'm so sorry for your loss. My thoughts are with you, your family, and Spie's friends and co-workers. OcUK and this forum especially have brought me support, technical and otherwise, in the many years since I've joined. OcUK and the OcUK forum have helped shape the PC enthusiast community in...
  18. Nexy

    NHS computer systems hacked!?

    I'm not sure that's the case. If the user whose machine is infected has authenticated access to the files, are they not encrypted regardless?
  19. Nexy

    NHS computer systems hacked!?

    It's hit a fully-patched Win 10 system I'm sat next to, so I think it's more complicated than some are making out.
  20. Nexy

    NHS computer systems hacked!?

    Has anyone successfully had their files decrypted from this? I'd rather not hand cash over to the ***** but I gotta be pragmatic. The ransom is significantly less than the cost of lost time of the staff recreating the work done since the last backup, and I'll have to flatten the server and...
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