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    Stellar Blade | OT |

    I'm the opposite here couldn't get into the Star Wars/Jedi games. The combat in this reminds me a lot of Sekiro with the parries which is one thing that I really like about it as Sekiro is my favorite Fromsoft souls type game.
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    Stellar Blade | OT |

    Do you generally like souls type games? I was saying to my friend earlier about the demo that it is indeed a great thing, means you can try the game out to see if you like it, and you're less likely to buy the game, refund it etc. Takes a lot of the hassle out. I was completely sold on the...
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    XBOX Gamepass Ultimate conversion is back for £1

    My game pass finally ended, 2 months after it was meant to end, can't complain though! I've got a couple of 3 month PC game pass codes so I'll add them in a bit. Hellblade 2 and Frostpunk 2 are both coming to game pass in the next few months so I'll re-sub for those at least. Otherwise I'll...
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    The anime thread sequel (it's still not as good as the Manga though),

    You know it's good if he's fighting a bear! :D I like it but it's not all action all the time, feels sort of like "The Boys". Next season looks kind of meh, not really seeing much to watch except for the new Oshi no Ko season. I'm sure a couple of series will surface beyond this that I wind...
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    Stellar Blade | OT |

    3 day weekend here going to be enjoying it then for sure!
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    Stellar Blade | OT |

    Am trying to avoid reading reviews or watching too much atm in case of spoilers! I know some people will get the game early as well, though it doesn't seem like I will as it's not shipped yet, and I'd need it to have shipped today to receive it tomorrow I think.
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    Pension fund performance - do you monitor yours, how is it doing, do you actively change it?

    It was along the lines of what I was looking at anyway, Vanguard global trackers, so no harm in recommending it. I will always take responsibility for my own choices anyway! I'm not a higher earner so don't need to use salary sacrifice yet to lower my tax rate, if I ever become one I will...
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    Pension fund performance - do you monitor yours, how is it doing, do you actively change it?

    A lot here to take in but thanks, I've had a read. What is the distinction on DB/DC? I think DB is defined benefit, but am not sure what defined benefit actually means. For DC it's not one I am aware of for meaning. I doubt any of my pensions are anything special benefit wise, seems fairly...
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    Pension fund performance - do you monitor yours, how is it doing, do you actively change it?

    Yes I will find out although it then winds up in Standard Life hell with the higher fees, and they won't match at a higher % than current, so not sure this is really better than me just paying into a SIPP routinely and changing the tax code, at least the money is then in my account. I think...
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    Pension fund performance - do you monitor yours, how is it doing, do you actively change it?

    Thanks @Narj good advice, I wasn't aware that earlier one may have minimum pension age attached, I'll have to check that, I don't know/haven't seen it online. I don't want to pile everything into pension as employer doesn't match above the basic 4%, but at the same time, I feel like even...
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    Pension fund performance - do you monitor yours, how is it doing, do you actively change it?

    Got a meeting with the pensions guy at work tomorrow, never had one of these before as never really bothered with it, not really sure what stuff I need to prep, if anything! I have 3 pensions with my current employer via Standard Life, the performance is pretty poor, and I'd like to start...
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    Massive Car insurance costs?

    Last year was £270 + £45 cashback via TCB with Admiral. This year Admiral wanted £350, and after bartering £320. Would have no cashback. Went with Hastings Direct via TCB in the end. £318 + £45 cashback. Seem to be well reviewed, so a little more expensive but at least I can speak with someone...
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    What PC games are you playing?

    I've picked up Sekiro on Steam, I played it on the PS4 in 2019 apparently, so I've forgotten a lot of it by now. Game runs great, looks great, and the combat is as engaging as I remember it. I'll definitely hop back into it once I'm done with Stellar Blade (arrives later this week on PS5).
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    Solar panels and battery - any real world reccomendations?

    They've nerfed flux a few times since though right?
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    Solar panels and battery - any real world reccomendations?

    Minus £1193 that is some result! Combo of large battery storage, good year for the saving sessions with the excess usage thing, and flux paying out very well I think? I expect this year to be a little worse than last due to some of the above. According to my GE inverter, 2024 has so far cost...
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    The standard in home display is usually OK at reading real time data, and the 30 min historical stuff helps a lot all by itself I think. Octopus mini I don't think is a requirement for debugging this.
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    Places to learn Powershell?

    gci is shorthand for Get-ChildItem. You can use shorthands in places, some are more useful/memorable than others. For example: $Variable | ? {$_.Property -eq "Thing"} ? replaces Where-Object in this case :) I use these a fair bit as well: $Variable | fl $Variable | ft -a $Variable |...
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    Places to learn Powershell?

    This should do what you want just run in a test method first, i.e. against a folder you've added with some files for testing. This only goes 1 level deep. Remove -WhatIf on the Move-Item command if it looks OK etc, otherwise it will just output what it would do. You may need to swap -WhatIf...
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    Happy National Tea Day!

    You've attacked all of us with your dunking ways. Toast? OK it's a bit weird but OK. Banana? bridge too far mate sorry! :cry:
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    XBOX Gamepass Ultimate conversion is back for £1

    3 years core becomes 2 years GPU as I understand it, that is the conversion, you don't get an extra 12 months of core tacked on the end, that is lost when you convert it. I am not sure on your other question as to what it does if you try and redeeem core on top of an already running GPU sub...
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