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  1. dbeckett

    Google Pixel 8/8 Pro & Pixel Watch 2

    Just be careful with buying a stand for the watch. The pixel watch 2 doesn't seem to have wireless charging any more
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    Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 - Race 1

    Check https://support.f1.tv/s/article/2022Can-I-use-F1-TV-when-travelling?language=en_US It depends on which VPN country you are in when you sign-up. If you sign-up with a USA vpn then you'll get only the basic package if it sees youre located in the UK (i.e. VPN off), so you're better off...
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    Google Pixel 5

    Unfortunately not. I had to send them it for review to see if they could fix it and they had it when they offered me the cash. Was hoping to have it fixed for Christmas as I had to change to the 0.6x wide angle camera anytime I wanted to take a photo and its focus on close objects wasn't great...
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    Google Pixel 5

    My pixel 5 back cracked earlier this month, right in front of the main camera. I didn't notice for a few days as it was a hairline crack so I just assumed my lens was dirty so I kept wiping it thinking as there was some small light flares in my photos but it wasn't too bad until I finally...
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    *****Official BBQ Thread - Suns out, Buns out!*****

    Today was the first use of the WSM, I wanted to start off with something cheap, so got a tesco brisket which was rolled, didn't really know what to do as it unrolled into 2 parts, so just placed them on top of each other. The 0.7kg brisket did look quite small in the 57cm WSM, probably spent as...
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    *****Official BBQ Thread - Suns out, Buns out!*****

    With lockdown this year I finally bought my first charcoal BBQ - the Weber mastertouch. So far I've cooked beer can chicken, spare ribs, brisket and pork shoulder amongst the generic burgers and sausages. My local garden centre put a post up yesterday morning mentioning it had 50% off all Weber...
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    Google Pixel 5

    I've upgraded from the 2XL to the P5, loving it so far except the speakers, thought I wouldn't mind them at first after comparing youtube playing vs my 2xl, but then later on yesterday evening I had a 6pm zoom work call and I used my pixel's speaker for it as I was cooking dinner, it was quite...
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    Google Pixel 5

    I may place a order today for a pixel 5 from CPW. I currently have a 2XL, but unfortunately the battery life ain't great, charger port has a poor connection and now today it's started powering off by itself every 30 minutes.. my phones have a habit of breaking just as a new phone gets released...
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    Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

    It's commonly known as the lens hood mod. I believe it's a 58mm camera lens hood used. I've used a lid off of a Cadbury s instant hot chocolate tub as the lid. Can see more info and YouTube link on coffee forums See https://coffeeforums.co.uk/topic/30379-mazzer-sj-lens-hood-mod/ It's good...
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    Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

    I have to slide the grinder out every few days when it needs beans, not too hard. On it's side is a Arduino timer I made, uses potentiometer to set the time and button to start it off using a SSR.. I was hoping I would have a 3d printed custom case lid for it but unfortunately my friend is...
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    Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

    1 week on and I have my mara X upgrade ;) loving it so far, it's a nice stepup from my gaggia classic
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    Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

    I also have been using a Gaggia Classic PID'd for the last few years, but unfortunately I broke my PT100 temperature sensor this week as I was doing some maintenance on my machine... anyway long story short I'm getting tempted to sell it on and get the Mara X. How are you finding it so far?
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    *** Official Ubiquiti Discussion Thread ***

    I was getting about 300mbps in same room as the ubiquiti, but yes I do have too high expectations. It had similar performance compared to virgin media superhub ac2. I now have my original isp router active with the ubiquiti connected over powerlines to another point in the house along with...
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    *** Official Ubiquiti Discussion Thread ***

    Im debating returning mine, however Im undecided on either getting a refund or replacement. So if anyone can compare theirs with my experience that'd be great. Firstly- I have a ubiquiti AC LR (long range) and I have very little in the way of wireless interference from neighbours. My laptop has...
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    *** Official Ubiquiti Discussion Thread ***

    So I suppose I had time to rethink my post. The issue is that I had too much of a expectation from the uniquiti. The virgin media superhub AC 2 is actually quite a good router when it comes to wifi range. 10 years back replacing the ISP router with a third party one gave twice the performance...
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    *** Official Ubiquiti Discussion Thread ***

    I purchased one of these yesterday and I've just set it up this morning. Thought it was time to replace my virgin media superhub ac2 with the AC LR and pfsense. Nice UI and design, however performance wise the range isnt as good as my virgin media, and speed is about the same with iperf test as...
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    *** The Official Samsung Galaxy S6/Edge Thread ***

    I struggle to get more than 2.5hrs SoT, I even returned it to Samsung 2 weeks ago to look at it, they replaced the battery however this has had no improvement. The issue I believe is more due to standby drain than the screen draining the battery. My phone never goes as flat (little standby...
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    *** The Official Samsung Galaxy S6/Edge Thread ***

    I was struggling to get anything over 2 hours SoT. I've tried uninstalling pretty much all of my apps in the last week with no increase in SoT. Yesterday I started experimenting with google sync settings and thats made quite a big difference Go into Google Photos and go into settings, and...
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    *** The Official Samsung Galaxy S6/Edge Thread ***

    Very true. Assume that they've just switched to calling over 4g then which is causing your issues. So issue is with network not s6? As it's so new you mightnt have seen the issue on your last phone? Hopefully will improve in future. I don't have this option as VoLTE is not enable on ee...
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    *** The Official Samsung Galaxy S6/Edge Thread ***

    The country's smallest mobile network operator, 3 , is aiming for a September launch of VoLTE and will also deploy the service in the 800MHz spectrum band
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