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  1. Andre

    Late, large, best 4:3 / 5:4 flat monitors

    I can't disagree with this choice, got two in front of me now - great for development etc.
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    Time For A New Tablet - What To Buy?

    Look at the OnePlus Pad - it is a 5x7 format 10" Android tablet - perfect for reading. I have one and it runs nicely. They can be picked up, possibly with stylus and keyboard/mouse folio, for around the £400 mark
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    New Basic Home Machine for my Mum

    Why not get something for under 200 - Beelink Wi-11 Pro Mini Computer, MINI-S12 Pro Mini PC Comes with Win11 pro installed, 16GB RAM and 500GB NVMe with room for another drive You can then update another couple of times if needed!
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    *** Youtube/Video thread ***

    Up North? not very quick at all
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    Replacement USB-C phone cable

    Does the cable run through the middle of the bead? Would make then more crush resistant I suppose!
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    Hayfever - Thread

    Starting with the antihistamines myself - Tree pollen is a killer! I normally have to start at the beginning of Feb, so I'm doing better this year
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    Plex pc specs

    Have a search for beelink - they do some superb NUCs at very good prices. No need to build anything, and everything you need is included in that price Must say, out of all the NUCs I have bought over the years, this is the best for quality and performance
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    Plex pc specs

    What is your budget? I picked that "beast" up for less than 200 quid with a Win11 pro license included
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    Plex pc specs

    I'm using a 12th gen alder lake N100 processor based mini PC with 16GB RAM using on-board GPU - Plex uses 8% CPU running a single 1080 stream, 2 4K streams hits 4%
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    How much is your car mate ?

    Got a 1999 Clio 1.6 16V - a random rang the doorbell and asked if I was selling and how much I wanted for it as it hadn't moved for weeks - used daily! When I said not for sale, he started verbally abusing me - so I stepped out (60y/o 5'7" so not imposing) and his girlfriend got him in the car...
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    Usb 3 c flash drive?

    I can see 1TB ones for just shy of 80 squids, or a sandisk dual-ended one for 125
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    Usb 3 c flash drive?

    If you are worried about snapping the port, have a look at the usb-c magnetic adapters - a little nub goes in the port and a magnetic connector snaps to that - similar to the apple magsafe system
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    Travelling to China.. for work

    Know nothing about China, but I do know that Sygic have offline maps for China - not sure how accurate though! Maybe someone can check them out for you? Can get a year's subscription for around £12
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    Old Programming Language Visual Basic 6.0

    Personally, I would look at the .net languages and javascript/typescript and all their supporting frameworks - but others will suggest go/dart/ruby etc. You could look at vb.net as a starting point if you are happy with vb, but microsoft are not providing any new functionality going forward It...
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    Old Programming Language Visual Basic 6.0

    vb programming still exists, but there are better languages out there nowadays that enable better program flow etc. We still have in active development a vb6 program
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    What was your first Smartphone?

    Worked fine last time I powered it up in 2015 - battery tried to pop since and been unable to get a replacement so just a beautiful ornament now Just had a look at the e1000, and it isn't the same phone. The SX1 came out in 2003, the E1000 in 2004 http://gsmversus.com/motorola-e1000/siemens-sx1/
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    What was your first Smartphone?

    First proper one was a Siemens SX - I've actually still got it, absolutely lovely phone
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    Standing Desks - Cheap Ones worth it?

    I bought this Maidesite desk back in May 2021, still going strong
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    Mobile Monthly SIM Only Tarrifs

    I can also recommend Smarty - runs on 3's backbone
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    Service desk ticketing software

    You could try Spiceworks ticketing system https://www.spiceworks.com/free-help-desk-software/
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