The other day I found out that this alternative view means you’ve left a window open

The other day I found out that this alternative view means you’ve left a window open

Not sure how easy it is for people with normal color vision to spot the red window, but it’s definitely impossible for me.

u/jacoscar — 4 days ago

How would you mount panels here? The slope is non existent

It’s 6m x 5.5m. The south is in the back/left. I’d like to have at least 10° of inclination but that means raising the front height by 1m (over 5.5m).

Edit:
Just to make it clear, I’m not worried about loss of production, just about dust accumulating and rain not being able to wash it away.

u/jacoscar — 11 days ago

Late overdraft alert (it’s always the next day)

I have several current accounts and connected saving accounts. I have usually a low balance in the current accounts and I rely on the overdraft notifications to remember when to deposit money on them as needed. All my other banks send me a notification as soon as I get a negative balance, so I have the whole day to deposit money and I know if this is done by the end of the day this isn’t reported to credit rating agencies.
Nationwide seems to behave differently as it sends the alert the next day, precluding me the ability to cover the overdraft.
Can this be changed?

u/jacoscar — 19 days ago

Deorbit burn in episode 2?

This left me a bit perplexed. They clearly say they have a problem in the middle of deorbit burn, but they seem to already been reentering the atmosphere. So which one was it? And if they were coming back from the moon why did they need a deorbit moon at all? Have they been orbiting Earth at least once?

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u/jacoscar — 21 days ago
▲ 1 r/ebayuk

Commercial invoice generated alongside international shipping lable (not using GSP)

Hello, I’ve sold an item going to France and I had GSP turned off. It has generated a UPS label and a commercial invoice on the same A4 page.
Do I need to attach both to the exterior of the parcel?

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u/jacoscar — 1 month ago

Recently added shows not showing immediately on AppleTV, any way to fix it?

When I add new files to my NAS, the app on the AppleTV needs several minutes to detect them and I always find it quicker to just navigate the source’s subfolders to find the file based on its name. I guess I know the answer as Infuse can’t run in the background, so there is no way around it, or is there?

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u/jacoscar — 2 months ago

Osprey plug and charge without certificate?

I just noticed this in the Osprey app. They ask you to charge twice, presumably so the charger can learn the VIN of the car, after which Plug and Charge will work. Normally, you would beed to install a certificate using the car’s app to make it work.
This feels different/easier and would allow to use plug and charge without having to swapping certificates.
Am I understanding this correctly?

u/jacoscar — 2 months ago
▲ 40 r/imax

What am I looking at?

Picture taken at the Hemisferic in Valencia. I went to see an ocean documentary. Not really impressed by it, a lot of closeups of fishes that you couldn’t even see properly because the picture is mostly outside your field of view. Poor dynamic range in my opinion and it didn’t feel high definition.
I feel like this would have been much more enjoyable on a normal smaller screen.

Also, what part of the equipment am I looking at here?

u/jacoscar — 2 months ago

Strange problem when charging Apple Watch with Ugreen 65W power brick

My Apple Watch is cycling between charging and not charging continuously when connected to my Ugreen 65W brick via usb-c. At the start of the video an usb-c to usb-c cable is also connected to my iPad and a Usb-a to lightning is not connected to anything. It only stops cycling when I disconnect and reconnect the apple watch cable. Why?

u/jacoscar — 2 months ago

Beats Fit Pro not charging to 100%

I bought these Beats Fit Pro from CeX in excellent condition, but they were completely discharged. I can see they are under the official warranty till the 6th November so they are less than a year old. I can also see they were sold to CeX on 7 July so at most they’ve been flat for a month.
I charged them when I got home and both case and headphones charged and showed 100%. I used them for a couple of days with no problems. Today I’ve just checked the charge status and I noticed they are on 93% (despite having been in the case all night). I have owned an identical model and I had never seen this. Does anyone have any insight?

u/jacoscar — 2 months ago
▲ 2 r/CeX

About to buy Airpods from Cex, how do I know they’re genuine?

How do I know they’re genuine and how did they know they were genuine when they acquired them?

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u/jacoscar — 2 months ago

Shipping small personal items from UK to Spain and tariffs

I just arrived in Spain and realised I forgot to carry my wireless headphones, a book and my retainer. I thought of having a friend pick this stuff from my house and dropping it at a post office. The cost of shipping was about £10, but when I started declaring the items one by one I was hit with at least an extra £20 customs handling charges.
I didn’t even declare the full value of the headphones (Beats Fit Pro) as I put £40, £5 for the book and £0 for the retainer.
Surely there must be a way for me not to pay import fees when sending my own stuff (apart from going back in time and stop Brexit).
What if I had to move out of the country and carry my belongings, would I have to pay customs duty on all of them?

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u/jacoscar — 2 months ago

Flying a drone filming the ground during the eclipse

I’ll be in the path of totality. Is it worth flying my drone as high as allowed (120m) to record a video of the ground? Will I be able to see the moving shadow?
Edit: there will be nobody around us for kilometres

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u/jacoscar — 2 months ago
▲ 0 r/ebayuk

Buyer from Germany has to pay 25£ for a 4£ item, is this right?

That’s including shipping and import duties.

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u/jacoscar — 2 months ago

[Question] Can someone tell me if this iPhone 14 screen is genuine?

I recently sent an iPhone for repair under warranty. Since it was in its second year, this was handled by the seller which sent it to an authorised repair centre. The issue was that the touchscreen had become unresponsive after some water had spilled on it (although I didn’t mention that part). They came back saying they couldn’t pass it as a warranty as it had been in contact with water (fair enough), but also because the screen was not genuine. It belongs to my mother and she’s like 99% sure this screen hadn’t been changed (her previous one might).
The repair centre has provided the first 2 pictures, highlighting the screen as ‘abnormal’, but I wonder if it could show like that because the contact with water. Secondly, they highlighted some markings on the flex.
I have already replaced the screen myself, so this is just me asking out of curiosity and to settle the matter.

u/jacoscar — 3 months ago

[Howto] How to preserve autobrightness after replacing the screen on iPhone 14?

Hello, I have a iPhone 14 that needs a screen replacement, the digitiser stopped working after getting in contact with water.
I have read that after using a new screen something needs to be done with a ‘programmer’ or something to transfer the calibration data from the old to the new screen or something like that.
Autobrightness seems like a fundamental feature to me so I want to make sure it works, otherwise I’ll just sell the phone for parts.
What do I need to do?
The screen I intend to buy is this one

https://www.mobilesentrix.co.uk/oled-assembly-for-iphone-14-aftermarket-pro-xo7-soft

u/jacoscar — 3 months ago
▲ 2 r/Dewalt

Is it me or the design of the depth stop is stupid?

The only way I found to adjust it is loosening the side handle and then trying to squeeze it, then tightening it again. Am I missing something obvious?

u/jacoscar — 3 months ago
▲ 11 r/ifixit+1 crossposts

Shorter replacement screen? (iPhone 14)

I just received this replacement screen for an iPhone 14 from Amazon (LL trader brand), paid around £25.
It seems to have a thicker border at the bottom and I guess the usable portion of the screen is shorter. Has anybody ever found this?

LL TRADER Screen Replacement for... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DF7D854P?ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_ap\_share

u/jacoscar — 3 months ago

Inlet/outlet on vertical column radiator, does it matter?

I’ve just prepared the pipes to have the flow on thw right and the return on the left. I have just unboxed the radiator and found two stickers for ‘inlet’ and ‘outlet’ as per the picture.
I don’t think it should make a difference as I think it’s perfectly symmetrical, but I thought I’d check. Does anyone know?

u/jacoscar — 3 months ago