u/sheddyian

When Ghosts started, it got compared to a few old shows, such as Ghosts of Motley Hall and this one, "So Haunt Me".

I've just found this and only started watching it. It's.... not good. But might be of interest to see how it develops.

Basic storyline is a family move into a house that's haunted.

Mildy rhetorical question, as I have got it to play Cyrmu, but it's stupid.

"Hey Google, play BBC Radio Cymru"

If you pronounce it correctly, the Google speaker will usually play you BBC Radio Cornwall.

If you say : "Hey Google, play BBC Radio C Y M R U " (actually spell the letters), it then says "Playing BBC radio sim-rew", but it then correctly plays Cymru.

Look, I'm English, but I respect the Welsh language, and this is stupid. Anyone have a better way, or are Google just ignorant?

I've very recently installed immich on a Raspberry Pi 4 (4gb) with an external drive, using Dietpi.

Its all working very well and I'm impressed!

I requested my photos from Google using takeout, and used immich-go to upload them all for me.

immich-go upload from-google-photos --server=http://myserver.lan:2283 --api-key=myapikey --concurrent-tasks=3 --pause-immich-jobs --on-errors=continue zips/*.zip

and it worked well, though I had a number of 500 Internal Server Errors.

I re-ran the upload again and it all worked ok.

But I notice in the log that there were 450 pictures that were filtered because : "reason : discarding trashed file".

Maybe I want these?! I've deleted a lot to get some more space on Google.

Is there a way to override this filter, and allow immich-go to upload previously trashed files, so I can at least see what they were?

I had a look at the docs but couldn't see an obvious way.

Thanks

Ian

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(From Politics UK )

I went on BBC Newsnight - did anyone see that? Live on BBC 2 , Paddy O'Connell being very cheeky with me. And I gave as good as I got. But then lovely little Nick Watt, who sat next to me, revealed, that apparently, British Parliamentarians have been spending time in the House of Commons, working out how to accommodate me, in my full regalia, if and when I win.

In "It's Behind You", I love how Robin perfectly describes the British concept of banter among friends. "Why You make me Ugly Sister?"

Pat (embarrassed) : "Oh, well, you know, because..."

Robin : "Because it's funny! I got a face like a horse's bum! Everybody laugh. It don't mean they don't like me."

Now watching the 1st xmas special, Ghost of Christmas, where Julian has a realisation and shows a bit of heart, possibly for the first time.

This seems wrong to be watching these during a drought.

Merry Christmas!

I've just made a spreadsheet of my electricity usage and charges for the winter period last year. I wanted to see how much a VAT rate of 0% would save me, if all other things were equal.

The answer to that question is, for 6 months from October 1st 2025, a VAT rate of 0% would have saved me around £19. Thats 19 more than nothing, but not a huge amount.

But the other thing I looked at was my average unit price.

I'm on Agile, and have been for several years. try to avoid heavy usage at peak times, and move heavy usage such as washing machine, to times when electricty is very cheap, free or even negative.

I don't have an electric car, batteries or solar.

Anyway, looking at the "average unit cost" as printed on each bill, I was quite pleased overall. I'm always reasonably lower than any fixed tarrif, and sometimes much lower.

Month	Ave Rate
Oct	12.47
Nov	17.64
Dec	16.36
Jan	21.23
Feb	18.71
Mar	17.77
Apr	4.62
May	18.30
Jun	5.25

I did do some more detailed breakdowns of the stats in my first year of Agile, and it showed that, for me, although there might be some days, some weeks even, when I was paying more per kWh, this was vastly outweighed by the times when I was paying significantly less. All of those average unit costs in the table above are below the current unit cost for a fixed scheme.

My last Dexcom G6 ended today. I've been happy with them, a few have given me problems but mostly they've been reliable.

I'd already been sent some G7s, so I put one of those on.

When it started, it showed a glucose of 5.0mmol/l . But this quickly dropped down and the hypo alarm sounded. I did feel a hypo, so this seemed genuine. I ate 3 dextrose tablets, and waited.

More alarms, had more dextrose.

More alarms, more dextrose.

Alarm stopped.

30 minutes later, more alarms. I take more dextrose.

This repeats a few more times.

Eventually I do a finger prick test (should have done it sooner), which shows BG of 10.0 mmol/l . Meanwhile, the G7 is showing me at 2.3 mmol/l . I have no hypo symptoms (and I would KNOW if I was at 2.3 ! )

I dithered, then stopped the sensor, took it off, threw it out and started a new one.

Which is now showing 10.0mmol/l when a finger prick is actually 14.3mmol/l

Is this normal for G7s?

note : I am in UK. hence mmol/l readings. I also have an ypso pump and am using the CAM APS FX software on my phone to give a hybrid closed loop system, which had been working well under the G6 but these initial problems have made me feel uneasy about it all.

This is just an observation really, not a request for help. Something I realized this week which made me quite happy.

I bought my first bike - a Mountain bike - in 1993. It had a mid-range Shimano groupset on it (STX? I forget now). But, even when well adjusted, it wouldn't shift if you were pedalling too hard - you had to ease off a bit. That just seemed to be the way. Climbing a steep hill, standing on the pedals, there was no way you'd be able to shift down without easing off and losing some momentum.

I've now, in 2026, got a street legal e-bike (pedelec - limited to 15MPH pedal assist) with a motor in the front wheel, and VERY basic Shimano 6 speed indexed gears on the rear wheel. Its got a screw-on freewheel, not a freehub. It's really low-end, built down to a price.

And yet it shifts perfectly. I can be struggling up a steep hill, and yes, the front motor is helping a bit, but I'm still standing on the pedals. And I shift down, and it shifts effortlessly. No complaints, no grinding noises, no delay.

That's all. I went for a bike ride today, and I realised how good the gear shifts are, and have always been.

I like tinkering with bikes, but its good when you can just appreciate how the bike is performing and how things have been refined over the years.

I've an old Google Mini smart speaker in the kitchen, used chiefly for "set timer for 10 minutes" when cooking, but also "play BBC radio 6 music".

I noticed recently that it sounds richer somehow. Bit more depth to the sound. Hard to describe.

Has anything changed at 6 music, BBC sounds or..?

My partner agrees it sounds better, and it seems to have happened recently.

Not tried other sources yet.

For customers living in Blaenllechau, Bryngolau, Cymmer, Dinas, Edmondstown, Ferndale, Hopkinstown, Llwyncelyn, Maerdy, Tylorstown, Penrhys, Pontygwaith, Porth, Pwll Gwaun, Pantygraigwen, Pontypridd – Treforest, Trebanog, Rhiwgarn, Tonyrefail, Tyn Y Bryn, Trehafod, Wattstown, Williamstown and Ynyshir.

Reddit seems to be mangling the link to the item on Dŵr Cymru's site, so I've pasted the areas affected above.

It was issued 22 May .

Link here to full item & info

https://www.dwrcymru.com/en/boil-water-notice

UPDATE 22-May-2026 20:30

Following investigation by our operational teams, the issue affecting the chemical dosing process at the Maerdy treatment works has now been fixed and water from the site is re-entering the network.

As a precaution the boil water notice remains in place