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Has anyone else noticed a recent move to call centres being based in South Africa? In the last year, Esure, OVO and Morrisons all seem to have moved there, as have some of Virgin Media's operations. A couple of weeks ago, I rang OVO to change from direct debits to paying on demand. I am well in...

I have just been reading that even using a browser in incognito mode along with a VPN doesn't ensure privacy. Websites can use something called fingerprinting to identify your device. My basic understanding is that your browser sends lots of information about your computer to every website you...

The limited number of polls since the Democratic convention are giving mixed messages as to whether Kamala Harris got a bounce or whether it's been cancelled out by Kennedy voters switching to Trump. Harris is giving her first major interview today alongside Tim Walz. I think it's with Dana...

This topic is inspired really by a conversation with one of our regular tradesmen. We always chat a lot and he's a decent guy. However, he's quite partial to conspiracy theories and over time his topics of interest have moved from the EU, to covid and now to immigration. So, he tells me that...

Now for those pesky GPs! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjqe82lk5g5o

I had read that Kamala Harris is useless and divisive. But I've just watched some of her speech from the other day, and what struck me, after the Biden/Trump psychodrama, was what a breath of fresh air it was to have a candidate who seems vaguely normal. Someone who seems intelligent and who...

I don't like hot weather, especially at night. But it's actually fine if there's a breeze in the right direction, because it blows the nice cooler air in from outside the window into my bedroom. Even if the outside night time temperature is no lower than 18C, it still reduces the room...

Many thanks, that's just what I wanted (y) I'm interested to see that the website is centred on the screen, with blank borders each side. I didn't know whether it would somehow spread out to fill the whole screen. I am using default settings on Chrome. What is the size (diagonal) of your...

The old thread got locked last night and various posts were deleted. The final post which still remains is from @aveatry. It states: The main point, though, is that earth's axial precession cycle takes about 26,000 years, and runs a well understood and predictable course. The idea that there...

Following on from discussions with @aveatry on other threads, I thought this issue deserved its own thread. Hydroelectricity is by far the largest renewable globally, and thousands of new projects are planned. But recently there have been growing concerns about the amount of greenhouse gases...

That's the story in the Telegraph. Pretty seismic. Apparently he's unhappy about the Christian Horner shenanigans. This could really shake things up.

Nationwide and Virgin Coventry and Coop Barclays and Tesco Is there some reason why they have all started happening at the same time?

It looks like freedom of movement may be restored for those under 30. It was suggested initially by the UK, and the EU seem to be on board. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/18/brussels-proposes-return-to-pre-brexit-free-movement-for-uk-and-eu-young-people

The worklessness "crisis" seems to becoming a big story. Is it a real thing? And if so, is it actually that big a deal? For instance, there is an article in today's Telegraph which says: They are talking about 16-24 year olds. The great majority of those three million are still in school or...

I have been looking at the iGel mattresses sold by Bensons. They claim to solve the problem of memory foam being too hot for some people, by incorporating "crystals" of a phase change material in the top layer. They say this regulates temperature between 35C and 37C throughout the night. My...

New poll!!!!!!!

I am hoping somebody can advise what this might be and if it could even be dangerous. I still have the open vent Baxi FS which is now 32 years old. For as long as I can remember, it has always screeched a bit when heating up. But this afternoon it has got a whole lot worse. I've only ever...

On the face of it, the CPS prosecuted two protestors for calling Iain Duncan Smith "Tory scum". And when they were found not guilty, the Director of Public Prosecutions brought a judicial review. There has to be more to this case. Hopefully, somebody can explain the legal basis. Maybe...

I've just been watching a Youtube video of a heating engineer fitting a 125 litre high recovery cylinder. At one point in the video, he seems to be saying that if you run the coil on these cylinders at a high temperature, you will often end up with excessive stratification. So, the NTC sensor...

My Auntie's whole street has suffered an outage on its Virgin phone lines today. Virgin are refusing to fix the problem. Instead, they are saying everyone has to go digital and accept a VOIP system plugged into their router. Is this standard practice now? Is there anything they can do to...