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shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

I need to replace a set of expired smoke detector at my elderly parents' house. They're too old to have alarms going off in the middle of the night just because the wind blows.

Yet, Amazon only seem to sell ones with photo-electric sensors, and many reviews complain about over-sensitivity with dust, and under-sensitivity when the room is clearly full of smoke.

Additionally, the ones with sealed 10 year batteries - many reviews report a battery life of 2 years or so in practice, with increased false positives as battery life runs down. So now, they have to replace whole units rather than just batteries.

What happened to good old ionizing smoke detectors with 9v batteries that needed replacing every 2 years or so?!

What is the point of nicotine patches?

I don't get it. It's kinda like you got to want to quit but at the same time yeah quitting is already hard for me. But I'm supposed to put it on me and somehow I get a form of nicotine without smoking. It's like how am I supposed to get used to it. I will even take the patch off try to save it for later just so I can have a...

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

In the UK, the ads for these patches also say "requires willpower". From what you've written, it sounds like that's the part of the process you need to find in you. Good luck!

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit , (edited )

Hey @turnerpike20 OP, I saw this on Reddit and thought of you:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1dluz2r/comment/l9rlakb

That I was more addicted to the breaks and deep breathing than I was to the nicotine.

...

Yes! Because what do you do when you smoke? You go outside and take intentional deep breaths and it relaxes you. So, I kept my full routine of breaks when I needed, went outside and took intentional deep breaths. Just this time without a cigarette. Quitting was SO EASY this time and zero cravings. Because it turns out, she was right.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit , (edited )

I was with Three for years. It started off great, but the data throughput got worse and worse, and the prices went up every year.

I wanted EE without paying for EE, and I'm now with 1p Mobile for about a year and it's been perfect.

I've read that the only way to get 'actual' EE is to sign up for an EE contract then hope that you can beat them down on a retention deal when you're out of contract.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

I've found cleaning my nose before bed has helped - remove the day's snot and boogers rather than sleep with it!

Nextcloud appreciation post

After months of waiting, I finally got myself an instance with Libre Cloud. I was expecting basic file storage with a few goodies but boy, this is soooo much more. I am amaze by how complete this is!!! Apps let me configure my instance to fit everything I need, my workflow is now crazy fast and I can finally say goodbye to...

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit , (edited )

Libre Cloud's head office is a unit on an industrial estate: 82A James Carter Rd,
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nu75EEHEDFbY5PMW9
(Update: it's a virtual office address, which doesn't really inspire confidence for me)

They probably colocate at data centres.

Personally, I'm on Hetzner's Storage Share (Nextcloud but without Collabora), and I'd prefer to trust my data to them: https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-share/

Regardless of your choice, I definitely agree that nextcloud rocks.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

I like the system in Singapore. Organ donation is mandatory, though you can complete a form to opt out. If you're on the opt-out register, you have a lower priority to receive organ transplants. Fair is fair.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Yes for zstd. Here's a comparison:

https://github.com/azlux/log2ram#compressor

Comparison of various compression algorithms by ratio, compression throughput, decompression throughput.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Trying to work out why this is a good idea. Please could you explain why?

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Get a used pair of good headphones, buy new replacement ear pads off eBay/AliExpress.

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Chunky chips, McFries, wedges, in a curry, in a soup, roast cubes, ROAST POTATOES!!

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Pi-hole (or my preference Adguard Home) is great for devices connected to your home network. For your phone, go with Blokada (free) or Adguard (iOS, Android, paid - see Stacksocial for occasional license deals) - that'll cover you at home and out of home.

If the order of events were different, what might we be calling smartphones?

I had this shower thought earlier and I actually wanted to post it in that community. The name I came up with was SmartWalkman, but later I realized that Walkman is Sony specific, so I doubt other companies would’ve gone for that name, but I didn’t want to let this shower thought slip so here I am now asking you guys.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Sinclair ZX Hand-Computer.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Watch 'The Wire' - the good guys are bad guys, bad guys are good guys. It's all mixed up!

Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time?

I'm pretty sick of my content addiction, like watching youtube or netflix all the time. I would rather be spending my time otherwise so figured fun things are the best to start. Do you have tips for fun things to do? Or how I could search for them?...

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Thanks for the amazing lists of other things to do. I've got to agree that any form of exercise is the best alternative!
Are you up for sharing your dumb games with us? I'd love to have a go!

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

Ah, that's understandable, we don't want Uncle Jim doxxed over the zombie game.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ,

How about using the free browser-based tier of MS Office 365 https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web - but with an alt email address for this purpose only?

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