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Reducing noise from petrol hedge trimmers
My petrol hedge trimmers are very loud and l looking at ways to reduce the noise that they produce to avoid annoying my neighbours. I am thinking of making a small additional silencer to attach to the exhaust. I have a basic design in mind which involves quite a bit of metal cutting and welding, but is there another easier…
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Any suggestions why this appears to be a contradiction please?.
I have a chomebook that I thought was sluggish, EE sent me a smart router to replace my 6yr old one, connected ok on Saturday, thought I would powerwash chromebook today and have. Ran a speedtest and it's thus:- Ping 17
Download 55.65
Upload 18.48 Yet the little clock states WEAK SIGNAL. To me that seems odd. Any idea's…
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Unable to install latest version of Google Earth or am I?
I have a chromebook. The version of Google Earth appears out-dated. There isn't an option for GE app in Playstore for chromebooks. The Pro version could be used if there was Linux on my device. Am I stuffed? or does anyone have a suggestion please?.
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Best way to play music from memory stick in my old car
I have a 15 year old car, sound system is good,CD slot but no Aux point, I want to play MP3 music from my memory stick and have been told I need an FM transmitter plugged in the lighter socket. Is that the best option? And does anyone know a good make/model to buy
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DSLR camera for beginners?
Not a seasoned photographer at all but would like to get better photos. From talking to various people offline I've been pointed towards looking at DSLR cameras. Now not wanting to jump in with both feet and spend thousands I'm wondering where to begin. Primarily I'd be looking at two ends of a distance scale. Good macro…
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Kindle Fire for Kids - would like to backup videos onto my computer, not onto Amazon Photos
So i have 2 Kindle Fire Kids tablets, 2 kids who take lots of videos and an inability to copy the videos to my computer. The Amazon Photos app has a limit of 5gb for videos (infinite for pics) and I'd like to copy these over to my computer so I can upload them to onedrive (which has gigs of free space). Now, I can't for…
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Unable to recycle Canon Ink jet cartridges for charity
Hello, I have 23 empty, genuine Canon ink cartridges (mainly CLI-571XL but a couple of PGBK-570XL) Previously I thought I was making a small donating to charity when giving them for recycling but have now seen they are not on the list for which charitable donations are made. At worst I can send them to Canon but I would…
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.com website domain already taken — game over?
Would appreciate your input on this please. I’ve been trying to come up with a brand name for a small enterprise and after 100+ attempts, thought I finally had a good one: minimal google hits and no preexisting commercial use to be seen. However, the .com is being sat upon with the landing page just showing an email…
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Smart home help!
Hi, I'm doing a full refurbishment of my house and was planning on adding a few smart devices. I am looking to add, Boiler nest thermostat A few smart light bulbsUnderfloor heating smart thermostat My question is, do I need to use the app for each app to control each of the above? So for example, Neat app for thermostat,…
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Portable wifi/tether
A family member may need to make provision for internet/wifi to work from home after moving house as the internet people cant install for 2 weeks after his move. I was looking at a mifi/portable wifi unit for him but I thought that as I have a spare iPhone, maybe the easy option is to get an unlimited data sim and he…
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NHS App (England) - appointment booking
Since getting the NHS app I've found prescriptions are so much easier to deal with. I have tried to book an appointment once or twice on it and its always said nothings available. Tried the other day and suddenly it allowed me to book but only a cervical smear test. Now I have to admit I've never had one but as a 40 year…
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Is anyone else having problems with iPlayer?
I have VirginMedia 200Mb cable. Over the last few days, iPlayer has become virtually unusable because of buffering. I have done all the usual reboots etc. and have no problem with other streaming and download sites, all of which operate at full speed but all my devices, both wired and wifi, buffer constantly when accessing…
