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One thing I’ve seen people talking about is the metadata library, which is apparently very good

I’ll note that I use LibreELEC as that handles HDR (I couldn’t get other Kodi installs working with HDR)

There are a few things about Kodi that might help:

1. There are themes thay completely change the UI, so it doesn’t have to be outdated. I use Arctic: Zephyr – Reloaded and it is much better, though I did change the noises to something else.
2. The Jellyfin plugin works pretty seamlessly if you set up the UI correctly. I only use Kodi for Jellyfin and it acts as if it’s all local files, other than the occasional syncing notice.

However, I feel you on Netflix, YouTube, etc. - it is not ideal. I ended up either logging into a separate partition or moving to a Chromecast for those things. I’d love an all-in-one solution but I haven’t managed to find one that I’d be happy with.

1. There are coverage maps by different networks, so check them for where you’re going to live. O2, EE, and 3 are probably the main decent networks—a lot of other networks piggyback on their transmitters and may be a good price too, but make sure you’ll get good enough signal where you’ll be. You will get good enough signal in most places with any of those, but they do have some bad areas and you don’t want that to be your home or work!
2. I like Nationwide, which is a building society (largely due to ethical reasons but they also have a better high street presence than most banks).
3. Supermarkets do have sushi. There is a hierarchy of quality/cost. M&S is very expensive and sells all own brands. Waitrose is fancy and can be expensive but their veg does last better and the food is higher quality, plus they do have their more basic range so it doesn’t have to be ridiculously costly. Both Tesco and Saintsbury’s are decent, usually are either huge or little local stores, and like most have a basic range. Morrison’s are similar to Tesco and Saintsbury’s. Iceland focuses on cheap and frozen goods. Aldi and Lidl are pretty good, a bit of a random selection at times but cheap for what you get.
4. It’s fairly easy to move GP, so long as you find one that has space. I don’t see a downside to getting one ASAP.
5. That’s a rough age to be different, and it honestly depends on the location as to how easy that’ll be. I’m afraid I don’t have any ssuggestions other than look into clubs and activities outside of school to give her a wider net.
6. There are CitizenCards that can be used, which is safer than potentially losing your passport. In the past people have got provisional driving licences for the purpose of an ID, which could work too.
7. Utilities are often not included and you should only need a deposit (around 1 months rent). Protections are better here but you can still get screwed. Make sure the deposit is in a deposit protection scheme, and make sure the state of the place is properly documented (they should do this as part of an inventory but make sure it’s accurate). Look up your rights to avoid being swindled.
8. IKEA is good. Second hand is more of a gamble but cheaper. I know many use FB marketplace, but eBay and Gumtree are both options too.
9. IKEA is one of the better options for basic but decent housewares. Supermarkets often do some stuff too.
10. M&S do some basic but decent work stuff that is more affordable. I believe the quality has gone down a bit but they are still better than most that I’ve found.
11. They are a bit for fibre but not for regular broadband, though that is changing. Some rented places don’t like you to change utilities, so it may be easiest to stick with what’s already there.
12. I believe it is for iPlayer but you’ll find good articles online for this.
13. Corned beef means a different thing here—I believe what you call corned beef is what we call salt beef. Getting breakfast out is less of a thing here but there are decent “greasy spoons” (cafés that do good fried breakfasts) in most places.
14. Taco Bell has started to exist in the UK but it’s not exactly good. There are some but you’ll have better luck in bigger metropolitan areas. We have different cuisines here due to the difference in historical immigration, so hopefully you’ll find some stuff you like there too.
15. No idea, sorry.
16. It depends. Start off with smart trousers a shirt and you can always dress down from there. Hopefully you’ll get a sense from interviews. It might even be a good question to ask during an interview, as it shows you care and are willing to fit in.
17. No, sorry.
18. Some public toilets require a few coins, a pound is used for unlocking trollies (shopping carts) at some supermarkets, but most places don’t need cash. Some places do prefer it though, so I like to carry a bit (£10-20 plus coins) with me just in case.
19. It is less of a thing here but I suspect it’ll be relevant for loans, mortgages etc.
20. Oh fuck, I guess I regret typing all of this now, you heathen (honestly, it’s polarising here and I like it occasionally but don’t love it).

I didn’t mean to go through all the questions but I got carried away, so hope thay helps!

Excited teenagers definitely would. Honestly, I bet anyone that sees the marketing for a game they’re excited for and hasnt been burned before in that way is a prime candidate for preordering.

I agree that it’s a bad idea to preorder or pay extra, especially with Ubisoft. However, following that logic they are basically preying on people new to the hobby, which sucks and deserves to be called out.

Ah, thanks for the answer, I’d missed this on the GH page. Unfortunately, that’s not what I’m after as I know I will end up with a complete mess of unusable notes or not use it at all if there are any stages of choosing a note type.

Ideally, I want version controlled, editable, searchable, taggable paper I don’t have to file away, which I can also type on and use other digital tools with (e.g for things like diagrams, spreadsheets). I haven’t seen anything particularly close to what I’m after yet but I’m hopeful that it’ll come eventually.

Is handwriting & drawing support planned?

Glad I could help! I wasn’t sure if I was missing something in what you were trying to do - I get that in some cases folding in those features can make things a lot easier.

Don’t really understand why you’re overriding __new__. Surely it’d work better to use:

def __init__(self, source: str | Path, *args: Any) -> None:
        super().__init__(Path(source, *args).expanduser().resolve())

But this removes self.__source and the property. I’m not sure what the advantage of using that is but you could always set that before the line super().__init__(Path(source, *args).expanduser().resolve()).

EDIT: if I’ve completely misunderstood, please could you explain? I don’t really understand what subclassing is trying to achieve here, other than simplifying access to certain os.path functions.

Sounds like you were engaging in whataboutism and that was the problem

Some Asian markets don’t use it, so there are some exceptions. This becomes important when the other requirements filter it down so much (but this was more of a problem a few years ago).

Sony is shifty with their PlayStation practices but their phones are genuinely good - seems like they are closer with the camera part of the business, which is pretty well liked from what I understand. The software support (or lack of) is the main issue but the hardware is clearly made by people that care (although apparently not enough about overheating on the IV series).

I miss my G6 a lot - easily the phone I was most happy with. Sadly, mine had battery issues years ago.

Why do I love the phones of (potentially) soon to be dying (phone divisions of) companies? I should ask a therapist.

As someone who just switched to an Xperia as it’s one of the few phones that still has a headphone jack, NFC, and microSD slot, this sucks. The software support is the biggest problem IMO because the rest is great.

It’s very good but very expensive and the software support is not defined (but previous ones have been 2 years of security updates, which is terrible). I’m hoping Lineage OS will extend the usefulness or I may regret it. I couldn’t find another phone that had microSD and headphone jack that I wanted.

Sony Xperia 1V

I had that only when they got damaged, but they easily get damaged

I have had similar issues with USB-C ports but avoid wireless charging as it often causes damage to the battery via excess heating (particularly if not perfectly aligned). I’d give up a 3.5mm jack for a redundant USB-C.

There are but they are not reliable, even from reputable companies. I had both the ones I tried break very quickly, and moved back to requiring a headphone jack after that.