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    I sometimes listen to to my second system Marantz CR612 later in the evening through headphones. Would I seem much improvement from...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Room 101.
    They were going to ban them from 2035 but those plans have been dropped in favour of "encouraging" people to install heat pumps via...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread android box.
    Especially true with ITV about to be sold to Comcast. It may be that the solution is probably to merge the state owned Channel 4 into...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Room 101.
    I'm frequently told off for producing boring and irrelevant facts. In terms of anything practical, I'm useless. So I'll stick myself in...
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    DCarmi reacted to Jasonovich's post in the thread Room 101 with Like Like.
    Would you like to join our Trivia Team! Ha ha ha
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Room 101.
    Easy one! When a ancient computers "booted" they fired up low level code to load the OS. This was called the bootstrap loader. The...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Room 101.
    It dates back hundreds of years. In horse drawn carriages the coachman stored his boots in the coaches "boot locker", which was...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Does streaming make us lazy?.
    Very true. I hardly ever use track skip on a CD and just about never using Vinyl. When streaming I do often hop around from track to...
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    DCarmi reacted to matthewpianist's post in the thread Does streaming make us lazy? with Like Like.
    Whether or not streaming sounds better is a matter of opinion. I would certainly say it is as good as CD, but there are questions over...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Does streaming make us lazy?.
    One thing I did notice, when Spotify Wrapped hit my phone, was how much less I streamed this year than previous ones. There was also a...
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    I probably would not wish to rely on the state pension if you have 22 years left. I'm fairly sure there will be some major changes...
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Room 101.
    Which is why I would consider cancelling. However, I'd get some grief, from the other half.
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    DCarmi replied to the thread Room 101.
    Yeah! Well! It hasn't worked with me. My prime viewing has dropped by about 70%. I don't even look to see what I might be missing. If...
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    Our Ford has the factory fitted Ford badged stuff which is pants. I don't know who specs audio for cars and whether they actually bother...