I have a small wood-burning stove in my living room. The front is a glass door in an iron frame. When the door is open, I can feel the additional infra-red radiation blasting out. Glass absorbs infra-red so no surprise.
But what effect does this have on the inside of the stove? Does it make it hotter? (I think yes!) Will more heat ultimately be lost up the chimney? Or is this negligible? (I'm not sure!) Will a greater percentage of the heat come out "sideways" through the metal sides? I have a physics degree but I know there are those with post-grad and post-doc qualifications out there!
I want to surprise some friends in California with some gifts as a thank you. I have their street address from visits, so I looked up the postcode zip code on the US Post website. I thought zip codes were 5 digits, but it has come back with 95124-4736. Do I need all 10 characters? Thank you.
I want to surprise some friends in California with some gifts as a thank you. I have their street address from visits, so I looked up the postcode zip code on the US Post website. I thought zip codes were 5 digits, but it has come back with 95124-4736. Do I need all 10 characters? Thank you.
If you have it, I’d use it, but if it’s already sent with the 5 digits, it should be fine.
The extra numbers might make things a tad faster, but it will certainly get there all right without. Most people don’t use them, not having been trained up to them. Businesses do, though. No matter.
I’m (re-)reading J Meade Falkner’s Moonfleet, and the first-person narrator talks of “munching red quarantines from the ruined fruit gardens.” Does anyone know what kind of fruit they are?
What is "co-pilot" in Word and how can I get it to piss off?
I'm trying to make an index which involves a lot of copy-and-paste. I keep getting a box saying co-pilot can help, but it's actually moving words about against my will. I've had to give up meanwhile.
Google tells me that Microsoft Copilot is your companion to inform, entertain, and inspire. but I don't want to be informed, entertained or inspired. I want to copy-and-paste.
How can I get rid of it? I can't believe it's interfering with the simple process of cut-and-paste.
Basically, I've written an article. I want to go through it, cutting and pasting all the names mentioned into a list. I'm then going to use that list to check against the indexes of several hard-copy books by way of fact-checking and making sure I haven't missed anything out.
Very simple.
I don't know what co-pilot thinks I'm trying to do, but it seems to be moving things about and I've stopped before my article becomes gobleydegook.
When I renewed my annual Microsoft subscription recently the price had gone up and included copilot which I didn't want. I did some googling and found a way to remove that option before renewing, and carry on without copilot and at the same price as last year. Sorry I don't recall the actual details of what I had to do, just glad to be without it. Much worse than that old annoying animated paperclip! 📎
Am I right in thinking that while all I was trying to do was use copy-and-paste to create a list to take to the library / archive, it was trying to help me write a whole other article?
What is "co-pilot" in Word and how can I get it to piss off?
I'm trying to make an index which involves a lot of copy-and-paste. I keep getting a box saying co-pilot can help, but it's actually moving words about against my will. I've had to give up meanwhile.
Google tells me that Microsoft Copilot is your companion to inform, entertain, and inspire. but I don't want to be informed, entertained or inspired. I want to copy-and-paste.
Tech help needed from someone who is very phone-savvy and ideally in the UK.
I’m travelling in England now and have to contact my credit card company. Unfortunately, I forgot that if I tried to login online, they would send the 2FA code to my regular number. I don’t have that phone with me — I have my work phone, but I’m using it with a travel e-SIM that doesn’t support voice calling or SMS texting. I’m using iMessage and Facebook Messenger to contact family back home.
I contacted the credit card company by email and their only solution was for me to call their customer service — a collect call to Canada. I don’t know anyone here whose phone I can ask to borrow and the only public phones I can see anywhere are in picturesque red phone boxes that smell of pee. I may be forced to use one, or to ask the hotel can I make an international call on their phone, but meanwhile I thought: maybe there is a messaging app that supports voice calls internationally? I’ve checked around a bit but:
-WhatsApp will only call another WhatsApp number
-Same for FB Messenger, will only call another Messenger contact, not a random landline
-Skype apparently used to do this but got disabled earlier this week!
-Google Voice looked promising but when I downloaded it said “not supported in your country”
Anyone know of an app that can make an international voice call from UK to Canada? Or am I stuck trying to use a public phone box? Do the ones on the streets even work anymore?
I would think you're better off asking the hotel to use a phone, rather than trying to do it from a public call box.
Otherwise you might be able to get a PAYG SIM for 99p and put it in your phone. I'm afraid I don't know if a UK SIM is compatible with a Canadian phone. I believe Lebara is good for international calling. But that may be a complicated option for one phone call.
Yes, asking the hotel is less trouble than getting a new SIM. Finding an app that would do it would be even less trouble, but I’m startup to doubt that the app I need exists.
Two thoughts. Can you access your Canada phone number online to set up a call redirect to your UK number long enough to receive the 2FA code you need? Alternatively, I wonder if something like Zoho Voice would do what you need? Review here
Thanks for the Zoho suggestion, BroJames, will check it out. But yes it does seem like asking the hotel if I can make the call on their phone would work best.
Happy to report that while the hotel could not help (their switchboard phones are not set up for international calls) I was able to find a solution to me problem, contact the credit card company, and get back to enjoying our vacation!
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But what effect does this have on the inside of the stove? Does it make it hotter? (I think yes!) Will more heat ultimately be lost up the chimney? Or is this negligible? (I'm not sure!) Will a greater percentage of the heat come out "sideways" through the metal sides? I have a physics degree but I know there are those with post-grad and post-doc qualifications out there!
If you have it, I’d use it, but if it’s already sent with the 5 digits, it should be fine.
https://www.apartmentguide.com/blog/what-are-the-4-extra-zip-code-numbers/#:~:text=By 1983, as cities grew,apartments within a ZIP code.
I'm trying to make an index which involves a lot of copy-and-paste. I keep getting a box saying co-pilot can help, but it's actually moving words about against my will. I've had to give up meanwhile.
Google tells me that Microsoft Copilot is your companion to inform, entertain, and inspire. but I don't want to be informed, entertained or inspired. I want to copy-and-paste.
Basically, I've written an article. I want to go through it, cutting and pasting all the names mentioned into a list. I'm then going to use that list to check against the indexes of several hard-copy books by way of fact-checking and making sure I haven't missed anything out.
Very simple.
I don't know what co-pilot thinks I'm trying to do, but it seems to be moving things about and I've stopped before my article becomes gobleydegook.
It's in Outlook email as well, infuriating and I can't make it go away.
If you haven't gotten rid of it yet, try this: https://dduane.tumblr.com/post/782163419342274560
Scroll down a little bit and there's lots of detail on how to do it.
I’m travelling in England now and have to contact my credit card company. Unfortunately, I forgot that if I tried to login online, they would send the 2FA code to my regular number. I don’t have that phone with me — I have my work phone, but I’m using it with a travel e-SIM that doesn’t support voice calling or SMS texting. I’m using iMessage and Facebook Messenger to contact family back home.
I contacted the credit card company by email and their only solution was for me to call their customer service — a collect call to Canada. I don’t know anyone here whose phone I can ask to borrow and the only public phones I can see anywhere are in picturesque red phone boxes that smell of pee. I may be forced to use one, or to ask the hotel can I make an international call on their phone, but meanwhile I thought: maybe there is a messaging app that supports voice calls internationally? I’ve checked around a bit but:
-WhatsApp will only call another WhatsApp number
-Same for FB Messenger, will only call another Messenger contact, not a random landline
-Skype apparently used to do this but got disabled earlier this week!
-Google Voice looked promising but when I downloaded it said “not supported in your country”
Anyone know of an app that can make an international voice call from UK to Canada? Or am I stuck trying to use a public phone box? Do the ones on the streets even work anymore?
Otherwise you might be able to get a PAYG SIM for 99p and put it in your phone. I'm afraid I don't know if a UK SIM is compatible with a Canadian phone. I believe Lebara is good for international calling. But that may be a complicated option for one phone call.