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Dave Akerman
@daveake.bsky.social
Campervan owner. 3D printing shop. High-altitude balloonist. Radio ham M0RPI. PC/mobile/embedded programmer using Delphi, Lazarus/FPC and C.
Complain to your ruler.
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I'll press 1️⃣ for a callback then 😁
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The idea of limiting cash ISA deposits does seem odd, given that as you say a MMF in an S&S ISA is still very cash-like. Or just leave it as cash in a T212 ISA for example.

Education seems a much better route to encouraging investment. And removing stamp duty on UK investments!
September 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I had a similar experience when I left a camera bag behind at South Ken. I noticed before I got to the next station, got the first train back, and the platform staff soon reunited me with my expensive cameras.
September 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ah, the infamous ballpoint mouse driver, outliving the actual hardware by decades, and STILL causing trouble.
May 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Briefly
April 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Any article with "XX issues", and especially "XX issues warning", is made up nonsense.
April 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
With impressive forward thinking and financial planning, I was born a few days early and just before that table starts.
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Apparently if you mix green with orange, now you get red.
April 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Sounds good but I don't think I can eat a whole one.
April 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Easily done!

My pet peeve with shared designs is they often aren't oriented for printing. Even ignoring that, many don't seem to be designed with printing in mind, so they'll have overhangs that could have been easily reworked to remove the need for supports which, aside from PLA, can be a pain.
March 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Life with 3D printers is a never ending path up the curve of learning new and exciting failure modes.
March 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hate that. Be very careful that you don't induce a twist yourself as it's easy to do if you let go of the end when handling the reel.
March 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Not had one of those for ages. Shame as they get awfully confused when I push them off their script :). These days it's mainly a robocall from "bank security".
March 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM