Background: we're first time buyers who had our offer accepted in February.

We've had a smooth process so far, including an initial reduction of ~£5000 to cover a new roof since the house is Edwardian (ca. 1905) and has the original roof still. At this point, we've got deeds and transfer docs signed so if we were to drop other issues it would be ready for transfer of contracts.

However, one sticking point is what our surveyor spotted in the loft with the structual support for the chimney breast. It appears to be supported by a gallows bracket that was fitted with screws (not bolts) and "wouldnt pass building control" in his own words.

We've requested certificates for the work done here and it appears the vendor doesn't have any. It is possible the work was done before this was as strictly required as now, but we're worried that this can vause issues for buildings insurance etc. if something crops up later. Regularisation is also pretty hefty (~£1000 for Stockport CBC) and could take a long time.

Personally, I don't see it caving in any time soon, but I know there are horror stories, and the vendor has been fair so far (they're living away in London so likely want it over with) but my gut is also telling me to get more info.

What do you think?

GNOME announced an interim director of Richard Littauer, who joined last week.

Holly's resignation appears to be personal, as she intends to pursue a PhD in Psychology.

Sure, I could just google this, and I have! However, the results are a bit confusing:

Plex Documentation

"Only Intel and Nvidia" Sure, cool.

Literally every other forum discussing this stuff

"Oh yeah I used my [Not Intel or Nvidia chip] and it worked out of the box"

So which is it? Because I'm really not interested on supporting Intel, but if getting HW Transcoding Plex requires them then I'll have to consider migrating to Jellyfin.

What is it?

You can use Smokeless_UMAF to configure almost all options on AMD systems including UMA Buffer size (For systems like the steamdeck and laptops), RAM overclocking, CPU power states and voltage settings, and much more, even if your system's BIOS doesn't expose the option for you.

Tutorial for increasing your UMA buffer on an AMD Phoenix Laptop

Boot into a FAT32 drive with the downloaded Zip extracted to the root, and then use the "Device Manager" section to locate the UMA buffer size.

The location within the utility is at

Device Manager > AMD CBS > NBIO Common Options.

Once set, back out and apply the changes, rebooting your system. You can then confirm that the option has been applied by checking your system monitor of choice (Windows > Task Manager, Linux > Whatever) and checking to see if your available RAM has decreased (indicating greater allocation of memory to the iGPU).

This may not remain applied through BIOS updates, and may cause hardware damage if misconfigured, and may result in an unbootable system if misused or by chance. You may need to reset your BIOS if that's the case, if possible by your system manufacturer.

A sad day for emulation and open source advocates, and a reminder that Nintendo can and will destroy you if they see fit.

Hopefully their works will live in the saved repos just as ReVanced was able to live on after YouTube shut the original project down.