And now it works. We'll done DD.

What's your primary source now?

That new fact checking twitter account

Use afp and Reuters feeds for headlines and commentary-free (theoretically) news and updates.

Generally rely on named commentators for opinion and features. Twitter can lead to interesting stuff and counter points etc.

The Google pixel 4 apparently has the best camera.

My wife is the same. Wants a good camera but isn't really bothered about the rest of the phone. I'm considering getting her a good compact camera (with some sort of WiFi connectivity so it automatically backs up her pictures), because the quality of image you get from a £300 - 400 compact will be massively better than any phone at a similar price point.

I'm surprised there's not an android camera that has app store access so you've got all those apps built in, but have a top camera to go with it. That would surely be an Instagramers wet dream?

The one Gav has, I can't remember the model.

I've got the mate 20 Pro, seems pretty good.

HawBawJaws wrote:

I've got the mate 20 Pro, seems pretty good.

Being from the deepest whitest south, do you think there's a "mush 20 Pro" variant I could get hold of?

Let us talk of hobs.

In the past I have always had a gas hob which to me is the optimum form of hob.

Currently I have a steel plate hob which is a massive pile of shite. Stupidly slow to heat up, impossible to adjust and will stay hot for a good hour after. Plus it has stains welded on from previous users and the usual worn off metal etched markings.

I was going to install a gas hob but for the time I am planning on staying here it isnt really worth paying to have it plumbed in. Plus whoever I sell to will likely rent the place, gas isn't attractive to landlords because of the fire risk.

I would still like to replace the loathsome shit cunt hob I have.
So my options are ceramic or induction. I think I will have to replace all my pans bar one for induction, plus they are a bit more expensive.

How good are ceramic hobs at heating up and adjusting? The best I can find online is "quicker than plate hobs" but that could be anything from a brief delay to an hour.
I can handle a short delay if it saves me a bit of money.

You can buy a single induction hob btw and just plug it in. Brilliant things.

The thing about induction is it makes you buy decent pots a pans. Ones that last decades. Heavy based stuff that heats evenly and doesn't have burn spots, but also retains heat which means you need a much lower power level to cook stuff, although it takes a little longer to get to temp.

Does cast iron work on induction hobs? I had assumed they wouldn't.

Yep. Everything SG said. Also, induction hobs are absolutely piss easy to keep clean, on account of being a single smooth glass surface. Bonus points if you can get an induction hob which has physical dials rather than touch controls. I found touch controls really annoying when I had them.

Induction hob tech has moved on a fair bit and the cooking surface these days is a glass/ceramic hybrid. They’re ace.

SpaceGazelle wrote:

Iron is magnetic. They work really well.

For some reason I thought there needed to be two different types of metal. Not sure where I got that idea from.