SpatchyIsOnline

@SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Managing Subscriptions: Rocket Money Alternatives?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I read about ActualBudget and although it’s not the most useful thing for me (I only have one bank account and my finances are about as simple as you can get), I spun up a docker container for it anyway out of curiosity. It allows you to categorise all your transactions and set up rules with simple name matches and even regex for more advanced matching. It took me a couple of hours to create all my rules but future transactions should now be categorised automatically. There’s also a tab where you can setup charts and graphs to see visually how much you’ve spent on certain categories in the last X days and so on.

  It might be overkill for what you’re looking for, but you might find it useful or just nice to have for other reasons, and it certainly should cover your use case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Private parking rules review prompted by £2,000 five-minute fine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember: If they can use ANPR to send you a large fine, they could just use it to charge you for the parking in the first place. The only reason they don’t is corporate greed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Old fashioned⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would argue that keeping your own digital library on a home server is “better” (more convenient) than a bunch of discs that will also degrade over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New plans to ensure the BBC’s financial sustainability set out by the Culture Secretary⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are only two actions that require a TV license:

  • Using BBC iPlayer for any reason
  • Watching live broadcast TV from any source

  YouTube does not have a broadcasting licence (granted by Ofcom) so YouTube live streams do not count as broadcast TV.

  At least I’m pretty sure that’s how that works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨gen z gorillas⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The poachers have just been selectively breeding hyper intelligent apes this whole time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cost of ‘bat shed’ to protect colony near HS2 has topped £100m, chair says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’ve heard of “Bike Shedding” (wasting time arguing about a pointless tangent)

  Now get ready for “Bat Shedding” (wasting money arguing about a pointless tangent)