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This is a weird one. A friend of mine recently moved into their own home and has attempted to return keys to their landlord a few times. They have a busy job (GP) and have made the effort to travel a long way to do so. The ex-landlord keeps arranging meetings at short notice had cancelling at the last minute.

The inspection was done by someone other than the landlord, but wasn't cleared to take the keys!

The landlord's excuse is "they aren't local so it's difficult to arrange things".

It's been 3 weeks. I've suggested the landlord pays for postage and the keys get mailed to them.

Could my friend be held liable for rent?

Edit: England

I live in the UK and the latest heatwave is seriously kicking my ass. I'm waking up dehydrated everyday. I have a pedestal fan that is running 24/7 currently but just isn't enough. So I'm looking for ways to cool my apartment.

Currently there is a continuous mechanical exhaust ventilation unit installed. Each room (other than the hallway) has a vent. There is only one opening to the outside, which is the balcony door (90cmx210cm) . The living room and one bedroom have floor to ceiling windows that face the sun for a large portion of the day. Once the apartment gets hot it stays that way well into the night as there is minimal airflow except for the MEV.

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UPDATE (2019/06/18): Thanks for the help everyone! Turns out there were fractures in the mortar and they just need to get it re-pointed.

Strange marks appearing on wall

More marks have appeared on the side of the wall too

A friend of mine had these odd marks appearing in the corner of their room. Now there's more on face of this wall. One wall is shared with next door and the other is an external wall.

I think it's damp based on the pattern and the fact we've had a lot of rain recently. However my friend says the wall is dry to the touch, so I'm not sure what's going on.

Any help on what it is and how serious this w

After my interview recently I got the following message:

Congratulations you have passed the interview stage. We would like to offer you the HEO Role.

Your status will show as reserve list until allocations have been made.

I'm not completely sure if an actual job offer is imminent or if I've been put on the reserve list. Either way I'm going continue with other applications until it's clear but if anyone with experience in CS could help put me at ease I would be grateful.

The 'p' and '-' keys on my Surface Book have become sticky(?) once pressed in they rise slowly. Most of the time this will register as a single click but on occasion it will register as a continuous press.

It's the dGPU model so I am wondering if there is any way to fix it myself or if the only option is to get it replaced?

If my surface book has been in sleep for any length of time, detaching the screen will cause all touch input to stop working (finger and pen). It is clearly a software issue as a reboot fixes the issue until it is put into sleep again. If anyone has any insight how to fix it that would be great.

Latest update installed: 1607 (KB3176938)

Thanks, Gauntlet

Whenever I put my Surface Book into hibernate and wake it the WiFi stops working, troubleshooting always fixes the issue. Sometimes it's a DNS error and other times the error is "Some protocols are not installed".

I've tried reinstalling the drivers but this doesn't fix anything.

There might be a potential issue due to the VPN app I use (PIA manager). But I doubt this is it.

Any help would be great, thanks!

Just spent an hour and half trying to connect a laptop to a tv at the cottage we're staying at for the bank holiday weekend so everyone can watch movies.

tl;dr: carry a HDMI cable, don't over think it.

#Phase 1: Set up ChromeCast.

No router, no problem. I can use one of our android phone's hotspot function to make it into a router.

Outcome: success.

Smartness Points: 20! {factorial not exclamation point, Nerd Points: Γ(4)}

#Phase 2: Connect Laptop to ChromeCast. Next need to somehow cast videos from the laptop to ChromeCast, there are a bunch of ways - easiest is to set up a DLNA server (Plex, Serveriio, etc), Plex is preferred as I can easily separate the foreign movies from the Engli

I was really enjoyed following the new characters in Uncanny X-Men but have no idea which books they are showing up in now. Namely I'm talking about Triage, Goldballs, Benjamin Deeds, Hijack.

I tend to stop reading comics during events so I'm completely lost after all the pointless shuffling and relaunching occurs.

The song is sung by a male vocalist and the lyrics have the word "beach" in it. It could also possibly have a phrase somewhat like "I thought I couldn't have you until I did".

Objectively it's just your standard pop song. The style sounds recent and while the tempo is slower than a dance track it might not be out of place at a club.

It's all I got, sorry!

Edit: Heard it playing over the radio in Debenhams (a department store in the UK).

80% sure it is not "Lost Frequencies - Are You With Me".

At this point everyone (but Iris) in the Barry's immediate family/friend circle knows about his dual identity. In fact at least 3 villains (Captain Cold, Heatwave and Golden Glider) know. Logically it makes sense to tell Iris to watch out for metahuman activity just in case.

The writers can poke fun all they want but it's still ridiculous and they are the ones making it happen.