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[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 minutes ago

Some people still complain about slow charging on EVs. Most electric cars have no problem getting 3.5 miles per kWh. A standard UK wall plug can safely provide 13A, and while the voltage is notionally 230V it's actually more than that for most people, but even if we ignore that, 230V × 13A ≈ 3kW, so an overnight charge of, say, eight hours on a standard wall plug gives you 3kW × 8h × 3.5mi/kWh ≈ 84 miles of range for under £5 if you pay 25p/kWh. I've said it before; if you can afford an electric car, you can't afford not to have an one.

Space is the stinker, of course. A lot of people don't have a spot on their property they can park their car, but for those that do it's a no-brainer.

Also, heat pumps are basically magic. Why they're not mandatory on new-builds, I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

The entire thing should be "Italy", surely?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

"No", is the answer, but with good reason. Eutelsat's LEO offering is of a far higher standard than the Dipshit's, but the cost of the service and equipment is way higher too because they're not focusing on individuals and households, but on entire villages, research stations, phone towers, factories, cruise ships, oil platforms and the like. The stakes, demands, and loads are greater.

That said, I really wish they would bring out a SoHo-grade product.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Six word horror story.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fucki-, just, fucking fuck off.

Upvoted, obvs. But still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Agreed, the current batch of Office icons - and the updated versions rolling out soon - are excellent. I'm a big fan. But I still wish Outlook was gold.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I'm still pissed off that they dropped the gold(ish) colour for Outlook.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

That'd be esteemed British author Georgie Orrell, author of such whimsical classics as "Now the Animals Are Running The Farm!", "My Big Day Out At Wigan Pier" and, of course, "Winston's Zany Eighties Adventure".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's really clever. If you've not noticed it yet: if you hold your phone at arms length and blur your vision it creates the illusion of a vague blob that doesn't look like Taylor Swift.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"The anxiety of an man with the ability to be rendered into glue after death of a horse."

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"Tina, you fat lard, come get some dinner."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

An excellent adaptation, except they cut his rant about Aquaman. Also:

Tap for spoilerA pair of boobs -> ( .Y . )

 

The UK is currently experiencing some prolonged windy weather and my all-renewable energy provider offers dynamic pricing. That means cheap energy and even negative-cost energy. This is where my HA instance shines and saves me a fortune on my power bill. Thanks again to the HA devs for this incredible project.

For the curious, I'm using bottlecapdave's excellent Home Assistant Octopus Energy integration via HACS.

 

I'm on an electricity tariff with dynamic pricing. The last week has been pretty rough in fairness, but generally it's really rewarding on most days and sometimes, on days like this, it's amazing.

Based on my past calculations, whenever the cost is below ~20p, I'm paying less for heating than I would with a gas boiler. Where the cost of energy is negative, I'm essentially getting paid to use surplus energy.

 

These water fountains flow constantly with fresh drinking water for anyone to use and they are everywhere in Rome. Covering the spout with your finger forces the water out a hole on top, creating a arch of water at perfect 𝓼𝓵𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 height. The Romans were/are with us.

 

The apartment blocks - two of perhaps a hundred - are surrounded by open greenery, wide walkways and dense tram networks. Most of them have café bars, bookstores, grocery stores or the like on the ground level and loads of benches, play areas and exercise equipment dotted about. The place is rife with Third Places.

The remarkable thing about these is that, to the locals, they seem fairly unremarkable.

 

Does anyone know a way of calculating the amount of heating I need to maintain an average temperature in terms of kWh of heating per 24 hours? Ideally one taking into account weather conditions.

I have a pretty big Home Assistant setup which includes switches for individually controlling all the (electric) heaters in my home. I'm also using an electricity supplier that changes the amount they charge every 30 minutes to reflect supply and demand. Given these rates are published at least 24 hours in advance I can currently choose a number of hours to run the heaters per day and have an automation automatically select the cheapest periods. I'm paying less per kWh for heating than I would if I was using a gas boiler. Plus, it's all from renewables, so working out that number of hours is the next step.

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