tony

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So companies are people when it's convenient for them to be so, and 'just a business' when it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Same here, chrome and ublock origin.. did nothing special at all, never seen any of these popups.

I assume it's a slow rollout and we've both been lucky.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've still yet to see it.. not even had to do any of those things. Something about my setup I guess neutralises it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yeah it's a bit shitty right now.. I applied.. 2k with the 7.5k grant (so the bare cost is 9.5k!). Not cost effective but.. wanted to do my bit.

However, I couldn't go ahead, it just didn't make sense.

To get the grant all rooms must be heated, and the cost of required adaptation of my bathroom to add a radiator of the required size was somewhat eyewatering..
Heat pumps must not cool, otherwise they're not eligible, so I'm still on the hook for AC at some point (given how hot it's getting) which is stupid given they're basically the same tech.
Planning rules state that heat pumps are only permitted development within a very specific set of conditions, and because of the noise they make I would have to get planning permission at my own expense (and my neighbours already complain if we talk too loud so likelihood of actually getting it very low).

And, specific to the installer I was using (Octopus)..

They wanted to install a 1mx1m water tank. That won't fit in the airing cupboard (not even close) so they suggested the kitchen... making it difficult or impossible to open the back door..
Their heat pump (daikin) is about 2m wide. My house is only 7.5m wide, you take off 1m each side for the legal thing where heat pumps have to be 1m from the neighbours boundary, space for the door, some drainage.. the only position they could suggest was the middle of the back yard..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

My first and third vaccine knocked me out for 2 days at a time.. unable to even get out of bed.

Second one, after I'd booked time off work deliberately so I wouldn't surprise anyone by not being there, I had no issues at all...

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

Same here.

I'm guessing US only.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The name just reminds me of the film. So I just assume that like the film the site is nightmare fuel and avoid it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a thing online.. Black Friday week still happens, where they try to get rid of the tat that didn't sell to clear space for christmas shopping.

Physical stores have basically given up I think.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think it's plausible he will actually pull X out of the EU completely and concentrate on the US. Banking regulations around the world vary greatly and I can't see him wanting to handle all that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never seen it despite doing nothing special beyond my normal ad blocking.. it's a partial rollout I think.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Citroen ec3 is 20k although you're not likely to see in the US I suspect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've yet to see a remote website that'll send me 1gbps continuously except a speed test.. and whilst it's nice to see big numbers on those, it isn't really justifying the cost.

Even things like microsoft and steam stuff throttle far lower than that (presumably because they don't want a million people trying to hit them for 1gbps constantly).

Once my minimum term is up on this link I can get a 1.6Gpbs one, but probably won't bother.

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