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steve

@steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org

|🦆| Climber, windsurfer, Welsh speaker, Technical Director of https://social.opendium.com/@opendium |🐱| Dringwr, hwylfyrddwr, siaradwr Cymraeg, Cyfarwyddwr Technegol https://social.opendium.com/@opendium |🦆|

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mattgrayyes, to random
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There is a deer park in Eastnor and it is very muddy.
Very muddy.

steve,
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@pa3weg @mattgrayyes bog snorkeling muddy?

18+ revk, (edited ) to random
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At this point, I don't even question Labour policies. They will have a shit load that is bad or stupid, I am sure.

All politicians are problematic. But at this stage, after so many years of so much shit, I have to say "things can only get better".

And I say that as someone that is running a company, with many staff, and many taxes to pay, knowing I have to seriously consider tax changes that Labour may bring to my personal detriment.

The country needs change, any change!

steve,
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@revk @srtcd424 Octopus are probably the single reason I support privatised energy. I can't imagine a nationalised organisation doing the kind of innovative stuff that they are doing. But National Grid, OTOH should surely be public.

steve,
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@revk @tripplehelix problem is, if you vote for a shit party because they are not quite as shit as the other party, the one thing you're guaranteed is that, one way or the other, we'll be ruled by a shit party.

Edent, to business
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🆕 blog! “Is it rude to make a profit from your friends?”

You're in a restaurant with a group of friends. The waiter won't let you split the bill, so you offer to pay for it on your card and have your friends send you their share. How much would you charge them for that service? That sounds absurd, right? OK, you might agree to split the […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/05/is-it-rude-to-make-a-profit-from-your-friends/
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steve,
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@Edent FWIW, I would happily have a pint and a good conversation with a large chunk of my dayjob customers. Doesn't mean they don't get billed :)

revk, to random
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You gotta think...

If a star ship keeps its "number" when a new one of the same name replaces it...

Like 1701 -> 1701-A, etc.

That means they created 1700 star ships not call "Enterprise" first (after "NX-01").

Why would they do that?

What was the massive lul in ships called "Enterprise" caused by?

steve,
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@revk maybe some of the digits are check digits?

beasts, to random
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Another large language model scraper blocked. This graph is from a site which runs a tool generating answers for people doing important research work. The AI scraper sent hundreds of thousands of lookup requests evading rate limits by using about a thousand IPs and pinned multiple webservers at 100% CPU (graph from one attached). This is a massive waste of electricity to train a hallucination machine.

steve,
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@beasts I wonder if there's any possibility of a criminal investigation against companies that are sponsoring an (effective) DDoS.

steve, to TeslaMotors
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So, after 1st April 2025, EVs will be charged £190/year vehicle excise duty. Does that mean I can SORN my car in March and immediately retax it to get a free 12 month VED?

#ev #tax

revk, to random
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Fuck

steve,
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@revk hoping thats just the filter...

steve, to homeassistant
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Well this is going well... #homeassistant has not renewed its own LetsEncrypt certificate, so I can't access the web interface. I can find no instructions telling me how the hell to renew it manually from the commandline, and no logs telling me WTF it hasn't renewed...

steve,
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@nlpbot HAOS, so everything is in a container. I've tried manually starting the letsencrypt container, but it just exits without doing anything (and without logging anything useful)

steve,
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@nlpbot Yep, looks like manually starting the container now has renewed it, so possibly HA just hasn't been running the container. In any case, its not helpful when all the instructions just tell you to use the web interface that isn't accessible :)

steve,
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@nlpbot ah, key bit from the documentation that I missed "Certificates are not renewed automatically by the plugin".. really helpful!

steve, to diy
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I wonder if B&Q ever considered how much their website harms their brick & mortar stores. I used to check the B&Q website before going to the store to see if they had what I want in stock, but now the website is a "market place", which means 95% of the stuff on there is never available in store - its mostly sold online and shipped by third parties. There's no way to filter out this crap, so now I can't check if I'll have a wasted journey, so I go to their competitors' stores instead.

steve,
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@Soupy51 When I'm in the middle of a job and need a tool / piece of ardware / etc right now I am not going to order online from some random supplier that happens to be selling through B&Q's website and wait a week for the delivery. I'm going to drive to the local DIY store and pick it up within a few minutes. I can either drive to B&Q, having been unable to check the stock first, or I can drive to a competitor that I know has it in stock because they have a website that tells me.

steve,
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@Soupy51 FWIW, B&Q's website is actually really good for stuff that is sold in the stores - it tells me how many items are in stock at each store, and which aisle they are on. The problem is that they have turned it into a "market place" for random other companies to sell online-only, and there is no way to filter them out. All they need to do is have an option to filter out products that aren't sold in the stores.

steve,
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@NAB Of course, Screwfix and B&Q are the same company. :)

It does seem weird - seems like they have missed what people use their website for. If people want something by mail order from a random seller, I imagine they will go to Amazon, Ebay or Aliexpress first. Whereas some people will order online from B&Q because they trust the brand, some for click & collect, and I imagine the majority are just stock-checking before going to the store. Making the website a marketplace serves none of these.

steve,
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@NAB Oddly enough, the website lets you filter out things that can't be delivered directly to your home, but won't let you filter out stuff that isn't in the store. Its almost like they are trying to push everything online, which completely misses what I've always used B&Q for.

steve,
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@NAB Yeah, Screwfix and B&Q are both owned by Kingfisher - their stock isn't identical, but there's a lot of overlap and Screwfix is usually cheaper.

And Wickes used to be part of Travis Perkins but I think they have split apart now.

Edent, to random
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My home battery has saved us about 1 MEGAWATTHOUR of electricity in less than a year.

Looking at a payback period of under 8 years - depending on what electricity prices do in the meantime.

Combined with solar power and a time-of-day dynamic pricing, this has been a great way to use more of our power locally.

https://botsin.space/@solar/112431524729995323

steve,
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@Edent I'm on Intelligent Octopus Go, so 7.5p/kwh for electrons overnight... Is PV actually worth it if you have a battery and can charge it at 7.5p/kwh?

jasonkoebler, to random
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Scoop: Solar storm is causing farmers' tractor GPS systems to go haywire. Many have shut down planting altogether during a critical period. A Deere dealer said accuracy is "extremely compromised"

https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

steve,
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@jasonkoebler I mean, farmers already have to accommodate weather, having to also take space weather into account doesn't seem like a huge leap...

"We’ve just had two beautiful days from a weather perspective of being able to plant and you know, we just have to sit here."

But you never hear "We've just had 21 beautiful years from a space weather perspective of being able to plant, but it's been pissing it down all weekend."

steve, to random
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Absolutely kicking myself that I never thought to take a timelapse of last night's . It isn't as though I didn't have all the necessary equipment with me.

steve, to random
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Last night's photos from the top of

Aurora borialis
Aurora borialis

andyprice, to random
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No sky disco visible here, as far as I can tell. Guess I'll just enjoy the #aurora hashtag instead.

steve,
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@andyprice we went out to Cefn Bryn and the show was surprisingly good. Lots of pinks and greens.

steve, to random
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<emails Big Clive to ask if he wants a rather wet smart socket>

steve, to privacy
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Ho humm, witness statements due by 14:00 on Monday and I've not seen hide nor hair of the defendant's...

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