andyburke.bsky.social
Ex-clinical trials project manager, father of 2, amateur photographer, would-be writer, musician & geek. Opinions are my own etc. He/him.
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I think they briefly made one for iPhones but they didn’t catch on. There’s something unique about the softness they produce.
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Should also have batteries, heat pump and no gas supply. And an EV charger where possible.
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Resigned my membership today, should really have done it when they abandoned the trans community.
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Don’t forget the tech-bro cult leader that wants to blow up the rival tech-bro cult and is happy to destroy the city in the process.
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How would a subscription work if a homeowner later wanted to sell the property? Would the buyer have to take over the subscription?
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I wouldn’t use the ‘at’. I’d say ‘I’m not feeling myself’, or ‘I’m not myself’. English-English.
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Our local Greggs closed recently, out-competed by artisan bakeries. Yes, I’m in the South.
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Their truth is probably that of the Mail & Telegraph, that Outsiders get fancy housing and lavish benefits from taxpayers.
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Both could be true?
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Wow! I’ll be aiming for RAH tickets. Must be over 30 years since I saw her live!
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Why is this the headline used about the CCC report, rather than the 73% reduction from the previous estimated net cost of transition? Or the updated projections in household savings?
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Planning to visit next week, and I’ve been going through the book again in preparation.
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I’m in the Chilterns (& didn’t mind surface trains) and locals now complain about sinkholes and aquifer damage from the tunnelling.
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But I don’t live near there! 🥲
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Also the costs of maintaining the gas grid will be borne by ever fewer users, pushing prices up further. Unless the taxpayer subsidises billions…
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That ends any chance of meeting the “legally binding” commitment for net zero by 2050.
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Those are only partial solutions as they don’t address the cost disparity between commercial and domestic charging, unless your work subsidises them. My nearest public chargers ( council leisure centre) are 49p per kWh. Domestic would be about half that, or less on an overnight tariff.
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Carbon footprint of EVs is clearly lower than petrol cars from about 20k miles onwards and will improve as the grid decarbonises further. www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ev-fossil-...
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Big issue is the cost of charging for those that can’t charge at home. Currently the charging cost for about half the UK population is very similar to petrol cost, so no financial incentive to get an EV. Home charging is much cheaper.
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youtu.be/5DwsT7QCf3M?...
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Nothing to do with parental rights. Blockers are being banned regardless of parental wishes.
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Agreed, there was a lot of domestic coal use in the 70s.
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I’d guess 1974-ish.
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I can’t understand why tests are transferable. They should only be useable by the learner that books them and learners only allowed to have one booking at a time.
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Check if there’s a space being added either before or after the password?
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Is anyone doing a smart battery system that charges when electricity is abundant and cheap and discharges when scarce and expensive?
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I suspect this is in part driven by the desire to get some people sentenced very fast. It must be simpler to get someone to plead guilty to a PO offence if there is clear video evidence, than to build a case for terrorism or under relatively new law.