antronicsltd.bsky.social
Developer of embedded microntroller-based systems. Contract/consultant. Specialist in IoT, M2M communications and interfacing.
May also contain cats, steam engines, and more.
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Someone's done a Lego version
youtu.be/Sv5iEK-IEzw?...
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"I am Vader ..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxX7...
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Fuel use is also directly related to mileage.
also more immediately related.
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and twice that with #Marmite
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can I be the first to say ...
"SCORCHIO!!"
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Probably not good from a road safety perspective?!
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Better to just make it mileage based.
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Does the same apply to alcohol duties?
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There is a similarly-named house in our street, and we sometimes get their mail/deliveries.
We once received a complete BT Broadband kit - someone had put the wrong address on it.
(it wasn't even for the namesake house)
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Indeed.
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As opposed to public transport, taxis, hire, etc - where all the overheads (and profit) are included at the point of use.
2/2.
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I think a lot of people don't understand how much it really costs per mile to own & run a car.
The most they see at the point of use is the fuel cost - which is only a small fraction of the total.
1/2 ...
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It's also a problem that hiring a vehicle is such a faff!
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A lot about cars is driven by the exceptional cases; eg,
* People buy large cars for the occasional case when loads of space is needed.
* People worry about range even though the vast majority of trips are short.
etc.
Which is understandable for an ownership model.
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Could this be what Jesus was referring to when he said, "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny?"
www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea...
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Yep.
Meg could hear a can opening at 100yds - could come charging in from the garden!
Wasn't always so good at distinguishing the type of can, though - which could lead to disappointment!
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"Unlike in America, all pints in the UK are the same measurement of liquid"
So a "pint" in America is a variable quantity??!
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"Fail safe" ??!??
This is clearly some new meaning for the word "safe" of which we were previously unaware!
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I've seen blue ones before, but not red.
According to the British Dragonfly Society, they're "restricted to heathlands in southern England and west Wales" - so this one must have been lost!
british-dragonflies.org.uk/species/smal...
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My first for this year - a Small Red Damselfly. It also obligingly posed.
Don't recall having seen one of these before.
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Small Red Damselfly by our garden pond.
Apparently, "Restricted to heathlands in southern England and west Wales"
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that's a chilling prospect ...
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although the former does require fixing the latter.
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More power ...
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also wonder how the overall cost of millions of small panel installations on individual domestic roofs (though good) compares with nuclear plant producing the same amount of electricity?
TL;DR - how do the £/kWh compare?
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I thought that was the UDP gag...?
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Retailers should be compelled to show IN LARGE PRINT that these are illegal to use in public spaces.
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Indeed.
Makes little sense to compel panels without also compelling batteries.
Maybe in the (supposedly "rare") exemptions from fitting panels, there should still be a requirement to fit batteries?
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Because housebuilders just see it as a cost, to be avoided to boost their bottom line.
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As others have said, there should also be an obligation to design for optimum solar capture - not just bolt-on as an after thought.
Hopefully see use of integrated solar as part of the roof - rather than just bolt-on like a retro-fit
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They can - but will it be *required* by the rules?
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AIUI they're treated as pushbikes *provided* they only assist while pedalling *and* no assistance over 15mph.
The ones which are (or have been modified to be) basically just electric motorbikes are not legal.
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They are already illegal in public spaces - but it's barely enforced.
See also eScooters.
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You should post more on this - maybe a thread ... ?
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This one cites a 2.7mph reduction in Bristol, and 1.9mph in Calderdale - although doesn't say whether that's mean, peak, or what:
www.20splenty.org/20mph_casual...
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James Bond was always dashing about doing stuff.
Basildon liked to just stay in one place - he was the stationery one.
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A catflap, but for people?
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neigh good can come o' it ...
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It was not bad for a 17-year-old cat!
He did it several years running - the pigeons never got wise to it.
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The late Gimli discovered that he could climb up the wisteria to reach the pigeon's nest in it, and raid it for a tasty snack.
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When you say behaviour, is that just reduced speed or also other things?
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This one finds 1.9 to 2.7mph reductions.
So that's getting around 10% - which does seem significant.
www.20splenty.org/20mph_casual...
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This one finds very little reduction in actual speed: www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/opi....
But, still, definite reductions in collisions & casualties.
Again, not disputing that's a great outcome.
maybe it just goes to show that only a tiny reduction is all it takes?
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I'm not quibbling facts, I'm just interested to see the mechanism(s) at work behind those facts.