Rade0nfighter
@Rade0nfighter@lemmy.world
- Comment on I would personally just treat whatever direction I'm facing at the time as North and go from there. 1 week ago:
It’s easy, the sun rises in the… oh wait no it sets in the… erm… so what time is it?
- Comment on Tory MP reveals plan to make Britain 'vaguely civilised again' - including a ban on music played out loud on public transport 4 weeks ago:
What about people who use speakerphone whilst holding the phone upside down in front of their face shouting into the speak end?
- Comment on YouTube diluting my recommended videos feed with AI-generated “music” that pretends to be made by an actual artist 2 months ago:
Indeed.
When popular “real artists” release songs, they usually won’t have written the lyrics or the music, leaving just the vocals, which they will auto tune and possibly even mime in future performances.
A producer will then use powerful software to mix and refine everything.
So really the question to me is not about “is there anything impure in this art?” It’s “where is the line?”.
- Comment on How to cut your energy bills by 30 per cent with a heat pump 2 months ago:
Okay so we’ll need a new boiler in a couple of years and to be honest the idea of pumping gas through a pipe into my house seems kinda archaic. Like oil lamp kind of technology.
I really want a eco friendly alternative and modern, cost efficient technology instead.
However heat pumps just don’t seem to make any sense, and the more marketing materials I read critically, the less convinced I am of their practicality, nor the integrity of the vendors - if they work similarly to air conditioning units or refrigerators why do they cost 20x as much as those devices?
Anecdotally, an electrician I know has been involved with decommissioning more than one heat pump in new builds so that the owners could replace them with gas combi boilers because the heat pumps were so slow - taking a day or so to heat the house up after eg children leaving windows open, or forgetting to close doors when bringing in shopping etc. Never mind running out of hot water.
There are some very insightful comments in this thread from people who are clearly more clued up than me, so I wondering if anyone could change my perception - which I will be the first to concede is likely ignorant.
So…. Thinking about the UK implementation where one is supposed to swap out a gas boiler and replace it with a heat pump…
My understanding - as an admittedly ignorant layman - is that:
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They are cheaper to run in an ideal environment - a super insulated building, that is often a very high bar even for a relatively modern (less than 30 year old building say) with all the insulation one can achieve. For the sake of argument let’s say this is doable for the individual and they have achieved a C level EPC rating, the most you can get before your house begins to generate its own energy eg with solar panels.
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They cost 4x the price of a gas boiler (approx 3k vs 12k). A few hundred quid a year off the gas bill doesn’t justify that difference.
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They take incredibly long (by comparison) to heat a home from perceivably “cold” to “warm”. Eg 24 hours to go from 14 degrees C to 21 degrees C, vs an hour with a gas boiler.
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Hot water on demand is impossible, so you’re back to the olden days of having to plan life around a hot water tank, and praying no one takes a slightly longer shower than usual, or guests don’t want a bath
So then, what is the upside for a rational (ie selfishly motivated) consumer? A pay off after 26 years assuming a failure rate of 0? How long are they expected/guaranteed to work for? If the anticipated lifespan is less than that then it doesn’t make sense from a financial point of view no? And if they are expected to last longer, how much longer? Is that a good investment vs savings? And during/beyond that time are people expected to not value the loss of a superior experience in terms of heating time when temps drop unintentionally?
Reading my post back I appreciate it sounds very critical and full of FUD but I’m genuinely not trolling - just looking for sense where I don’t see it, but really want to!
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- Comment on Borderlands is no longer the biggest box office flop of the year 2 months ago:
- Comment on I'm quite excited for the Starship Troopers: Extermination single-player 2 months ago:
SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP
- Comment on In 2019, Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40% 3 months ago:
But what the employees do with their new found free time?
Develop independence, or even, compete with us? No no can’t have that.
- Comment on Financial advice 3 months ago:
Step 1: be ADORABLE
- Comment on The West Bank: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 3 months ago:
Automatic upvote for John Oliver.
- Comment on Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Saints and Sinners Trailer 5 months ago:
The original had to be one of the most underrated (or just undermmarketed?) games of all time.
Absolutely fantastic RPG.
- Comment on Tom Cruise Reshaped His Narrative with Edge of Tomorrow 5 months ago:
Announcer voice Coming soon to a movie theatre near you…
Cruise 3: Cruise Cruiser - written, produced, directed, and starring Tom Cruise as Tom Cruise.
- Comment on Is there any research on the possible market impact or fund volatility due to generational die offs? 6 months ago:
Would all invests be liquidated rather than just inherited?
- Comment on Meet the men hiding their FIFA Ultimate Team addiction from their families 1 year ago:
Haven’t played fifa but understand that loot kxes are basically gambling. Arguably worse than gambling because with gambling at least you might win something “real”.
Curious though - there was a screenshot in the article where you could preview a loot box before buying - does that not make it more like “buying” the players instead of “gambling” for them?
