JohnSmith

@JohnSmith@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d still go with the earlier proposal: a lunch with Prince Andrew in Pizza Express in woking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Injured dog walkers could be costing NHS £23m a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Great advice to deal with pulling on lead. We got a rescue as second dog year and a half ago. He had clearly not been trined at all and was pulling on walks. My wife, who is the knowledgable dog trainer in our house, got it sorted in just few walks doing just what you decribe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is what they announced in the spending review today: £39b over ten years to social housing. I was not expecting that, but I definitely welcome it. How about getting the planning system sorted and a major increase in skilled labourers happen next? Tomorrow is fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fraudster made £550,000 selling fake 'Scottish-grown tea'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is such an implausible scam that he should have gotten away with it. But not all is lost. He should relaunch the product with small print ‘not’ in front of Scottish-grown tea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As expected, the Brexit faithful and the rightwing press are already at it: unacceptable, sellout, waiving the white flag, surrender, capitulation, etc. This deal could prove to be rather popular, so the outrage crowd may find their attacks fall a bit flat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could have been me. I’ve been working on this as a hobby for over five years yers since we got solar panels, EV and a dedicated battery for storage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Smarter devices support demand side response, which is welcome to make the grid more efficient. A good local energy-efficient solution includes in my experience three key ingredients.

  First you need local energy storage to allow for extra flexibility to handle life’s ebbs and flows. This could be an EV or dedicated storage battery, which can be charged when electricity is abundant, and discharged when supply is tight and something energy hungry needs doing.

  Second the grid side will not know when I’m planning to do something energy hungry, or when I want the EV battery full instead of the usual 80% charge. Therefore some way of providing input is needed. It might be possible to learn reasonable local demand forecast models reflecting local behaviour patterns, but I’m not yet convinced about this and tend to trust human guidance more.

  Third you need intelligent control to respond to grid signals (e.g. price changes) and combine those with local inputs and any local consumption and production (e.g. from solar panels or micro wind turbines) forecasts.

  Energy companies will of course want to have the intelligent control in their hands as it creates them price arbitrage. For majority of consumers that will be the best solution. Some of us will not necessarily want to give them that control and prefer a local solution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thames Water picks US private equity firm KKR as preferred buyer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Executive and board compensation as a result of any deal of this nature should be public information.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK’s net-zero goal.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tories have an amazing hit rate in selecting deplorables as their leader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Captain of container ship involved in North Sea collision arrested in the UK, identified as Russian citizen⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My first thought seeing the captain is Russian was sabotage. And maybe a second later I realised the more likely cause: vodka.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The American Christian Right Is Coming To The UK⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We have enough twats as it is, so perhaps fuck off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK drops down list of affluent nations after decade of stagnation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Obviously they were too busy lining their and mates’ pockets, and in general being totally useless politicians.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK: Rooftop solar could reduce energy bill for the country's poorest families by almost a quarter, study says⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Solar + local battery is the way. We should push hard to make that affordable for as many people as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Too many young people find doing a day's work 'stressful', says Liz Kendall⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s with the agism? Old geezers like me find a day’s work incredibly stressful!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The depth of climate crisis denial is depressing. We should be cutting drastically down on flying. We should be cutting drastically down on miles driven in cars. Nope, none of that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK ‘one of world’s least work-oriented countries’ claims BrewDog founder - as he slams obsession with 'work-life balance'⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think this is a great idea! Perhaps he could move his whole company, its beers and himself in the process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in no way suggesting anything, nor encouraging or endorsing any particular course of action, but I do note that when things are securely tied to or wrapped in a heavy object with negative buoyancy, they do sink rather fast to the bottom of the sea and stay there. Examples of such things include battleship chains and concrete boots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did not have this particular one in my “Nigel does or says stupid shit” bingo card.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who stole all the pies? Michelin-starred chef 'gutted' at theft of 2,500 pies.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Should this be classified as a crime agains humanity?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I built a Home Theatre for the Price of a Soundbar, and it SLAPS!⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would always recommend paying attention to your room acoustics. Better speakers than what your TV has will make a difference, but beyond that you need to treat the room.

  If you kill immediate high frequency reflections from walls, floor and ceiling to your listening position, and reduce energy of low frequency standing waves, you make a bigger difference than spending piles of cash on new equipment. And if you have a subwoofer, play around with the placement as even fairly small shifts can have a notable impact in your listening position.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sign the petition calling on PM Keir Starmer to be bold when dealing with Donald Trump⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of electrons have been inconvenienced just by this thread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’, says Robert Jenrick⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy is on fire today: www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dmq88j6rro

  Sort of deploying the Royal Navy to sink every small boat they can find in the channel, I’m struggling to see how he would stop the boats ™ in weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨England prison overcrowding emergency measures come into force⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ‘Operation Early Dawn’ - who comes up with the names? I’m cringing so hard my cheeks hurt!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK riots: Judge hands down longest jail sentences yet⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  he had entered the city centre to collect a takeaway

  That’s one expensive takeway. I hope it was tasty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Far-right disorder in England is at ‘turning point’ after arrests, say police⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The coming weekend will tell us whether the edge is gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ulez expansion led to significant drop in air pollutants in London, report finds⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there a bigger societal waste day-in-day-out than people sitting in traffic jams? Any measure that reduces car journeys taken is a good measure in my books.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ah, the classics.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You love what you love. If others don’t, that’s cool. I quite like some songs by Nickelback, but they aren’t quite my favourite. I find myself listening to Creed from time to time and I think they are great.

  As for AB, the best band ever as far as I’m concerned. There is not a single AB album I haven’t played again and again. I’ve seen them live ten times or so, and will go see them every time I get the opportunity. And Myles could sing the phonebook and I’d still love it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Northern Lights could be visible in England and Wales as severe solar storm to hit overnight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This could be useful: www.swpc.noaa.gov/…/aurora-30-minute-forecast Also, if you ever get the opportunity, go see the northern lights inside the arctic circle. Full colours across the sky is something else. It’ll be winter time for obvious reasons, and therefore typically cold as fuck, but definitely worth it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People with depression or anxiety could lose sickness benefits, says UK minister⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I give the Tories this: they leave nobody under false impressions about what they stand for. Keep the ground rent racket going, homelessness must be a crime, being sick is no reason to skip work, mental health issues are just life’s normal ups and downs, ad infinitum. Quite charming, aren’t they.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll never not want to⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have seen that pose before!

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