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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

When you're in balls-deep and give one final buck, spraying your thick batter deep into him, and you feel his legs tighten around your waist and his fingers dog into your back as he erupts into the paper-thin gap between your stomachs as as your tongue fights his and his fights yours, and you pull away with your lips still bridged by saliva and sweat and you stare at his face framed by your hands and you caress his chin with your thumb and realise he's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen and you stare into his big, deep eyes and he stares back into yours he whispers "I love you" and you whisper back "I love you too" I cannot even begin to stress how important it is to say "no homo" otherwise you might give off the wrong signals.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

Also these divide into nine buckets (or 16, 25, etc). They might not been the sharpest spoon in the shed.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

Why is your nose ear (or vice-versa)?

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 0 points 3 hours ago

Probably,

Checks out.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

Years ago me and a couple of mates built mini shallow-level submarines. Initially they were remote controlled, then programmable (since radio waves don't like water) and eventually we got to the point where they could travel a few miles at a time underwater, surface enough to expose their GPS antennae to confirm a fix and link to Meshtastic for updated instructions, and then carry on their way. My point is these smugglers need to get their shit together. "Mother ships"? Give me a break. Amateurs.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

Havelock Vetinari, is that you?

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

Given the bullshit they deal with - especially in ass-backwards Reform towns - and the effective pay freeze they were under during the last government, I think this is good but not nearly enough. And before anyone chimes in, yes, this also applies to public sector workers in healthcare, sanitation, education, emergency aid, etc, etc.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago

"I peep object is for contents of object of equal or smaller or slightly bigger. Am as such. Thus, I can and will and must be contain in containering object. Ergo. Am." - Cat, probably

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

I have no idea how good this advice is, but I'd upvote just for the username and use of non-ASCII characters.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And here's your daily reminder that the OSA was introduced, championed and passed by the Tories in 2023 despite outcry. Sunak even said at the time it was a problem for the "next Parliament" to deal with. Now they're trying to blame Labour.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago

That's actually how it works: appliance's plugs have a fuse for the appliance so each device gets a sensible level of protection. The outlets don't have fuses, but the circuit does.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

I don't have one, but I commend them on commissioning the best commercials of all time:

https://youtu.be/kaRUhhhXwuw

 

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/32080319

In video game design this would be called "emergent storytelling".

 

In video game design this would be called "emergent storytelling".

 

The UK is currently experiencing some prolonged windy weather and my all-renewable energy provider offers dynamic pricing. That means cheap energy and even negative-cost energy. This is where my HA instance shines and saves me a fortune on my power bill. Thanks again to the HA devs for this incredible project.

For the curious, I'm using bottlecapdave's excellent Home Assistant Octopus Energy integration via HACS.

 

I'm on an electricity tariff with dynamic pricing. The last week has been pretty rough in fairness, but generally it's really rewarding on most days and sometimes, on days like this, it's amazing.

Based on my past calculations, whenever the cost is below ~20p, I'm paying less for heating than I would with a gas boiler. Where the cost of energy is negative, I'm essentially getting paid to use surplus energy.

 

These water fountains flow constantly with fresh drinking water for anyone to use and they are everywhere in Rome. Covering the spout with your finger forces the water out a hole on top, creating a arch of water at perfect 𝓼𝓵𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 height. The Romans were/are with us.

 

The apartment blocks - two of perhaps a hundred - are surrounded by open greenery, wide walkways and dense tram networks. Most of them have café bars, bookstores, grocery stores or the like on the ground level and loads of benches, play areas and exercise equipment dotted about. The place is rife with Third Places.

The remarkable thing about these is that, to the locals, they seem fairly unremarkable.

 

Does anyone know a way of calculating the amount of heating I need to maintain an average temperature in terms of kWh of heating per 24 hours? Ideally one taking into account weather conditions.

I have a pretty big Home Assistant setup which includes switches for individually controlling all the (electric) heaters in my home. I'm also using an electricity supplier that changes the amount they charge every 30 minutes to reflect supply and demand. Given these rates are published at least 24 hours in advance I can currently choose a number of hours to run the heaters per day and have an automation automatically select the cheapest periods. I'm paying less per kWh for heating than I would if I was using a gas boiler. Plus, it's all from renewables, so working out that number of hours is the next step.

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