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    *** Apple Let Loose Event - May 7th, 2024 @ 15:00 BST ***

    True. I'd be right on the 14th day :D
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    *** Apple Let Loose Event - May 7th, 2024 @ 15:00 BST ***

    It'd be typical if they redesigned the Magic Keyboard for Macs too as I've just been out and bought one :D
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    Mac Mini Monitor Help

    I use a 27" 4K monitor plugged into my MBA - I use the setting that is native res but 200% scaling, effectively giving 1080p at twice the pixel density. Beautifully clean and crisp. I never find myself needing more screen estate enough to change to an "interim" scaling setting. Could you just...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    First long trip over the weekend since getting the Tesla. The Supercharger network really made it a breeze. In three out of four stops I got the "ready to continue journey" buzz within a minute or two of washing my hands in the gents. We charged a little longer each time out of paranoia but the...
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    Well I fell down the custom keyboard world.

    I'm really starting to think I'm too much of a grinch to have a mech keyboard :D I'd expect the keyboard to come with O-rings if the manufacturer knew it was noisy. I don't why anyone would think this level of noise is acceptable. My partner has commented a few times on how loud it is.
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    Well I fell down the custom keyboard world.

    Going back to my luddite view, it seems most of the noise out of the keyboard is the keys hitting the bottom and then another noise as they spring back and hit the top of the travel. The switch itself is linear and very, very quiet if I take a key and slowly it move it through all the travel. Is...
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    I've been happy with Agile so far on the 2 weeks I've had it. Reasonably easy to game - we have bits of load during the day on most days so it's been easy to offset the evening oven usage. Very curious how this balances out over the year - hopefully the overnight prices stay low so we can keep...
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    Time for fuel cell / hydrogen car?

    It's 1g right now :p
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    Time for fuel cell / hydrogen car?

    We're below 5gCO2/kWh here in the North West until 3pm today! One advantage of being so close to all the windfarms just off the coast :D
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    We’ve got one half an hour as low as -9.24p/kWh today, with a 5-hour window averaging -5.30p/kWh. Of course I charged the car yesterday :(
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    Comparing monthly cost is reasonably useless because you don't know what unit cost people are paying, what deals they're on, if they've got batteries etc. Posting actual consumption figures give a better comparison of energy usage.
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    Time for fuel cell / hydrogen car?

    They're made from the same materials as every other car. Presuming you're talking about the batteries, then companies already recycle them into home batteries which help to further reduce our CO2 emissions. An average EV on an average grid day produces less than 25% of the CO2 emissions of an...
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    Time for fuel cell / hydrogen car?

    How do you figure this?
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    Time for fuel cell / hydrogen car?

    Hydrogen is viable for neither of these applications. We absolutely should not change. As a post above says, the entire pipe network, including the pipe that runs from your gas meter to the boiler (which is underneath the house in many, many cases) all need replacing at the same time. How on...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    Considering Agile instead of Go/Intelligent Go. We can't do much load shifting, and I don't do many miles, expecting ~1400kWh/year in home EV charging. Seems quite complicated to work out though. We also have a reasonable concentration of 1600-1900 energy usage (oven mostly), though the...
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    This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

    Mine's 29.83p for gas, which is more than 4p over the rates in the table for my area :p that table isn't a hard limit.
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    When are you going fully electric?

    I know, hence the paragraph after the quote :p the quote was more a framed around the situation as it is today; I'm sure battery and infrastructure improvements will make it easier for all in the future.
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    When are you going fully electric?

    Oh I don't expect to convert anyone or anything like that :) I'm just a fan of BEVs and there's a few stats that can help disprove some common misconceptions. I also recognise they aren't going to fit all use cases, and the transition/practicalities of owning a BEV is more difficult for some...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    I know you've already had an earful for this, but some figures: Average car in the UK emits 160gCO2/km. Average grid emissions are 220g/kWh Average EV economy is 5.44km/kWh ...so 220/5.44 is 40gCO2/km for EVs, on average. When the grid is cleaner on good renewable days, such as <30gCO2/kWh...
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    When are you going fully electric?

    Hydrogen will never be the solution for personal transport like cars and vans, so good luck with that.
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