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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It is the same in the UK.

But because we have a smart meter, our energy price can change every 30 minutes. So if our provider predicts that tomorrow lunchtime will be expensive for electricity, it could charge us more. Or it could tell the battery to take over.

 

A blog post about my London-based solar panels and battery.

 

I got sent this unit to review. It's pretty good if you want a neat way to store and charge at the same time. Nothing revolutionary, but gets the job done. Happy to answer any questions about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To be clear - they also work with data transfer (well, except the power bank and neck cooler).

I copy ebooks to my reader over USB, transfer photos off my camera, and print photos - all via USB-C.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All my gadgets use USB-C. Bluetooth headphones, eReader, laptop, printer, power bank, 360 camera, they all charge via USB-C.

Hell, even my neck cooler runs off it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Has anyone here read the book? I enjoyed the film and wondered how they compared.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup! That's my official photo from the ceremony - I had to swap back to the stock headstrap so it would fit under the cap.

 

OK... OK... the entire programme wasn't dedicated to VR - but my final project was called "Exploring the visualisation of hierarchical cybersecurity data within the Metaverse".

I mapped a large amount of information into a Directed Acyclic Graph, made it interactive, then conducted experiments to see if people could understand the information - and whether VR made them feel sick.

So, I decided to get my official graduation photo taken while wearing the Meta Quest 2 headset. I wasn't quite brave enough to walk across the stage wearing it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

FireStick is somewhat hackable. You can sideload Android apps onto it. For example, I got Apple Music running on it https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/06/yes-you-can-run-apple-music-natively-on-your-android-firestick/

You don't have to subscribe to Amazon Prime to use the other TV services. You can also install Kodi if you want to play back local media.

The FireStick will use USB power - so you can use your TV's USB ports rather than a separate plug. It also has an Ethernet adapter - I think only the more expensive Apple devices use Ethernet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Kill It With Fire" which is a great look at dealing with legacy computer systems.

"Lessons In Chemistry" which is a delightfully draft novel about fifties feminism.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Spent the weekend watching my wife grind through all the TOTK side quests.

Meanwhile I plowed through two ebooks.

Win for both of us!

 

I've just installed a bigger solar battery - so I thought I'd share some statistics from it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do communities exist for - to pick an example - atheists? In lots of parts of the world, there is huge social pressure to conform to a specific religion. If you decide not to, or leave the religion, or have questions, it can be a terrifying and lonely experience.

It's the same here. Lots of us feel huge pressure from family, friends, co-workers, and society to do something that we don't want to do. So it is nice to have a community where we can discuss that and reassure each other. Because it is difficult to do what is right when everyone is telling you you're wrong.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just got a new solar battery installed, so I'm going to spend some time poking it and making sure it's working. COME ON SUNSHINE!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The drive itself will work with any processor. If all you have is data on there, it will work.

Or do you mean you want to swap the drive which has the operating system on it?

 

I've been on the Fediverse since 2016, and I still get a little mixed up by how things work.

 

A little rant for this Saturday about a stupid usability problem which will never get fixed.

 

Anyone got a modern guide to getting NFC payments working with the latest version of Lineage?

I've got a OnePlus 5T (dumpling) running LOS 20.

Got some of my banking apps working - but Google Wallet just won't work.

 

I've written a blog post about the most important technological issue of our time - why every streaming service has its own weird keyboard.

 

I've written a quick post showing how to run Apple Music's Android app on your Amazon FireStick.

 

I hope a little bit of self-promotion is allowed?

My wife and I run "Open Benches" which is a crowdsourced collection of memorial benches. We've got about 25,000 in the UK!

If you're out for a walk in the sunshine this weekend, please take a photo of any memorial benches you see. You'll need to turn on location tagging on your phone's camera - that way we can accurately place the benches on the map.

Enjoy!

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