Steve Scott

UK based geek. Work in application networking. Interests: Photography (Film/Medium Format, Drone), Bike Rider, EV Driver, Home Assistant, Solar (GivEnergy)

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2025-04-09 20:37:00

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@nprofile…x759 I think the problem is they billed it as surprisingly cheap, which it doesn't seem to be. Billing it as super performant for that market, and not too much extra might have worked better.
I would actually rather have paid a 100-200 extra for a bit of extra performance, but it should do the job I need it to do.

2025-04-08 11:24:01

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@nprofile…x759 one thing to ponder, they seem to think an individual IP address can be blocked by a provider, but the minimum advertisable address is a /24 or /48.

2025-03-13 21:00:43

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@nprofile…x759 the original go is painfully slow, and thermal throttles under light load. The Go 3 is a little better, I use it as my travel laptop, it's pretty versatile and sips power, but still rather slow.
I'm really looking forward to the Framework 12. If they get that right it's very much shut up and take my money.

2025-03-02 08:00:37

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@nprofile…d2rl @nprofile…5k2y more money to be made selling services to the government than having the government do it themselves.
Is anybody naive enough to think any of this is about efficiency?

2025-02-25 20:47:47

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@nprofile…8xaf could we just get a separate video for each of the offerings? Or a short writeup?
Please dig through this live stream for details is.. frustration

2025-02-16 18:10:46

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@nprofile…x759 Believe they've been tightening that up for a while

2025-02-16 14:58:53

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@nprofile…x759 this is black arrow R4, which was never launched, R3 carried Prospero to orbit. If you want to see the 'slightly used' first stage of R3, it was was recently recovered to Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum. Not too far from you, and a lovely quiet museum full of volunteers. Free entry too!

2025-01-05 12:23:48

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@nprofile…kvnh this caused about a 20 minutes conversation between me, my Chinese wife and niece. (Both with a lot more time speaking English than Chinese).
It's one of those words which are in every language which doesn't translate well because there is nuance beyond the literal translation.
Google translates as Shocking Products, which is perhaps closer. But 'products which demand your attention' is a better translation.

2024-12-29 12:01:57

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@nprofile…z22s erm, this wasn't what I took from the expanse, but diverse viewpoints are always good?

2024-12-22 20:52:00

I'm pretty much out of medium format film, I have plenty of large E6, so decided to take the linhof tk45 on holiday with me.
I forgot the golden rule that nothing is photogenic more than 5 minutes from the car.
I also got a lot of strange looks... Which comes with the territory I guess.
Looking forward to developing and seeing the results. Really hope I haven't screwed anything up! Shot a total of 9 slides today
#believeinfilm
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2024-12-12 14:46:29

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@nprofile…x759 ID and photograph every shopper before they're allowed in your store, then tracing shoplifters will be easy!

2024-12-05 14:34:38

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@nprofile…x759 @nprofile…wyve Mine has been welcomed to the UK, and is awaiting the tender care of parcelforce.
Any issues with customs?

2024-12-02 18:08:03

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@nprofile…x759 a 1990s Argos catalogue has the answer to your problems!
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2024-11-27 14:36:33

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@nprofile…x759 Public transport and /or active travel would be great, but we'd need a huge cultural shift.
To me, this is the hissyfit of car companies who have under-invested in EVs (despite long term signalling at the policy change) and risk having their cake eaten.
There is a market for decent EVs at the right price, and honestly, I don't think ford have either.

2024-11-13 09:12:16

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@npub198t…hasj I've not cleared my cold as quickly as I might have hoped, so going to sit this one out.

2024-10-22 20:17:02

I've not taken out the Rolleiflex SL66 for quite some time, it's a beautiful camera.
Most were shot with an Planar 80mm with Delta 100. One with a doublet taken off a 150mm lens on 25 year expired FP4.
#BelieveInFilm
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2024-10-20 07:24:16

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@npub1fuh…3kut anybody with a full brain wouldn't?...

2024-09-29 19:36:45

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@npub198t…hasj Not connected to someone elses computer is interesting, obviously this is direction of travel for all cars.
My Telsa has a great app which is exceedingly convenient (Preheat/precool, check charging, charge stopped notifications, etc) and gets regular software updates which have massively improved the car over the period I've owned it.
On the other hand, Elon is (at best) unstable.
When I bought the car, I decided it wasn't a hill I wanted to die on.

2024-09-11 17:17:02

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@npub198t…hasj dd chargeback?...

2024-08-09 07:06:12

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@npub1fuh…3kut Funny how they haven't explained why it took them so long to recover from a precedented failure mode.

2024-08-05 12:57:22

One spring has broken on my 3.2 year old Sureflap Microchip Cat Flap Connect.
Sure say it's not a part they carry spares for, so go buy a new £139 catflap.
The waste is just incredible...
This added to their ongoing campaign to prevent local control of the device, and then complain and do user-agent blocking when people use the cloud service.
I'm looking at it and wondering if I could make an open source catflap... I have a 3d printer, ESP32...

2024-07-22 20:33:35

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@npub198t…hasj how do you find the resin to work with?

2024-06-11 05:41:02

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@npub1fuh…3kut meanwhile muskmobils suck up his much data?... (which I'm actually OK with, training data is needed for ADAS... But musk can hardly criticise apple here.)

2024-06-01 17:32:58

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@npub198t…hasj have you looked at vivaldi as a chromium based solution? Gets around the manifest v3 issue by building the adblocker in

2024-06-01 07:57:06

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@npub19lt…qfjk where can I obtain such stickers? Presumably postman pat has a rigorous training program?

2024-05-04 10:25:25

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@npub198t…hasj If you were being super picky, the bezels around the edge aren't the current fashion, but solid keyboard, trackpad and nipple, I could live with it as a casual use laptop.

2024-05-04 10:22:16

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@npub198t…hasj That's a hell of a lot of machine for the money

2024-05-03 12:39:30

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@npub198t…hasj Did you read / listen to the Nick Wallis "The great post office scandal" book?

2024-04-25 16:27:36

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@npub198t…hasj Yeah, but now you really want the dell, right? I mean, 32gb of ram and some unknown Nehalem xeon...

2024-03-30 17:04:39

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@npub198t…hasj yes, it is rather neat. I think it would probably get in the way of my seat post light, but might give it a try

2024-03-17 16:22:34

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@npub1h8j…m0fw @npub198t…hasj also keeps a lid on hackers
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2024-03-05 11:47:50

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@npub19lt…qfjk Solar again?

2024-02-16 20:40:42

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@npub198t…hasj depending on how strictly you want to stick to scifi
Qualityland - I really liked Patricia Rodriguez on the audio version
Project hail mary
The far reaches. All short stories, mostly intriguing
Agent to the stars / starter villan are super easy reads / listen

2024-02-16 20:27:36

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@npub198t…hasj any preference between books and audiobook?

2023-11-02 10:40:52

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@npub19lt…qfjk Wasn't cheap to retrofit (Earth rod, switchover box, VAT...)...
I see it as a good way to make sure we don't have a powercut for at least the life of the system!

2023-09-27 18:04:20

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@npub19lt…qfjk "A Stitch in Time: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
I'm not sure if it's uplifting, but it was a really enjoyable book and quite a nostalgia trip. Audiobook with Garek reading it was very good
Of course, assumes you know your DS9...
Also The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (Bill Bryson). Great fun

2023-09-26 18:23:41

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@npub17lg…9uux tempted for this to be friends with my mavic 3. It won't be as wind stable (the M3 is a beast in heavy winds) and the pictures won't have quite the 4/3rds image clarity, but they're certainly very good in decent lighting conditions, and the freedom of the c labels in the EU have shown how enjoyable that can be. Ain't going to get that in the uk without going sub 500 (A2 CofC holder)

2023-06-01 16:18:26

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@npub19lt…qfjk would be 20% VAT under current rules. It's looking likely that this week be cut to 0% on the near future. https://www.edie.net/uk-considers-axing-vat-on-battery-storage-co-located-with-home-solar/?amp=true
That's a fairly substantial improvement to payback.
As far as return, I guess you have the data to work through. With a 9.5kwh battery we've been able to move pretty much everything to a go off peak window.
Personally would have said 8-10kwh makes more sense than an upgrade to 5

2023-05-23 06:47:48

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@npub198t…hasj Didn't find getting the rear tyre off was tooooo bad when I did the rack on mine.
Marathon plus are great tyres, watch for rubbing on the mudguard