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The same number of people, but on the way up and growing, compared to on the way down and shrinking, is very different.

It’s only x4 more expensive to use electricity with old methods like immersion / resistance heaters Heat pumps are 400% efficient or more, so have parity or better with gas prices

I had my first at 42, second at 45, and about to have my third at 48. Honestly it’s been fine - thinking that people might find this unimaginable is so far from my reality. It real…

The iOS keyboard is buggy - correctly recording your stroke but supplanting with a different key.

There is no UK wealth tax - just your normal income / capital gains tax etc. Dont know what your 2% is meant to be referring to here.

If you don't use your solar, it is pushed to the grid (or batteries, if you have them), so really its about the collective solar that exists in the grid and not a house specific vi…

It’s undoubtly a brilliant show for parents - in fact I’d describe it as a show about parenting. But it’s much more than an adequate kids show, it’s certainly top tier for my kids.…

Oh yes the music is amazing. ‘Rain’ is a particularly lovely original composition. The soundtracks are on Spotify etc and well worth a listen

Is it still a 60hz screen? If so, pass. I’ve got an old gen 1 pro, which has 120hz and can’t go back to 60hz - it’s even more needed in an iPad than a phone. All the other Pro feat…

What’s sad about the Air is that it’s only a 60hz screen. I’m spoilt now with 120hz on the first gen iPad Pro, the iPad needs it even more than phones (and they need it). So I’m no…

I got special acoustic double glazing for my flat. Each pane is a different thickness so they vibrate at different frequencies. Seems to make a decent difference over standard doub…

Yes I’ve been having the same thoughts - essentially ‘reincarnation without the woo’. It starts with: why do you have a first person experience from the creature that is reading th…

Black tea is what most of us kettle owning Brits drink, and apparently 100c is what you want. In fact it's a selling point of some boiling water taps that do true 100c rather than …

It has a tank - you can get different sizes, mine is 4 litres (though usable is 3 I think). Energy efficiency is about the same as a kettle - the tank is super insulated, and you o…

Boiling water tap. Amazing to make tea instantly without boiling the kettle, it’s also brilliant for cooking (boiling pasta or veg) and filling up hot water bottles. Amazing to hav…

One tip - get some ovulation sticks. My wife and I never realised but the egg is actually only around for a single day - it must be fertilised in those 24 hours. If you have sex af…

As of January I’m moving to 50% of full time - generally 2.5 days a week, I expect there will be certain months where I do a couple of weeks in a row and little else rest of the mo…

Hydrogen fuel cell generators are one option. Pretty exotic today, but this is the type of move that will help them become more mainstream

It does not. Raven altered the motor and suspension, battery is same as it ever was for MS (18650) M3 uses 27100, which is taller so can’t just be dropped into the current MS

Would love to know more. I recollect the Pure3D being by far the best V1 card. Because of this many gamers patiently waited for the Canopus version of the V2, expecting it to be a …

6% for realtors fees is outrageous! I had no idea it was anything like that in the US. Here in the UK, it’s about 1.5%. That can often be haggled down to 1% if you have an expensiv…

I stopped a bad nail biting habit. Started by having a single nail that I wouldn't bite - all the others were fair game. You start becoming quite obsessed with that one, noticing h…

I rode one the other weekend in Prague with my girlfriend, and we agreed to ride it over the top together. Despite doing the same thing 20 years ago when last there, it’s pretty sc…