Richard Kay
@copsewood.net
Done cyber, teaching, networking. Doing community currencies. Love worship music, country walks, and making wine, cider and beer. A list of my other social media profiles is here: https://copsewood.net/mastodon.html
It's an interesting trade off considering costs of district heating using combined thermal storage and hot water supply to individual homes, or provisioning homes with heat pumps individually. Some system thermal storage seems useful either way, as this enables use of renewable electricity peaks.
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's an interesting trade off considering costs of district heating using combined thermal storage and hot water supply to individual homes, or provisioning homes with heat pumps individually. Some system thermal storage seems useful either way, as this enables use of renewable electricity peaks.
Will anyone still want to buy new ICE vehicles by 2035, when there are as many EVs as ICE on the road, half the filling stations now open have closed, fuel prices increase without limit, and ULEZ are in all major urban areas ? Elimination of the horse and cart also resulted from market forces.
December 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Will anyone still want to buy new ICE vehicles by 2035, when there are as many EVs as ICE on the road, half the filling stations now open have closed, fuel prices increase without limit, and ULEZ are in all major urban areas ? Elimination of the horse and cart also resulted from market forces.
Even worse news for the US tourist industry already damaged by customers spending their money in more welcoming countries where they're less likely to be thrown into a foreign hell hole of a jail for weeks on arrival.
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Even worse news for the US tourist industry already damaged by customers spending their money in more welcoming countries where they're less likely to be thrown into a foreign hell hole of a jail for weeks on arrival.
If your software won't render it, the easiest solution is to replace it with ss . Can't think of a context where it would be capitalised.
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If your software won't render it, the easiest solution is to replace it with ss . Can't think of a context where it would be capitalised.
Much of it was only ever hand waving to try to slow the growth of the market for renewables and battery electric vehicles. There are still some green hydrogen opportunities in aviation, cement and steel making, which can only start when it's economic to store renewable generation excess.
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Much of it was only ever hand waving to try to slow the growth of the market for renewables and battery electric vehicles. There are still some green hydrogen opportunities in aviation, cement and steel making, which can only start when it's economic to store renewable generation excess.
Ukraine has no reason to accept a ceasefire without adequate security guarantees backed by Ukraine's allies' military presence on Ukrainian soil. Security guarantees were given by Russia in the Budapest Protocol in 1994. Russia reneged so therefore promises by Russia are worthless to Ukraine.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ukraine has no reason to accept a ceasefire without adequate security guarantees backed by Ukraine's allies' military presence on Ukrainian soil. Security guarantees were given by Russia in the Budapest Protocol in 1994. Russia reneged so therefore promises by Russia are worthless to Ukraine.
The last remaining coal fired power station in the UK was decommissioned over a year ago.
December 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The last remaining coal fired power station in the UK was decommissioned over a year ago.
So they will be paying their soldiers using toilet paper soon. That will be great for morale on the front line.
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
So they will be paying their soldiers using toilet paper soon. That will be great for morale on the front line.
Kind of problem a government able to print any number of Rubles can fix by printing enough Rubles to fix it. Reminds me of the Weimar hyperinflation, when my German grandfather had to run to the baker after being paid at lunch time, before the price of bread went up again.
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Kind of problem a government able to print any number of Rubles can fix by printing enough Rubles to fix it. Reminds me of the Weimar hyperinflation, when my German grandfather had to run to the baker after being paid at lunch time, before the price of bread went up again.
I'd consider Gentoo as excellent for learning advanced skills for those who want to understand complete operating systems at the source code level. Debian is more practical for my desktop, laptop and cloud server production and stable platforms for getting work done where everything just works.
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I'd consider Gentoo as excellent for learning advanced skills for those who want to understand complete operating systems at the source code level. Debian is more practical for my desktop, laptop and cloud server production and stable platforms for getting work done where everything just works.
I cut the hard stems off, not the other end which are good to eat. The more time I avoid wasting on prep, the better meals I can present.
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I cut the hard stems off, not the other end which are good to eat. The more time I avoid wasting on prep, the better meals I can present.
It cost me no money as I was unwilling to pay their stupid demands. My complaints must have cost VM (AKA Whore of Babylon) some money to handle them. But VM and their stupid debt collectors wasted much of my time, which was very annoying. VM were in breach of contract, and therefore in the wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It cost me no money as I was unwilling to pay their stupid demands. My complaints must have cost VM (AKA Whore of Babylon) some money to handle them. But VM and their stupid debt collectors wasted much of my time, which was very annoying. VM were in breach of contract, and therefore in the wrong.
Been there, done that, cancelled the direct debit, complained multiple times, ignored and blocked the debt collector email/phone/internet, complained to OFCOM, who have been investigating for years without end in sight.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Been there, done that, cancelled the direct debit, complained multiple times, ignored and blocked the debt collector email/phone/internet, complained to OFCOM, who have been investigating for years without end in sight.
Virgin Media needs to be renamed the Whore of Bablylon, based on how they ignore legitimate demands for a final bill from those obtaining service elsewhere, then rack up the bill and then send debt collectors. OFCOM investigating for years without an end in sight.
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
Ofcom investigates Virgin Media over customer difficulties cancelling contracts
Ofcom has today opened an investigation into Virgin Media following complaints from customers that the company is making it difficult for them to cancel their services.
www.ofcom.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Virgin Media needs to be renamed the Whore of Bablylon, based on how they ignore legitimate demands for a final bill from those obtaining service elsewhere, then rack up the bill and then send debt collectors. OFCOM investigating for years without an end in sight.
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b...
EVs suffer fewer faults compared to ICE, but can die due to 12V discharge issues. Solution is to keep a jump pack charged in the body of the car and access with physical key in keyfob. Don't leave it in boot if boot needs 12V to open. Learn how to use it when you don't need it so aren't flustered.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
EVs suffer fewer faults compared to ICE, but can die due to 12V discharge issues. Solution is to keep a jump pack charged in the body of the car and access with physical key in keyfob. Don't leave it in boot if boot needs 12V to open. Learn how to use it when you don't need it so aren't flustered.
Fediverse is designed to be hosted by anyone from the ground up. |Having cooperative platforms within the same ecosystem is probably the best defence against social media enshittification resulting from corporate platform owners having to monetise content to keep shareholders happy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Fediverse is designed to be hosted by anyone from the ground up. |Having cooperative platforms within the same ecosystem is probably the best defence against social media enshittification resulting from corporate platform owners having to monetise content to keep shareholders happy.
When something breaks you have the information and tools needed to fix it.
November 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
When something breaks you have the information and tools needed to fix it.
The time to get out of Jonestown is before the Kool Aid arrives. It's a religious cult, not a company. As a cult, replacing the CEO isn't a solution, as it is Musk worship that gives the deluded shareholders their sense of value.
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The time to get out of Jonestown is before the Kool Aid arrives. It's a religious cult, not a company. As a cult, replacing the CEO isn't a solution, as it is Musk worship that gives the deluded shareholders their sense of value.
In my family the Christmas dates were all eaten, as were the shelled nuts once cracked. The UK was paying off massive WW2 debt then, so we were happy to have these luxuries which not everyone could afford. We also ate more healthily then, giving us longer life expectancy than junk food consumers.
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In my family the Christmas dates were all eaten, as were the shelled nuts once cracked. The UK was paying off massive WW2 debt then, so we were happy to have these luxuries which not everyone could afford. We also ate more healthily then, giving us longer life expectancy than junk food consumers.
Sometimes the package environments don't integrate too well between different servers so you need to do a little hacking of your own to make things talk to each other. There's a point at which you stop googling for solutions and you start reading documentation, source code and logs.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sometimes the package environments don't integrate too well between different servers so you need to do a little hacking of your own to make things talk to each other. There's a point at which you stop googling for solutions and you start reading documentation, source code and logs.
Effort of securing a multi service Linux cloud server over many years has only increased so I'm unconvinced the grass is greener. I've found Debian secure the most maintainable - which seems to allow Linux user land utilities with a BSD kernel. Could be the Linux user land is better supported.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Effort of securing a multi service Linux cloud server over many years has only increased so I'm unconvinced the grass is greener. I've found Debian secure the most maintainable - which seems to allow Linux user land utilities with a BSD kernel. Could be the Linux user land is better supported.
Where I live Foodbanks are mostly church organised and many different churches are involved in helping provide the same distribution network, which receives many donations from all faiths and none. Our Sikh friends are similar - they do have a food aid distribution program also.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Where I live Foodbanks are mostly church organised and many different churches are involved in helping provide the same distribution network, which receives many donations from all faiths and none. Our Sikh friends are similar - they do have a food aid distribution program also.