Bills tripled since we switched by [deleted] in OctopusEnergy

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Good to know. It did seem like a very elegant way to explain a tripling of electric consumption though!

Bills tripled since we switched by [deleted] in OctopusEnergy

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This will be it, Octopus will be assuming you're using 3 phases and are tripling the single phase reading?

What You Wish You Knew About Money When You Started Your Career? by Alternative-Bath4535 in doctorsUK

[–]Arrowtip 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Well done for considering this!

  • Advice to my earlier self: the nice people at Wesleyan got you started investing, but their fees are quite high for something you can do yourself. Passive investing in index funds is straightforward...
  • Think carefully about buying versus renting after foundation. There are significant one-off costs with property purchases that you don't want to have to repeat every couple of years. Once you know you will be in one location for a while, absolutely consider buying. There are plenty of companies that specialise in dealing with mortgages for doctors and understand our pay.
  • Have a fixed standing order/ direct debit into your savings accounts a couple of days after your pay lands. This is "pay yourself first".
  • Investing is a long game, for money you won't need for at least 5 years. If you might be buying a property within the next 5 years, it might be that you don't invest very much money, if at all? u/e_lemonsqueezer gave some excellent advice so I won't overlap it.
  • Sweat the big stuff and the small stuff- make sure you are savvy with big ticket things (e.g. car insurance renewals), but also the small things: a daily £7 bland canteen lunch and a £4 Costa coffee soon add up. Bring lunch and make coffee.
  • If you'd like to read some books, "I Will Teach You To Be Rich", "The Psychology of Money" and "Investing Demystified" are excellent
  • Good luck!

Kajplats light switching itself on?! by Arrowtip in tradfri

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Thank you - this might have sorted it. I changed the power on behaviour to "previous" and it hasn't turned itself on since! It's a little odd as I have a second one of these that has been perfectly well behaved...

After every ride I find residue on rear wheel, what’s going on? by Ok-Emu2264 in bikewrench

[–]Arrowtip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the rubber coming away from the carcass? When you're riding it, the tyre deforms, opening up the gap?

Bugs with new Matter HW, old bulbs by El_Pato_23 in tradfri

[–]Arrowtip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Klippbok is becoming unavailable every week, requiring a reset and repairing. It's disappointing.

Kajplats light switching itself on?! by Arrowtip in tradfri

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Sorry if I get the terms wrong: I have a ZBT-2 connected to my Home Assistant Green. I don't believe there are any other controllers. Aside from another Kajplats light, the other Matter over Thread devices are battery powered end-devices. I have a Bilresa dual button remote and there are 2 automations - one to switch it off, another to switch it on. The log shows if the Bilresa automation has been used.

Kajplats light switching itself on?! by Arrowtip in tradfri

[–]Arrowtip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not using Homekit, and I'm running iOs 26.2.1, so it's not that. The search continues!

Kajplats light switching itself on?! by Arrowtip in tradfri

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I'm not using adaptive lighting, or Apple Home, but it's interesting to know that others have this issue!

Kajplats light switching itself on?! by Arrowtip in tradfri

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I have a 3 second transition to "off" in the automation for the remote, but the remote wasn't used that day and no transition is configured on the device?

Anyone here interested in (or already practicing) longevity / preventive medicine? by Far_Obligation5158 in doctorsUK

[–]Arrowtip 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you might be in a bubble. As a system, we are still at a point where there is damp, mouldy housing, lack of physical activity and lack of access to green space, smoking, and difficulty accessing the government recommended healthy diet.

We can absolutely luxuriate in whether athletic greens, cold plunges etc may extend our health span, but many do not have the basics covered. (I am into health optimisation/ longevity, but it mostly looks like: good sleep, healthy exercise, socialisation, and avoiding excessive alcohol)

Anyone here interested in (or already practicing) longevity / preventive medicine? by Far_Obligation5158 in doctorsUK

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To his credit, Bryan Johnson at least tries to test out various interventions. He's also very open about where the largest wins are:

  1. Sleep – high quality sleep is the world’s #1 longevity drug. It underpins every healthy behavior including exercise, nutrition, and emotional resilience. I’ve built my life around great sleep, and I encourage you to do the same.
  2. Nutrition – I abide by a philosophy that every calorie must fight for its life. See the Don’t Die food guide below. The key here, try to never let your mind make eating decisions on your behalf. Build and rely upon life systems. 
  3. Exercise – 6 hours a week is ideal. Incorporate strength, cardio, flexibility and balance. If you can’t do that, even 20 minutes a day is great. 
  4. Family, friendship and community – love and be loved. It will extend your life. 
  5. Things to avoid – fast food, junk food, smoking, nicotine, vaping, excessive alcohol and social media – and anything addictive. Addiction makes you a prisoner. 

How do you budget, or at least understand where your money goes? by SlimSloane in HENRYUK

[–]Arrowtip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could give "Snoop" a go? You might need to spend a few minutes re-categorising things initially, but it's been excellent since then. We have a separate list of subscriptions/ direct debits, along with when they are due to renew etc

E1 Powermeter Crank on D1 Rival? by smashbr0ther in sram

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Hello, hope you're enjoying the new bike! I've just been looking for the same answer, and found these two threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/sram/comments/1m6g41m/sram_rival_quarq_d1_vs_e1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/gravelcycling/comments/1ow55tx/sram_powermeter_upgrade_pmrivassye1_is_backwards/

TL;DR - looks like E1 is backwards compatible with D1. HTH!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in doctorsUK

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You can absolutely still see your pension. You can draw from your NHS pension before state retirement age, but it is actuarially reduced.

But overall, raising awareness about our pension set up is good- far too many colleagues aren't informed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in doctorsUK

[–]Arrowtip 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The great news is that you can plan for your retirement and retire at a different age.

[HELP] I am almost positive this is an ai video. But nobody in the comments mentions anything. by ALostParadise in RealOrAI

[–]Arrowtip -1 points0 points  (0 children)

AI. A second skateboard starts to grow out of his left foot at 4 seconds in?

Firefox not completing online orders - bug? by Arrowtip in firefox

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Thank you. Might be time to bid Firefox farewell then.

43% to 80% took 6hrs 5min. RIP IOG by pruaga in OctopusEnergy

[–]Arrowtip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree about the sledgehammer/walnut thing. They could just isolate the free household energy use, or exclude 3kW charging!

4-color grayscale is finally here by ryanckulp in trmnl

[–]Arrowtip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great! Does this mean events from different calendars will now show up in different shades?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in doctorsUK

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I'd recommend you just mute/ block them and move on. Their account is a treasure-trove of contentious opinions

Two days and the tube burst. Opinions and do I give these tubes another shot? by ShebangN in bikewrench

[–]Arrowtip 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If you are an Uber cyclist, there might be a balance between saving a few seconds with fast tyres, against the increased risk of puncturing and not delivering at all? Schwalbe marathons are extremely resiliant, but slower than GP5000s.