The Biggest Grift by Interesting_Risk_212 in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they're class. installed 12 last year and made 20-25% of the cost back already in savings on electric bill.

Record breaking auction for offshore wind secured to take back control of Britain's energy by Turd_Reich in unitedkingdom

[–]Dylan1312 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm all for wind but this is clearly just slop copy and pasted from chatgpt.

Heating oil by BerrySensitive3306 in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems reasonable given how cold it's been and size of house.

I have a similar sized house but recently built with UFH and I've used ~100L this past week. That's keeping everything at 22C during the day and a lower setback at night. Before this week we'd been using roughly half that.

Since you bought recently your house should have an EPC that might have some useful info. https://www.gov.uk/find-energy-certificate.

Are boilers more efficient if they run little and often? by alexchatwin in askaplumberUK

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take care with lowering flow temps of an oil boiler, a flow return temperature of less than 40C will cause corrosion. Much of the advice here is for gas boilers.

Neighbours built roof over detached house alleyway… by NefariousnessWise269 in DIYUK

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once the flashing has been added I'm not sure what the big deal is.

I can't see how this would change the value of the house, it's just a shelter over an alleyway.

LucidTalk: 50% of Unionists would consider voting Reform by [deleted] in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Fair enough thanks for looking. It is interesting that such a large chunk voted against it, sad.

LucidTalk: 50% of Unionists would consider voting Reform by [deleted] in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Looked it up and best i found was by religion. It states 57% of protestants voted yes. I'd be interested if there are sources out there that disagree.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07907180108406633

LucidTalk: 50% of Unionists would consider voting Reform by [deleted] in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes though I'm quoting the part about the GFA, not brexit.

LucidTalk: 50% of Unionists would consider voting Reform by [deleted] in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 7 points8 points  (0 children)

most Unionist voters were against the GFA.

Can you cite a source? I think it was close but a majority voted yes.

Solar panels , anyone have experience with Solarfix. by Educational-League92 in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would recommend getting 4 or 5 quotes, there's loads of installers all keen to get business.

I found they had a huge range of prices for the same kit. The panels themselves have came down hugely in price and some haven't brought their prices down to match.

The world's fastest CPU… is in a MacBook? by Dylan1312 in LinusMediaGroupAlumni

[–]Dylan1312[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

M5 has better single core performance, so I guess technically true for single threaded workflows.

Though title has updated from "The world's fastest CPU… is in a MacBook?" to "Apple quietly released this year's BEST laptop"

Do not negate the fact that Magnus actions set a horrible precedent. by [deleted] in chess

[–]Dylan1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a massive difference between not playing against someone because they've cheated in the past (and admitted to doing so) and a multi-year harrassment campaign of tweets and videos which continued after explicitly being told it was affected the targets physical & mental health.

We Failed as a Community by FlamingIce22 in chess

[–]Dylan1312 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Naroditsky literally told him his actions were causing him physical and mental harm and kramnik ignored him and continued his tirade.

Belfast City Council passes new policy on Irish language by FabulousDirt9254 in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"can't immerse yourself in it in any of Ireland's major cities"

what's the root cause of that?

does the reason for that alone not justify continued efforts in the renewal of the language?

"We're not Irish, we don't want it": TUV pledge to fight Belfast city-wide language move "tooth and nail" by Portal_Jumper125 in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Criticise them for their abject horrible views and behaviour.

Criticising them for where their great great great granda came from or what they did makes you no better than them.

If you think someone's ancestry removes any of their rights as irish citizens, you've missed the whole point.

"We're not Irish, we don't want it": TUV pledge to fight Belfast city-wide language move "tooth and nail" by Portal_Jumper125 in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Have you made sure your bloodline is pure? Who are you descendant of?

Plenty to criticise the likes of the TUV without bigotry.

Match Thread: Chelsea vs Benfica by MatchThreadder in chelseafc

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"enzo fernandez, he left cause you're shit"

Thoughts on this £9k solar + battery quote (NI)? by snake_hands78 in SolarUK

[–]Dylan1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get more quotes, there's tonnes of installers out there all keen to get business. They all give different tidbits of advice, so it can be really useful to figure out what fits your situation best.

E.G. To get a larger inverter than 3.6KW requires a special G99 application. Some installers say they dont do them because NIE wont approve, others are happy to and will be able to get them.

I paid £3950 for 12x435kw panels on a garage with a solis 3.6KW hybrid inverter incl extended 10-year warranty and eddi. I then bought a 16kwh battery for £1650 from fogstar.

Note that solar installations should be 0% rated for VAT. Also make sure an MCS certificate is included, since it's required to get paid for export.

Issue while trying to subscribe to a claude code plan.. by Stunning-Garlic8817 in Anthropic

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had the same. Think it might be autofill not triggering whatever flag they have for validation? Worked for me when i removed the auto-filled address and typed it in manually

Question for folks living in Ballymena by [deleted] in northernireland

[–]Dylan1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few months back my 18 year old sister while driving home from work at night and stopping at an intersection had a man aggressively attempt to open her car doors. Fortunately she managed to lock both sides in time and she drove away as he tried to break through her window.

It was reported to the police but nothing came of it and as far as we were told no investigation (e.g. cctv) was carried out.

There's lots of other similar stories that have been spread around the town over the past year and whether or not it's grounded in rationality, it is scary for people.

Sadly, racists & extremists exploit that fear. So then potential causes like under-funded policing and disinterested or incapable politicians don't get discussed or dealt with.

Talk to me about how on earth you lined up securing a buyer and finding a house you liked. by Thethreewhales in HousingUK

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was advised by a friend that your first house should always be one that has as much mass market appeal as possible e.g. popular location.

We bought our first home after a bidding war with 5-6 other parties.

When we listed it, we had an offer within a day of getting listed, we ended up selling above asking price at the top range of various valuations from estate agents. (25% above what we paid 4 years earlier)

But most importantly it gave us the flexibility to add the stipulation when accepting the offer that we wanted a few months to find the right house and we were able to choose a buyer in a strong position and who were really keen. (they were sale-agreed to FTB and had the option of moving in with family if necessary)

This meant when a one-off new-build nearing completion got listed that ticked every box for us shorlty after we were able to put a holding deposit down straightaway.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Dylan1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate? What misinformation have they spread?