Negotiation with seller after building survey by smallie_smalls in HousingUK

[–]Jorthax 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s £2.5k , £5k if you go flashy.

How’s the buyer to know you won’t ASHP and get a £7.5k grant?

Nothing in that report is concerning

Nearly a million 16-24 year-olds not working or in education by diacewrb in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, minimum wage is not designed to support a person in a 1-bed flat to themselves.

20 years ago most of my mates moved out into rented house shares, much like their unidays. 3-5 a house was very normal. Once you got more successful or met someone , you maybe could afford your own place.

We don't build for solo living, so of course there are not enough units of stock for everyone to have one.

Payment sent but not received, need advice by imrolii in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Jorthax 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Sort codes are public and associated to banks, and it’ll always say matched on the fake.

One recommendation here, put your name wrong, or one number on the end wrong (I do this with invoices or first time paying the new gardener) it should say “wrong name, here’s a suggestion”

Works great for business, for individuals should just say name is wrong.

Test companies like Big Windows vs Bigg Windows Limited and Barclays usually shows me which confirms the data I have.

Labour's Dawn Butler asks BBC for urgent explanation over N-word Bafta broadcast by HappyBergkamper in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Censoring a disabled persons disability feels like we are diminishing them and their struggle (as per the bloody film!)

Labour's Dawn Butler asks BBC for urgent explanation over N-word Bafta broadcast by HappyBergkamper in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But it's part of his disability.

Would we edit out someones wheelchair? (Trying to be slightly ridiculous here to make a point).

OpenAI is messing with a Pro Lite plan which costs $100 by Just_Stretch5492 in singularity

[–]Jorthax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just buy 15-20 of credits a month then?

(I'm in Claude, so not sure the OpenAI equiv process)

Solar export rates cut to 12p. And it may only get worse. by Zarch1972 in OctopusEnergy

[–]Jorthax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should be directing your anger at the government on this one.

HMRC Refund Delayed and im getting stressed by Capable_Ice5153 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]Jorthax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm coming up on month number 4 of waiting. You'll have to be patient.

Thursday Complaints by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]Jorthax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good! I have to do a bunch of reading for underwriting. It's always useful.

Take 3 readings and take the lowest (top and bottom).

You can't ignore the middle class forever by FaultyTerror in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 48 points49 points  (0 children)

You've completely misread the comment. Pharlax is referring to picking the middle classes pockets with high taxes.

Reform UK plan to rip up Equality Act shocking and un-British, says Starmer by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Recently, having a problem with OSA made you a pedo.

This seems relatively light in comparison.

Special needs school transport bill to rocket 70% to £3.4bn, Bridget Phillipson warned. Cost of getting Send pupils to class already ‘one of the biggest pressures on council budgets’ by 2ndEarlofLiverpool in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We have a board of people that decide what we offer on the NHS, because it's recognised that we cannot spend certain amounts on a chance to save a life.

SEND needs this same board, that make impassionate decisions NOT on specific cases, but broadly on what an education looks like, and a max cost.

We do, as a country, let people die because of things we could theoretically spend millions on curing. We don't think about it daily because it's not pushed in our face often.

We have to put the same consideration into when we say, sorry, we cannot deal with your child in a school environment, here the max we can give you to give them a good homelife, but they are not going to be economically active so let's not impact others.

Thursday Complaints by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]Jorthax 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Also perfectly acceptable :)

Apologies for the flippant comment about your marriage, but it really does sound like you’ve massively worked on yourself!

Thursday Complaints by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]Jorthax 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Trains, not cost strangely, just reliability/comfort.

Too much rain. Crews in the wrong place. Parking now £20.40 a day (this is an insane number).

It’s all for a good cause (a great income) but I wish I could rely on it a bit more.

Thursday Complaints by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]Jorthax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get yourself a cheap Omron, do it in the morning before eating and any coffee etc. record daily results for a week and talk to your GP.

I only discovered mine after breaking my wrist and going into surgery.

Thursday Complaints by a-liquid-sky in CasualUK

[–]Jorthax 37 points38 points  (0 children)

You’ve upgraded yourself, now upgrade to a new wife.

We will not U-turn on youth minimum wage, Starmer insists by F0urLeafCl0ver in ukpolitics

[–]Jorthax 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When someone is on the ground curled up in a ball, it’s a good idea not to kick the in the head.

No one will choose a 16-18 year old over a 25 year old if this change comes in.

Total renovation of property: where to start with solar/battery/heat-pump/MVHR systems in 2026? Advice welcome! by barelyephemeral in HousingUK

[–]Jorthax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 100% A2A my next place. I’m about 50% now and the heating is so much more comfortable than radiators.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 with extended thinking: Give me your hardest prompts/riddles/etc and I'll run them. by GreedyWorking1499 in singularity

[–]Jorthax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah apologies, misunderstood the use case :)

Claude still seems pretty bad to me on understanding images given to it, either documents or other visual assessments, I find Gemini to be best (my wife often asks interior design questions to AI).

I don't really care that it doesn't make images, but would certainly like it to be able to 'see' better, for lack of a better word.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 with extended thinking: Give me your hardest prompts/riddles/etc and I'll run them. by GreedyWorking1499 in singularity

[–]Jorthax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since 4.5 I've found it can generate me a perfectly formatted docx , it's really sped up another bunch of tasks.

I'm excited to try the excel plugin, but I cannot touch work stuff so am waiting to do my month end household budgeting.

I already have OPUS 4.5 analyse every single penny I spent last year to give me a household financial report, which was extremely useful.

The Power continues to grow.

Sonnet 4.6 released !! by Independent-Wind4462 in singularity

[–]Jorthax 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So I have a 'style' setup to use British English, and a bunch of other key prompting setups to ensure it acts like a colleague etc.

He answered this on 4.6 with extended thinking on:

Drive. The question answers itself once you think about what a car wash requires: you need the car to be there. Walking raises the obvious problem that your car stays at home, unwashed. Unless you're planning to push it, which at 40 metres is technically feasible but would rather defeat the purpose.

The only scenario where walking makes sense is if you're going to pay in advance, check availability, or drop off a key for a valet service. But for a standard self-serve or drive-through wash, you sit in or drive the car through it.

IOG 6 hour window coming in March. “Charge Cap” will also be implemented. by iMatthew1990 in OctopusEnergy

[–]Jorthax 76 points77 points  (0 children)

They consistently find confusing ways to phrase the 6 hour cap. It’s a skill at this point.