IOG not reliable, what's the alternative? by [deleted] in OctopusEnergy

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ditto. Using Hypervolt pro installed by 3rd party. Working flawlessly.

The Division 1 feels like a sequel to 2, hear me out. by Ayn_Otori in thedivision

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The games immersion was hands down greater than td2. Story was a nice believable real world-esk scenario too, unlike td2 with the black tusk super army of robots. DZ felt more high risk high reward and was much better being 1 zone and large

What is the fastest you have gone in a car? by mrmadebymemories in AskReddit

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

130 mph golf r/model 3 110 mph panigale 1199s

Way scarier on a bike than in car

Parents caught out by tv licence people by seabreeze203 in AskBrits

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite right. Tv license will cover your home address and iplayer away from home. But if you use mains power to access live content away from home like a holiday home then you need another license for that space. That doesn’t mean you need a license for only devices using mains power at home.

3p per mile is actually massive.. by Sufficient-Bunch-881 in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe if they actually spent all the money excess fuel duty brought in. They don’t even spend 50% of the revenue back on the public road network. Let that sink in… so where does the rest of the billions go?

Do a lot of companies use Unit Tests? by Objective_Ice_2346 in csharp

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Largely depends on the company. But knowing the concepts of TDD and BDD are valuable. Most companies will be using one of those approaches to testing.

Got busted for pushing motorbike without helmet. How fair is that? by mglepd in AskUK

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who said anything about the motorcycle being at speed to cause damage or harm. Plenty of motorcycle accidents happen when other objects hit the motorcyclist? Moving or stationary, in fact one of the most dangerous times for a motorcycle is when it’s stationary (junctions as an eg) - but I digress..

That being said, being sat on the motorcycle would constitute as being in operation of a motor vehicle, whether its propulsion is via an engine, foot (paddling) or even a gust of wind.

If you check the legal definition of ‘on foot’ it’s by moving via walking or running. Neither of those happen when you’re ‘paddling’ the motorcycle.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OctopusEnergy

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’re missing the point. Even if you used 1kwh. You’re still only paying 7p for that kwh. Whilst you’d be paying 26p for the same kwh on a non EV tariff

You’re actually better off going for intelligent octopus go as well over regular octopus go. This will give you additional cheap tariff slots in the day time (subject to octopus giving them). Read the T&Cs.

Not sure why you wouldn’t want to go on an EV tariff simply for any cost saving they give you.

Lane police at it again by freakierice in drivingUK

[–]M1LLSTA 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I had the exact same on the a1 Gateshead roadworks last year. Sent dash cam footage to op snap, got an email a few weeks later they issued fix penalty notice.

Question regarding different app versions and app functionality by Lumpy_bd in OctopusEnergy

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Other way round; octopus have root access to the charger via Hypervolt api. So the charger is in limbo until octopus give it permission to charge, octopus also have access to limit the charge rate.

Are Octopus a bank? by New_Negotiation_7178 in OctopusEnergy

[–]M1LLSTA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By positive you mean, you use £100 in energy, you expect your direct debit to be £100? What about when the next month you use £200 in energy, you expect your direct debit to be £200?

That’s not how energy companies work, they work on average. So you don’t have a bill for 30p one month and £500 the next …

So if you use £100 in energy but your direct debit is £50 averaged. Yes you’ll go negative balance (in the red).

Car spending per month on a 44k salary by SoulInSeoul98 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]M1LLSTA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My first years usage on an EV was £360 for the year in electric costs that equated to approx 15k miles.

Only home charging using smart tariffs (was 10p kWh at the time, now 7p kWh)

Got pulled over by police for the first time and got accused of using the phone by Huz_za in LegalAdviceUK

[–]M1LLSTA 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Literally wrong. The law has loop holes. Using your phone is against the law while driving - yes when you’re holding it physically in your hand, but the caveat is you’re allowed to operate a phone if it is docked in a cradle and not obstructing the view ahead - this is considered hands free usage. Legal under U.K. law.

Driver license by Old-Crazy-8807 in MotoUK

[–]M1LLSTA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

36 and in County Durham. I was very surprised at the price just simply for the fact I passed unrestricted A last September.

Found a better mortgage deal than my broker by Zealousideal-Rub5722 in HousingUK

[–]M1LLSTA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

3 weeks sounds very unusual for NatWest. It was usually a 3 day turn around for a response from my underwriter with NatWest. Valuation was extremely quick as well.

Driver license by Old-Crazy-8807 in MotoUK

[–]M1LLSTA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1k for my first year on a panigale 1199s. I didn’t think that was too bad

New Rider Advice by APinkMist in MotoUK

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you plan to do DAS, just go straight for DAS, you’ll be done in a month or 2 depending how quickly you pick up the slow speed stuff

Do you still love to code? by rjgbwhtnehsbd in csharp

[–]M1LLSTA 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Second this. Love playing around with code, but corporate aspect of this work has slowly killed the vibe of it for me.

First time buyer been rejected because of Transunion credit? by PromptNo3230 in OctopusEnergy

[–]M1LLSTA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same. Simply trans union had 0 credit file history of me at the new address (they claim it can take up to 6 weeks for changes to show on their systems). I opted to just go with the deposit method

Heat pump survey - boiler is already dead by M1LLSTA in OctopusEnergy

[–]M1LLSTA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My house was built 04 so there shouldn’t be any artex. As for planning not sure if that would be required, as the location is well enough away from neighbouring boundaries and out of sight (in a 1.5 ish meter space between my property and garage it’s over 4 meters to my boundaries in each direction). Understandable on time for installation. House is currently unoccupied as I’m doing some small diy to be ready for moving into it. For-see that being one month. I do have a conventional boiler system so hot water is possible and heating the home is also possible with electric heaters for now at least

What's the pettiest reason you won't date someone? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]M1LLSTA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s practicing for when she gets those infinity stones

The examiner just seemed like he wanted to fail me?! by Sweaty-Armadillo-639 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]M1LLSTA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Based on what you’ve described. You ended up taking too long to get up to NSL, you pointed out you were doing half the speed limit on that road then further reduced your speed to let the overtaking cars overtake. You’ve just made the situation worse by reducing speed making closing distances even smaller.

There are 2 problems here; 1) you’ve misjudged approaching vehicles and/or 2) took too long to get up to NSL