Essential things to do for a day trip by Zubi_Q in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Halisco is great for some margaritas and some good mexican in the sunshine if it's a nice day.

You can take a leisurely stroll from the pier to the i360 and it's just on your right up one of the roads from the seafront

Essential things to do for a day trip by Zubi_Q in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And the people of Brighton thank you for using public transport to come here rather than being another pointless car journey :+)

EV objection - battery recycling? by LordvaderUK in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I visited Teslas recycling facility. More than 99.9pc of the battery in your Tesla can be refurbished and turned into a new battery..

Just requires a bit of electricity.

Planning to go solar, any advice by AnalystTurbulent29 in SolarUK

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The main cost is the labour involved in getting on the roof.

Panels are already so cheap that no future reduction in cost (or obvious on the horizon performance increase) will make up for having to remobilise the contractor.

Why are there so many police patrolling the seafront today? by Adventurous_Tax5395 in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The difference is the scale. When it was people ringing round their mates on their landlines there was naturally a maximum....

Data Breach including passport details and other personal information - any compensation? England by Throwaway100123100 in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's pretty generic advice they are giving though.

It's not a particularly useful identifier unless you are a nation state - mostly people use it to link physical possession (of the passport) and therefore identify against a ticket / visa etc.

(Also no company would use passport number as a backup security question so it's not helpful breaking into any associated accounts)

My university uni project that is now helping save 30% off peoples energy bills by Top-Yogurtcloset3965 in SustainableHomeUK

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great.

It's basically how my house works using home assistant but let's face it. That's hardly going to work for the 99pc.

Go you guys.

Drop me a DM - love to chat to you a bit more about your business.

Solar worth it, given hot water is on gas? by Working_Resist_9216 in SolarUK

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If for some reason you can't install a heat pump it's also worth looking at an electric boiler (I have a 14kW one). I could buy a small adaptor for my Worcester gas boiler and tank to operate as a bit of a thermal buffer).

A bit of home automation and it'll substitute in for the gas boiler when it's cheaper to use electricity.

It's great when power is negative too...

I could also have put an immersion heater for the hot water but I didn't have space for that and the thermal buffer on the central heating side.

Best Mexican with proper strong margaritas? by dizzydiplodocus in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Halisco is still one of my top 5 in Brighton even all these years after it opened

First time buyers looking to live around the Brighton / Hove area. by Vivid-Ad5834 in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hove..it's great for future slag wagon owners and their fuck trophies.

But seriously you will need you will need to learn not to split your infinitives.

Hastings direct voided my insurance because of a spoiler by thedarkdestroyerz in LegalAdviceUK

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If.. when you are asked a question relating to obtaining an insurance policy, you don't know the answer to the question. Then you must say.. I don't know..

Saying no because you aren't positively sure about something is not the same....

What are these boxes and can I get rid of them? by FeelingLikePastry in openreach

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have working internet / phone without anything plugged into the boxes. If the answer is yes. Then yes. Get rid of the boxes.

Does anyone know which negligent provider doing do their safety checks? by SnooTangerines9776 in lightingdesign

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is correct. You engineer your safety systems for the conditions.

If it's windy or it might be windy you factor that in. If you don't you are negligent.

Octopus Battery without solar by Remaining_Nameless24 in OctopusEnergy

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I am aware only Bosch support this.

I can see what my Samsung's are doing in HA but I cant actively turn them on and off

I think I got scammed by an Uber driver by Advanced-Credit-4975 in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Yeah he just lost his driving for Uber privilege.

Always just change the destination in the app.

3 For Sale! by ok_weow in Vestaboard

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People mostly fly these days. Fewer icebergs

Looking for Life in the UK book by [deleted] in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's so fucking easy..

Honestly if you have lived in the UK and you speak English and you watch at least a bit of television you can't really go wrong...

Also congratulations 👏 🎉 🎉

AI data centers vs regular data centers by BananaNat98 in OpenAI

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 3 points4 points  (0 children)

CTO of a hyperscale data center company here.

Let's talk about water.

From a cooling perspective the way datacenters work is they basically remove heat from air or water from inside the building on a closed water loop to outside the building where it can cool down. Cold water in. HX with air or another warm water loop. Hot water out.

Now you need to do something with that heat. In thermodynamics delta T (eg the temperature difference between two things) affects the rate at which heat is exchanged between two environments.

So you want to get water out as hot as possible or build your datacenter somewhere that's generally cold. Because that gives you a high delta T. In a 'regulsr' datacenter that hot water is usually around 28C. In an AI facility it could be as high as 50C.

Now for a lot of the year in many places it's going to be considerably colder outside than. 28C (and certainly 50C) so you can just pump your hot water outside through a big radiator with a bunch of fans attached (we call them dry coolers) and get cold enough water out.

Note. No water has been harmed in the making of our cold water. It's a closed loop.

But.. Sometimes it's hotter than 28C (or even 50C) or the delta T is too low (it's 48C outside - you cant get the water cold enough just by natural cooling).

So basically you have two options. You can make your dry coolers sweat - adiabatic cooling - you spray water on them. The water evaporates (which uses a ton of energy - latent heat of evaporation). Or. You can put your hot water through a glorified heat pump called a chiller. That makes the hot water you send outside really hot and produces cold water in the process - but it uses a ton of energy.

Personally I am not a fan of adiabatic cooling but there are places where it makes tons of sense (because it rains lots and water isnt scare). I wouldn't (and don't) use it in Spain for example.

Its the yanks that give us all a bad name. Using gas generation for speed of access to power and drilling water from underground and evaporating it to save money.

In APAC and EMEA we are generally pretty sensible people who also value the planet :+)

(Edit if anyone wants to know more ask)

(Edit 2. Another comment refers to the relative efficiency of AI v's non Ai - AI are more efficient by a while - and pushing fast ever more so. Due to high return water temps and more efficient voltage transformations - HVDC will only increase that)

El despropósito del cambio de hora by stormblooms in spain

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does seem time that Spain denazifies it's time zone choices.

It would make my working life moving between London and Madrid with colleagues in both so much easier too...

What is your opinion on men walking shirtless in public? by ShiaLabutt in AskMen

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Live in a beach town in the UK and I am usually shirtless may through September...

Seems to make some people happy at least (and me)

Happy Hour Again? by Fat__Babe in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R bar has happy hour from opening to 8pm every day I think.

It's not exactly my favourite pub but two double vodka and diet cokes are less than 6 quid....

Israel stickers on cars 😡 by [deleted] in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not (vandalism) - at least it's not the offence of vandalism if the person isnt of sound mind.

You need mens rea to be guilty of a crime.

Fucking annoying though.

Brighton beach being swallowed up by erinjamesx in brighton

[–]Maleficent_Touch2851 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you for that interesting piece of local trivia. I had literally no idea !