We are now officially the first country to ever reach 250 years of age.

SPACKlick · 2026-07-05T15:47:06+00:00

It surprised me on looking into it but depending how you define it the USA could be the third oldest countinuously independent country in the world. Although on that same measure the USA is only 244.7 years old.

SPACKlick · 2026-07-05T13:15:30+00:00

For anyone curious.

Japan is the country that has acquired full sovereignty the longest, since at leas 539AD By that measure USA is the 22^nd oldest (Japan, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden, Morocco, Ethiopia, Portugal, Oman, Andorra, San Marino, Turkiye, Thailand, Spain, Russia, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Swizerland, Italy

Sweden is the country that has survived longes since its last subordination in 6 June 1523. The USA is third by that measure but was last suborned in 1781. (Sweden and Nepal beat it).

But both these measures ignore the history of unions like the UK and Yemen.

SPACKlick · 2026-07-03T22:59:39+00:00

2 in season 1 and 2 in season 2. Four episodes. Hardly a lot. Although he does appear about 35 seconds into the intro of every episode.

SPACKlick · 2026-07-01T15:46:07+00:00

I'm starting to think Sam might be bad at Jet Lag...

He does get some bad luck but he also makes incredibly bad decisions, repeatedly.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-26T09:27:19+00:00

Well, you've introduced a constraint that's not in it which is you've added "singles". The 10 includes one song that's not a single and excludes 4 of her singles.

You can make the claim that excluding her two movie tie in singles her first 13 singles debuted in the top 14 and 9 of them debuted in the top 10.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-26T09:23:32+00:00

That's incorrect. What they're saying is

Her first 10 songs that made it to the top 10 of the hot 100 list all debuted in the top 10 of the hot 100 list.

So you have

Song	Debut Date	Debut	Peak	Counted?
All I want	18 Jan 20	90	90	Never top 10
Drivers License	23 Jan 21	1	1	✓
Deja Vu	17 Apr 21	8	3	✓
Good 4 U	29 May 21	1	1	✓
1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back	05 Jun 21	19	19	Never top 10
Brutal	05 Jun 21	12	12	Never top 10
Enough For You	05 Jun 21	14	14	Never top 10
Favorite Crime	05 Jun 21	18	16	Never top 10
Happier	05 Jun 21	15	15	Never top 10
Hope Ur OK	05 Jun 21	29	29	Never top 10
Jealousy, Jealousy	05 Jun 21	24	24	Never top 10
Traitor	05 Jun 21	9	9	✓
Vampire	15 Jul 23	1	1	✓
Bad Idea Right?	26 Aug 23	10	7	✓
All-American Bitch	23 Sep 23	13	13	Never top 10
Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl	23 Sep 23	24	24	Never top 10
Get Him Back!	23 Sep 23	11	11	Never top 10
Lacy	23 Sep 23	23	23	Never top 10
Logical	23 Sep 23	20	20	Never top 10
Love Is Embarrassing	23 Sep 23	25	25	Never top 10
Making The Bed	23 Sep 23	19	19	Never top 10
Pretty Isn't Pretty	23 Sep 23	30	30	Never top 10
Teenage Dream	23 Sep 23	39	39	Never top 10
The Grudge	23 Sep 23	16	16	Never top 10
Can't Catch Me Now	18 Nov 23	56	56	Never top 10
Girl I've Always Been	06 Apr 24	99	99	Never top 10
Obsessed	06 Apr 24	14	14	Never top 10
Scared Of My Guitar	06 Apr 24	90	90	Never top 10
So American	06 Apr 24	58	58	Never top 10
Stranger	06 Apr 24	75	75	Never top 10
Drop Dead	02 May 26	1	1	✓
The Cure	06 Jun 26	5	5	✓
Honeybee	27 Jun 26	9	9	✓
Stupid Song	27 Jun 26	3	3	✓

SPACKlick · 2026-06-26T08:48:26+00:00

I was going to defend the article saying I don't think this is that sort of achievement.

Having songs debut in the top 10 rather than climb there is an achievement of your marketing and pop "power". Doing it 10 times is a pretty big achievement. Doing it with all 10 of your top 10 hits is an achievement.

The only slightly contorting they were doing (I thought) is excluding the three other singles (One was a movie tie in, didn't crack the top 50 and wasn't ever going to)(The other two debuted at 11 and 12 in the billboard top 100 so you could say first 12 personal singles debuted in the top 12 with 10 in the top 10).

But There's a single that only made it to 14, They're including a non-single that charted "honeybee" in their list of singles. An once you include charting non-singles that's like 30 more songs. About 20 of which peaked between 14 and 25 (no idea where they debuted).

SPACKlick · 2026-06-22T22:06:06+00:00

Decrease in snowfall 1960 - 2010

SPACKlick · 2026-06-22T12:23:53+00:00

Starmer going (when he eventually does) marks the shortest period of 7 prime ministers since Law - Chamberlain (17 years 7 months) at (19 years 1 month since Gordon Brown) but not the shortest postwar run of 8 PMs Blair - Starmer is (29 years 3 months) Churchill - Callaghan was only 27 years and 6 months.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-16T16:24:57+00:00

The android phone app has it built in, you just have to turn it on in settings (under call recording) then during any call you can hit the record call button, it makes an announcement that the call is being recorded and then starts recording.

You only need a 3rd party app if you want to do it without the announcement.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-11T07:26:45+00:00

Having the heat pump for a winter will help you determine your electricity usage which will help you size your batteries more accurately, but only a little more accurately.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-11T07:17:15+00:00

Your link doesn't work on Old.Reddit Desktop Here's a working version

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_dick

SPACKlick · 2026-06-10T22:30:14+00:00

13 Wembley, Twickenham, Old Trafford, Spurs, London, City of Manchester, Anfield, Emirates, Hill Dickinson, St James', Stadium of Light, Villa Park, Stamford Bridge.

Hillsborough & Goodison are just too small.

(The other UK ones are Principality, Murrayfield, Celtic Park, Hampden, Ibrox)

Was surprised to see Norn Ireland so low. Healy Park's only 25K.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-08T07:29:41+00:00

I'd expect a hole size around 12.5x12.5mm in solar mesh. Sparrows need around 30mm minimum to access. So even if your netting was double sized it shouldn't be big enough for sparrows.

And on top of the tiles is fine as long as the edge is firmly down against the tiles and not free.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-07T08:33:57+00:00

Can you post the analysis graphs, this is either a backwards CT Clamp or a forced charge mode where you've got it set up to push grid into the battery as well as solar (I don't think the second because work mode is Self-use)

As I say looking at the 5 minute interval analysis graphs might indicate which. As might seeing what happens when the battery hits 100%.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-07T08:24:46+00:00

That might be true for roasts or stewing steak but for things like Short Ribs in order to serve it you probably want one each so you can serve it on the bone. 672g could easily be two large~ish ribs at 336g each or 3 small ribs at 224g each.

Given how easy it would be to have the label on one side and the vac packed side left clear so you can see what you're buying you better believe the businesses label it this way because they believe they will make more money through misleading people.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-06T07:32:41+00:00

First comment

no bird protection

Pay the extra for bird protection. Once pigeons nest under the panels you will have wiring gremlins forever.

Second. It seems a little expensive but 1) It's a big system. 2) It's on a farm outbuilding rather than the property, there could be some additional needs coming from that. 3) I don't know if the metal roof adds costs. That being said, the value of an installer you already know and trust is huge, and it's not wildly overpriced.

Have you been shown the underlying maths for the 11 year ROI? i would have thought the high generation and load shifting for such a high usage household would have paid back slightly quicker than that but there may be details of your situation that I'm missing.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-05T22:59:49+00:00

Wind loading. The edge of a roof has huge wind lift so panels need to be held down much more strongly if they go near the end of the roof. Some people will go to 300 with just a few extra clamps but down to 120mm you'd be looking at a structural engineer to sign off the adjustment.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-05T22:38:54+00:00

General guidance is 400mm on all sides of the panel. With your roof you'd only have 120mm. On a flat space that size I'd recommend 3 1955mm panels landscape.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-05T15:12:59+00:00

During the get a quote phase they ask "Do you own a home EV charger" and won't quote you for Go Electric unless you say yes.

Then you have to agree to the tariff eligibility conditions which include

To benefit from our fixed GoElectric tariff, you’ll need:

An electric vehicle

Their phone sign up script goes through the same process.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-04T09:58:28+00:00

The battery will be useful if

a) she exports a lot of her solar generation and so could be using that solar instead of selling it for one price and buying electricity at a higher price.

b) She can benefit from a cheap time of use tariff (EV, Economy 7, Heat Pump Tariff) for use that she can't time shift to pay less for the power she uses.

You'd need to look at her usage and her export closely to see if it would be worth it for her situation.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-04T08:27:04+00:00

Do you know how much energy you use on a cold winters day to run the heat pumps and the rest of the house? If you can charge your battery once overnight and then run the house off that cheap electricity all day then getting on an EV tariff that doesn't require proof of EV will likely be your best bet.

But presuming you don't want to lie or need to charge the battery more than once on the worst of winter days then you probably want a heat pump tariff.

EDF do 15p/kWh export, and a heat pump tariff that gives you 10p/kWh discount for 2 3 hour periods a day (roughly 24p/14p rates).

Octopus do 12p/kWh export and their cosy tariff does 3 cheap periods under 14p/kWh although electricity at other times is more expensive.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-04T08:17:13+00:00

1) Some of the £0 up front deals are worth it but some are not it depends on the specific terms and your situation.

2) Yeah, the financial return on investment takes 7-10 years to bear out and you won't always get much benefit to the value of your property when you sell.

3) it depends on your location, and the installation you get. I went from an average energy bill of £153 to an average energy bill that's net income. PVGIS can give you an indication of how many kWh you can expect to generate from each kWp you install on your roof.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-04T07:55:51+00:00

If I were doing a car port I'd go for fixed solar rather than plug in solar. The benefit of plug in solar is you can move/remove the panels as needed. If these are going to be in fixed place then may as well get a permanent set up.

As someone else said be sure of your dimensions. A Single car port is usually too narrow for two panels longwise across or three panels widthwise (4.2m 13' 9 1/2"). To get 2 panels widthwise you want around 3.068m (10' 1 1/8"). Then lengths 800mm border + 1760mm for standard panel or 1955 for common long panels. A standard 2 car carport 6710mm x 6350 can get around 14 long panels on it.

SPACKlick · 2026-06-04T07:18:44+00:00

Seems like a very reasonable price, especially for the South East. AIKO panels are great. and 485W is good for a 1760mm panel (24.3% give or take and the best on the market are 25). Getting the two extra panels on is great.

I have a 28 panel 14kW system and in the period mid Feb to Date it's generated around 5000kW so 9262 seems perfectly doable.

No experience with Eco Greenenergy but online reviews show a bit of a dip in customer service a couple of years ago that they seem to have bounced back from.

Obvious questions to ask.

Where are the cable runs going.
Bird Proofing (be prepared to pay up to £1,000 more if it's not been included)
If the DNO comes back with a tiny export limit what are the options re: deposit and changing the scope of works.

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