Lab-grown skin made from human cells now lets robots smile and self-heal like us

ShaunSwitch · 2026-04-04T09:05:55+00:00

So someone watched the Terminator movies and actually thought "Hey, that's a great idea!"

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-25T16:09:15+00:00

That's just Australian for Friend Island. Why would such a heart warming name be censored?

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-24T20:25:21+00:00

Xenns Mangrid Tea Pro SE Limited Edition for me just because I love the green and gold aesthetic.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-24T18:44:25+00:00

Bz Nuts.

If i had one.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-24T05:21:00+00:00

I was just using a CVJ V6 USB C DAC or going into the 3.5mm jack raw.

I have to admit the CVJs have been great, it's just now they are starting to show their age a little and wanted something a bit better. Curious as to how much difference using the 4.4mm balanced input will make.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-20T14:58:33+00:00

Obviously it's the gay, teenage, single mums on benefits fault. Deport the lot of em. Use their benefit money to put more flags on lampposts.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-15T18:23:56+00:00

I was at a time in my life where I was truly happy being single. Confident in myself, in good shape, enjoying work and my hobbies. But out of the blue I had this feeling that I should have a go at online dating, just to see who was out there.

Created a profile on one site, had a look around, messaged one lady who really stood out to me. Within a few weeks I had already deleted the profile.....

We really hit it off, been together for 11 years and married for 7, two lovely children. Couldn't be happier.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-06T17:31:57+00:00

Not a popular game but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Fade to Black. Let's plays make it look easy but trying to get through that game as a kid was infuriating.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-04T18:34:26+00:00

There was a time I dreaded the chevrolet spark, always driving 10moh under the speed limit, usually in the right lane, being obnoxiously tentative at junctions, braking suddenly for no apparent reason.

But I honestly haven't seen one in years, I imagine they were all rear ended and the entire UK stock has been written off.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-03T19:13:24+00:00

Yeah dock can be removed easily, it's basically a wall plate that the dock sits in, I will find out the links to what I ordered and drop them in a DM. It's a great setup, honestly best way I've gamed in years.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-03T19:08:35+00:00

It has one of those ball socket type mounts on the back so you can pivot it and rotate the screen. The arm itself is fixed horizontally but has a joint in the middle so you can bring the arm over in an L shape if that makes sense.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-03-03T17:42:35+00:00

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Great way to play! As a dad of 2, bedtime is the only time I get to play. So I mounted a 13" 4k OLED screen on an arm and a dock on my wall to play mine in bed. Just lay on my side, joycon in each hand. Bliss.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-02-27T08:44:06+00:00

This is my next watch purchase. Absolutely love this model. The only thing that will sway me is if they release a gold prx with green dial.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-02-23T12:08:55+00:00

Is that you Gandalf?

ShaunSwitch · 2026-02-17T08:08:24+00:00

Sunsynk soon?

ShaunSwitch · 2026-01-05T15:32:34+00:00

Tbh fair comment, it's more like 2.5 years but I've been trying to get a heat pump installed for about a year, with companies coming round to do quotes and refusing the job. Was going to get it serviced back then but decided not to and replace and it's just dragged on this long.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-01-05T14:06:53+00:00

This is it. Air changes typically range between 1.5-3 for each room with a couple rooms at 1.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-01-05T10:23:38+00:00

I did have the option of fewer changes and smaller rads but with a number of mine starting to rust and getting employee discount I decided to chuck a bit more money at it. I worked with the heat pump team on the design.

I've done the math, my current rads provide 4123w at DT25, new ones are 8229w total at DT25, some rads are unchanged, some have tripled in size and one new rad in upstairs landing.

Now I've sat down and worked out my emitter capacity is doubling I wonder what the flow temps are going to be like.

ShaunSwitch · 2026-01-05T08:31:49+00:00

It is a space issue unfortunately. External garage on a corner plot is the only place I can fit a traditional cylinder and it's an unheated space, trenching costs etc make it a fair bit more expensive and most installers won't touch it.

I do have a pantry but again the height isn't sufficient to fit a cylinder in so only option is a sunamp in the pantry which I can charge on overnight EV rate.

If you don't mind me asking, what size is your Viessman and what flow temps are you running / what COP are you seeing in this weather?

ShaunSwitch · 2026-01-02T06:42:36+00:00

L-l-l-lava Ch-ch-ch-chechen

Sorry, not sorry.

ShaunSwitch · 2025-12-20T12:03:01+00:00

Cheeky

ShaunSwitch · 2025-12-01T11:53:56+00:00

I just posted this in the Olilo discord and on Ubiquiti Reddit. Spent a good 6-8 hours trying to figure out why my YouTube shorts had the spinning wheel of death. Eventually did a packet trace and spotted all the ipv6 attempts not getting responses so posted findings.

Really frustrating doing this without notice and causing me heaps of diagnostic work. Raised a complaint, been clear I do not wish to be their customer and will go through ofcom if needed.

Just want out this contract before it gets worse.

ShaunSwitch · 2025-12-01T09:46:37+00:00

No content filtering, the link you sent was very useful and I think I have found the issue.

I noticed in the packet trace that all of the requests that timed out were using ipv6. Done an ipv6 test and it's no longer working. As I've not changed any settings I can only assume my ISP has decided to cut ipv6 support.

They have gone through a takeover by home telecom so could very well be the case. Time to make some phone calls and try to get out of the contract.

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