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I agree, but then articles like this are the reason these people are so annoyed at the installers, they make it sound like there are mysterious procedures and practices which are not being followed, while failing to detail any of them and making the problem worse.
Anyone reading this will only ever come to the conclusion that they had a bad installer and won’t want their help, all while their house is turning into a stroganoff.
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I know a lot about building and insulation. The most likely cause of this is pre-existing damp that was just exasperated by the insulation making it warm on top of the damp.
If there is any sign of “rising damp” the modern way of dealing with it is by installing a layer of DryRods, however if the insulation was installed during a particularly dry period there might not have been evidence of a pre-existing problem.
Other than that possibility it could be an unrelated pipe leak, physical damage to the insulation and render, or an issue with the guttering.
Finally cold-bridging where a portion of the envelope of the house is uninsulated and forms condensation, this is pretty much the only issue which could be a mistake on behalf of installer, but even then it should be obvious and made worse by failing to open windows or turn on extractors when showering, drying washing or cooking.
Any of this information could have been in the article, it’s absence is suspicious. Whatever the reason the first thing you need to do is let the contractor investigate.
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It sounds like the company is offering to come back and fix whatever problem is causing the damp but the homeowner is refusing to let them fix it. Sounds like they’re just idiots.
The article doesn’t say what installation standards are not being adhered to. It’s not rocket science, you take insulation boards, you glue or screw or both to the house and you mesh ad render over the top. It sounds like whoever wrote this didn’t do much investigation.
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What a waste of money, ask any independent climate scientist what you could could spend £22bn on, carbon capture and storage wouldn’t even be in the top 100 suggestions.
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I’m going to get my deposit back for the CT, I still think it’s cool but I don’t think it will ever be sold in Europe and Musk has just ruined the reputation of Tesla. I’m also looking for a home battery and although the Powerwall 3 looks great, I’m going to try and find an alternative, just because of Elon.
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Since switching almost everything to USB-C I’m really annoyed with the number of lazy/cheap implementations which means you can only use the one cable provided with the product. I suspect Apple are saving their USB-C excuse for the switch to wireless only charging to maintain water resistance not possible with USB-C. So we all have to go out and buy MagSafe chargers which are suddenly more expensive to manufacture and are not included in the box for environmental reasons.
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Waiting for Apple to somehow try and link low sales to their repairability additions.
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I’ve posted this same comment many times… I’m still on the ‘X’ and the most compelling reason I have to upgrade is my case is falling apart, and if I’m going to get a new case anyway…
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You’re right I should have said “”accidentally””
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If you overclock it and it starts to crash Intel say “sorry warranty void”, if Intel accidentally overclock it and drastically reduce its life “…”
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I’ve not kept up to date with this but wasn’t the problem that as soon as you run these CPUs they are getting permanently damaged? Surely they have to recall them?
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I did I only ever enabled one at a time. They all had their issues with Twitch and YT blocking though. I’ve not found a solution for Twitch that works well, so I just sub to the occasional streamer now.
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Where is a Republican with a shovel when you need one?
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I use Firefox for general browsing and clear all cookies and history every shutdown. The problem I had was I had been rotating UBO, ABP, AdBlock, ghostry, Twitch Ad Block etc. and they all kept messing up browsing, YouTube, or Twitch in one way or another.
Brave was the only one to not fail on YouTube at any time in the last year, so I kept it just for YT.
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Thanks for the details…
if I don’t use their rewards program and they still block ads then it’s a win-win for me.
A founder with despicable views is not great, but again by using his product but not the monitization features I’m not really contributing anything to him.
Chrome with a fancy skin that blocks ads… is there another trusted browser that does the same thing with chrome level security that I can try? Even Edge is Chrome with a fancy skin now.
Just to clarify I do not browse with Brave, I only use it as a launcher for YouTube.
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Can you expand on this? Is Brave doing any shady stuff by default?
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Lol- I even spelt it wrong… what are you talking about? Do you mean Brave rewards for allowing advertising?
I don’t have any ads enabled afaik, wouldn’t even know how to turn that on. Never been interested in crypto, only interested in ad-free browsing.
If you have some info about nefarious things Brave is doing by default let me know.
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I nearly bought premium for the family this year, decided to show everyone how to install breve browser instead, and no issues so far.
The way I look at it is the YouTube Capitalism profit line must go up… the longer we all delay that from happening the better, and if it is expensive in the future I can offset it against my savings today, or subscribe to Nebula, or some other platform if they really take the piss with the price.
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Some power tips…. F12 opens and closes the console window, and in Brave browser at least it remembers your last command so you can just press the up arrow and enter to run the last command. YouTube will reset to 2.0x on each new video as that is their highest value. There are browser extensions that can do all this for you but every new extension is another possible attack vector or potentially malicious party you are adding to your digital world.
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Er… I’ve only ever tried 2.x-3.x.
All work… some creators speak fast and I’m limited to 2.8, but others I have at 3.5 or 3.8.
Not pushed it further than that but if you want to try 1.7*10^308 you do you my dude!
*This is just a rant… maybe a discussion starter* Margins on 2nd hand and new electric cars are thin, gone are the days where you could get 25% off a new car, and thin margins mean lower commission. Servicing costs are minimal so no kickbacks for selling the servicing plans. People are wise to paint protection and alloy wheel cover that cost more than a refurb. EV buyers tend to make better decisions and are more likely to be cash buyers or finance elsewhere, so no kickback for selling a finance plan. Manufacturers still selling higher margin hybrid and ICE vehicles mean they are the real target for salespeople. Manufacturers also want to shift their ICE inventories and new products so they are still pushing the FUD on electric, and myths like “EVs will be obsolete once Hydrogen cars come out, you may as well get an ICE car in the meantime.” I’ve had a really bad customer experiences at Toyota, Honda and now Kia dealerships. I know people will suggest the Tesla online sales model, but Musk is just ruining the brand to the point where I can’t buy or recommend one. So now I’m going to do all my own research, find the exact car I want, and contact the dealer/seller directly while avoiding as much interaction as possible.
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Anyone else so used to being gaslit by the government they started to read this thinking *‘Great! Let’s find out how I’m a “failed citizen”, who had rubbish plans during the pandemic’* I’m finding this transition a little difficult, I’m hopeful but I’m still half expecting the Home Secretary to announce **concrete shoes at low tide for all immigrants** or something.
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As a Thames Water “customer” (given the complete lack of competition maybe “hostage” is a better term) who will have a £20 rise per year, and as someone with no money I’m fine with paying an extra £1.65 a month for water, but not to Thames Water who will inevitably use that money to pay shareholders dividends. If it stops us from dumping raw sewage into the rivers and oceans I’ll happily pay ten times as much, but it’s clear that Thames Water is just corrupt, and cannot be trusted with any extra money.
James Dyson who famously championed Brexit then moved his company’s head office to Singapore, and finally lost a libel case when papers pointed he was a massive hypocrite, has now announced he is cutting 1/4 of the UK workforce. All this while parliament is busy swearing in all the new members. In case you needed another reason to avoid his crap vacuum cleaners other than the horrible repairability and quality of failure prone components.
Is YouTube actively trying to make their platform as unusable as possible? In case you can’t zoom the YouTube definition of ‘latest’, is any time in the last few years. My video suggestions are also 50% text posts now for some reason.
I need some help finding the simplest but safe small EV for my parents in their 80s. They currently drive a massive old Mercedes E and S-class, but they don’t need such big cars, as sight and reaction times dwindle having such big powerful cars might get them into trouble. I’m looking for a small simple EV with the ability to lock things down and start every drive with consistent user selectable settings. Maybe limit the power, ensure the air conditioning is set appropriately every time and that the radio turns on to their station and with the volume at a good level. Basically so they just have to get in and press the go pedal, without worrying about messing anything up because the next drive will be back to normal again. For size I really like the Honda-E but I have taken them to two garages and both have been terrible experiences, where the salesperson tried to convince my parents that EVs were a dead technology and that they should buy a Hybrid until the Hydrogen cars come out. The longest journey they ever do is 100miles but mostly journeys are <50miles round trip. Anything with 130miles + would be perfect and give some cold weather/degradation buffer.
On some things the UK is progressive, on other issues, like sustainable transport, they see it as antisocial behaviour.
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Looks like the Labour Party have finally hired someone under 60 to handle their social media. Excellent, no notes.
Just thinking back to the iPhone 6 which is 10 years old this year. I’m trying to work out if there are any features people use that weren’t available 10 years ago? My dad still uses my old iPhone 6, and it really highlighted for me that innovation has stagnated in the last 10 years, unless I’m missing something.
I’m still on the iPhone X, and the latest models just don’t have any features I’m excited about. I was thinking about what would make a difference to me and I think a really cool feature that would make me upgrade is thermal imaging. Thermal cameras are expensive and the resolution and frame rate is generally rubbish because they are a niche item, but they are so useful. I’ve used them for everything from fixing heating systems, cars, and electronics to simply checking if my dog is still in the garden in the dark, or working out where ‘that draft’ is coming from. Thermal imaging needs to be brought into the mainstream for price reduction and development, that integration to the next generation iPhone can deliver. Am I just a weirdo, or would you like a thermal camera on the iPhone?
I’m typing this on an iPhoneX I got on day of release. I’ve had a new battery and it’s still perfect. I kept telling myself I’d wait for USB-C, but now it’s here I’m just not bothered. I think the only reason I would have to upgrade is when mobile apps drop support for iOS 16. What “must have” feature are you using to justify an upgrade?