Solar gain.

IN FOCUS: Lena Drapella The second instalment of our In Focus series, where climbing photographers share some of their favourite images, and revisit the stories, decisions, and circumstances behind them.

The photography here is outstanding. Love this.

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clad pipes heading up the outside of the house also don't look so pretty. It would have been better for them to be inside, but cost more. Again slightly regret not doing that.
Octopus did us a really good deal though and overall, v happy to be off gas.

I slightly regret not doing that now as it's not the prettiest bit of machinery and does make a fair amount of noise when operating. Putting at the side would have required planning permission due to proximity to next house in the street. I now think it would have been worthwhile.
There are also

We have ashp, PV and battery. Battery went in our loft. I'm not sure that's allowed now, and does make it a little difficult to get to, if there are any problems (only one so far in a few years of ownership).
Ashp went in the back garden. Could have gone at the side of the house out of the way and

Me explaining weekend plans to the youngest "no, don't walk away, I've not finished being boring yet"

Two consecutive records broken as GB solar generation hits 14.4GW A new British solar generation record was hit two days running this week, with generation reaching 14,414MW at 11:30 in the morning of 7 April.

Beautiful

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CLOSING DATE: 23 April (the date on Jobs.ac.uk is apparently incorrect)

Think I won't opt out. My code will probably degrade any AI trained on it.

The price of lithium-ion batteries has fallen by 99% since 1991 Representative estimate of the price of battery cells for lithium-ion batteries, across all major cell chemistries. Prices are in US dollars per kilowatt-hour, adjusted for inflation.

At a time when everything seems bad, here’s a bit of good news. In 1991, lithium-ion batteries cost around $9,200 per kilowatt-hour — 33 years later, they cost just $78. This helps us move towards electrification of transport and energy storage in homes
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A photo of cut rhubarb. The rhubarb is a vibrant pink colour

It's that time of year again.

No effect at all? Maybe you just need to update the dose? You have my complete sympathy.

Congratulations!

Looking forward to reading this

Offered to come up with a recipe for mackerel and gnocchi. Wife declined. Slightly disappointed at her lack of culinary adventure, I must say.

That said, I haven't read the preprint!

Using an LLM to do your thinking is like using a forklift to do your deadlifts.

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Always have backups. Always make a note of your windows key. Always create a recovery disk.

Which is a long way of saying I have not had a good morning.

How much does it pay to publish an open access academic book? Read this thread for my story and 💲💰 amounts. 🧵

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Masa 居場所 The Place Where I Am | Ellis Brigham YouTube video by Ellis Brigham

This was a lovely film.
youtu.be/Dxr0cfRt8JA?...

Wonder if Ellis Brigham would sponsor me to make 'Thrutch - one climber's struggles on low-grade gritstone'

Also no, winning all the way

This year: no

And now to answer the annual question: is there a dead mouse in my grass seed?

The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay Photographer Murdo MacLeod patrols the snow with members of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service, which has for several decades published a vital daily avalanche forecast for mountain areas

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This is a great photo essay

I'd certainly like to see that

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Definitely makes sense. Greatly amplified after about 3 pints

I thought this was very interesting.
Particularly this:
"I expect we could say we are all masking, all the time, trying to adapt to our society’s norms."

of interest, I think that the close correlation of all the domains means that any such attempts to disentangle them will be futile.