davep

@davep@infosec.exchange

Does IT stuff.

Likes permaculture, infosec, Tranmere Rovers. But mainly bad jokes stolen from https://www.justthetalk.co.uk/thehaven/17468/urgent-i-need-a-good-joke-right-now

Missing my Dad and little brother.

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Our son is taking part in a social experiment.

He has to wear a tory 2024 t-shirt for 2 weeks and see how people react. So far he's been spat on, punched, had a bottle thrown at him and hit on the head with a shoe.

I'm curious to see what happens when he goes outside.

davep, to random

Can any electrical wizards help me?

I need to set up my solar system using the "SMA FLEXIBLE STORAGE SYSTEM with Battery-Backup Function" which is hybrid (but not adequately described for my version of the inverters).

My problem is that when on-grid it uses the grid neutral for the earth. When we disconnect, it disconnects both poles, so I need to use a local earth. The battery inverters will be chugging along anyway so I don't need a full "Automatic Transfer Switch", just something that detects a loss of power from the grid and automatically transfers the earth to local (and back again when it comes on). Any ideas?

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In the ongoing attempts to fix my roof that was letting in water due to a hailstorm last year, I got a lot of preparatory work done yesterday with the help of a neighbour. A strong rope is across the roof and secured on the other side for safety, and I assembled a roof ladder using nuts and bolts rather than the dangerous pins that came with it and could have killed me last time I tried to use the roof ladder.

Got the new roof ladder up too. I want to quickly do two things. 1 - bring down the rest of the original roof ladder that stayed up after the rest detached and fell and 2 - drag the tarpaulin up and fix it in place after removing the new roof ladder. Going to take advantage of the good weather this morning to try to get it finished.

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davep, (edited ) to wordpress

I'm going mad. Is there a simple solution to creating a small e-commerce website? With you're paying for multiple premium plugins and it's just bonkers. It's like being caught in a web.

Haven't looked at or really. Ideas?

Edit: it's the multilingual stuff that is making it a headache.

#e-commerce

davep, to random

When I said butter, I actually meant ghee. I should have clarified

davep, to random

In my quest for non-meat protein, I just went down a rabbit hole about precision fermentation and discovered Quorn was the first biomass fermentation product.

It's not available in France so I carried on looking and looked at tofu, but it's a faff and it's again not easily found locally.

Then I saw the likes of soy and mung beans, which are both relatively high in protein. They seem good for germination with salads (mung beans won't make you fart, not sure about soy). After my brief research I've seen that it's doable for mung beans and also soy. Seems better than making tofu...

But the clincher was seeing that, like cannabis, soy plant flowering is linked to the length of daylight (it tends to start at about 12.8 hours). Having bought 3 grow tents, LED lights and other assorted paraphernalia while very drunk a couple of years ago, I now realise I can grow soy in them. I've already got the seeds and rhizobia, and the outside climate here isn't really suitable for waiting that late for flowering to start. Looks like I could use excess PV solar in spring, summer and autumn to grow a couple of indoor crops. They produce more nitrogen-fixing bacteria up to 8 weeks, so I could use that as the point to induce flowering, subject to experimentation, and get extra nitrogen for other crops as well as extra rhizobia for future production (letting them grow through a normal outdoor cycle isn't optimal for harvesting rhizobia, but I guess I could have extra ones that I harvest early for that).

They also need arbuscular mycorrhizae, but these are much more ancient and European varieties should do the job, unlike the bacteria.

No idea what sort of yield I'd get with two 4x4 feet and one 3x3 tent, but it sounds like a fun project.

Anyone got experience in this sort of hare-brained scheme?

And, yes, I'm meant to be doing DIY today.

davep, (edited ) to random

Unintentionally racist slur deleted. It was a rubbish joke anyway.

davep, to random

I'm hoping this metre-long pole attached just below the guttering with strong screws to attach rope to will be sufficient to take my weight on the opposite side of the roof (with another carabiner at the top of the roof ladder) 😳

davep, to random

Apparently, there is now a Patron Saint of copying people on an email.

It's St. Francis of a CC.

davep, to animals

Simba is now relaxed enough that he is spending most of his time chilling (literally) on the floor above our vaulted basement and doing a lamprey impression.

He was too nervous and discombobulated for the first couple of days, so this is a blessed relief from constant wrestling bouts where the rules are he gets cuddles and then suddenly tries to jump on me or sit on my lap. My role is to try to push him off. It was utterly exhausting.

davep, to random

Scotsman walks into a bar in Canada, and there’s a huge stuffed head on the wall.

‘What’s that?' He asks.

‘It’s a moose', comes the reply.

"Christ! How big are the cats around here?"

davep, to random

At the airport, just witnessed a man collapse on the luggage carousel. Think he's ok, he's slowly coming around.

davep, to random

Another Brexit benefit! New jokes can be created by recycling old Soviet jokes. For example:

A man walks into a shop. He asks the clerk, “You don’t have any meat?” The clerk says, “No, here we don’t have any fish. The shop that doesn’t have any meat is across the street.”

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A man sees a sign outside a house - 'Talking Dog For Sale.' He rings the bell, the owner appears and tells him the dog can be viewed in the back garden.

The man sees a very nice looking Labrador Retriever sitting there.

"Do you really talk?" he asks the dog.

"Yes," the Labrador replies.

After recovering from the shock of hearing the dog talk, the man asks, "So, tell me your story."

The Labrador looks up and says, "Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I was sold to the SAS. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one imagined that a dog would be eavesdropping. I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years".

"But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at Heathrow Airport to do some undercover security work, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded several medals".

"Then I got married, had a few puppies, and now I've just retired."

The man is amazed. He goes back into the house and asks the owner how much he wants for the dog.

"Ten quid," the owner says.

"£10! But your dog is absolutely amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheaply?"

"Because he's a lying bastard, he's never been out of the garden."

davep, to random

Was on my computer earlier looking at grid injection and battery backup for PV, while chatting with a friend about manufacturing an automatic transfer switch for going into standalone mode when the grid goes down (changing to local earth, then synching the local AC sine wave to the grid before rejoining). The cheapest of off the shelf solutions costs over €1,000 so we're looking at a partnership to do it ourselves.

Then the grid went down as we were discussing it. The whole area is affected for at least five hours. Need to get that battery backup sorted out..

davep, to random

Shopping for antiques won't make you gay but it may make you buy curios.

davep, to random

Prigozhin has said he's stopping movements after Belarus president mediates the situation.

davep, to random

I tried donating blood today. Never again, I'll tell you. So many questions! 'Why do you want to donate blood?' 'Whose blood is it?' 'Why is it in a bucket? '

davep, to random

It appears I can't block threads without seeing a post from there... Or am I missing something?

davep, to random

An interesting break even study of moving to solar, with electric cars (52k Oz dollars), PV ~15kW (15k? including inverters), 30kWk batteries (34k!)

https://switchedon.reneweconomy.com.au/content/breaking-even-on-2-teslas-solar-panels-and-batteries-in-just-over-8-years

I'm sure glad I did a DIY 30kWh battery using moody batteries from China (€6,800 including BMS and spare LiFePO4 cells) and a cheapo Zoë (€6,000 including state subsidy and battery purchase). Note that, like me, they're primarily interested in doing what they can to reduce fossil fuel usage rather than just as a cost benefit analysis (I'm also looking at a resilience angle).

We haven't gone for an electric hob, but also have the heat pump.

davep, to random

Monday - Ian

Tuesday - Greg

Wednesday - Ian

Thursday - Greg

Friday - Ian

Saturday - Greg

Sunday - Ian

The Gregorian Calendar

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If you're dreading work tomorrow, it could be worse...

Edit: adding link https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html

davep, to random

Yay! Lost 19.5kg in 10 months.

I'll be releasing a book, provisionally titled "The Secret to Losing Weight By Not Drinking Industrial Quantities of Alcohol"

davep, (edited ) to random

Please retoot for reach:

Looking for an old Irish friend called Kieron O'Connor who lived around the Elephant and Castle from the eighties until nearly two decades ago (specifically Rockingham and Borough). He moved back to Ireland (Cork?) and I'd love to get back in touch. Probably about 65 now.

Mastodon hive mind, can you help?

davep, to random

Instead of everyone feeling helpless and mourning the loss of this tree, how about people mobilise and plant thousands of them in what is a very degraded landscape?

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