I have always wondered if a heat pump is even worth it if you don't have solar, all well and good the government giving massive discounts on heatpumps but not for a combined heatpump/solar install which would probably actually push most people towards it
IMO we don’t place enough emphasis on the gain in comfort: my home is a solid 21°C at all times since we replaced our aging gas boiler. The larger radiators, lower water temperature and “always on” operation have removed the temperature swings.
Heat loss in our home is high (single skin brick), but our bills over the course of the year are on a par with having the heating running for 12h a day. They are substantially more expensive during the winter when temperatures drop below 5°C, but that isn’t noticeable when averaging the bills out over the year.
Got to do our roof in the next couple of years so solar is a natural next step for us.
I've used nextDNS for years but the past few weeks its been breaking websites left, right and centre so I gave up on it entirely. Everything feels much snappier since I dropped them for a different option too
You definitely want to be following yokoffing's NextDNS Configuration Guide [1] to set it up. You basically only want to be using one of the Hagezi blocklists [2] and a possibly a few other options based on your preferences.
I have it running on every device in my household and it works absolutely fine. I keep it on Hagezi Pro++, and that requires me to go through and whitelist some sites I use. That can be annoying, so in that case Hagezi Light or Normal should work just fine to block ads/trackers and not break things you have to go in and manually fix.
OTOH, Control D offers free DNS [3] that includes using the Hagezi blocklists and other lists, but it's just a set and forget type setup as you can't look at log files to see if it's blocking stuff you don't want or anything like that. Scroll down to "3rd Party Filters" to see their offerings.
It would appear that you are not familiar with its proper use. You can identify which rule is causing the issue by reviewing the log, and then add it to your allowlist.
"have you ever done this indescribably niche thing, which I believe renders your argument null and void, but is in fact not relatable in the slightest?"
The fact that it requires niche hardware and software (not "indescribably" niche) to achieve in modern times is a failure of the computer industry, not a problem with my argument. Low standards do not make mobile devices good.
And touch screen are impossible to fix even with niche configurations. I have no way to shrink my fingers to pixel size, and no way to make them transparent.
I used to use raindrop however found it a bit bloated with features I never use, I've switched to selfhosting linkding: https://linkding.link and enjoy the much more minimal experience
Does anyone have any recommendations of a site or a self-hosted option for uploading photo collections? I’d love to share photos of our child with the grandparents but end up just sending the odd snap through WhatsApp, it would be nice to make an actual collection.
There are things I really like, e.g. that you can restrict access per user.
But there's no comment/chat/discussion facility, so you cannot easily get feedback on your photos.
There's also NextCloud, but I think the solutions there are a bit more rudimentary. However, if you already use NextCloud (or a similar solution like a CMS for example), you could look for a plugin. https://nextcloud.com/
I highly suggest Immich [1], it's an open-source and self-host alternative for Google Photos. It's still under very active development, but I think it's the best out there.
