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@dcuthbert I presume you've watched 'I am Martin Parr'. It's on iPlayer and is a fitting watch/rewatch

Well that’s a kicker. Martin Parr dies aged 73 His amazing anthropological gaze and ability to capture social customs, quirks, and subtle absurdities of British and Western life with such detail was inspiring to say the least. bbc.com/news/articles/…

@agile_phil @sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy Is this 6 hours of charging or 12 charging slots? The two are not the same thing, but seem to be used interchangeably in octopus discussions. (Octopus may choose to charge for only part of a 30 minute slot)

@sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy Hi Sarah, yep you’ve got it. Just on that last point if you’ve already done 6 hours charging and then more happens during the off-peak period even though the house still has the low rate the car charging will be at the boost rate.

Just had the email from @OctopusEnergy about the changes to Intelligent Go. SO if you plug in your EV and more than 6 hours are needed for charging the additional hours in that schedule will be at peak rate BUT will 11.30pm to 5.30am still always be at the 7p per kWh rate? So if you get an afternoon slot plus staggered throughout evening into the peak rate and say that totals 10 hours how do you know what part is charged at boost price and what's offpeak price? The email says the whole house will still get the 6 hours of offpeak but is that regardless of what the EVs doing? I'm trying to work out how you'll know what's definatly boost price and what's offpeak. I think if i struggle to work that out from the email others will too 🤣

@agile_phil @sarah_go_green @TheEvEngineer @OctopusEnergy @shocky100 Well, unless you've got an OCPP option like wallbox, lose a TCP connection and it asks for a second 40% charge

@sarah_go_green @TheEvEngineer @OctopusEnergy @shocky100 Actually you just need to be mindful of the charge you’re requesting. If you shoot for 100% from 10% and slowed the charger (ie the workarounds) then you’ll end up over 6 hours.

@agile_phil @Rob_Quads @sarah_go_green @TheEvEngineer @OctopusEnergy @shocky100 There is a question of how this interacts with greener nights. If I'm putting off charging most nights then greener nights will be heavier.

@Rob_Quads @sarah_go_green @TheEvEngineer @OctopusEnergy @shocky100 Do you charge over 60% every day?

@OctopusEnergy @forduk I would also suggest that 'it all counts, even EV charging and heatpumps' right up on top is likely to mislead. You need to add (excluding intelligent octopus customers)

@OctopusEnergy @forduk The EV owners in Intelligent Octopus are some of the biggest power shifters. I understand that you want the ability to manage the cars for the grid still, but excluding general household usage and providing a small credit if your car is plugged in is disappointing

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@GodfreyMoorhead @OctopusEnergy @forduk You're basically excluded. Check the terms and conditions.

@OctopusEnergy @forduk So how does it work if you're on the Intelligent Flux tariff?

@teslaeurope It's a fake, the windscreen wipers don't dry wipe once...

FSD Supervised can handle Arc de Triomphe no problem If there is a bigger roundabout in France, please let us know in the comments 😀 Pending regulatory approval

@AllOneHumanRace @OctopusEnergy The current (funded) projects were preferred shares with a 6% rate of return for 3 years, and a commitment to buy back the shares for their original value after 3 years by Octopus. More risky than an FSCS savings account for sure. New projects will have their own projected return

@OctopusEnergy As this is a risky investment, if these projects succeed, what is the projected total annual return you forecast, and how many years to get there?

That was quick! The Collective’s first two projects reached target – £1m in funding – in just a week 🚀 The people have spoken. They want to own a greener future. Now, we need more projects 🧵⬇️ The Collective is an investment platform so don’t invest unless you’re prepared to lose money. This is a high-risk investment. You may not be able to access your money easily and are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more: octo.ps/3WAXmEc

@OctopusEnergy Do you have CFDs on Fan1/2?

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@_VN5 @OctopusEnergy @RippleEnergy @g__j Ripple have certainly made that argument and lobbied for a change in tax rules. I've already got solar on my roof though, which was likely a much better investment, but the roof is full now

@thewishy @OctopusEnergy @RippleEnergy Here's where projects like this fall over. If I put solar panels on my house, I do not pay tax on the savings. Yet this is the opposite, I buy a part of a solar park, I pay tax on that generation. CC: @g__j

@_VN5 @OctopusEnergy @RippleEnergy Hopefully they can at least signpost to the gov.uk info

@_VN5 @OctopusEnergy @RippleEnergy The FAQ just says you should speak to your tax advisor. Which is one of the problems with this and ripple. You're kind of going for retail first time investors, the cost of a tax advisor would take out anything anybody is likely to save, particularly vs fixed rate bonds

@_VN5 @OctopusEnergy @RippleEnergy Again, you should probably read the offers, gov.uk pages and if needed a tax advisor, rather than trusting some guy on twitter with a cat avatar

@_VN5 @OctopusEnergy @RippleEnergy Depending on your income and other savings/investments, one may be preferable over the other. Eg if you've already used your savings allowance, this being paid as dividend would have a different allowance before income tax

@_uc3d @geerlingguy I was kinda thinking back to the PS3 getting hacked because they removed Linux. And the barrier to entry (Secure boot loaders, eFuses, etc) is much, much lower on a Bambu printer.

@geerlingguy hackaday.com/2025/01/19/bam… - meanwhile, crackers keep cracking... 🤦‍♂️

Bambu's firmware shenanigans are making me rethink ever recommending one again. They have to backtrack on it, or lose the goodwill of the 3DP community that is "open source but willing to give on value sometimes", which is not an insignificant sector.

@OctopusEnergy Can we have the API back please?

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@TeslaOwnersUK @superchargeinfo At what point are we going to need the satnav to guide us to an available charger?... (And hopefully get the right hand chargeport crowd arranged to minimise blocking)

Interesting update on @superchargeinfo for Trafford (near Manchester). You read that right - planning applied to expand to 65 stalls.

@OctopusElectro Sure, done! Simple pictures of a random car by a charger seemed to get published quickly. More useful content like signs on chargers detailing when they could be used, or photos suggesting access is limited on market day haven't gone up

@thewishy Hi Steve, Thanks for letting us know! Could you please DM us your account email? We’ll check the status of your submitted photos.

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