SimonD

'specially in 4k

I need a little more than 4TB. I've currently got 4 x 8TB external drives full, plus 2 x 4TB full, plus 2 x 2TB mini externals full (a third one just failed on me and won't mount any more). I think I've got another 6TB drive floating about too.They all need quite a bit of consolidation as 3 of the drives are backups from previous Macs, the rest are windows. I wanted to put together a proper home NAS, but prices are just scaling so badly for this, I really should have done it 18months ago when I first had the idea. Now I have 3TB on my local machine and only 197gb of storage capacity left. Why the space? I have my fingers in multiple pots and have lots of video stored, some that need to be edited and rendered, but then I end up increasing the space I need to store the rendered content. So, I was planning on at least an extra 10TB at the very minimum, probably more for proper safe backup storage. YSWIM? I was thinking about your project when watching this video by Braxman, maybe not massively interesting for you but maybe others. He has a video on setting up Openclaw locally on an old laptop and since I have an old gaming laptop I've just installed Linux on I wondered whether I should have a play:

Gotta love it. I had a similar thing where it told me that a load of functionality was completely different to what was in the repo. It was so certain, I had to upload the latest deployment to prove my point! And confirm that we had to audit some other stuff it had done, because we weren't sure what it had implemented. One reason why small steps closely supervised is a good thing. Every time I let my boundaries down, off it trots in some random direction. And I'm only just starting to play with local access! Yes, the M3 is an incredible package right now. I wonder how long that'll last! I wasn't seriously considering the PC, personally I'm just shocked at the recent inflation as I've run out of storage space and was floored by how much it costs now. I'm putting a hold on my plans to remove everything from the cloud and store locally.

I did try to say! 🙄 Sensible sparky the one I work with, and he is hot on the solar and ev cabling and derating even for less than 400mm.

According to Chillblast today, it's something like this: https://www.chillblast.com/pcs/chillblast-synapse-frontier-ai-workstation - a mere £39,999.99 and it'll give you that magic 96gb. A snip with 0% finance too!

I'll take a deep breath and jump, feet first and see what happens!

I haven't given Claude access to the repo, so there's quite a bit of manual stuff - but the issues are bugs that require a lot of oversight - e.g. not updating the project files after an update, and referring back to superceded files in memory. Yes, the coding is amazing, and the commenting is on another level so very easy to navigate the code where necessary. It's just these bugs that create workflow friction. Now, if I was brave enough to provide access to the repo, we'd probably be in a different place.

I clearly need to be a bit more disciplined and sort this side out. I've been finding some real limitations with not working locally and version management. I haven't given it access to my local machine so this is definitely causing some friction and the Claude project area has some serious limitations. As I found out, I uploaded all my project files into the depository, but then found out that as soon as Claude does a re-write/patch or whatever edit of the file, it provides an output for download but doesn't update the project file. Then it goes back to use the project file without telling you, ignoring the new output. Even with clear instructions to check with me the latest deployed files, it sometimes completely forgets, completes a new write and output and some of the earlier code is then missing - VS Code deploy version comparison has been a bit of a godsend). I'm currently on very clear instructions and when it creates a new output, I still upload the deployed file to ask it to check the versions are consistent. Now, this is okay for small stuff, but it becomes a right PIA on anything larger (although it still saves hours, weeks and months of human time in what it's able to output - I'm just getting spoiled nowadays). And another little bug I found is that sometimes, if I select download all for the new artifacts, some of the contents are actually previous versions, not what has just been produced! So, having learnt what it takes to prompt, I'm now working out the next step which you've clearly nailed.

My house whole timber framed first floor is built with 600 centres, but it does use 140 studs as opposed to 63 or 89. If you're using 90mm PIR then you'll want to be using the 140x38mm CLS or alternatively 145x45mm C16 anyway, so no problem at all. Just bear in mind that unless you specifically order 2400 x 1200 OSB, you'll be getting sheets that are 2440 x 1220 and will therefore need to shave them down when you sheath the frame.

It's nice when that happens. And then it all goes wrong with a single update - I just had an entire afternoon and evening trying to resolve a bug, eventually it was a single line of code causing double parsing of the string from the DB. Essentially the code was parsing something already parsed automatically by Postgres and it was looking in the wrong files to fix the bug. It's these days that drive you potty.

I'm not an electrician but my electrician was always reluctant to run cable through insulation like that. Instead all cabling was run in ducting installed through the insulation so there's at least some air gap between the cable and duct.

If only it were that simple. The screenshot is from the installation manual for that exact model - the Powrmatic Vision H20. I'm more inclined to believe the manufacturer than the salesman? Think about it. It's a bonkers idea that you just turn a mains tap on and then let it run into a drain? Yes, the through wall ones can be had for about 1/2 that price.

For a minute I thought you'd uncovered a blinder of a solution. Well, maybe not quite as simple as hoped, unless you're happy to tap into your heating system. Have a look at the required schematic. Easier to go with the 2 hole versions probably.

But if you want to use the HP for DHW, then you need a plate load kit, which easily brings the price back up to the equivalent of an indirect, plus it adds complexity with additional pump, wiring & controls. My view is that it's still way better to use the HP for DHW compared to immersion as you still get at least 2x bang for your buck.

By the looks of that, you really do need to find yourself someone else to do the work. You don't add DHW cylinder demand to a system with a heat pump as it's priority hot water - the heat pump switches from doing heating to doing hot water, so even if your house needed 8kW for heating, which I seriously doubt, this would be fine for your hot water. How big are your kitchen/dining, living & upstairs bed? They must be massive. You can go and use my tool at https://openheatloss.com to create your own heat loss and system design. This is supported by a number of videos at https://youtube.com/@OpenHeatLoss taking you through how to use the tool and what to input - the video library is developing day-to-day