u/Grgsz

Recently it has started censoring product names. something new is coming? I asked for gaming mouse recommendations, and it repeatedly censored with asterisks (and deny it when questioned about it):

Nothing censored in a policy sense—those asterisks were just a formatting glitch in how the message rendered the ranking line, not a filtered word or anything hidden.

To restate cleanly:

• Best Fortnite mouse: ****
• Next: ****
• Then: ****

No missing content, no suppression—just messy formatting.

anyone else with the same experience?

Youtubers are going crazy how openclaw is local and privacy protected and boo ChatGPT etc.
But at the end of the day openclaw uses the apis, and once the info goes through the internet, your privacy lost the same way as using any llm. The only way it would be privacy protected it the language model would run on the computer itself. Am I missing something here?

I successfully applied to HSBC premier, and planning to use a chse burner to switch.

I let me employer know the account details for the burner, but should I wait for the first monthly salary to be paid to the burner, or can switch right away and let the first payment go directly to HSBC (bacs payment from employer, should redirect to new account automatically)?

im booking travel, and I noticed on lastminute its significantly more expensive if you go to their site via nx.

I once had an AliExpress purchase I didn’t make through nx website, and by forwarding the receipt to their email, I still got the cashback.

Does it work without setting the cookies just forwarding the order confirmation?

Genuine question, I’m wondering if octopus is able to do the installation for third the price (on average from quotes I’ve seen by lurking on this sub) compared to local installers from heat geek for example, shouldn’t have octopus put local installers out of business or at least force them to be more humble on prices?

One4all used to work for sportsdirect, and it's in their retailers list, but when I try to purchase with it, it says: There was a problem processing your payment, please try again or try a different payment method

Anyone with the same issue?

A lot of premier accounts require 5k to be moved every month. Basically I could create a pipeline of standing orders that circulate the same 5k between the accounts. is there a requirement there to leave the money on the account for a specific time like 24 hours, or as you transfer in, you can immediately transfer out?

I’ve been living in Surrey for 8 years, always running and walking along the Thames and in parks with trees, never saw one despite actively looking.

Based on the guides they should be quite common along the Thames. Did anyone see one yet?

I never thought this as a priority, but I learned that being able to port a mortgage offer between properties (essentially locking the rate down, without having to officially reapply) is very beneficial when buying.

I know NatWest allows it, and I know from experience that Lloyds doesn’t. Any other lenders allow it like hsbc Barclays etc?

I’ve offered on a house that has the potential to be a dream home (after a lot of expensive, time consuming, and intrusive work). I overpaid a little (I paid 5% more than almost the same house sold for last year in the development, and it was sold after being marketed for 2 years). it’s a probate property.

since then however survey has revealed a lot of issues, high subsidence risk, DPC bridged, air bricks covered (patio needs lowering), dual boiler setup one of which is vented (15 years old, on last leg), walls full of holes because of accessibility, and some quite serious cowboy jobs around the house. it needs a full reskimming potentially plasterboards replacing. it’s 50 years old, wiring condition is unknown (executors don’t know much about the house), roof original. it needs 30-50k spending even if diy.

since february in the area prices have been asolutely hammered, the ratio is 2:2:1 of properties reduced, added, and sold which is a heavy buyers market, and previously watched properties fallen down to prices it’s hard to ignore even though they don’t have the same potential as this one.

how do I go about this? morals aside, money is money, they would have asked me to increase my offer too if someone came with a bigger offer. there are tens of thousands of differences here for which I have to save years, and if the market is leaning to my direction, I would be a fool not to take the opportunity. should I explain them all the above, so try to explain the logic behind it, or the estate agent knows, so I just give them the new number?

we are at the stage where everything is pretty much ready, solicitors just clarifying enquiries between themselves, exchange would be this month I assume.

It may be only me, but since 0.4 handling is very unpredictable on gravel with rwd. I’m really disappointed because every time I see “Downloading content” when starting the game, I’m afraid it will be completely different maybe the worse way (I know, this is what buying beta means), and this time it was the case. any way to revert back to 0.3?

The house I’m planning to buy has the following setup:

Cold water tank and header tank in loft

Hot water tank in first floor

Boiler 1 (old, connected to hot water tank), and boiler 2 (newer combi boiler for extension) on the ground floor

I don’t know much about plumbing, I just want to avoid a rabbit hole and money pit.

Based on my research the reason for cold water tank in the loft is because the pressure is low/uneven, and possibly because mains pipe is too narrow, and likely most parts of the original house gets its water from the tank, not mains. To upgrade to mains, the whole network needs to change?

In which case I’d rather keep it as is because it sounds like it would cost a fortune, but would this gravity based pressure work with a pressurised hot water tank for heat pump?

I also want to route the second (combi) boiler pipes to the place of the first (old, hot water tank) boiler, so they originate from a single source, and put the heat pump nearby, ideally put the hot water tank for it on the first floor in place of the old hot water tank so less disruption is needed (if possible/ideal).

Does this seem like an expensive and complicated job for heat pump installation? What would it involve? Can the gravity based cold water tank stay or incompatible?

I’m buying a house that has two boilers, and I want to get rid of both in favour of a heat pump, and the deciding factor whether I proceed with the purchase depends on how much it would cost to move the circuit of the second radiator (currently only serving the extension) to the original one (where I would put the water tank ideally).

Not wildly far from each other, only about 15m along walls if chased, or 7.2m if running on the ceiling behind a false ceiling/coving. But where the second boiler is, I want that room to be completely removed into open space, so the pipework may be a bit complex.

The house has a EPC C, so should be suitable. My problem is a survey from a heating engineer cost hundreds, and I already spent more than a thousand on various surveys so this really starts to burn my wallet just to figure out how much spending it needs.

If anyone had a similar job done, how much did it cost, or if you’re a professional, how easy of a job is it, and how much would it bump heat pump installation costs from octopus for example?