I was given that book as a teenager, and only read it yesterday. It was an interesting look at an unintentional frozen point in history.

The lines with platform edge doors (Elizabeth, half of Jubilee) do need to be in the right place with 10-20cm accuracy.

Surely this has to also be a problem long solved by classical physics?

In a locked room off that car park is a bit more of that fortification. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/visiting-roman-ruins-hi...

I went on that Open House tour, and they said the window view is a secret until opening day. They've told contractors not to take personal photos.

For context, this line is Thameslink, just south of Farringdon, on the east (heading south) side.

I'm terrible at keeping secrets so, it was probably a bad idea to let me go on the tour, or, perhaps we should try to have fewer secrets so that I'd remember ?

If I clone my fork, I always add the upstream remote straight away. Origin and Upstream could each be github, ambiguous.

They offered a rather indifferent Rausan-Segla.

In reading the quote from Vance I was starting to think that American's data is only safe in the hands of European companies.

The quantity of propaganda is going up with the new owners, and this royal family will likely have minimal impact or input.

I see 16% now, and my own panels have jumped up to 400w since your comment, with a peak of 1500 earlier today. https://imgur.com/a/HOX6YJu

While domestic installations are counted, they aren't in OP's link. https://www.projectsolaruk.com/blog/latest-uk-solar-photovol...

Thanks for pointing that out - I guess I was a bit hasty with that source. It's not showing quite what I thought it was. Live data and percentages which can total more than 100%. Here is a better one that shows in 2023 solar was 4.7% of the overall electricity mix. And another source showing 5.2% in 2024.

[0] https://www.iea.org/countries/united-kingdom/electricity

[1] https://www.renewableuk.com/news-and-resources/press-release...

So presumably ~6% in 2025, that seems excessive as the UK is such a horrible location for solar. However at such a low percentage across so many locations there’s no need for storage, minimal transmission losses, etc which presumably means it’s not actually a bad idea.

It depends on what you're thinking of. No, the solar panels on my roof have no battery on the property. The wind turbines will have inertia, but no other store. I doubt the majority of the solar panel farms have batteries.

Im thinking of generation

It's an input to the grid. They will also be an output.

Yeah input would be a better label I think.

The other realms the British King has are the Crown dependencies, eg Isle of Man. Australia is the odd one out in naming the UK as one of the other realms. Your head canon was true, before the independence of the Commonwealth countries.