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Anonymous · 2022-03-17T07:59:46Z

As the site continues to grow and attract new users, we’ve had to ramp up security to protect the site and its users. As a result, we’ve implemented some new security features, especially around user passwords. We are also now aligned with third parties that will inform you if your passwords have been compromised elsewhere on other sites as part of data leaks to protect your account here, and you will not be able use that password on this site.

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Morgan

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12/06/2025 8:22 am

Things do seem to be quite a bit quicker today.

Retrofitted 11.2kw Mitsubishi Ecodan to new radiators commissioned November 2021.
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Mars

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12/06/2025 8:43 am

@Morgan by the logs and performance data, PHP processing has been improved up by 338%... still more things to learn about PHP and DB optimisation though. Today's lesson for me will be in MySQL optimisation which should remove that 1-3 second lag on page load ups.

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12/06/2025 10:23 am

@editor That is quite an improvement in COP!😉 Toodles.

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Majordennisbloodnok

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12/06/2025 11:10 am

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@editor That is quite an improvement in COP!😉 Toodles.

How dare you suggest it wasn't much cop beforehand 🤡

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12/06/2025 11:28 am

@majordennisbloodnok 😆

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12/06/2025 12:14 pm

Posted by: @editor

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@Morgan by the logs and performance data, PHP processing has been improved up by 338%... still more things to learn about PHP and DB optimisation though. Today's lesson for me will be in MySQL optimisation which should remove that 1-3 second lag on page load ups.

Things certainly feel more snappy today. Great job @editor

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Solar generation completely offsets ASHP usage annually. We no longer burn ~1600L of kerosene annually.

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Mars

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12/06/2025 12:34 pm

@old_scientist thank you, and thank you to @Morgan for making me do something I've been putting off.

I have a very fast fibre Internet connection and I have a wait time of less than 1 second between click and load of new pages.

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Mars

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11/08/2025 9:15 am

Just to keep everyone in the loop, as the site continues to grow we’ve upgraded our security to keep things safe. Some of the new settings are quite “aggressive”, so if you notice anything behaving differently or something stops working, please drop a comment here and let us know.

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Mars

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07/10/2025 9:38 am

We've had a slight glitch with our security software for the website and some of you may have been blocked and locked out briefly. We have raised this with the developers, and we'll try to get this resolved ASAP. Apologies if you've been inadvertently locked out today.

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