Re: Way to go : Tan
It also covers sound, and more critically remote desktop.
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Most of my big customers always had the backup network port and network, plus servers. Everything independent.
But it was expensive.
So they recreated that as virtual appliances.
Still expensive.
So they "went to the cloud" as it seemed less expensive. And threw caution to the wind.
Now it is more expensive than the initial situation and less resilient, but they are trapped.
Constant backup on cloud premises is neither practical nor affordable.
The cost is huge, and makes the cloud difficult to justify.
Almost everyone that uses Amazon has the data in amazon. In another region as backup, yes, but still on amazon/azure/google.
I hate clean hydrogen, as such thing doesn't exist.
Also, how do they pretend to store hydrogen long term? That is, in practice, impossible without loss.
Under pressure it will go through the pressure vessel and potentially embrittle it, and liquid it needs to be extremely cold, and that requires energy input to keep it cool.
Where they want to source this hydrogen from is also of interes.
They would be better served by batteries.
If you already have a massive bank of lifepo batteries.. more options open.
You are correct, but uefi is just wrong. It is running a mystery os that is unaccountable.
It does have benefits, but is very unsecure.
If we add the "secure" enclaves mystery os, plus complex os/firmware in drives and network cards, what a security nightmare.
Having it fitted we are looking at £500 or about.
I did install it because even if overkill, hey, it is my life, and I can afford it.
But considering how many fires are, and how many lives this would save.. I think this is overkill.
There are about 44 deaths by fires in Scotland per year.
Lets assume the US number of 55% reduction is correct.
There are 2.53 million households in Scotland.
Let's assume all those 44 deaths are residential, and no firefighters, etc (so best case scenario for alarms)
This would save 24 lives.
The battery ones last about 6 years really, not 10, and the installed ones are very expensive to install.
The cost? 8.8 million pounds per life.
While life is quite valuable, there are many things than can be done for less money to save lives, and actuaries would agree.
I would say, fix potholes, put lights on dangerous intersections, do colon cancer screenings sooner, etc etc.
If you fit them yourself, it is better value, still quite expensive, but I did it for £200
Sources:
https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Data-research-and-tools/Detection-and-Signaling/Smoke-Alarms-in-US-Home-Fires#:~:text=The%20risk%20of%20dying%20in,to%20trigger%20a%20smoke%20alarm.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/households/household-estimates/2021
Australian sources are even less trust worthy.
They could be telling the truth, but their rhetoric is "China bad" no matter if actually bad, or even involved.
Not that I like the CCP, they are mostly not a force of good, but this is getting a bit ridiculous.
Remember when Huawei was being accused of being a security risk? This is probably part of the same confrontation between the US and China.
As someone living in Europe, we can only lose from this.
Software blocked its death.
The platform does not matter. Software and the ecosystem is what matters. But now as software is running behind closed doors on walled gardens, they can use something they control and not pay royalties and huge margins to others.
It is also terrible for the small players, as we are moving from open systems to everything proprietary, including hardware.
Microsoft will be happy to support linux using office365 and all online, as long as they get their recurring income. This is why they no longer care that much about open source, etc.
They will, of course, try to get as much from windows while they can, but not a top priority anymore.
Yes, the starlink antenna detector seems unlikely.
The reason is it is a directional antenna.
I haven't tested or know of anyone who has tested the leakage of radio waves.. iit certainly leaks, how much, I don't know, not much is my guess, they are directional after all and all leakage is lost useful power and increased noise.
I am going with "don't believe you". Or maybe they can detect the wifi from the system.. that is certainly possible.
We should have batteries for these cases, but of course that is expensive. Not as expensive as fossil fuels, but they aren't free.
And, the big problem is they would mess up the market for the energy companies as they could not get rich with peaker plants.
So why spend money to lose money?