"indie"... lost me at that point, if an author says that kind of thing, it's probably not worth it
Posts by Martin-73
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Sci-fi author 'writes' 97 AI-generated tales in nine months
Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?
Activists gatecrash Capita's AGM to protest GPS tracking contract
23-year-old Brit linked to 2020 Twitter attack and SIM-swap scheme pleads guilty
dear god that is so catastropically true, but in defence of those people, back in 'the day' tv's had 2 connections. One had 2 wires, to which you attached a plug, the other was a co-axial socket you plugged the aerial into. Some people aren't technical and just get culture shock every time the connectors multiply. I get both sides tbh
Re: "You send $1,000, I send you back $2,000."
This is exactly the problem. My 91 year old mother used to repeatedly fall for arsehole cold callers who'd swear blind they could block cold calls with their magnificent gadget, for only 400 pounds... which was usually a cheap called ID based blocker worth at most 30 pounds, and not compliant with ANYTHING (including having 2 wire RJ11 style sockets, in the UK)
Datacenter fire suppression system wasn't tested for years, then BOOM
I see you value your life very little sir/madam. going above and beyond any rules and having an optical in every bedroom/circulation area/living area, plus heat and CO where appropriate, all interlinked, is cheap compared to losing your home/family.
A small example (I am an electrician so i fit the things on a daily basis), but my own home, 2 bed bungalow: ... Optical in each bedroom/ Multisensor* in the hallway, ionization in the attic**, and heat in the kitchen, and CO in the boiler cupboard.
*an Aico thing, it compares sensor types to determine if it's likely a false alarm or not...
** i want a fast alarm if the fire starts in the roof space, so it's one of the few places imho an ionization is still a sensible choice.
Overall system cost, about 350 quid... bought as a bundle, excluding the fixed wiring, which cost me half a day and about 50.... lifespan, 10 yrs, less than 10p a day. Fire is NOT your friend, i know we hereabouts hate being told what to do, but scotland has the right attitude on this.
/2 cents
(edit) for non electricians that 50 quid might be significantly more, so i see why scotland put it into the legal requirement...
Pager hack faxed things up properly, again, and again, and again
Cisco: Don't use 'blind spot' – and do use 'feed two birds with one scone'
Apple gives up legal war on iPhone CPU wizard who co-founded Nuvia
Re: If I was him...
to be fair that's not what Doctor Syntax said... in the COURSE of his employment... IE during working hours (I am assuming simple misunderstanding). If very good chemist is employed by plastics co to invent new plastic, and does so, that plastic belongs to company... mr VGC may well be credited even officially, but the patent/whatever belongs to the company. This is normal
Musk decides to bury dead Twitter accounts, warns users follower counts could sink
Dump these insecure phone adapters because we're not fixing them, says Cisco
iPhones hook up with Windows as Microsoft’s Phone Link dials up Apple's iOS
Tesla ran over worker rights, again, US labor judge finds
The return of the classic Flying Toasters screensaver
Uncle Sam threatens AI with its nastiest weapon: An audit
Tupperware looking less airtight than you'd think
Child hit by car among videos 'captured by Tesla vehicles, shared among staff'
CAN do attitude: How thieves steal cars using network bus
yes, classically it's the brake lights, as they're overdriven for brightness, and people tend to have been taught to just stand on the brake at lights (NO, but that's a separate rant)...even in the olden days, leaving a 21w bulb lit in a tiny enclosure for 5 mins at railway crossings could cause melted lenses!
Re: Why
I tend to drive with low beams on all the time, doesn't cost me anything much, and makes me more visible, i usually see my low beam reflection in the bumper or tailgate of the car in front even during daylight, that's how i knew to stop and install a new bulb yesterday. Canbus is not needed, AT ALL
Re: Why
Also the faulty bulb could be detected via volt drop, a sense wire, and simple comparator circuitry, i wholeheartedly agree this statement was heinous bullpuckey... hell a dead bulb can be detected by an LED in series with it but paralleled with a resistor... Maplin (RIP) used to do a chip with the comparator circuits built in for I think 8 channels (bulbs) in the 80s... have a beer for the weekend