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I have found a very usable phone (for what I do, which is not much) in low cost Chinese "mini rugged phones" namely I had (until I broke the screen and battery was not in very good condition) a "king kong mini" and then I got the (slightly larger) "king kong mini 3" (the 4 is the latest model, I believe). They are slightly heavier than you would expect, but have very long autonomy and fit nicely in a shirt's pocket.

>The fact that you had to find an article from three decades ago for an instance of killing with a keyboard is telling

Yeah, is telling that modern keyboards weight a lot less nowadays, and nobody would use one as a weapon to hit someone else. ;)

The original IBM Model M was 2.3 Kg.

D@mn, I believed you were thinking that no one (not noone) could be more pedantic than you.

Add to the list galalith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galalith

Not that they couldn't reserve on the ads screens a narrow (let's say 100-200 pixels tall) band at the bottom of the screen to show the path with the green and red lights like the (good) ol' system.

Europe may be too wide a categorization, I am pretty sure that different countries have different ways to deal with the matter.

My (thankfully very little) experience in Italy is for civil litigations at least (where it is rare that one of the two parties get 100% reason) expenses are usually compensated (i.e. every party pays their own ones), in the more rare case where all expenses are paid by the succumbing party, what is liquidated is not really what has been paid, but rather what the expenses would be along some sort of tariff.

If your solicitor/lawyer is a famous (presumably very good as you won) one, it is likely that the amount you spend is much higher than what the judge condemned the other party to reimburse you.

Well, not really, the episode that article is related to came out as being a couple of homeless people walking on the railway:

https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2024/07/20/firenze-uomo-binari-t...

The day before they had some technical problems with electricity, but still nothing that can be connected to intentional sabotage.

Absorption refrigerator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator

Einstein refrigerator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_refrigerator

The principle is still used in some refrigerating devices (typically hotel mini fridges and similar small units for RV's) as there is no need of a compressor (i.e. the device is completely silent) and also in some HVAC machines.

Well, I must post this (stronger than me):

https://www.marriedtothesea.com/122607/pulled-over-in-canada...

NT 4.0 was not for the masses, it was costly (the OS license) and needed higher specs than the almost contemporary Windows 95 (which was largely sold with license included with the new PC). As well, Windows 2000 was a "professional" OS. Both were way ahead in stability when compared to the Win9x/Me counterparts, but in terms of number of users, they were a fraction of the 9x ones, so it is not surprising that you can find much more nostalgic people about the latter.

XP somehow "unified" the professional and home market, bringing the (unneeded) Fisher Price look that the professionals hated and the (unneeded) complexities of authorizations/NTFS that the home users were not prepared for.

I can testify for the stability of NT 4.0, I have run a machine for some 15 years, roughly from 2001 to 2016, running NT 4.00, on 24/7, and only reboots were once a year or so for cleaning or occasionally for replacing the (failed) PSU or hard disk (not as a server, as a desktop running a specific DOS based accounting software). I remember initially I had a few BSOD's because for some reasons there was a counter of some kind in the mouse driver that caused them, but once that was fixed, if I recall correctly by a change in the Registry, it was really rock solid.

Anyone remembers the character of Raymond Luxury-Yacht (pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove") ?

https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Raymond_Luxury-Yacht

The best (IMHO) ode/obituary for floppy disks:

A:las poor floppy, I knew you well.

Done: ""

Everyone have their own favourite, for me it is: "Well, I've got good gnus and I've got bad gnus."

I may add that there is an additional (lesser known) issue.

The "typical" contract is 3 kW, due to air conditioners becoming more common, many people upgraded to 4.5 kW (it was also possible, cannot say if it still possible now, to make a 3 kW contract with an upgrade only during three or four months in the summer).

Very few people (and very large houses) have a 6 kW contract.

The "fixed" part ("potenza impegnata" translatable to "committed power capacity") is a non thrifling part of the monthly (or every two month) electricity bill, so eveyone historically used the smallest possible contract (usually there is a 10% or 20% more allowed for peaks).

The electrical plant needs to be made (and certified) by a licensed electrician BUT (and here is the catch) only up to 6kW the electrician can make (and certify it) without the need of a project by an authorized technician, which adds some costs.

Additionally (of course it depends on the specific area) up to 6 kW it is considered "normal" and it is rare that the distributors asks for compensation (besides the increase in the bill, and an initial "fixed amount" ) whilst when you go up, it is not uncommon that you are asked a sum as a contribution for the works needed to upgrade the distribution lines.

For increasing from 3 kW to 6 kW it would be around 70 € x 3= 210 € + around 50 € + VAT and then around 22 € x 3= 66 €/year (again + VAT).

Stepping up from 6 to 10 (besides needing the project and re-certification) is not unlikely to cost several hundreds or a few thousands Euro.

Anyway, before the issues with the power needed for re-charging, few people have the "luxury" of a parking space or garage, I would presume that this is a bigger obstacle for electric car adoption.

I am ?abbergasted.

Doesn't the traditional Henry Wallace Mills method work for you?

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7471/7471-h/7471-h.htm#link2...

Well, it has already been done (JFYI):

https://fitzcarraldoblog.wordpress.com/2019/10/17/creating-a...

Well, in that case you are a final customer, should you put on an online service allowing customers to book and pay for dinner in many different restaurants it would be different.

In Italy it is a rather common occurrence in different fields to be required by Law to act as "sostituto d'imposta" (loosely translatable to "tax substitute", the real translation should be "witholding agent"), as an example banks when you pay through them certain types of services, or hotels when you pay the "city tax" for your stay, or firms hiring a consultant.

The taxes are witheld and then paid directly to the revenue service (periodically), the idea is that instead of receiving millions or billions of small payments, the state receives much less larger (cumulative) payments.

If we take as an example the city (tourist) tax, each customer should pay (say) 2 Euro for each night they stay in a hotel (or AirBnB), a (fully occupied) hotel with 200 beds would generate 200 small payments, 2 Euro each, per day, instead the hotel collects them (in name of the state) and pays in a single instance every three months, so instead of 3x200x30=18,000 micro payments, only one payment/transaction is generated.

JFYI, you can call yourself lucky with engine starting, the new i20 (Hyunday, so from Corea as well) in order to start needs:

1) neutral

2) clutch depressed

AND:

3) brake depressed (hand brake pulled doesn't count)

That is FAQ #1 (at the bottom of the page):

"You dodged the question; Was it worth it? Hell yes it was. The massive amount of nerd points alone is enough."

You mean that reducing the risk of offending - maybe - a handful of oversensitive people[1] is not a great enough end? ;)

[1] none with any actual interest in ornitology, BTW.

I propose to change "yak shaving" into "birds renaming".

Seemingly clickbait/fake info.

Another article says that the woman had been struck by a human driven vehicle and projected in front of the Cruise car that couldn't avoid her:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37748405

The actual issue is that the Cruise car sensed that something was wrong and stopped after having run over the woman trapping her leg under a rear wheel.

Maybe I am misinterpreting the point, but:

>Merely having the title of a "security researcher" won't exempt you from the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies should your IP address or system fingerprint get caught up in assets pertaining to criminal activity.

seems to me "normal" and "as it should be", what would the security researcher propose as an alternative?

I have no idea about that being an advantage or even making only a difference.

In an ordinary "service offered" the "workers" get some money from the "employers" in exchange for some work done.

This money is then spent for "good" things needed by the workers or their families like rent, food, fuel, etc. OR for "bad" things like - say - alcohol, drugs, betting, etc. without the "employers" having any control on it.

The "moral" aspect is completely missing, while in your version somehow you introduce it, but only because of a "preliminary story", that may (or may not) be true.

So, you have two "workers" offering the same services, let's say dog sitting, for the same amount of money, let's say 20$ per hour, the first one's story is "I need money for rent.", the other one's is "I need the money to help pay medical bills for my mother".

Do you choose one or you flip a coin?

And what happens when a third one asks for 18$ per hour saying "I need the money to buy a ticket for <insert name here> concert"?

I am not sure where the app would fit.

Besides renaming "workers" to "Creators" and "employers" to "Supporters", isn't it like "services offered" on a traditional newspaper classified ad column?

(or nowadays Facebook, Craigslist or similar)

TLDR:

We have no idea, but it is potentially dangerous.

Yes, maybe I expressed myself improperly, mesothelioma (often originated from asbestos) is slow (like 20 to 40 years from exposure):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesothelioma

the workers in the article are young and are dying from the effects of "plainer" silicosis (which is similar to asbestosis).

Upvoted, hoping you get that dinner.