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Comment Re:Easy to predict when it will be shared... (Score 4, Interesting) 107

Slightly more professional design of the same variety, from a Norwegian medical company (Link in Norwegian, but the picture at the top is pretty descriptive):
https://www.aftenposten.no/nor...

The title is basically "Nurses union thinks the emergency ventilator the governement wants to buy is a joke", and goes on to say why doctors and specialist nurses thinks the machine is useless. Basically it might be appropriate for treatment of Polio, where the lungs are fine but the muscle control is not, but not so much for lung inflammation.

Apparently the pressure is way too low or something like that, I'm not a medical doctor...

Comment Re:NERF FIGHT! (Score 1) 110

So it's basically testing that the autopilot is seeing that the curve is too steep and slowing down before hitting the curve?

Strict (it's a 1/3rd g, not that slow) lateral acceleration limits make a lot of sense if the autopilot's owner is to survive on a slippery road surface, as is common in the northernmost parts of Europe for a large part of the year.

Comment Re:It's for your good protection (Score 2) 327

In Switzerland too by the way -- while restaurants love cash (they often don't even have a machine, even in touristy areas), everywhere else cards are common. It seem to have speeded up a LOT the last 2 years tho, due to contactless.

Banking services and the price you pay for it seems to be in the middle ages compared to Norway or even France tough, but I'm sure it's OK if you have > 100'000 CHF on your account... They all pretend to be very important, very serious, well dressed, but they don't actually offer much services AND charge you lots for it. That may be why the Swiss prefer cash.

Comment Re:It's for your good protection (Score 1) 327

I haven't seen a cheque in Norway since the 90s I think, do they still exist? I think they dissapeared around then; I remember seeing someone in my family buy a used car by card in the mid-90s and it worked (somewhat to the surprise of the dealership, who was expecting that a cheque was needed).

All money transfers -- from when you owe a friend a few NOK because he brought chips from the store, to when you spend a few million to buy a house -- are in my experience electronic through various systems (VIPS, VISA/MASTERCARD, ebanking transfers via domestic or international systems).

In France, I've used cheques twice in the last 5 years, both due to businesses owing me money. For everything else there is chip cards (which used to have a 10 or 15 euro minimum, however that dissappeared once contactless became common) and e-banking.

Comment Re:Should have used (Score 1) 122

> At the very least, put them on a separate secure network

Aka. "Technical network". At least that's what it is called where I work. And yes, we do run (mainly) Linux for our controls stuff.

> Again, how would a different OS help other than security through obscurity? Other operating systems are not magically bug-free.

Sure, they are not, but putting them on a separate network, and avoiding using the operating system that has holes so large that you can fly a 747 through them generally helps.

> We have seen infections via application updates before, including people infiltrating open source repos and replacing packages with trojaned ones.

Updates on TN computers tend to be tightly controlled - often so tightly that they never arrive, which of course is a security risk in itself.

Comment Re:Should have used (Score 3, Insightful) 122

I doubt they are reading emails on a machine controlling a piece of machinery - these things are generally on a special "technical network" that cannot reach the internet directly. AFAIK these are true remote exploits, not user intervention needed. So yes, it is the OS's fault, and you are off target by blaming the user.

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