Bosch is going to take down the servers that some of their smart thermostats use.
The thermostats will continue to work, they just won't be Internet-accessible.
They are sending out newer models that will be fully supported at no cost to the owner.
[last lines]
James Hacker: How am I going to explain the missing documents to "The Mail"?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Well, this is what we normally do in circumstnces like these.
James Hacker: [reads memo] This file contains the complete set of papers, except for a number of secret documents, a few others which are part of still active files, some correspondence lost in the floods of 1967...
James Hacker: Was 1967 a particularly bad winter?
Sir Humphrey Appleby: No, a marvellous winter. We lost no end of embarrassing files.
Plus support for Cablecards is no longer mandated, limiting their customer base.
I don't get it. Brightest?!
I currently have the backlight on my oled set to 0. Yes, it's not a true backlight, because OLED is the "backlight" and display, but my point is...
It's too bright!
The same for my LCD monitor. It's at 1. My car's LCD is as far down as it can go, and driving in rural areas I have to put a cloth over it because it ruins night vision. It's all TOO BRIGHT! Why do people want it brighter? Why not just go stare at 10 suns instead?!? Wtf!
Universities have a physics department for more than students studying physics. Any kind of engineering degree is going to need coursework in physics, and you would want a physics department to teach those courses.
That's not how it worked when I studied physics at a UK university. The engineering students did not come near the physics department.
When I studied physics at a UK university, we went to the Maths department to study math. However, today that Physics department teaches the necessary math.
My God. Why do people buy EVs and force themselves into that horribly complicated situation.
Because it isn't complicated.
For most EV owners, for most of the time, it is far more convenient than using an ICE -- plugging in the car at home takes far less time and is cleaner than refueling a gas car (or worse still, a diesel).
My navigation app is on my phone, and my car's display is just a second screen for it. That's the way I prefer it.
Can your phone app plan for charging stops along a route using actual battery percentage?
If you remove suicide by gun, the U.S. statistics look 'better', a lot better.
Better, yes. A lot better? No. The US homicide rate is 2 to 5 times higher than European OECD countries.
Some 20 years ago, my employer had an employment/salary income verification service. There is a similar service running today by my current employer.
I would have to request and employment verification code. Then the landlord, bank, etc. uses this code to request employment information about me. I control the code (I can disable it) and it only provides the minimum information necessary.
Would I give a landlord, or anyone for that matter, credentials for bank or payroll logins. That's insane.
One description suggests that the user isn't handing over login and password isn't necessary. How would this work with 2FA?
Instead, the user somehow runs an agent that hijack's the user's logged-in session to download the files.
What do you think Real-ID cards are?
Official IDs already exist.
People carrying ID cars in the UK is quite a recent change Driver licenses issued before 1998 did not have photos on them and were issued with validity until the holder reached 70 years old. These are still valid today as long as the holder has the same name and address.
There are probably many people who still have such licenses.
Furthermore, it's not required to carry your driver license with you in the UK, even while driving.
In fact, with the printer cartridge I mentioned above, I paid a lot more than a refilled cartridge would have cost, so I believed that I was getting a genuine product.
The meat is rotten, but the booze is holding out. Computer translation of "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
