I'm guessing it's mostly due to add-ons installed by third party software. There are APIs that let third party stuff hook into Explorer, and the current situation is an absolute shit-show. Because there are so many old and broken ones, Explorer loads them to see if they crash, and if they do it loads them again in compatibility mode, and if they still crash it gives up. Once loaded there are no limits on how slow they are to start up or operate.

Thanks. That link seems to suggest that you can only import data from external storage, not export to it. Is that right? Major limitation if so.

It's like something from that Captain Planet cartoon, or an 80s movie sci-fi dystopia.

Either way, when the AI bubble bursts there is going to be a lot of cheap, high-end hardware on the used market.

And what jurisdiction? If they are using European's emails to train AI models, it's going to be the mother of all GDPR fines.

I think that alone is probably a good enough reason for them not to do it world-wide, because even Americans get emails from Europeans, and the possibility of some of that information getting into their AI models and appearing in the output is a huge legal risk.

I'd rather they tried stuff and gave up on it if it didn't work, rather than forcing it on us because of the sunk cost fallacy. Imagine if Microsoft had scrapped Windows 8's new UI when it became clear that everyone hated it.

Do iPhones support USB storage now? When I'm travelling I take a USB C flash drive with me, and move data onto it as I generate it, to keep the phone's internal memory clear.

It's been the case for many years that few people bothered with official Arduino hardware, because other manufacturers offered better options at lower cost. There is a whole ecosystem around it, mostly from Chinese companies but also from people like Adafruit.

I doubt Qualcomm could kill it if they wanted to.

Decent wind energy resources too. It is partly a political decision though, to help boost a part of Japan that needs some economic help.

Ventilation and filtration really help. UV light is effective too, but can be dangerous for humans. It gives your retina sunburn if you aren't careful. Either place it high up shining sideways, or use 222nm lamps that are safe for humans.

It's weird that we just accept seasonal viruses as something we can't do much about, when clearly we can. Offices with all the windows shut and poor ventilation - are those companies just trying to waste money by making their employees sick? And then they only want to give them a day or two off, so they can come back to the office and infect everyone else.

CO2 levels are a good proxy for how much fresh airflow there is. If there is a lot of CO2, it's because people are exhaling it and the air in the room isn't being replaced with fresh air from outside.

It's why you often feel sleepy when you board a plane - the ventilation system used air bled off from the engines, so until they start the CO2 in the confined space of the cabin with hundreds of people in it builds up fast.

Stale air is known to put you at much greater risk from airborne viruses. That's why during COVID people were advised to open windows and keep air moving. So CO2 levels are a good proxy for risk of airborne viral infection too.

Some people have been doing that for themselves with Home Assistant and similar tech. Qingping make some very good and affordable CO2 monitors that integrate well with HA.

That would be the Sanyo Shinkansen then, and it's 100% grade separated, and always has been.

If it was near the Marine Corps base it would have been the Sanyo Main Line. I don't know what the historic speeds were, but these days the maximum is 130 kph. The Shinkansen line is some distance from there.

130 kph (about 80 mph) might not seem like much, but it can appear pretty quick when you are very close to the train at a crossing. The Shinkansen line was around 250 kph when you were there I think, now up to 300.

Somehow the Japanese are building new HSR lines right into the centre of their two biggest cities, Tokyo and Osaka. Grade separated. 90% tunnel through mountains, elevated in urban areas.

They have earthquakes and even more densely built up areas to contend with. Somehow they manage it, regularly. And not just for HSR, the Tsukuba Express line is another example that is not high speed but is fully grade separated and runs right into the centre of Tokyo. Partially underground, partially viaduct.

More high speed rail than the rest of the world combined, all built in the last 15 years. It's some of the fastest too, with peak speeds exceeding those in Japan (where they are limited due to noise concerns rather than safety or the capabilities of the trains).

They are also now building new maglev lines, starting in Beijing, which will be the fastest in the world, and are going to be the longest and most extensive in the world as they rapidly expand.

They also have more underground rail than the rest of the world combined, all built in the last 20 years.