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Comment Re:This is expected, can be mitigated, and is good (Score 1) 91

We have had the problem solved in the UK for a while now. Chargers tie in to pricing data, which is predicted a day in advance, and then delay charging until it is cheapest. Often the price goes negative, i.e. you are paid to charge your vehicle, if you are on a variable tariff.

Have a look at this website showing prices: https://agileprices.co.uk/

You can see that for 7% of April, prices were negative, and for another ~30% they were extremely low.

Comment Re:How much is really delayed maintenance? (Score 1) 91

The changes won't just be needed for EVs, they will be needed for domestic solar as well. People are going to keep adding solar and batteries, getting to the point where they barely need the grid for much of the year, or at all. If the grid doesn't adapt to much greater changes in demand and lower unit prices, the operators are going to go bust.

They will need to transition from centralized generation to becoming distributors and offering convenience services.

Comment Re:It takes time (Score 1) 20

If you read the summary, it points out that Google is in fact ready, it's the UK Competitions and Markets Authority that is causing the delay. Google's already-deployed alternative doesn't allow them to track you, all data is local and the API sites can use to target ads is properly designed to prevent it being used for identification.

I recommend you turn off third party cookies manually. This is just for the default off setting. I haven't noticed it breaking anything.

Comment Re:Word use (Score 1) 48

Probably just a case of them not really thinking about it, like we didn't before Snowden.

People seem to forget that most sites didn't bother with HTTPS and most apps send data in the clear before Snowden's revelations. That was when the push really started to encrypt everything by default, and browsers started warning about non-HTTPS etc.

China just hasn't had their Snowden moment so is like we were 10 years ago.

Comment Re:Better solutions exist (Score 1) 93

I'll sign it without hesitation. Non-competes are illegal in my jurisdiction, and illegal clauses in contracts are void.

Startups around here get hoovered up including the former owners as "consultants". Basically that means you get money for doing nothing, at least as long as you don't try to start a competitor because guess what "consultation" is no longer needed should you try that...

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