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Comment Re:Now only a decently designed desktop for Linux (Score 1) 83

About once a month I update my laptop's Windows 11, and each time I think it looks absolutely hideous. A desktop plastered with icons that look like they were drawn by a five-year-old, most of which have a stupid arrow at the bottom to tell me they're a shortcut (like why do I care about that). The Windows desktop seems to me a cheap rip-off of KDE :-)

Comment Not just Norway (Score 5, Informative) 173

Norwegians don't have special EV's - they have cars from Tesla, Jaguar and other manufacturers who are well aware of the issue, and incorporate battery pack heating systems, and sophisticated charging controls. The I-Pace uses a heat exchanger for warming both the battery and the cabin - before a long journey in cold temperatures you connect the car to the charger and "Pre-condition" it using mains power. Yes, there's a significant but not drastic drop in range; it's still enough for a long trip. I've not tried charging mine in cold weather at a rapid charger, but I'm sure the charging controls will use some of the power to heat the battery, as otherwise it wouldn't be able to accept the charge.

Comment Re:What? (Score 1) 72

The brewers want foamy beer - more foam = more air = less beer.= more profit
It's like having ice in your Coke - more ice = less Coke = more profit
In the good old times in the UK if your beer had too much head you could demand a top-up to get a proper pint. Then some fool of a judge said the head was part of the pint.

Comment Re:No new reservoirs in over 30 years (Score 5, Interesting) 169

The key point is that English planning laws include far too many ways to object to something. The water suppliers have wanted a huge reservoir near Oxford for decades, but each time they come up with a plan it gets cancelled by the government or a public enquiry or a judicial review. That way everyone (by which I mean politicians) win - there's a solution but it get cancelled by the will of the people, so no votes lost in the area around Oxford.

Comment Re:Redesig those constantly refilling urinals (Score 2) 169

You've obviously not been to the UK in the last 10 years or more, and you didn't pay attention when you did last come. The old urinals only flushed periodically - the cistern filled slowly through a slightly-open tap, and flushed when the water level caused the siphon to operate. But anyway, they've virtually all gone and been replaced by unflushed urinals with plastic caps over the outlet that are supposed to keep the ammonia back.

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