$900 USD is just not worth it for me for console gaming. I've already got a PC that works, and games I like for it.

I'm just going into a holding pattern for buying any computing equipment unless I absolutely need to. I suspect I'm going to be in the majority on that.

I'll just continue to purchase games from GOG on sale. My "to be played" backlog is already crushingly large, I'm not at a loss for something to play.

Also, SONY? I still remember that rootkit you and BMG hit people with. Sucks when your customers have long memories, doesn't it?

It's the same start/stop system and engine as the Ram 1500 pickups have used since 2013 (and still use today in fact), so it's not a Jeep-specific thing in this case, just I've encountered it twice because of the prevalence of Jeeps off-roading and they don't get the 'commercial vehicle' exception to being able to make the ESS optional at purchase time.

I've been on multiple off-road trail drives where at least one newer Jeep Wrangler had it's start/stop system start fail in some way and couldn't keep running because of how Chrysler implemented the system on those engines.

One had to be limped home with an escort 15 minutes at a time, the engine would just stop while in gear and ignore the gas pedal until it was fully switched off and restarted, code reader kept saying errors in the start/stop system, etc.

The other one just didn't risk it, called a tow truck and opted to wait. Code reader also said start/stop system fault codes when we looked them up. Different Jeep from the previous one, BTW!

Start/stop is basically built in for hybrids, but for non-hybrids they're often just a boat-anchor mis-feature along with cylinder de-activation that mostly only exists to game EPA numbers.

A well engineered one that for example has an electric power steering pump and brake master cylinder that doesn't rely on the engine running to maintain pressure? Can be good.

But that still needs a MUCH stronger starter to survive even a single heavy-traffic commute where it will cycle 20+ times in an hour and only a few minutes in between to recharge, let alone years of that, and stronger/larger alternator and battery to handle the much more frequent rapid charge/discharge cycles, etc.

And at that point you're most of the way to a mild hybrid, so the good ones just get turned into a true hybrid model at that point.

So as a Prius owner? Good riddance to this, IMHO. It never really fits well on non-hybrids because so many other things are tied to the engine running and moving those off is most of making a vehicle a hybrid already.

Whatever court hears Mumbauer's wrongful dismissal case will likely look at his actions post-firing and decide that he doesn't have "clean hands" in this matter. That will reduce the amount of damages the court is willing to award, or potentially end up with the decision going against Mumbauer completely, with him now being potentially on the hook for the company's legal fees.

If you have a legal dispute like this, keep your hands legally clean, even if it pains you to do so.

For those who need a refresher as to how the failure of the Fukushima reactors, see this video:

Understanding the accident of Fukushima Daiichi (from 2012)
https://youtu.be/YBNFvZ6Vr2U

Total time: 13:01. The key bit is at 4:49: "The waves went over the sea wall flooding the lower parts of buildings, and disabled the emergency diesel generators."

Had those generators and fuel tanks been higher up in the structure, things probably would have been fine, but with the reactors in control-rod shutdown and needing to dissipate the residual heat in the reaction chambers, the secondary cooling systems powered by those emergency diesel generators were absolutely crucial.

The tripling of memory prices and watching the domino effect to any computer hardware that needs memory (but can't get adequate supplies) due to the hoovering up of nearly all the memory being produced by data centers used for AI projects.

That's the most stupid, and annoying thing about all this to me. May this bubble pop, and quickly.

My wallet will stay closed to memory purchases for the duration of this price spike.

...that's not DVI, that's DisplayPort.

DVI is the prequel to HDMI, that single HDMI port on your GPU is also putting out DVI signalling at the lower bitrates. It's also how the various RP2350 "HDMI" boards work, is the DVI protocol is a very simple subset that the early generations of HDMI was built on top of with additional data structures.

In a situation like this where the occupants aren't at fault, you honour the reservation for the duration of the stay, and you comp the rest of the stay ("It's on the house.")

In this way you generate a ton of good-will for the Marriott, and positive word of mouth advertising that you only wish you could buy on demand. Marriott decided to take the low road and kick the occupants out mid-stay. Bad form.

Can't wait for another glut of 14 Terabyte SSDs for a unbelievably low prices. Of course the guts of these things are really just a cheap USB stick's memory, with the surrounding circuitry reprogrammed to lie about its size.

Seriously, caveat emptor on any marketplace like this.

Satellites can broadcast to a tight geographic area thus minimizing any potential interference. Basically it's an aimed-cone around the antenna that restricts the signal from reaching any area other than an intended geographic circle on the ground.

Dish Network does this with local broadcast channels. If you subscribe in one geographic area, and move to another far away, you lose access to the old local network channels, not because of any digital restrictions based on zip code plus gps location, but because you're simply outside the area the signals reach.

The same technology could be implemented (perhaps already is) to mitigate any potential interference with ground-to-space signals.

Same as in personal relationships, it is inadvisable to go back to an abusive partner.

...also in what tectonic era are they still buying a mouse to use with a laptop that requires a dedicated dongle instead of connecting over bluetooth?

The whole issue here is they're trying to limp along a bunch of old tech, and even then they could trivially get a $5 USB hub, or very likely plug the mouse into the monitor instead, most USB-C connected monitors have USB-A ports as well.

Like are they just trying to ban bikes and/or e-bikes with 'fat' tires originally from beach-bicycles and generally a softer ride? Or is it a local/EU term that means something more specific/different?