Come back Soviet Union, all is forgiven.
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Have yo not noticed, that"text messages" are as near as dammit free nowadays? That you can send texts to multiple addresses? That texts aren't just limited to short messages?
Whatsapp is great if you live in the third world and have to pay handsomely for SMS and calls and love Zuckerberg riflling your data..
It's a good idea, but it solves the wrong problem. What we need is to smear the leap hours that cause us so many problems when we make them go forward or back for "daylight saving". Let's introduce leap minutes every day for 60 days, then 60 negative leap minutes, when we need to put the clocks back. Let the machines handle that and our bodies won't notice. Bonus, your kids won't try to get you up an hour early when the clocks "go back".
The ensuing debacle night persuade us to abandon "daylight saving" altogether.
Never mind the ill treatment of the work force. You've all missed their timely solution to the energy crisis!
How did you all miss: "AI-powered cameras"
If Amazon can power cameras with AI, how long before we get AI powered vehicles and home heating systems?
Nuclear Power? No Thanks! I'll settle for less toxic AI!
> It is simply never a good idea to "hide" something unsavoury inside code or on drives etc. It will eventually be discovered
I recall a gentler time when computers (mainframes only back then), were demonstrated with a file containing just the words of "Eskimo Nell". That impressed management far more than the computer generated graphics of a ball bouncing endlessly up an Escher staircse, or the ability to update and print the daily production and sales reports in just a few minutes.
> There are microwave boilers - the one aspect i am unable to find out (so far) is the running costs compared to gas boilers. (https://www.heatwayv.com/)
That sounds utterly crazy! A "microwave boiler" can't put any more heat into water than a simple electric boiler with resistive elements and is going to cost more to manufacture and maintain! The only way an electric boiler is going to compete with a gas boiler, is if it uses some kind of heat pump. (Unless we're talking about keeping people warm in their homes, by generating microwaves in their vicinity to keep their skin warm - hardly a "boiler". I think I prefer the tan I get from sleeping on a 100W atomic pile.)
I see that Heatwavy is remarkably coy about anything but the price of their bolers.
You've obviously never been to Southern Italy or Sicily. If they were to hit a pedestrian they'd probably die of shame. Just watch how skilfully all the drivers avoid the little old lady who just steps into the road knowing she doesn't need to look. It's not enough to think you're a good driver, you have to demonstrate it to everyone nearby.