Yes yes, yes. But which way up did it land?
Posts by Inventor of the Marmite Laser
1299 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Jun 2011
'Chemical cat' on the loose in Japanese city
Kremlin accuses America of plotting cyberattack on Russian voting systems
Justice Dept reportedly starts criminal probe into Boeing door bolt incident
Climate change means beer made from sewer water, says North Carolina brewery
An engine that can conjure thrust from thin air? We speak to the designer
Olympic-level server tossing contest seeks entrants – warranty voiding guaranteed
Copilot pane as annoying as Clippy may pop up in Windows 11
Updates are plenty but fans are few in Windows 11 land
New solvent might end winter charging blues for EV owners
Re: A new solvent.
Looks nasty stuff , though I don't know the implications of it being part of the electrolyte.
But, there again, petrol and the additives in it is nasty stuff too.
It's not cheap either. Sigma Aldrich offers it at £71 per gram.
Chinese 'connected' cars are a national security threat, says Biden
Texas judge turns out the lights on federal survey of cryptominers' energy consumption
Husqvarna ports Doom to a robot lawnmower – not, thankfully, its chainsaws
Work for you? Again? After you lied about the job and stole my stuff? No thanks
Rice isn't nice for drying your iPhone, according to Apple
Australian supercomputer 'Taingiwilta' comes online this year with [REDACTED] inside
Please install that patch – but don't you dare actually run it
Re: This must rate as the most moronic management policy ...
Many years sinceupon, the QA idiot in a company for whom I was working, decreed that all electronic components would henceforth be stored in a tistatic packaging. All the sensitive stuff - ICs semiconductors etc already were. He pointed out additional stuff so the stores folk duly sighed and complied
We had a batch of dead PCB mounted batteries not too long after that.
America's broadband bill subsidy runs out of money and halts enrollments
The literal Rolls-Royce of EVs is recalled over fire risk
We put salt in our tea so you don't have to
Black tea. No sugar. Occasionally green tea, again no sugar. Ditto Gunpowder tea.
Fruit teas generally smell wonderful but invariably taste as if someone has already drunk them. Earl Grey (and Lady Grey) were work of the Devil.
I did have several trips to India (off the tourist trail) and thoroughly enjoyed the "proper" Indian approach to tea: strong, spicy, with sugar and thick milk and having it's nuts simmered off on the stove until syrupy. Lovely.
The Post Office systems scandal demands a critical response
Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse
BT to spell out contract price hikes in pounds and pence
Tesla owners in deep freeze discover the cold, hard truth about EVs
Re: Norway
Learned some figures from a project specification for an installation in Kazakhstan many years ago and contrasted it with the Isle of Wight, which is on the same latitude:
Isle of Wight temperature range maybe -8 to +36 °C.
Kazakhstan temperature range: -40 to +40 °C
It's amazing what a coastal location and a bit of Gulf Stream magic does.
Why do IT projects like the UK's scandal-hit Post Office Horizon end in disaster?
Boffins demo self-eating rocket engine in Scotland
Another airline finds loose bolts in Boeing 737-9 during post-blowout fleet inspections
Apple sets new 16,000-foot iPhone drop test after 737 fuselage fail
New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law
Re: Think of the Grid!
If my car is totally flat (which, obviously, it'd never be) then it'd need 51kWh. I normally charge at about 50% so 25kWh at -say- the 2.5kW that the "granny" charger can supply would need ca. 10 hours. Off a 7kW wall box, make that ca. 3.5 hours. I'd add a few hours longer at a couple of hundred watts every month or so, to balance the batteries.