The buried detail about the 3G switch off is key - car makers aren't going to give everyone a free 5G hardware upgrade. As for GPS, car makers have been not updating built-in maps forever. Some cheap cars don't even bother with any maps, and expect drivers to use their phone.
In the Facebook forums, people are always moaning about the cars' apps. Personally I never had much trouble with it over the 6 years I had the Leaf. Now I have an electric Corsa and I am ignoring the app - I don't need it. It is a luxury to remote warm or cool the car, not essential.
I look forward to your comparative review of Moon Lander 2 versus the original.
The rest of the universe changed around you.
Thanks for the link.
One time I found a Yeovalley QR code on the inside of the lid of a Tesco plain yogurt. Contract food manufacturing is weird.
Hopefully Aberdeen council will be open and honest about the details of just how expensive and unreliable the hydrogen ecosystem was for them
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
Good news! Cheap electricity and mining for lithium in one: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How wasn't he cancelled for Nabokoving his own daughter?
Yes, we cooked a lot on the stove too on our old boat Luna Betty, hence my miscalculation for Charlotte.
When speccing the battery, I'd recommend 4x daily use kWh, if possible. I under estimated, oops!, because this boat doesn't have a solid fuel stove. All electric fridge, freezer, small kettle, caravan induction hob, microwave, air fryer, pressure cooker, toaster!
We slightly over specified on the panels with two banks of 4x 450W. These past few gloomy weeks have shown that is still not nearly enough if the sun doesn't actually shine.
Mr Narrow here with the technical details - we have a 2kW Victron solar controller connected to a 7.5kWh LiFePO4 battery connected to a Victron 5kVA inverter. Luckily I can usually park the car close to the boat in the marina, using a variable 3-pin charger that can do 6, 8, 10, or 13A.
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.
The news of its cancellation was a real gut punch to the Acorn fans. I focused on Linux after that.
Hmm, seems quite software heavy, but what do I know. I also graduated in Mech Eng and have been in software ever since.
A friend of mine graduated in Mech Eng back in the '90s and has worked for Ansys (just merged with Synopsys) ever since. They have this UK placement starting August 2026: careers.synopsys.com/job/horsham/...
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My current job has a large library of maths heavy processing routines, some of which has comments about how it was auto-converted in the 1990s from Fortran to C with f2c. The variable names are as cryptic as 'F' and 'XX'.
Ooh, fast Fourier transforms. Those are the basis of MP3 audio compression.
Is this set in the same universe as Charlie Brooker's Touch of Cloth?
Brilliant you're collecting pound signs instead of dollars.
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You must be using one of those Vee Pea Ens I've heard about.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
Maybe! Steve Bell, for years for The Guardian, drew David Cameron as a condom filled with spam.
(An image search for the artist and subject should do it)
Now you've reminded me of the late Clive James describing a young Arnold Schwarzenegger as looking like a condom full of walnuts.
I mis-read as "clever clogs" 🐶
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