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  • I understand 'worst sales' but 'worst performance' doesn't really fit. It's in my opinion this is a fantastic performance on the market. With right to repair, longer software support, some models with replaceable batteries, we can use the phones longer and make the industry more sustainable and consumer friendly. For the last years already, the model feature upgrades were marginal and it's fine that way.

    In the future, I'd hope for further technical and regulatory development in that direction, resulting in further reduced annual sales numbers.

  • "Recycling brackets", 1000 pcs bag.

    This bag contains already used zip ties in various lengths and colours. You can reuse the items and be creative. Build modern art for your living room, a fan holding bracket for your server or a cool handle for your hot coffee cup.

  • The old Hue app still works and I'm also using Hue Essentials, both without any account.

    I have a Hue bridge of the 1st generation and a few years ago, the original app was showing pop-ups, that I need to get a new bridge because of the new app that will no longer support my old bridge. So I just kept the old app and the old bridge. Works like a charm all offline.

    When I added a motion detector two years ago, the old app didn't find it for setup. That's when I tested the alternative app Hue Essentials and it works just fine offline.

  • And first ramping up gas to then switch to renewables after is what got Germany in this mess.

    It's the other way around, first it was going after renewables and now due to the coal exit ahead, gas capacities will be ramped up by a targeted 25GW over the next years.

  • That was a sick race. I had actually planned to watch the first hour and a bit and then start my tour on the motorcycle, as the weather was good.

    But I couldn't stop watching. Everything was open until the very end, so many drivers could win so close to the end, so many different strategies from the start and new strategies mid race, half way a call that there might be some rain, lots tyres wear and drivers complaining. It was so good.

    I just felt bad for Russell at the end after such a good race. Then again Hamilton now made it onto #3 in the championship standings and switched places with Alonso. And Liam Lawson finished 3/3 races and now even go into the points. That looks pretty good for a rookie driver.

  • Data centres, business, hospitals etc. run batteries to bridge the gap until the diesel starts running. It can take a minute or a few until the diesel generator takes over, but it can run for hours and days with refuelling.

    Getting batteries for 8h is expensive and risky - what if the power cut suddenly lasts 9h? With batteries you have a fixed storage, with petrol or diesel you can just refuel.

    Having that unreliable electricity, my home server would be the least of my problems. I would already have a generator to keep the fridge running so the food doesn't go bad every other day.

  • This is quite interesting, as commonly weapon system sales can be based on data sheets, video presentations, theoretical scenarios, shooting range tests or 3rd party experience and reports.

    In this case, Ukraine was able to test various IFV models from multiple countries in an actual war. And then after testing, Ukraine chose the CV-90. That's a good selling point for BAE systems.

  • We have seen that news a few days ago already and it's mentioned in this article right away why the number is high:

    Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion last year as governments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemic.

    Another news article mentioned the increase was in 2022 compared to 2020. We don't know the 'real' numbers without the Russian invasion but if that survey is done every two years, it might look completely different and way better in 2024 and we're currently only having a temporary skewed statistic.

  • Great post and nice to see those 4th gen plants mentioned including the current project development state. Those plants were always a top comment as 'the solution' in discussions on Reddit. Just build 4th gen or molten salt or fusion - energy problems solved with just a few keystrokes.

    Posts explaining the problems or the current state of those projects often ended up in flames.

  • A speedometer is on the technical side a rev meter. As you can change rim and tyre size (e.g. summer and winter tyres), the whole circumference changes, leading to different speeds that the car can't measure. So with summer and winter it shows the same speed but in reality, you're going different speeds.

    As typically by law, the speedometer is not allowed to show too slow, it's showing by design too fast. So that even after changing tyre size, it will still not accidentally show too little speed. It's necessary due to the measuring method with unknown variables.

    Lorries typically have a trip recorder for speed and rest periods. Their speedometer is usually calibrated, which is also why people often think they are speeding when comparing to their own car's speedometer. But it's the car showing the wrong number.

  • I just watched the video on Youtube:

    He is not hugging the left lane, there is a car seen on the right, that he and the other traffic in front of him on the left lane, are passing.

    The headphones are only partially visible and only on one ear. Due to the noise level inside, it could be argued to be hearing protection or maybe a headphone on one ear for voice navigation instructions. Not sure what the French law exactly prohibits there.

    The speeding is according to the cars own speedometer. Most of us learned during driving school that a lorry must have calibrated speed but cars don't. They all show too much, as they can't show too little. It's inaccurate by design. How inaccurate? We don't know.

    So besides a not named person complaining, I don't think there is not much going to happen. At least the press can get some clicks, Max can say sorry into cameras and in a few days, the French police can release a statement that are glad he sees his wrongdoing and they now stopped their investigation.

  • This article is only about the branch "T-Mobile US" but not mentioning it. And yes according to Wikipedia there are about 70,000 employees. The parent company is listed with about 210,000 employees.

  • You should get/use one external drive for backups that you store separately (can be your 2nd or a new one). Having two separate internal drives for backup is not safe, as the system can damage data on both at the same time (e.g. malware/encryption, data corruption etc.).

    RAID is for availability/uptime. I like to compare it to a shop system at the checkout. You can't have shop payments halted if one drive fails, so you have a RAID. It allows you to repair/replace while the system keeps running and your business keeps operating. In a large business, every hour of downtime can cost you hundreds of thousand of currency, so RAID gets even more sophisticated. Downtime is not an option.

    At home this is up to you. RAID can save you some hassle and grant performance, but likely costs you more money than it saves you. Backup is key, so have at least one separately stored copy and depending on the importance of your data, also have an off-site backup.

  • This post is obviously not meant serious.

    To the right of the damaged section we can see a thread indicator, so there is maybe around 1 mm thread on the right shoulder. Therefore the centre part was below legal limits.

    Before changing tyres, the owner of that bike decided to kill off the old tyre completely by doing a burnout. We can see the flat centre piece all around on the tyre, typical for a burnout.

  • I would not call that a U-turn:

    Instead, the government pledges to meet the 2 percent target on average over a five-year period, as already set out in the recently published National Security Strategy.

    Seems more like the same direction, just on a parallel lane.

    On the one hand debatable, as it doesn't come 100% in line with the wording of the NATO guideline. On the other hand a practical course to measure across 5 years, as in some years there are larger procurements required than in others and overall the 2% are still met.

  • The suit alleges that Hawaiian Electric Industries “chose not to deenergize their power lines during the High Wind Watch and Red Flag Warning conditions for Maui before the Lahaina Fire started,” despite knowing the risks of sparking a fire in those conditions.

    Is this a practised or regulated thing in the USA that power companies shut down regional electricity during strong winds? I have not read about something like that before, not in the EU, USA or other places.

  • The siren system was just not used, I didn't see any reports that it failed.

    Already days ago right after the fire, it was reported the fire services communicated to the public they had the fire under control. So it makes sense to not use the emergency siren system in such a case. But then suddenly - according to media and fire fighter reports - the fire started spreading super fast and it was no longer under control. But then it was too late for many.