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That doesn't help against hardware thermal runaway. The pi would overheat its own ram chips and hard lock up. A simple power cycle fixed it.

I've found that a pi is good enough, computationally, but not reliability wise.

A lot of things like advanced light control goes through my host, so any lockups or crashes are bad. My pi held up for about 18 months before it began to play up. I've found a small NUC system has higher reliability for the same price and power usage.

There's an awkward open secret in the UK.

The new forest has a significant 'wild' pony population. More than the forest can support over winter. The excess is gathered up and sold. While some are brought as riders, most are sold to france. On a completely unrelated note. France has no problem eating horse.

In basic terms. Humans have a hibernation instinct, from somewhere in our past. When the days start to get short, and we get less sunlight, our brain tries to kick this in. It makes us want to be lethargic and sleep a lot. Unfortunately, modern life isn't conducive to this. When you push past it, the effects are very similar to depression.

Different people are affected to different degrees. Some are downright miserable, others unaffected. It's also possible to treat it. Sun lamps can trick the brain into thinking it's not winter, as vitamin D. The effectiveness of this can vary, however, and it doesn't compete with the real sun jumpstarting your brain back to full functionality.

A van can't deal with even remotely muddy grass. I lost count of how many vans I rescued, back when I had my pickup. They are also a lot less effective at dragging a horse trailer etc. Vans also (generally) don't have back seats. If you're also having to trek up and down the motorways, then the comfort of the ranger makes a big difference.

They have there place, but they are in the same boat as vans etc. They are commercial vehicles, to do a job, not city runabouts to stroke egos.

I fully agree, there's some stupid ones out there. But they are actually less common than you initially think.

I spend far too long going up and down the motorways. I get bored and start comparing the various problematic cars. Most lack the nice clean cut off line, or it's set so high as to be invisible. I've rarely been dazzled by cars with a properly set beam dip. It's either high beams, or messed up beam dip.

The rudeness comes from London mostly. When you pack people too close together, they tend to develop a bunch of social rules, to keep sane. Those rules are unspoken and dynamic. That also cause an impressive reaction when you break them by mistake. It's quite common worldwide, but London it particular about them.

Once you're clear of the big smoke, and get a feel for the lingo and etiquette, we are actually quite a friendly bunch.

That's still a problem, but it's not a new one. There's always been the issue that lights bright enough to see ahead reliably are also bright enough to dazzle. It's also a lot easier to cope with a quick flash, however, rather than continuous glare.

The issue with a lot of LED lights isn't brightness, its beam dip. The light should be angled downwards so it never shines into the oncoming traffic.

Unfortunately, a lot of retrofitted brighter bulbs don't play nicely with the beam dips. Car companies also err towards helping their diver, rather than the oncoming ones.

It looks like a UK bus. If you want to help make the bus company's life miserable there is a useful trick. This is the sort of thing a lot of parish council members will get disproportionately angry about. They also tend to have far less to do than higher bits of government. They also know a lot more about the inner workings of local government, and who's ear to burn about it. A politely written letter (or a few from several people) can get them up in arms about it.

Once you set that in motion, wait a week or 2, then also contact the local papers about it. I've seen them roll with far smaller stories than this.

Neither group has much/any hard power, but the soft power of the NIMBY croud can be extremely effective against public facing companies.

Edit to add.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/artificial-light-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints

It could be argued that that light is a statutory nuisance.

There is the term neurodiverse, which is an easy catch all for neurologically abnormal, but not broken.

Neurospicy is a play on this, spicy vs bland. People have strong opinions on spicy, very few have strong opinions on bland food.

The atmosphere stops a lot of the high energy stuff. It gets absorbed, and turned into a shower of lower energy particles.

I remember reading once about an astronaut seeing blue flashes in their eyes. When they realised, they got behind the water tank sharpish. It was high energy particles passing through their eyeballs.

Provisio, I have not read up on this particular experience.

Fruit flies, as used in labs are not like their wild cousins. They have been bred to be exceptionally consistent, since this makes X-Y experiments easier. If you take genetically identical eggs, and raise them in effectively identical conditions, you get almost the same wiring.

There will still be areas of variability, but a lot will be conserved. This is likely an "average" wiring. Once you have even an approximate baseline, you can vary things and see how the wiring adapted.

Edited to fix. 👍

Poor wording on my part.

The B1 trades rugidisation and capacity for speed.

The B21 trades them for stealth.

B52 is optimal for mass bombing. It's shape makes spares, repairs and production cheap. It's optimised for bombs/$ via mass deployment. The B1 and B21 could fill the role, but not as well. They are optimised for other uses (B1, get in fast, smash a target and get out. B21, sneak in and pummel a limited target.)

That being said, the last time the US needed that capability was likely Vietnam eta (leveling large areas of jungle). Having it available is still militarily useful.

The physics of a strategic atmospheric bomber hasn't changed. The B52 is close to optimal in shape for the task. A lot can change, however, both within that shell, and construction materials it's made of.

They've now, at least, released a standard set of markings. Basically, the data speed in Gb and the power capacity in Watts will be printed on the connector. Whether chinese suppliers will bother complying is another matter.

The key to steam is that they realised that being user centric, while bad for short term profits is very good for long term profits. They are also not publicly traded, so not just anyone can buy in and try and make a quick buck burning them to the ground.

I've found their store and setup to be a reasonable balance of advertising to functionality. The fact that you can adjust it yourself is a good example of their mindset. Most people don't care or find them useful. Those who don't like them are unlikely to interact with them, so it's not worth fighting their efforts to turn them off.

The connectome is a map of individual neurones. The projectome is a map of how larger regions interconnect. Particularly the relative strength of the links.

It's the difference between a detailed road map vs the relative road capacity between countries. It cuts out a lot of fine detail to see larger patterns. Both are useful, but in different ways.