My house has a landline phone connected to the internet modem via a VoIP box. My entire house has battery backup so the modem, router, and phones stay on during a blackout, but the equipment my modem talks to (I’m assuming somewhere on the street) does not have a battery backup, so the phones are still useless in a blackout.

I suggest making edit obvious to those reading who don’t know the original source. Something like:

where he argued that a truly tolerant society must retain the right to deny tolerance to the right to execute those who promote intolerance.

I heard of someone trying to get a refund because it “disappeared”.

Do not put a Himalayan salt lamp in there. A dry cloth will do if you really want to clean it.

I don’t mind internet connected devices (ignoring privacy issues). What I have a problem with is internet dependent devices. All critical devices should have a backup mode for a lost connection, and all devices should fail safe, not run at max temperature.

My smart lights are controlled by Home Assistant, so they still work when my internet connection goes down. I also have physical switches so I can control them like basic lights if Home Assistant breaks.

Always have backup plans.

If you intend to install both, install Windows first. It has a habit of overwriting other bootloaders.

When you install Linux second, it should install a bootloader that will let you choose which OS to boot each time you turn on the computer.

Always backup data you care about. Installing an OS carries some risk of data loss.

The majority of early EV fires were from a single battery factory accidentally placing battery terminals too close together. This affected only Chevy Bolts, and has been fixed with a recall.

Even including this data, combustion engine cars are over 60 times more likely to catch fire than EVs (1,529.9 fires per 100,000 vehicles for ICE vs 25.1 for EV).

It looks like you’re the one who might need to start carrying around a fire extinguisher, just in case.

My 15 year old EV is still driving like new. I had the battery replaced last month, not because the battery didn’t work, but because newer batteries have much more range and are cheap enough to be worth the upgrade. I’m planning to keep driving it for at least another 20 years.

This 100 year old EV is still driving with minimal maintenance. I don’t think EVs need to be scrapped particularly quickly.

Pride and prejudice

It could cost a bit if you wanted to keep it up to date.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/59/

m’tersickle.

It’s harder to pronounce, and no-one can understand it.

So many people don’t read the most obvious “no entry” signs. I don’t think they’ll notice most advertising.

I wonder if signs have become less effective as a result of advertising. Have people become desensitized to things trying to grab their attention?

I once exited vim.

Peaceful protest is the compromise to violence that was made possible by a government who listens.

If peaceful protest is impossible, then violence is inevitable.

I have a Nokia G42. Are there any operating systems that will run on it other than Android, or will I need to buy another phone?

It looks like this story is very nuanced.

In South Australia, there is so much solar power that the wholesale electricity price frequently goes negative. I don’t know about Tasmania, but I expect the situation to be similar but less extreme. The energy company just can’t offer a lot of money for solar exports because too many people are exporting solar power at the same time.

We also don’t know how much energy he is using at night. If he’s using multiple megawatts overnight and exporting megawatts during the day, then his property is destabilising the grid by drawing power when supply is low, and sending power when supply is already high.

Alternatively (or additionally), the energy provider could be incompetent or trying to make as much profit as possible, but we can’t know without details.

I suspect that installing a large bank of batteries on site would fix these problems, but such a battery would be quite expensive.

😥

I understand that this is a joke, but people believing themselves to be superior is what got us into this mess.

Mine’s only 15 years. I need to keep working on it.

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74