Collaborate Disseminate
The administrators of Great Britain’s power grid admit that it’s often unable to use energy-storage batteries due to old computer systems and an old network with “not enough cables”, according to the Financial Times — though the system operator s… Continue reading Why the UK’s Power Grid is Sidelining Clean-Energy Battery Storage
If you are a retrocomputer person, at least in North America and Europe, you probably only have a hazy idea of what computers were in the Japanese market at the …read more Continue reading Where Did the Japanese Computers Go?
Just watching back through bits of this week’s video, the thing that’s really getting at me is the same thing I’ve come back to in so many past videos: lack of organisational disclosure after a breach. Lack of disclosure to impacted customers, lack of
“The cab was cut from a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee,” writes the New York Times. “The engine once revved up a 1985 Toyota Celica; and 107 hand-sewn rubber segments, courtesy of Mr. Tymofichuk’s wife, help to direct low-pressure air beneath the craft so th… Continue reading Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft
The open-source parametric 3D modelling software, FreeCAD, is out in a release candidate for version 1.0. If you’ve tried FreeCAD before and found a few showstoppers, it might be a …read more Continue reading FreeCAD is Near 1.0
“Exceed the speed limit in one of the 27 European Union countries, and you may get some pushback from your vehicle,” reports Car and Driver. “As of July, new cars sold in the EU must include a speed-warning device that alerts drivers if they exceed the… Continue reading California Drivers May Soon Get Mandatory In-Car Speed Warnings Like the EU
For as long as there have been machines, there have been fears of machines taking your job. One of the latest incarnations of this phenomenon is the fast-food ordering kiosk. …read more Continue reading The Surprising Effects of Fast Food Kiosks
Raw network sockets are a curious beasts, as unless you have a strong urge to implement your own low-level network protocol, it’s a topic that is probably best left to …read more Continue reading When Raw Network Sockets Aren’t Raw: Raw Sockets in MacOS and Linux
Friday America’s Federal Trade Commission brought action against three companies for “anticompetitive and unfair” practices “that have artificially inflated the list price of insulin.”
For years, many of the millions of Americans who need insulin to … Continue reading America’s FTC Sues Insulin Middlemen Who ‘Artificially Inflated’ Drug Price
DVD-R platters consist of two poly carbonate disks with a shinny metallic like surface in between. The area in between also contains a dye like material, usually purple in color. Is the information written on a DVD-R stored in that dye o… Continue reading destruction of DVD media [closed]