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"harmonize UK and US law on political speech" I can't think of anything worse. This is just the extreme right wing pushing the Overton Window even further

The team sat Electric Classic Cars are doing that, you can soon buy a skateboard chassis and drivetrain from them, and bolt whatever body you want to it. Their recent videos showca…

That is disingenuous. It is a downside to the proliferation of poorly secured devices. Your nebulous statement could be applied to anything.

> Safe to ignore anything they have to say. And that of anyone who quotes them too

And that's just DCC. You can also add in I2C, MQTT, Canbus, Ethernet, BiDiB, Modbus, etc the list goes on Have a gander at https://www.jmri.org/help/en/html/hardware/index.shtml#ne…

With such sweeping statements, it clearly matters to you. However, time matters to me. Others are entitled to have different priorities from you. My Luba 2 has saved me 3 weeks of …

Between Amsterdam and Paris you are within the Schengen zone. UK to Europe will have border control, passports, etc.

My first observation of this calm oasis was watching a Dell Compellent boot around 2010. I was somewhat happy to see a familiar boot process on the display!

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UK analogue strowger exchanges did not permit the called party to clear down the line - that was the job of the calling party. A legacy function of being 'patched through'. "Called…

This is patently horseshit. I know mechanics, they have been on EV training courses. The dealerships clearly have trained mechanics working on the EVs they've been selling for year…

You remembered it well. Nasqueron Dwellers in The Algebraist

Only if you count generic providers like Gmail or Yahoo. There are millions using @faculty.university.ac.uk style addresses, or employer addresses, club addresses, etc If I choose …

Outright wrong. "Multiple troubleshooting efforts to address the area of the leak by reseating a seal in the quick disconnect where liquid hydrogen is fed into the rocket did not f…

Exceptions can and have been made, and the responsibility of hosting it then moves to the EBU to select a location

It's not all in the same building though

It's a real shame. I've been fiddling away with OWL and OpenDrop for a few months now, trying to get it working on a Raspberry Pi Zero. The goal was a digital picture frame that ac…

You are conflating automation with remote control. Replacing a lightswitch with an app that requires human interaction is indeed ridiculous. Replacing a lightswitch with a motion s…

HV systems for trains are made safe by separation. HV systems for close quarters use are made safe by technology. The HV plug for your car could easily be wet as well, but it's mad…

> I also heard about one idea to have chargers at every street light, as they already have an input from the grid in them. This is already being done in London, and probably other …

How to Opt Out (of voluntarily Facial Recognition) at the Airport

If I recall rightly Concorde pilots often took control from autoland and landed it slightly off the center line. This was to avoid upsetting the passengers and to ensure the champa…

250W pushes my 220lbs fat ass along pretty swiftly edit: I wonder if we're experiencing the difference between 250W continuous rated motors, which is what the legislation covers, a…

yup, and 250W continuous And the great bit is that if you are ignorant of these laws and get caught on an electric bike doing higher speeds then you get a penalty as if you are rid…

It's the second line of the article... "A great number of these records were destroyed and a sizeable portion sent to Britain to be kept secret. " Not all have been destroyed.