Data published in news articles within the last week or two indicated that Tesla's battery/inverter setups were very cost effective in saving large amounts of money in Australia recently.
I can't speak from personal analysis of the savings quoted in the articles, but the numbers cited in the publicly released articles seemed to pass the smell test.
"Weak spot" in a MBP keyboard is an understatement:
1. Given that the keyboard is mechanically the most physically abused piece of hardware on the Mac (now that we have no spinning HDs), it ought to have the military tank ruggedness of the "Selectric" keyboard.
2. Watertightness is an absolute must, regardless of what Jony and his champagne tastes has to say. Why? Spills happen. The worst case I saw was a glass of wine set down over a foot away from the MBP. The wine sloshed and sent a single drop of wine out of the glass and into the middle of the keyboard. Game over.
3. Dust & cookie crumb tightness is s a must as these are real world gremlins.
4. The keyboard ought to be able to be removed from the base frame with a couple twist locks like the batteries on earlier black and white plastic Mac Books had in the days of removable batteries. No sweat, no pain, no Genius Bar high priced keyboard repair bill.
5. I should be a senior MacBook Pro human engineering design advisor after having spent 50 years designing durable easy to use products -- that people used and liked and ALL work as intended.
Hey, allowing the cell carriers to book more profit and do the heavy lifting of advertising and persuasion for Google, so they don't have to do it. Smart for Google. Glad I don't have to opt in.
Just because you can crunch #s doesn't mean you can invent the new Zippo lighter, Polaroid camera, or iPhone that doesn't already exist.
A lot of the innovation that occurs is what results from "fixing" what already exists but is not efficient enough in some way. It is innovation that no one except the designers themselves appreciate, because it is hidden innovation inside of products.
People worry about the oddest things like blowing air, when they ignore handling the door knob or lever with a bare hand which has who knows what on it along with god & I know is on the bottom of the shoe on your foot that you track into your car, home and workplace.
HAIs, hospital acquired infections, have been a highlight of attempts for almost 20 years to identify and stop the worst infections with highest resistance to antibiotics, like MRSA and C-Diff.
The chances are that every time YOU, as an individual, take an antibiotic that you convert one or more bacteria in your gut to an antibiotic resistant type. That is not a real good choice for people who NEED to get rid of a bad bacteria.
Now is the time to find a different avenue to get rid of specific harmful bacteria with new technologies that don't increase the number of antibiotic resistant forms.
We are only 15-25,000 years out of the last ice age in a 110,000 year cycle.
Since we are most likely to continue to warm for some 10s of thousands of years, based on past cycles, it seems inevitable that Antarctica is doomed to lose its major ice sheets, whether mankind does anything about emissions or not.
Most medical apps I have reviewed are not "raping customers for their data." They are offering either products or tracking or suggestions on how to deal with existing medical conditions. The FDA issued clearance for 51 mobile apps in 2017 (see: www.mobihealthnews in the last week)
I view these as incredibly helpful for people with existing medical conditions, but unfortunately, the average age on Slashdot is not the age range of the people needing help. And believe me these people really need it.
Not one person in a hundred can guess what the most frequent reason for retiree hospitalization is. I have even stumped doctors with this!
It isn't anything that appears on the nightly news, where cancer, heart disease, pulmonary problems, obesity & diabetes are the "popular" items of the day. ADEs (adverse drug events), mostly caused by prescription medications, alcohol, aspirin, NSAID painkillers, herbs & supplements" are the most common source of retiree hospitalization.
Do you realize that 80 million people with chronic illness and 5 or more prescription meds are out there juggling their medications and symptoms and a lot of them are still trying to hold a job? Can you imagine how difficult it is for them to understand and manage 5 medications which can have real and sometimes dangerous ADEs (adverse drug events.)
Mobile apps & soon sensors can REALLY help people.
A lot of computer owners would probably wind up keeping certain computers completely off any network connected to the Internet if the government had the ability to force the of use backdoors.
That would be worse for the value of the Internet than anything else I can think of.
That is the problem, the hardware "fixes" are just impediments to bad guys.
Intel ME as a back door is even scarier. That is why a friend I know who does missle targeting programing does it in an isolation room with no external connections of any type and no electronic devices allowed to be brought in or you might have a very serious accident.
I don't think there is a perfect answer to security. Probably the only thing I can imagine is you carry your own OS/data in your external device and it just boots whatever computer you need, which has no CPU itself. But that still won't stop it from getting corrupted.
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Data published in news articles within the last week or two indicated that Tesla's battery/inverter setups were very cost effective in saving large amounts of money in Australia recently.
I can't speak from personal analysis of the savings quoted in the articles, but the numbers cited in the publicly released articles seemed to pass the smell test.
This article just appeared claiming a concrete twice as strong as existing concrete while releasing less CO2.
https://inhabitat.com/
"Weak spot" in a MBP keyboard is an understatement:
1. Given that the keyboard is mechanically the most physically abused piece of hardware on the Mac (now that we have no spinning HDs), it ought to have the military tank ruggedness of the "Selectric" keyboard.
2. Watertightness is an absolute must, regardless of what Jony and his champagne tastes has to say. Why? Spills happen. The worst case I saw was a glass of wine set down over a foot away from the MBP. The wine sloshed and sent a single drop of wine out of the glass and into the middle of the keyboard. Game over.
3. Dust & cookie crumb tightness is s a must as these are real world gremlins.
4. The keyboard ought to be able to be removed from the base frame with a couple twist locks like the batteries on earlier black and white plastic Mac Books had in the days of removable batteries. No sweat, no pain, no Genius Bar high priced keyboard repair bill.
5. I should be a senior MacBook Pro human engineering design advisor after having spent 50 years designing durable easy to use products -- that people used and liked and ALL work as intended.
It will make no difference to China, the NSA, Thiel & Russia.
They all want total knowledge for total control ... if and when needed to end dissent.
Hey, allowing the cell carriers to book more profit and do the heavy lifting of advertising and persuasion for Google, so they don't have to do it. Smart for Google. Glad I don't have to opt in.
Given the "ups and downs" of long term cyclical temperature shifts over the last 10-15,000 years, how can that conclusion be justified?
After all, during the last ice age there was no "Great Barrier Reef" as the sea-level was some 50 meters lower than now.
I hate mixing seeing political agendas thrown in with science.
Particularly when in tight groups or quarters.
Groupthink allows one to feel safe.
Cellular is getting a lot better.
Just because you can crunch #s doesn't mean you can invent the new Zippo lighter, Polaroid camera, or iPhone that doesn't already exist.
A lot of the innovation that occurs is what results from "fixing" what already exists but is not efficient enough in some way. It is innovation that no one except the designers themselves appreciate, because it is hidden innovation inside of products.
Well, Sacramento legislature & Governor actions simply do not reflect my interests, that is certain (& I am certainly not a billionaire.)
Borders, welfare, taxes, sanctuary cities, gazillion $ high speed rail and on and on are simply outrageous.
Is Google going to have to turn over their backed up server data?
"The new Gmail We intercept even more of your personal data."
So why haven't the board members been accused of fraud and wound up in court for defrauding investors.
It is not just the CEO/Chairman at fault.
People worry about the oddest things like blowing air, when they ignore handling the door knob or lever with a bare hand which has who knows what on it along with god & I know is on the bottom of the shoe on your foot that you track into your car, home and workplace.
Unless you need to pretend you are more than your real self.
HAIs, hospital acquired infections, have been a highlight of attempts for almost 20 years to identify and stop the worst infections with highest resistance to antibiotics, like MRSA and C-Diff.
The chances are that every time YOU, as an individual, take an antibiotic that you convert one or more bacteria in your gut to an antibiotic resistant type. That is not a real good choice for people who NEED to get rid of a bad bacteria.
Now is the time to find a different avenue to get rid of specific harmful bacteria with new technologies that don't increase the number of antibiotic resistant forms.
The minute Apple stops me running Parallels or other virtualization EFFECTIVELY and quickly, I'm out.
Then it is back to the Intel PCs. Probably Boxx.
Instead I would suggest that "Bad neighborhoods" keep you poor.
With a new twist.
If you have proprietary or sensitive info, it ought to be only on a non-connected PC/Mac, whatever.
There are too many bugs in Windows. I don't care what promises Microsoft and Satya have to say.
We are only 15-25,000 years out of the last ice age in a 110,000 year cycle.
Since we are most likely to continue to warm for some 10s of thousands of years, based on past cycles, it seems inevitable that Antarctica is doomed to lose its major ice sheets, whether mankind does anything about emissions or not.
Most medical apps I have reviewed are not "raping customers for their data." They are offering either products or tracking or suggestions on how to deal with existing medical conditions. The FDA issued clearance for 51 mobile apps in 2017 (see: www.mobihealthnews in the last week)
I view these as incredibly helpful for people with existing medical conditions, but unfortunately, the average age on Slashdot is not the age range of the people needing help. And believe me these people really need it.
Not one person in a hundred can guess what the most frequent reason for retiree hospitalization is. I have even stumped doctors with this!
It isn't anything that appears on the nightly news, where cancer, heart disease, pulmonary problems, obesity & diabetes are the "popular" items of the day. ADEs (adverse drug events), mostly caused by prescription medications, alcohol, aspirin, NSAID painkillers, herbs & supplements" are the most common source of retiree hospitalization.
Do you realize that 80 million people with chronic illness and 5 or more prescription meds are out there juggling their medications and symptoms and a lot of them are still trying to hold a job? Can you imagine how difficult it is for them to understand and manage 5 medications which can have real and sometimes dangerous ADEs (adverse drug events.)
Mobile apps & soon sensors can REALLY help people.
A lot of computer owners would probably wind up keeping certain computers completely off any network connected to the Internet if the government had the ability to force the of use backdoors.
That would be worse for the value of the Internet than anything else I can think of.
That is the problem, the hardware "fixes" are just impediments to bad guys.
Intel ME as a back door is even scarier. That is why a friend I know who does missle targeting programing does it in an isolation room with no external connections of any type and no electronic devices allowed to be brought in or you might have a very serious accident.
I don't think there is a perfect answer to security. Probably the only thing I can imagine is you carry your own OS/data in your external device and it just boots whatever computer you need, which has no CPU itself. But that still won't stop it from getting corrupted.