The technology thread

[Reiser99]

Have the wheels come off for Tesla?

As the electric carmaker sees sales fall and cuts jobs, we take a closer look at its problems.

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I think in hindsight the issue was that Tesla wanted to make electric cars all singing and dancing, rather than just affordable. There are other issues as well such as infrastructure, but if there is demand that will be fixed. Until electric cars are as cheap as petrol it's always going to put people off, because even if they logically know they will save money long term, it's harder to see in the present, especially if you're paying thousands more that you might not have at the time.

 

[Which Tyler]

I think in hindsight the issue was that Tesla wanted to make electric cars all singing and dancing, rather than just affordable. There are other issues as well such as infrastructure, but if there is demand that will be fixed. Until electric cars are as cheap as petrol it's always going to put people off, because even if they logically know they will save money long term, it's harder to see in the present, especially if you're paying thousands more that you might not have at the time.

Yup, the old Vimes' Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness - yet again.

 

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Passport e-gates back online after outage causes delays at UK airports

Long queues built up at airports affected by a Border Force "technical issue" at passport control.

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UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways

Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off

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Surface pro is very tempting but the OLED HDR version with the keyboard is £2k.

 

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BBC Radio 5 Live - The Martin Lewis Podcast, Martin Lewis: Tax and cryptocurrency

Martin Lewis and his guests explain if you need to pay tax on your cryptocurrency.

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Good review. Microsoft doing an apple when it comes to their surface line up. Although at least the flex keyboard can work with previous models.

 

[dullonien]

The cost of that flex keyboard is a bit nuts! Even halving the price would be very steep for a keyboard+pen.

I've got a Surface Pro 7 (I think), it's a great versatile machine, but the betterylife lets it down + the heat radiating from the screen when drawing on it. The heat coupled with the friction of dragging your hand across the screen over and over does make it quite uncomfortable after a while.

Wacom used to make a little pinky only glove thing to mitigate this, maybe I should pick one up. They do look a little rediculous though lol.

 

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Was very tempted to buy a new iPad when I was out in Japan, but buying a new Apple Pencil put me off, when I had a perfectly good one.

 

[dullonien]

Was very tempted to buy a new iPad when I was out in Japan, but buying a new Apple Pencil put me off, when I had a perfectly good one.

I've requested an iPad Pro from work for sketching etc. So fingers crossed I get that. Procreate seems to be the big difference for Apple. There's some decent alternatives on windows like Autodesk Sketchbook and Adobe Fresco, but Procreate looks a cut above still.

 

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I've requested an iPad Pro from work for sketching etc. So fingers crossed I get that. Procreate seems to be the big difference for Apple. There's some decent alternatives on windows like Autodesk Sketchbook and Adobe Fresco, but Procreate looks a cut above still.

The new iPad Pros are so light. But yes, if you can get work to pay for one and have use for the drawing aspects and software then go for it. Me - I'm not an artist and only used the pencil for notes and PDF expert. So will stick with my existing iPad Pro - from 2018. Battery's going fine but noticed it doesn't last as long.

Just apple do these things with the pencil and they are not backwards compatible, so forces users to buy a new one. ****** me off.

 

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Southport attack: Did social media fan the flames of riot?

False accusations about the attacker followed a familiar pattern, the BBC's Marianna Spring finds.

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‘Free money’: £4bn lost to fraud and error on flagship HMRC ‘innovation’ scheme

UK tax credits to promote research and development were claimed by a pub for changing its menus and by window cleaners for hanging their buckets

www.theguardian.com

 

[Amiga500]

‘Free money’: £4bn lost to fraud and error on flagship HMRC ‘innovation’ scheme

UK tax credits to promote research and development were claimed by a pub for changing its menus and by window cleaners for hanging their buckets

www.theguardian.com

Anyone who has had any dealings with HMRC will be surprised that number is so low.

Like £4B over 4 years (7.7x4 = £30.8B total expenditure as an estimate) - its only ~13% ineptitude from HMRC.

Shockingly impressive stuff really.

 

[The Seeker]

Scientists find evidence for large underground reservoir of water on Mars

Experts estimate that the amount of groundwater could cover all of the planet to a depth of between one and two kilometres.

www.yahoo.com

 

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Musk's X suspended in Brazil after disinformation row

The social media giant says it refused to comply with a judge's order to appoint a legal representative.

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[Which Tyler]

Musk's X suspended in Brazil after disinformation row

The social media giant says it refused to comply with a judge's order to appoint a legal representative.

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Is he still "threatening" to disable X from the EU if forced to obey the law? or is that arse about face and the EU are threatening to suspend X is he refuses to obey the law?
I've lost track on that one.

 

[Amiga500]

Is he still "threatening" to disable X from the EU if forced to obey the law? or is that arse about face and the EU are threatening to suspend X is he refuses to obey the law?
I've lost track on that one.

Don't really care which order its in as long as the thing is suspended.

Its gone from Twat-er to X-cretement.