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Works well on antiX
I didn't even know it was there!

... and this is real!

Thanks!

You can get CFLs and LEDs for $1, and screw them into the same E27 / A19 fixtures your old lightbulbs used. If you've opted for different fixtures and bulbs, which don't work well, that was your own mistake, and irrelevant to the lighting technology. I expect most people were smart enough to avoid that trap.

...my LED bulbs have a ten year replacement warranty. My CFLs and incandescents did not.

The person who signed the TPP on behalf of Australia, Andrew Robb, has quit politics. Now he can look forward to retirement while Australia pays the price of his betrayal.

The good news is that the TPP can be negated in Australia by arresting Andrew Robb, putting him on trial for treason, which then allows Australia to back out of the inescapable trade agreement.

Which begs the question: Why would any country sign a trade agreement they can not later terminate?

https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/158/My-IP-is-being-leaked-by-WebRTC-How-do-I-disable-it.html

Firefox:
Type about:config in the browser's address bar and hit enter.
Confirm you will be careful if the prompt appears.
Search for media.peerconnection.enabled.
Double-click the preference to set it to false.

See also: https://diafygi.github.io/webrtc-ips/

Use https://ipleak.net/ to see if you are affected. VPN users should take note.

We have a long way to go. It is an improvement that one light in the circuit doesn't blow the rest. That one socket can be replaced without affecting the others. The power config isn't good. Turning the light switch off doesn't actually turn off the power. Which can lead to current running through you if you change a bulb with the lightswitch off. That did not hurt, but it wasn't good. Then we have the problem of cost: 1 power cord per light is an upfront cost that can be borne, but the cost of replacing the power packs every couple of years adds up. I remember buying cheap ass $1 light bulbs for years and replacing them without hassle. Going through putting out the whole socket and buying a new transforming for every light in the house is starting to seriously piss me off. The way they churn through bulbs is a concern. The cost of the bulbs is a concern at what? $5 to $25 a bulb? Geez. That hurts. This room has 8 of them in the ceiling. Start multiplying. Yes, it is an improvement over halogen which quite frankly was a secondary heater in the house. There are still improvements to be made. One of them is not using springs with so much tension that they rip through the ceiling plasterboard when the socket is pulled down.

It must be too hard to google to find https://newsroom.fb.com/

If you are going to provide a link to a story about facebook then link to facebook itself? Not your youtube channel for which you get paid for hits.

Actually, LED bulbs handily surpassed CFLs years ago. Now a 60w equivalent (800lm) LED uses 9w, while CFLs never got better than 13w for the same output. That's 30% more efficient.

Note that I'm using the inexpensive $1.75 generic Lowes LED bulbs (60w equiv) with 2-yr warranties, for reference. There certainly are still less-efficient older LED bulbs on the market, as well as some that are more-efficient.

http://m.lowes.com/pd/Utilitech-2-Pack-9-Watt-60W-Equivalent-3000K-A19-Medium-Base-E-26-Warm-White-Indoor-LED-Bulb/50423206

40w equiv (6w) LEDs are similarly inexpensive and more-efficient than their CFL counterparts.

However, what I like most about LEDs is that they work great at even lower power levels, too. CFLs below 40w were candelabra base with long, slow warm-up times and relatively poorer efficiency. Similarly, incandesent efficiency was on a curve, so 60W bulbs had DOUBLE the lumens output of a 40W bulb. But with LEDs you really can scale that down as far as you want. No longer is a 40w bulb the lowest-power practical choice for smaller rooms, closets, etc.

It also helps greatly that LEDs do fine in the cold, and can be switched off/on almost unlimited times, making them a great optionin refrigerators, motion sensors, etc., where CFLs don't really work at all. After all, hot bulbs in your refrigerator is about the worst waste of electricity imaginable.

Even for household applications, compact fluorescent bulbs often have a higher efficiency rating (in terms of Lumens per Watt) than LEDs. However, LED bulbs are pretty close, especially when compared to incandescent, and are still improving. Add in the instant startup, the more focused output, and the whole no-mercury thing, and it's no wonder why the new LED technology is quickly becoming the new "green" favorite.

There are innumerable (not very reliable) sources which spout that LED streetlights are more efficient. Obviously that's not based on facts. The information likely comes from the companies wishing to sell their new products, and it appears they come up with the claim in part by somehow comparing LEDs to non-LPS street lights, which are really only used in a tiny fraction of circumstances, where more color accurate light is required. In addition, they seem to use more-focused optics in new LED streetlights to compare to unfocused LPS lights, and generate more desirable numbers that way. They often also tout how much energy can be saved by enabling a motion-detection mode, which LPS isn't suited to, but I'm not aware of any municipalities who have done so, as there are significant practical drawbacks.

The comparison can get a little bit more confusing because LPS lights dim a bit over their lifetime, so slightly weaker efficiency numbers can be determined if one is so inclined. But as for reliable sources, the best I've heard is that, with twice the longevity of LPS, the reduced maintenance costs of LEDs can make up for their higher up front costs.

But back to your question... I have no doubt many people believe that LED streetlights are more energy efficient than existing LPS lights. BUT I would certainly expect much better of civil engineers, and due diligence from even non technical personnel. They merely need to compare the listed specs like power consumption, between the various options, before recommending or approving a major purchase... But feel-good measures, and green-washing, are sadly all-too common.

I remember reading two scientific papers about this, one was about significantly increasing visibility around dusk and dawn, when the sodium lights are not very efficient (illumination-wise, not energy-wise) It could, for instance, help reduces accidents at pedestrian street-crossing. The other sounded less scientific and tried to show a decrease in crimes when using whiter lamps.

And I've heard so many times the argument "LED consume less energy" touted that I actually believed LED were much more efficient than sodium lights already. Could it be possible that the people ordering all new lights to be LEDs incorrectly assume the same?

Keep in mind that it is easier to put more/faster/better parts into a larger phone than into a small one. And even the smaller/less powerful Android phones are usually still upgrades from previous generation (not talking about the extremely cheap rubbish phones).

3. The only way manufacturers can force a larger screen on you is if they don't sell smaller screens. However, last time I was at a phone shop there were lots of models running Android with smaller screens... not sure about iPhones.

Yes, but in most cases the smaller screen models are crippled compared to their larger siblings (slower processor, less ram, less 'features', etc.). As far as I know Apple is the only company to recently release a smaller phone (se) with the same specs as the larger ones (6s, 6s+), but even then it was only released 6 months later.

Tried to install on antix.. could not complete. May look at this later if I have more time.

This is not news

I want to know more about this but there is no URL?

Does not make him any less correct

I disagree on multiple points.

1. Nowadays, the main use of phones is as multimedia devices (gaming, movies, facebook...). You need as large screen for this as possible. Everybody will agree that selfies look soooo much better on a larger screen :-)
The average user will cope with some usability issues to gain advantages of a larger screen. Simple as that. Note that I am talking about the average user here.

2. You are writing the article implying that Apple is the driver of the large screen devices. This is not true...
Before iPhone 6 there were several large-screen android devices (by Samsung for example) which were very successful. iPhone sales were going down and people wanted larger screens. Apple just followed the trend despite Steve Jobs' claim that "You can't get your hand around it, no one's going to buy that."

3. The only way manufacturers can force a larger screen on you is if they don't sell smaller screens. However, last time I was at a phone shop there were lots of models running Android with smaller screens... not sure about iPhones.

I thought Scully's phone was far too big for her tiny hands, in the recent miniseries. It almost looks comical.

Ah Heinlein, king of the dirty old men.

"Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity."

Hhis could be a GOOD THING. Spam exists because there are users stupid enough to click on the links to buy Viagra and whatnot. Similarly, there was little consequence for employees who fell for phishing e-mails and infected their who company network.

Now, being out $600 every time you do something so stupid, is sure to be a painful lesson for those who still haven't learned proper e-mail/internet security. That's right, ransomware could potentially END SPAM.

Many businesses these days demand a home address, home phone and some record date of birth. Been to a hotel? When they take your licence to the back room they are photocopying it. You really believe that they need your id just in case there is a fire? What about online credit payments.. why do they need to collect date of birth, home address etc? Your privacy is like your virginity; once it is gone..

The new iPhone SE, with the old 4 inch form factor, makes my iPhone 5 look new again. :)

Isn't the cost for replacing the screen because too many people break their screen?
Offering free replacement for everyone doesn't sound like a viable business model.

I find it tragic that they are shutting-down dating from the 1800s. I feel that if you can date in th 1800s then it's nobody's business but yours.

Thanks for your detailed information, worked for me too (jessie).

Now they are saying it is a joke. The copper being installed as part of the NBN will needed to be replaced BEFORE the end of the NBN project. Lame. http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/nbn/as-australias-global-internet-ranking-slips-critics-of-fttn-grow-louder/news-story/179031f43ad8053b959ca92177996ee8

So are most of the stories posted here.. that's probably one of the nicer things about this place..

How so?

Good to know that this was not newsworthy. My fav distro is dead / dying as the founder dies.. and no one cares.

Great. We are no longer buying stuff from America. They want $550 to ship a box of stuff from the US to AU. That is almost excessive considering that the price of the items being purchased is $350. It was $300 not long ago. Even a 10% increase in cost would make this $330, but not, it is $550 now. The business I purchase from is now sending out discount dockets ever week trying to get more sales.

Well that is why I love gentoo because I have the choice to install systemd, but fuck systemd i'll take openrc over systemd any fucking day of the week and I can guarantee you that my system will boot faster than any fucking box running systemd.

Obligatory:

https://youtu.be/Ui337e5D50E

https://youtu.be/94Ol1AP9jUQ

https://youtu.be/kqiUGjghlzU?t=1m28s

I really wanted to send a telegram last year, and discovered that Western Union was out of the biz. I should have kept searching... That would have been perfect for the occasion. I guess an email worked well enough, but lacked the formality of the telegraph and required STOP formatting. Maybe I should have hired a sky writer? But then how do you make sure the recipient looks up?

As far as I can recall, he's never killed someone out of mere personal dislike.

I wouldn't be so sure about that: Licence to Kill was a vendetta, not working for the government.

Likewise, if I remember correctly, he's had his license to kill removed at other occasion(s?). That didn't stop him killing anyways. Granted, there were also some blurry cases of "you are officially fired but actually you keep working for us *wink*".

What about: Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, all the rest of the James Bonds from the old Casino Royale?

For that matter, what about the American actor in the first, unauthorized, version of Casino Royale?

For that matter, what about Bond of Bond On Birds of the Caribbean fame, the original?

Oops, OP was NOT anonymous. I apologize.

AC: Western Union dispatched its last telegram on Jan. 27, 2006, after 155 years of continuous service, and largely kept quiet about it.

Me: I remember lots of nostalgic posts, stories, etc. from that time. Maybe you were expecting advertisements crowing over ending such an iconic if obsolete service?

wtf https://i.imgur.com/p4NtiY8.png

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