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Yep - the way to get adoption, whilst the bar is too high for self-driving cars, the bar should be safer than the average person. An old greying socialist - saying that capitalism drive the right outcomes. Same with low-carbon, insurance will help with climate change mitigation.

I hacked together a HDMI e-ink monitor https://barwap.com/projects/okmonitor/

I wanted an e-ink screen I could just plug-in. Versatile, big and cheap. Connection is via a VGA or HDMI. Works like an appliance. All automated. Wireless.

Specifications: 1024x768, 6fps, lag: ~1.2s, Connection: VGA or HDMI Specifications Single Screen: 1024x768, 5fps, lag: ~1.2s, Connection: VGA or HDMI


Got a link to a it ? I love to replace my under power USB soldering iron


>privilege of having pre-school aged children, that's my opinion,

Look at salary sacrifice. This give you the option of buying childcare vouchers before tax. So taking you below the 100,000. Otherwise pay more into pension and drop below the 100,000 threshold.

Not tax advice, not financial advice...


> childcare vouchers before tax

I wasn't aware of this, I'll take a look and see if it applies thanks.

The pension route is the way I've gone to deal with it, but it doesn't fix the issue of "my bills are going up while my income can't". I'm sure retired me will be glad for it if it makes it that far, and we don't somehow end up being taxed to the hilt on _that_ too when we eventually get there.

EDIT: does > doesn't


The childcare voucher scheme closed to new entrants in 2018.


So if I torrented and seeded, I would be doing it for my own entertainment, not commercially. I expect big copy-write holders to come after myself. If Meta does it - I guess they have better lawyers ?

Could make interesting case law.


> Could make interesting case law.

Yeah, to perpetuate this system where only those who can afford lawyers get to benefit


Since it’s case law, everyone would benefit from the precedent


The last time the US Supreme Court decided on copyright law, they basically said "we like what Google is doing with Android, so what they did is fine".

So, no, not necessarily.


There already is precedent with cases like Aaron Swartz.


No there’s not, he killed himself before there was a decision. That doesn’t create precedent.


First reading, there are lots of stage before the bill is passed.

It look like Parliament, via private members bill working at its best.

Lots of debate, lots of people listening to the debate and then voting.


I watched the debate as it was happening on Sky News and it seemed to be one the most respectful debates in a long time when it comes to a divisive issue (cough cough Brexit).


This was the second reading fyi.


Any facts to back up this assumption ?

"TfL said the amount refunded equated to less than 0.001% of annual fare £3bn revenue collected via pay as you go with contactless."


It's not an assumption. If you have a railcard, you cannot associate it with a contactless card. That's just not a supported task. Therefore if you travel off-peak, you will be charged more than you would if you had used an Oyster card because you will be charged the public rate instead of the discounted fare you were actually entitled to pay. It's very simple.

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/national...


Another reason to use Oyster (in addition to the fact that people can access their Oyster history currently, it's just Contactless that can't AIUI)



FYI: I'd pay to cover costs if there was a just-works off-the-shelf version of this.

I don't think there's a business model there (I suspect the sales would be in the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars -- so no matter where you set your profit margin, you're not covering your time or much beyond costs), but I've sometimes seen things done like that on hobby projects just for impact.

I'd love to have a wireless eInk display for my computer, ideally from a USB-C dongle (so it gets video and power), but HDMI + USB power would be fine too.


There is: https://shop.boox.com/products/mira

You could also use any eink tablet that runs Android with a screen mirroring app.


That looks very nice.

The $1800 version is exactly what I'd love to have as an extra monitor on my main computer, if not for the price tag. 3200x1800. 25.3". It looks really good. Unfortunately, as is, it's a little outside of my wallet range.

There's a smaller $800 version too. 1650x2200. 13.3". That looks more usable.

To me, a major upside of the OkMonitor is the wireless connectivity. That's very, very nice. Especially if the computer dongle could be made small enough for use with my laptop while traveling, it would be a very nice solution.



Morden


That's rather unfriendly for a social game.


Tooting Bec.


With the St. Hillary changes, I believe that puts you in Nid, though really it was unsporting of bmsleight_ to play Morden knowing that you weren't familiar with them.


Cockfosters.


This early? The Sherbourne double-pincer has been frowned upon since its unsporting use in the 1999 final, I wasn't expecting it in front of this audience.

It's left you open to a reverse loop:

Tottenham Court Road.


West Hampstead.


Oooh, very tricky. I think we might have to try...Upminster? Yeah, that should work here.


I’m invoking Oxford Reversal - a bit sneaky I know.

Charing Cross


Controversial move there.


Bell-size park.


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