Possible but the expense ruined my plans in the end… I did consider collecting broken tungsten end mills and inserts from machine shops and throwing them in molten lead, like croutons in a lead soup.

I really wanted to use Tungsten as the base ballast for a custom narrowboat, for better headroom. Other than the cost you also have the problem of tungsten’s melting point being so high you can’t pour it into a boat hull without melting through.

Credit card companies know where you are spending your money, but not what you are buying.

They have been selling your data but it’s less valuable in the world of store apps and online stores where every search and purchase is linked to your email. Still worth opting out of any “data sharing” options your Credit Card company has though.

It’s not “a set of people” anymore it’s you, and there is always more data.

Buy some doughnuts for the office… your health insurance just went up.

You buy a new car which has fancy connected features, but now it sells your driving safety score to your car insurance company.

Buy a vegan ready meal, both vegan food companies and the meat industry compete for your business, you might get a few discounts, but your free will is being influenced.

The difference is when credit cards were introduced their business model was charging customers interest and businesses fees.

Now the business model is making customer profiles to sell to advertisers, insurance companies and anyone else who is willing to buy the data. I don’t want every business I use to be collecting all this information.

The title is misleading, this is new legalisation, the current amount that has to be refunded is £0.

It’s in consultation, £415k would be nice… but £85k is still better than nothing, and will fully protect the vast majority of fraud victims.

There are some African countries that will give you a driving licence with a photo and a few details.

Good for presenting in Europe and making it too difficult for the police to bother with to issue a simple speeding fine… or so I hear.

Completely agree, create the sort of content you would like to see and others will join in.

I watched this video this morning and went on an imagination journey of how to harness the most heat from this concept:

-would copper pipe or flat bar absorb the most heat.

-Would completing a full loop over the entire surface of the magnets be effective.

-Bar/pipe above and below the magnets to double the power?

-Could this be submerged in a hot water cylinder and driven externally? Or would you need a connected rod to go through the cylinder. (Barings through a how water cylinder would be a challenge)

-How efficient is this in terms of converting kinetic energy, in comparison to an alternator driving a heat pump.

OMG - I was really annoyed until I realised it was “Apple Pay Later”, not “Apple Pay later”.

So they kill their Car Thing player leaving customers with e-waste, add a bundle of features with high fidelity audio which only 1% of systems will benefit from, while jacking up the price. Well done Spotify, you have successfully enshitificated your service.

I Never really understood this argument as we primarily kill cows for food, then there is all this leather which if we use for clothing and wallets can last several lifetimes. (Ironically leather phone cases which change every 5 years is a bad example here)

The alternative is to use a lot of energy and crude oil to make “PU leather” which is not very durable and might even be worse for the planet than cow farts and burps.

Why is it not real anymore?

Had a KNOMO leather folio case on my X since release day, coming up on its 7th birthday. It’s tatty but still in one piece with 3+ hours of screentime a day and the rest of the time in my pocket. Quality leather is the way to go if you keep your phone for a few years.

MFW I finally discover how to live comfortably with a roof over my head in this economy.