You can't vote for your own country so Australian bedtime is irrelevant.

Using it while flying will be complicated by the fact that all airlines have banned the use of power banks. If the onboard USB socket isn't very powerful then you'll only get an hours' use.

Source?

Last I checked I'm allowed 100Wh of power bank on a flight. And for flights where that's not enough I'm used to having a (~100W) socket.

I can confirm that all the flights I have been on this year we were told not to use power banks. You can have one with you (well you have to since you're not allowed to check large lithium ion batteries) but you aren't allowed to actively use it.

I've flown on half a dozen different airlines this year and all have had exactly the same stance: no power banks in checked luggage, and if they're in hand luggage you must be able to see them at all times (not in overhead storage).

You're also not allowed to use them even if you do have them with you. This is all very strictly enforced with reminders at the check-in desk and several announcements before take-off.

100 W sockets? All the flights I've been on that provided power have had a really low current USB A port that can barely keep my phone from discharging when the screen is on.

> It's a missed opportunity for the digital soverignty the EU says it so badly needs. The code for a government backed WhatsApp competitor is there, in multiple instances even. Launch a WhatsApp clone and put all governement communication through it so everyone has to have it installed, and you have an instant EU-wide userbase. From there, people will naturally start to use it between themselves.

I think you have completely misjudged how much the majority of people would not want to use an EU-controlled chat app.

> Those are both hilarious to me.

Why is it hilarious to believe that the industry leader might be better at something than doing it yourself?

The hilarious part is more the absurdity and cognitive disconnect experienced when reading about serious evaluations that went in a completely opposite direction to those directly participated in.

I never had dry eyes until I got laser eye surgery. Some mornings I wake up with a very sore dry left eye.

One thing that helps with fatigue was to get some very weak glasses that I use when I'm working at a computer. They just make my eyes much more relaxed.

What does "LCOE" stand for?

Levelized cost of electricity. All the costs that go into producing from a given source (capex and opex) divided by the total power generated.

> All the costs that go into producing from a given source (capex and opex) divided by the total power generated

... total energy generated.

Good catch! One of my own biggest pet peeves too

Perhaps Low Cost Of Electricity?

I'm not asking for guesses thank you (especially if they turn out to be incorrect).

I stand corrected and educated.

Your sibling comment is right. It stands for Levelized Cost Of Electricity.

>But it is amusing to see how humanity continues to oppose tech and the tech buldozes anyway, like a evil monster.

So you're saying the UK should never have built a railway system? It sounds like tech is right.

The benefits of the railway system should've been distributed a hell of a lot more evenly and it should have been blocked until that happened, yes.

Switzerland is in Europe

> Qatar was manifestly unsuitable

Every stadium was within a 30 mile radius and fans reported a clean, safe experience. Sounds like a good place for a tournament to me.

Is it now?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60867042

> 50 foreign labourers died and more than 500 others were seriously injured in 2021 alone, while another 37,600 suffered mild to moderate injuries.

Come on now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_issues_involving_...

Yeah it was a shame all the deaths and human rights abuse happened as well, but hey we can't let that diminish the glory of the world cup /s