Cash bail is an anachronism that makes a bunch of money at the expense of society's undesirables, so little progress is made on fixing it. See also the private prison system.
I had two Nokia 1020s. Yes Windows 8 was a nightmare. The 38Mpix camera sensor at 1/1.5 inches, Zeiss lens, OIS coupled with Pureview software rendered stunning images. Especially low light. 9 years on I've never quite got the same joy out of Pixel Pro or IOS images.
Rally car lighting systems have more in common with aircraft lights. The landing lights on a 757 are standard GE units with 600w, 28v, bulbs, costing $50, that produce 750k candle power. Narrow beam. As bright as the sun. Wider beamed taxi and runway turnoff lights still use 450w.
"According to Eurostat, we pay €0.2246 per kWh here which is 22% higher than in the UK." Unmitigated drivel. Current UK prices are, i pay, euros €0.39 per kWh, charge before Government subsidy is euros €0.59 per kWh.
Those numbers look like they could be about right for 2020/2021, but using them in a 2023 article is meaningless given the effects of the war in Ukraine on gas and electricity prices. I don't know how much Portugal's grid depends on gas, but I could believe that it's less affected by gas prices than the UK grid is.
The Soundstage of TV and cinema 20+years ago was better. Today's Soundstage doesn't favour voice, instead we are aurally assaulted by staged, sfx, background noises to lend some semblance of reality. It's god awful.
I've stopped torturing my aural processor and reparsing mumbled phrases to make sense of the dialog. I've unplugged the bass, I don't want to be shaken off the sofa.
AND best of all it's subtitles all the way. Easy ro read, comprehend and no more " WTF did she just say?"
It doesn't take too many esoteric texts at $100 plus to make the university library photocopier a very attractive proposition at 5c per A4 page. Copyright law flexibility. Or there's LibGen.
Oh there is a god in heaven. When Asustek ran out of overpriced RT AX86Us I bit the Mikrotik bullet. Bought a hAP Ax3. Works like a dream, medium painful learning curve.
Where oh where do these figures come from? UK. I pay toda, domestic tariff, USD 0.42 per pKWh. Plus 5% Vat. That ignores the Standing Charge of USD 0. 56 per day connection charges, plus Vat at 5%.
