bandwidthcrisis

Fish, chips and mushy peas with a breadcake on the side. I then make a butty with some of all three ingredients.

You know how the weather forecast has the temperature and the "feels like" temperature?

Well, this is the 405 and the "feels like" 405.

https://xkcd.com/723/

BASIC uses (used?) it to declare variables. (I don't know if earlier languages did.)

Not that that's a reason for other languages to copy it.

From the person who brought us "This video has [number] views."

With a mesh screen.

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

My autistic son would happily play in the park. Just once every few months he would decide that “now is the time to run” and just take off as fast as he could in a straight line. How would that play out in a busy street.

People can’t imagine that: so much of the time things are calm, straightforward to handle, but if EVER you let your guard down for a second at the wrong time, you’ll end up on the news as a “tragic story of grieving negligent parent.”

Oh, many years ago I had a baby monitor that included a pressure mat. If it detected no movement for a while (it was sensitive enough to detect breathing) it set off an alarm.

Although if such a thing exists today, it probably requires an app and a subscription. Enshitification.

Looks like the pixel watch 3 can do something like this, but it only calls emergency services (and plant l only in some regions!)

https://support.google.com/fitbit/answer/15250403?hl=en

"If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the- World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH, the paint would't even have time to dry."

• Terry Pratchett

Lithobraking.