There’s no truth to rumours that Apple cancelled their electric car project because they were unable to stop the roof getting all scratched when you turn them upside down to plug in the lightning cable.
It may also be that they couldn’t get it to work with only one pedal…
I was watching a show for about 10 minutes, and this lady was listing all of these great
things to do for fun.
Then I realised that it's one of the religious channels, and she was reading a list of sins.
Last year I bought a Plugable Thunderbolt 4 dock to use with my Mac Mini and a cheap 28-in 4k monitor so I could connect various external devices that have USB-C/Thunderbolt connections. Since purchasing the Apple Studio Display which three 10 Gbps downstream ports (which can each supple up to 15W for charging), I have not used the dock very much.
Today I used it on the MacBook Air to connect a couple of backup drives, which it can easily cope with as the three downstream ports can each handle up to 40 Gbps connection speeds at 15W each.
I thought I'd check the rate at which the dock (with a 5.5A mains power supply) would charge the laptop and found it was 60W, double that of the charger supplied with the Mac.
@variablepulserate We did, thanks. Also had a cup of tea from a thermos brought along for that reason.
I’m meeting my youngest sister in a bit over six hours at our parents’ gravesite to clean up their headstone as today is the second anniversary of Mum’s passing.
As the MacBook Air's power supply was being used to charge the iPad Air, I used an external battery to power up the Mac while performing the bi-weekly clone and Time Machine backups. The normal power supply provides 30W vs 45W for the battery. Once the backups were done, the battery pack was 50% depleted, I needed some way to charge it. All the USB-C ports on the Mac Mini and Apple Studio Display were in use for other duties so I fished out a Thunderbolt 4 dock I rarely use these days. It has three downstream ports and gets its power from a 230 volt power brick rated at 6A. All three Thunderbolt 4 ports are capable of powering external devices at 15W each. It makes no difference whether one or all three are used, each one puts out up to 15W, so that's how I'm charging thr battery pack.
@matigo A favourite YouTube channel mentioned visiting Malaysia to participate in a Kei car race. They reported that the fastest and mist nimble on that track were all Daihatsu Copens. Happy motoring.
You know it's HOT in Australia when….
1: The best carpark is determined by shade, not distance.
2: Hot water comes out of both taps.
3: You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a good branding iron.
4: The temp drops below 32ºC and you feel chilly.
5: You learn it only takes 2 fingers to steer a car.
6: You can sunburn through the windscreen of a car.
7: You develop a fear of door handles.
8: You break into a sweat at 7am.
9: Your biggest bicycle fear is "what if I get knocked out and end up cooking on the road".
10: You realise asphalt is a liquid state.11: Farmers are feeding chickens ice to prevent hard boiled eggs.
12: The trees are whistling for dogs.
13: Shopping Centres are temples where you worship air conditioning.
14: Sticking your head in freezers is considered normal.15: A cup full of ice is considered a great snack.
16: A blackout is life threatening because the air conditioner and fans stop working.
17: You keep everything in the fridge, including clothing.
18: The effort of towelling yourself off after a shower means you need another shower right away.
19: You worry the ceiling fan is spinning so fast it will fly off and kill you.
20: You laugh because you know this list is so accurate.
Ewan McGregor's brother used to be an RAF fighter pilot. His callsign was "Obi Two."