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Jochen Arndt wrote: My company stopped to send around people last year. Instead you get a snail mail once a year to enter the readings on a card. Yeah, over here too!
And I still get the card even though I have a smart meter.
I once entered the data on their website only to get a snail mail back that I didn't have to do that because I had a smart meter
I say smart meter, DUMB company!
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The way the electricity meters are set up all that needs to change from measuring real power to measuring apparent power is to switch a bit (digit!) over. Your electricity bills goes up over night. The problem is there is no rule that says they have to charge 'real' power or 'apparent' power...A classic version of Technology moving faster than legislation.
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Sander Rossel wrote: [provider]-web-tst.azurewebsites.net
So, substitute web-test for web-tst and I think you have figured out what is wrong...this is only a test.
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They're a bit more thoughtful, here. You generally have two options:
1 - pay as you go (meters are readable remotely).
2 - budget-billing: 1/12 estimated usage/month with periodic corrections.
For those who follow method 2 (such as myself, for both gas and electric), it works out rather well: comparatively uniform bills and periodic corrections attempting to reach a $0 year-end balance.
If you get through the 404 error, you can tell 'em how we Yank's do it.
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Hi,
Good lesson, should follow the guy opposite who watches sailing video's on YouTube...
Then rolls out a PCB late and with reversed components.
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maybe [between tacks] he was watching you, hence...
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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"Sterilize with a jar - could give you a lift" (5,3,4)
Probably far too easy, but let's see?
Andy B
modified 31-Jul-18 7:44am.
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Well done, that's the correct answer! I had started to worry a bit .
Andy B
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Doh! The first crossword comp I win comes with huge responsibility - tomorrow's CCC. Still, something to tell the grandkids about.
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Nice clue - I was nowhere near it.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I don't get it
edit
Ah weightlifting
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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@LabVIEWstuff you won yesterday, remember?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Of course I (hadn't) remembered! I've got it right, erm... here somewhere. It was here a minute ago, now where did I put it...
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Have you looked behind the fridge? It's the last place I'd look, and by definition that is where things you search for are, so looking in the last place first is generally a good idea...
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Found it! One of the dogs was shredding it, just caught it in time .
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That cartoon hints at the true reason why they've invented digital books.
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The only way blockchain will make a big splash in any industry is to have a small network of trusted ledger hosts that doesn't use a method of transaction verification like BitCoin which requires solving a computationaly expensive problem that will never get any cheaper. The only way that I can think of for it be viable in the long run will is to keep the processing times small and the per-transaction costs down while providing the perception of trust.
So...
How to make a billions off of blockchain in 5 simple steps
1. Get together 3 to 7 of your richest friends
2. Create 3 to 7 "independent" companies that will form a blockchain verification network federation similar to the 3 credit reporting companies in the U.S.
3. Bring up your "federated blockchain trusted ledger network" that will process and store the blockchain transactions. Each company forms a trusted node.
4. Sell the services of your "federated blockchain trusted ledger network"
5. Profit
Easy as that...
I expect a check in the mail if it works...
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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Foothill wrote: while providing the perception of trust.
You lost me there...and, I don't think you will get me back.
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Foothill wrote: I expect a check in the mail if it works..
Surely that would be definitive proof that it does not?
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Please send me your bank data, I will transfer you the money.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Foothill wrote: 3 to 7 of your richest friends Blimey, I didn't realise it would be so easy; I'll message them right now.
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Foothill wrote: The only way that I can think of for it be viable in the long run Open your eyes; it is already being used, despite the "downsides" you mentioned.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I know. That still doesn't change the fact that BitCoin is an economically non-viable technology that will never grow out of its niche (unless it undergoes a mammoth change). Maybe another cryptocurrency will fill that roll eventually but then it will sacrifice security for the sake of convenience and speed which is no better than the current credit card networks. The blockchain, however, will gain some traction if used in 1st or 3rd party trusted networks; kind of how escrow accounts are used now.
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
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