Unless there are regulations put in place since then about environmental pollutants. It is a hypocrisy from western nations to "outsource" it though: it ends up in the same seas, so the damage is just the same, just NIMBY.
That’s crazy to me: they already have to go through certification for the 2.4GHz stuff, why not include a lower wifi standard in there (for the 2.4GHz band)…
Yeah, if you look at a flagship nRF52840 board like the Xiao Seed, it ships with an integrated lithium charge controller, and just 5 μA power draw in deep sleep. If you are building any small battery-operated device, it's a no-brainer
I had to choose between an ESP-based and nRF-based MCU for my MeshCore node, the power consumption between the two made it obvious the nRF one was the way to go for a solar-powered repeater.
I’d say as well, that a huge difference is a microcontroller has direct access memory (I.e. without translation), and a bigger computers CPU/SoC has an MMU (memory management unit) that does address translation. This is a key hardware difference for isolation of multiple processes, which you don’t typically have in a microcontroller (you _could_ have an MPU to give you some partitioning, but that’s further down the road).
I think free movement of people doesn’t imply Schengen Zone style borders - I thought this was mostly an economic lever that people can move and work in another country by default, not a human right where a country cannot exclude chosen people (known criminals, etc) and track all crossings. I think of it as another country giving me a visa is opt-out for that country, not opt-in.
The CE rules are relatively sane and followed commonly right? At least I see a lot of CE-stamped goods in Australia… so I always assumed that was the case.
Freedom of movement is more than just visa opt-out. It’s legally almost impossible for an EU country to prevent a citizen of a different EU country from moving there. They would need to arrest you for terrorism or something equally dramatic.
The ECJ has consistently ruled that the freedom of movement is very broad.
I know this because it creates an interesting corner case where Swiss citizens don’t have quite the same broad freedom of movement since ECJ rulings don’t automatically apply to non-EU citizens. For example, an EU citizen can move to Greece for no reason at all and just sit on a beach. A Swiss citizen cannot, and has to find work in 3-6 months or leave.
All that Schengen does is dismantle border checkpoints. As a German, I can freely move to any EU country for any purpose - transit, tourism and work - no matter if, say, I were a convict or whatever.
There are expulsions and entry bans even under Schengen, but these are incredibly rare things to happen as the freedom of movement is considered to be a cornerstone of EU values.
> Also, to be able to sell stuff, you gotta comply with the CE rules one way or another, there is no free card here.
Yes but there's a big difference between "only import electronics that aren't fire hazards" and "you have to pay custom & excise on anything you import".
Not all of the EU is in schengen, but we do have freedom of movement. Ireland for example is not in Schengen and never will be because of our travel arrangements with the UK.
The thing is, right now it is exploding because we are at the beginning of it. At some point, it will plateau at a specific level, and not that much quality will be gained. There is however leaps to make for efficiency.
The same can be said about the CISC computer: yes, new processors introduce new instructions that do something slightly faster, you could still crunch that with an older processor. The real benefit comes in clock cycles (that's why Arm with a reduced set can compete with x86).
Also: there are myriads of models, for myriads of tasks. Not all have the same development gains as we see for general purpose AI. If you etch those, you reduce your bill by factors down.
It also democratises models: Instead of running them on a cloud server by some company, you can run them at home, for coding tasks, without the need of internet connection, etc.
I'll note this one down. I was under the impression that yes, retyping helps learning something about a language and architecture, but I found myself forgetting it after a while...
Trying it first sounds slower, but definitely better for cognitive training :)
I use a VPN to have access to my HomeAssistant instance at home, where I can control every aspect of the house. Without this, I would have to pay for a domain name, manage the certificates, and exposing myself to external attacks. So, for me, a VPN reduces massively the attack surface.
There is this law, where if you don't see the purpose of something, is probably because you never needed it. Which is fine, but don't gatekeep others wanting to use them.
Edit: OP forgot to format text, so my anger should be directed to however said the quote...
It is a sort of LAN network over the Internet. That way, you can connect to devices as if you were in the local network, but having them exposed to the internet.
Traffic is encrypted so there is noone knowing what you are sending, they can still trace that is coming to/from a specific node.
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