Large generators are fuel-injected, which requires a microcontroller with software.
In the 1990s that software was write-once, non-upgradeable, and bug-free because it was trivial. But it hasn't been that way for a long time. "Fuel injection requires software" turned into an exploit vector for feature creep.
Detroit diesel two strokes were entirely mechanical. As were cummins engines like b5.9 with a bosch p-pump. In fact all diesel engines have fuel injection, and they were all mechanical up to the 80s/90s.
The early electronic components were not reliable in an underhood environment and were not easily modified as engine control requirements advanced. Most of the 35 vehicles originally equipped with Electrojector were retrofitted with 4-barrel carburetors.
Yeah but you can just get a Megasquirt DIY kit and make your own ECU for most EFI engines (from 1 to 16 cylinders). To the other person's comment about the generator circuitry: most generators are pretty simple mechanically, you can make a new circuit to control the output.
I'm guessing the rationale of the law is to prevent needing a repair company to exist & reinvent the electrical components of every single product in existence.
... and an Apple Account with an SMS-verified telephone number.
And of course by requesting a result, you're letting Apple know that your Apple Account cares about a particular Airtag.
All the FindMy anonymity claims go out the window as soon as you actually lose something and want to find it. It's only anonymous if you don't query the network.
Actual Airtags rotate their keys on a daily basis (when in lost mode), and Apple can't predict those keys. Theoretically they could tell that you're looking for a tag reported by devices x y and z, but the actual locations are encrypted.
and are pretty much single-handedly responsible for the fact that the hardware startup ecosystem is moribund
Yes but not single-handedly -- it's them and the foundries, hand-in-hand.
No startup can compete with Synopsys because TSMC doesn't give out the true design rules to anybody smaller than Apple for finfet processes. Essentially their DRC+LVS software has become a DRM-encoded version of the design rule manual.
> Mortgage companies are ruthless but not in the business of turfing out families that legitimately cannot afford their repayments.
Isn't that exactly the business they are in? In any country.
I mean that's sort of what a mortgage is. If you legitimately cannot ever afford to repay it, well... you will lose the house. That's sort of what the deal is, right?
Eventually, sure. I can’t speak to the UK, but in New York a foreclosure takes at least 8-15 months. You must first fall significantly behind on your payments, then a 90 day intent to foreclose notice, and then the actual foreclosure process. Maybe things are significantly faster in the UK? Seems unlikely that the UK government would allow mass evictions over this coming winter.
We'll simply never know who we're being ruled by.