Maybe it’s a location thing? Until very recently I used the free version of Spotify and never experienced any ads in podcasts (which surprised me considering the amount of ads when listening to music).
Since I have premium I didn’t listen to podcasts a lot, so I can’t tell if it behaves differently
Our oldest got my old iPhone when she qualified for gymnasium at the age of 9.5.
I have configured a quite strict regime via the iOS child control features (max 30 mins per day, no purchases, blocked tiktok.com).
So far it works quite well, it’s enough to keep her connected to her mates, but restricted such that often she isn’t even using it even if she could.
Whenever she can get screentime on another device she is will never stop until external force is applied.
For sure growth at renewables is great. However the overall percentages you gave are all-year averages. It goes down to single digit % on dark windstill winter days.
Considering this and the fact that nuclear energy (Fukushima), coal (climate change) and now gas (Putin) are effectively „banned“, it’s really quite a mess.
Semi-related: Since few months I am digging into tinkering and electronics. It’s really great to learn about modern era solutions which enable cool projects with low entry barrier.
However, I happen to learn about new solutions (new sensors, actors, boards, ICs) more randomly than systematically. I tried to google for databases, blogs or news outlets, but couldn’t find anything suited for my consumerish needs. Going through hundreds of pages for similar products on online shops also didn’t yield any good output. Do you guys know any such source? How do you keep yourself updated on interesting new products on the market?
Usually if you have accounts at the major distributors(Arrow, Digi-Key, Newark, etc.), you'll get occasional updates passed on from some of the manufacturers whose parts they sell. But those are typically not the hobbyist/consumer items you may be looking for.
Perhaps sign up for a SparkFun account? I get a lot of OSHW and new module information from them.
(total noob) I like looking at the components adadruit builds in-house. For most of them they have open-sourced the schematics, and you can then look up the building blocks on sites like DigiKey.
Absolutely, but I find them more valuable because of that. I don't know enough to pick the ideal component, but I know if I get what they use it'll be good enough.
...or of how much or little "Black Friday" is a global thing. (It sure is being marketed in Europe now, even if my country-fellows in the Netherlands don't celebrate (American) Thanksgiving.)
Here in Norway the stores have been running Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for years at least. And recently more and more of them have Black Week, which is like Black Friday but it lasts the whole week.
