If any of the stairs are damaged and cannot stay attached correctly, there is a chance of falling into the machinery below, which will not stop just because a human is in the way.
If the failure is in the braking system, it can quickly turn into rapidly moving stairs, which can be very lethal.
Most escalators have multiple independent braking systems so that this doesn’t happen, but some poorly maintained escalators have been discovered with 2 or even all 3 systems disabled.
Yeah, tell that wall to get out of your way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_and_naval_vessel_urban_legend#Example
You also have to work 2-3 positions at the same time, without the required equipment to accurately monitor the location of planes, with faulty alarms going off multiple times per day, and you get blamed if you lose concentration for a second at the wrong moment.
The square app will not run on a phone that has developer mode enabled. I turned developer mode on to disable annoying animations, so now I can’t take card payments unless I carry around a second phone.
If Google goes through with this, my payment phone won’t be able to run any third party apps.
Australia almost did this right with the National Broadband Network.
Unfortunately, it was then sabotaged by the government after an election changed the majority party.
It seems to be back on track after wasting an extraordinary amount of time and money by installing copper lines, just to completely replace them with the fiber lines that were in the original plan.
Are they going to sue to operating system owners next? What about the web browser that offers the steam installer download?
It sounds like a faulty device to me. I recommend reaching out to customer support at a minimum.
I didn’t know you could use different launchers until a few weeks ago. I’m so much happier with Lawnchair.
Yes, microG is on /e/OS by default. I believe my bank uses some of the security features from Play Services that aren’t in microG.
I’m not 100% sure that it can’t be fixed, but it’s such a minor nuisance that I don’t think it’s worth my time to investigate.
Fairphone 6
My bank app will install, but I can’t login unless I also install Google Play Services. The website works fine without.
No issues with other apps. I do prioritise installing from F-Droid whenever possible.
Those lazy immigrants, sitting at home doing nothing, taking all our welfare and jobs.
You can’t get a refund if you’ve been paying a subscription for a missing product.
I met someone who had been given a PHEV company car. They had been driving it for 6 months, and I was the first person who informed them that their car could be plugged in to charge. They thought it just charged itself while driving.
I doubt this is an isolated incident.
Many companies and councils are trying to look more green by making the switch to EV, but don’t want the “risk” of an actual EV. I believe they are the main customers for PHEVs, and they are also the least likely to recharge them.
I’ve even heard of people deliberately refueling and not recharging because they have a company car for fuel, but would have to pay for electricity themselves.
Things you should know: Your car won’t drive after it’s broken down.
Have you seen typst? It looks to be similar to LaTeX, but based on markdown.
I can only assume that message is because the FP 5 is not compatible with VoIP (not strictly related to the 3G cutoff). If so, that means it is actually unable to call emergency services, and is therefore unable to be used safely in Australia.
The emergency services in Australia have recently switched to VoIP only, and want to eliminate the risk of someone using a non VoIP capable phone as their only phone. This appears to be a general safety issue, not specifically targeted at Fairphone.
The FP 6 does support VoIP, so it should have no issues.
I have a fairphone 6 in Australia with no issues.
Can you elaborate?
Zulip is great for text based communities, but doesn’t have built in voice or video.
Just a regular heat pump, but bending metals instead of compressing gasses. Same principle though.
Multiple independent braking systems and adequate maintenance.
A single failure may cause the escalator to stop working, but it takes 3 failures in a row to make it catastrophic. Regular maintenance catches this failures before 3 in a row can occur.