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you do realise they will sympathise with you and tell you your feedback is important, and then...
do it their own way anyway.
sometimes it is worth fighting the system, most of the time though: not.
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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Yeah, probably.
But now I have to know 
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This is what Bill Gates and Elon Musk meant when they said that AI would destroy us all.
AI will be programmed by these same people. 
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AI may well rescue us from Natural Stupidity!
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Sander Rossel wrote: AI may well rescue us from Natural Stupidity!
It is more likely that "Natural Stupidity" will be codified into AI and the AI will find it to be the "best logical path" to a solution. Bureaucracy v2.0!! 
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Seems to be common for electricity companies to fail with online services.
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. You can send the card back by snail mail (please place stamp if on hand), register and use the account to enter the data on a web form, or use an one time ID printed on the card to enter the data on a different form (URL to be entered manually or using a QR code).
Used the one time ID last year and it worked after some tries.
So guess what was not working this year:
Tried to use the one time ID many times on subsequent days. Does not work too for family and friends.
As a result, we all send them back the card - without stamp.
Have not received the final bill one month later. They are probably still having people sitting there reading the cards and enter the readings into their system 
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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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