I’m happy with metric generally speaking - except for Celsius when talking about ambient temperature. I will die on that hill. Freezing/boiling point of water is a ridiculous point of reference for temperature as experienced by humans.

Fahrenheit: 0 = really cold; 100 = really hot

Celsius: -17.778 = really cold; 38.333 = really hot

Not to mention that the Celsius grading is too big requiring use of tenths when discussing weather and setting a thermostat…

This reply really confuses me - in what way is the scale inconsistent?

Yeah - her anger was directed at the church not religion. Wearing a hijab, however, seems completely irrational for a feminist. But doing something people don’t expect to get attention and make people mad is definitely on-brand.

I see absolutely no contradiction there.

Then I doubt that I could explain to you why it is.

Bubba the redneck doesn’t think of his confederate flag as a symbol of oppression.

But it’s not up to him to determine that now is it?

There is a second stage, starting from April 1, 2026, which will apply to laptops and portable computers.

I hate this type of legislation. Almost zero USB chargers can power a laptop. But politicians don’t know that. So this won’t reduce the number of chargers. Unless they’re requiring all charges support the full PD spec?

Leave standards to experts.

Edited: Yes i fucking know many laptops use USB-C power now. You’re not smart in telling me this. I mean that most USB chargers are cheap crap that can’t put out enough power to run a laptop. Not all USB is the same.

yes - this is exactly what I mean. They’ve legislated the interface but not the standard.

Or, and go with me here, it’s a non-issue? Like it’s fine to have multiple standards for different uses?

All they did was standardize the shape of the connector. Not the voltage, power output, etc. So you’ll still have multiple competing standards and it will be a bit more confusing as “not all USB chargers will be able to power your laptop.”

The alternative would be going back to proprietary chargers that can only charge one specific model.

I realize you’re exaggerating but all you’re doing is standardizing on size and shape of the connector. Not the power standards it supports. If your laptop needs 240W PD 3.0 and your car supports 100W QC3 you’re still out of business. If your laptop uses QC3 but needs 12v and the adapter only supports 9v you’re still out of business.

USB is not a standard. It is a collection of standards.

Direct electric heat is very efficient. Practically 100%.

My understanding is that you would only need the aux source during extreme cold. So very rarely.