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The article mentions that there seems to be an effect even if the phone is kept somewhere like a bedside table. Which would seem to indicate it is not only heat. It doesn't really go into much detail about the cause though.

I'm waiting for someone to start selling tin foil lined pants.

Those pictures really looked a lot like the newer stations such as Canada Water to me. All concrete, glass and cold lighting. Undoubtedly they work and are functional but we end up with these cold, cavernous halls which serve just to get you out of them as quickly as possible. The Underground I love is the one that feels a bit lived in and isn't clinically perfect. I like that different stations can bring different eras and have a completely different feel to them. Such as Tottenham Court Road [1] with its lovely mosaics. Now it's just a bit more bland. All over the Underground is a lot of history and design that was probably never meant to last over 100 years [2] but it did. I don't think these new designs are going to be pretty in 100 years.

Maybe I'm harking for a design philosophy that never really existed. And I like the old District line trains so what do I know!

[1] http://now-here-this.timeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/...

[2] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dILlxEDvx20/UkwfeIhKOyI/AAAAAAAAAu...

I think I would define it as more of a hamlet, if that.

Yes I suppose motorists having an appreciation for cyclists is very important.

I'll be in the Amsterdam area. Probably end up actually living in Hoofddorp.

For me this is very nice to see. I'm moving to the Netherlands at the end of the month and am excited to be moving to a city where cyclists own the roads rather than cars. This is a stark contrast to London where cars rule and I cycle in constant fear of being hit by a bus or an overzealous taxi driver. I think city planners have a duty to make cycling and public transport first class while deemphasising cars.

My first thought in the case of an inflatable greenhouse is that any small piece of debris is going to go straight through it. Not really a very knowledgeable area for me though.

Interesting but the danger appears to be slightly overblown:

>A GPU cluster composed of four AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 can cycle through around 390.000 guesses per second. As the hotspot wordlist consists of only 1.842 entries followed by a four-digit number, there are only around 18.5 million possible combinations. This means, that a GPU cluster will crack an arbitrary password in less than 50 seconds.

Being in range of a hotspot in with that kind of hardware reliably and for any length of time is going to be difficult. Yes it's insecure but not to someone on the street attacking it with just their phone.

I have been trying to move away from Google services for a long time, unfortunately it is very tightly integrated in my life (Gmail, Android etc.) and I am both lazy and loath to spend money. Google is fine for now but I won't hesitate to jump ship if I find myself looking at better options.