Thanks, I was reading this as pertaining to subsequent children, not stages, and was confused

the Ultimate Home Loan Package (Fixed) locks in an interest rate for up to three years

Australian “fixed rate” is just variable rate with a locked in period. The USA has fixed rate for the term of the loan as standard

I don’t have a specific recommendation, but I believe the key words to search for these days are “Digital Audio Player”.

I’ve been following the open hardware Tangara for a while, but they’re between production runs right now so you can’t buy from them (you might be able to build your own though, the design is all there)

As a heads up, like so many other technologies the middle has fallen out of the market thanks to the proliferation of smart phones. You’ll be paying a lot for anything decent from what I’ve seen

One problem is many devices don’t have a proper BMS integrated into the charging circuit, that will cut power before the battery is below a critical threshold. Li-ion cells start to have problems below 3V, and often suffer permanent damage below 2.5V.

This is a problem with rechargeable AAs too, though less common maybe? Many kids toys and cheap decorative lights will drain a AA to dead in my experience. I’ve had to reintroduce disposable batteries with the rule “no microcontroller, no rechargeable”

This one would not be out of place as an opinion article in a regular paper.

My CamelBak is. From looking at them on this page, KleanKanteen advertises it too.

I can hear this picture

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3

Any chance of a non Instagram link to the offending cartoon?

Where can I read it?

Or a Sky News anchor trying to spark conflict

At the risk of being trite:

What’s the original?

Good drawing, I had no idea the protagonist had a name but I recognised them instantly.

That’s Eversion!

Wikipedia

Steam Humble Store

Cotton bud, cotton swab, ear bud

Don’t Call it Velcro

What’s the second crank for?

Not the first, if he gets his way it will be a Banana Republic

Wired with battery backup is a thing; those beep when the battery is low or missing