Because they’re likely not all using the same data. Some will be time delayed, from a different weather station, averaged over a different period, any number of variations.

https://archive.org/details/inventingrealit100pare/page/n1/mode/1up

1. The temperature on the phone is likely an official temperature, measured at a specific location, under very precise conditions.
2. The thermometer is in full sun, which is not at all either standardised, nor under any controlled conditions, for example, you’re holding it and your temperature is 37°C.

Temperature is measured like this:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/how-do-we-measure-heat-official-temperature/106277628

Glad those with Top Secret clearances are so thoroughly vetted. Interested to see what comes of this. It’s Patel’s FBI so, gl.

Like say the Orange in charge?

Have you considered that the temperature displayed by the phone comes from the internet, rather than an onboard thermometer?

If and when this becomes mainstream, we’re going to need better software than OpenSCAD, FreeCAD and Blender to actually design the things you want to build.

If it helps, it’s the only thing I think of wherever I encounter it, bus lines, taxi numbers, number plates, street numbers, you name it.

So, yeah, I think it’s funny.

Wonderful … in addition to bribing lobbying politicians they can now vote for them.

TIL that it’s about relative temperature, rather than absolute. In other words it’s news because it’s the highest it’s EVER been, rather than because it’s a high temperature.

I live in Australia and we regularly hit 40°C.

This year we hit, 42.9°C, last year 44.7°C, the highest on record was 46.7°C. In other words, it gets hot.

Why is over 30°C in the UK news worthy, what makes that more significant than when we hit 42.9 on a Monday?

Also trying to sell you something … potentially on commission.

Here you go:

• Digi-Key
• Mouser
• Element-14

Hell, there’s even Linux distributions that run off a floppy disk.

https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/boot_floppies.html

https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html

Normally the weight of the item they’re attached to will keep them in place. I suppose you could glue it in place.

It’s two parts.

The sleeve with the teeth and the adjustable foot. The sleeve is called a captive hammer-in nut, or a blind T-nut.

Like this one: https://deltafix.com/en/product/70936/

It’s OK to use 200 instead.

Yes

How do you secure a Windows PC from hackers?

Turn it off and unplug the power.

But, then you can’t use it.

Precisely.

But …

It’s the only way to secure it.

So if we all stop buying Starlink … the music stops?

Good to know.

That’s a fair comment, but there’s a secondary reason I suggested it, eliminating the OS as a potential cause. If it still crashes while booted into memtest86, it’s much more likely to be a hardware fault, on the other hand, if it stays running overnight, it’s more likely to be software.