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All grocery stores around here have no eggs, I think due to H5N1.

Thanks. In the D4v2, the aux led locators use the cpu idle mode pulldowns (idr the exact name) so they use very little battery power, but the brightness isn't adjustable. The power switch backlight is the same way. Do you know of a current measurement or runtime test for the aux leds on the TS10?

Giving it a bit more thought I think I would choose the D3AA over this light, because of the 1.5V capability and wider choice of leds. I can live with the larger size. Thanks for the update about the USB batteries. That's unfortunate about the lanyard but maybe I can concoct something to add a lanyard without the clip. The D3AA has a bigger processor (32k flash, 4k ram) though I don't have a serious use for that at the moment. I have been thinking it could be interesting to have an interactive Forth interpreter in the light.

It had sounded to me like this new light had some other improvements over the regular TS10 but I'll look more closely.

If you mean a shared server for book comments, Open Library (openlibrary.org) was supposed to be that, though it never gained so much popularity.

Fossify gallery, FreeOTP, Markor text editor, and maybe Jami if I can get it to work on other phones. FreeOTP might have been late 2023 when I got my current phone, but close enough. I'm not sure whether I used Termux before that, on my old phone. Oh yes, Flash Alert, I'm surprised if that isn't standard in Android. It flashes the camera led when the phone rings. That makes it much easier to find the phone if you're not sure where it is, and it is face down. It would be great if it also flashed the screen.

Good review. It looks like this light has a tail clicky? That's worth mentioning explicitly.

Do you know what CPU it uses?

Where is the lanyard hole? I don't see it in the photos, though I see an included lanyard mentioned.

I decided against buying this, mostly because I don't like the 14500-only format and these days I prefer lights with recharge ports. But the tail switch in this light is a plus and I might get one for my mom sometime. I got the DL25R headlamp instead, and I do like that a lot.

Ironically, Anduril (suitably configured) seems like the only way to give my mom a simple one-level light with a tail clickie, other than the cheapo 3AAA lights that she uses now.

Too bad about the low CRI led. I'd prefer a floodier beam but that depends on the user. It would be great if they used a driver which can run on AA/14500 instead of requiring a 14500. I'd buy that for sure. An 18650 version of this light would be nice too.

I was unable to fix my E3A so I'm currently EDC'ing a Sofirn SP10 Pro and I guess it is ok size-wise, though I don't care for the side switch. I have to use timeout mode to prevent accidental turn-on in my pocket. A D3AA Hanklight would probably be better.

Should there be any issue with using a USB-rechargeable 14500 in the TS10? Hanklights of course always require unprotected flat top cells of minimal length.

Is it possible to leave the aux leds on with minimal battery drain as locator lights, like some Hanklights can?

This is one of the shorter and lighter 1AA lights that I know of, though thicker than some. The legendary Arc AA was 78mm long according to https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/arc-aa.23488/post-256419 but I'm a bit suspicious. Weight was 42g with battery, presumably an L91 (15g) so 27g without battery. The Arc was quite minimalistic so it's impressive that the TS10 is shorter and just 3g heavier. The Arc was uniformly 17.3mm thick though, and that difference would have been noticeable.

Ok, you may have probably talked me into ordering one of these sometime, despite the issues. D3AA has its attractions though. D3AA page is here if anyone wants to compare.

I wonder if a 1AAA Anduril light is feasible.

Here's Wurkkos's page about the TS10 SG: https://wurkkos.com/products/%E3%80%90new-release%E3%80%91wurkkos-ts10-sg-powerful-mini-edc-flashlight

And hmm, I see they have just added an 18650 version! But I think I will stick with my D4v2.

I know that woot sells lots of older models of phones and they always mention when it is a Verizon phone with a locked boot loader. IDK if you get a price break for those.

I'm actually thinking of buying a sim locked phone (those are incredibly cheap up front, since they then expect to sell you an overpriced mobile plan) and using it without a sim (wifi only) as a secondary device for various purposes. I don't know if this idea works though.

1. we were talking about dementia, not "getting old". 81y life expectancy means if you look at the cohort of females born 81 years ago, about half of them will have already died, heart disease being the biggest cause. The relevant question is how many of them (both the dead and living ones) will have had bad enough dementia to have needed to be in a care home for it specifically? I don't mean for mild forgetfulness, occasional senior moments, etc.

2. 81y (actually 80y per 2021 table, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html ) is the life expectancy at birth. For a 80yo US female, life expectancy from the same table is 9.38y. So the ones who are still alive at 80 still have some "gas in the tank". My mom is up there in age and she needs a lot of assistance getting around etc, but it's mostly physical issues.

She is in a "adult community" (i.e. apt. complex for old folks) and I spend a lot of time there seeing her. I see tons of over-80's there. A few really do have serious dementia, but most are at other levels of independence with many rolling around in wheelchairs while still mentally present. Dementia care is a different thing and it's not that common for someone who is "only" 81 to need it.

My mom at 81 was still mentally quite sharp. She's slowed down since then but it's mostly mobility and sleeping a lot. President Biden seems to have some dementia issues but again, they aren't severe enough that he needs to be in a care home for it.

3. It now sounds like Kay Granger is/was in a care home but at least according to the spin, it wasn't specifically for dementia, so who knows.

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia_caregiving

It's difficult to know that for sure, which is why (e.g.) the US government wants to make sure that there is domestic chip manufacture with a completely controlled supply chain to make hardware for classified communications. It can help to consider the difference between targeted surveillance (spending millions to tap the President's phone, to get big juicy national secrets) and dragnet surveillance (tapping everybody's phone so that you can have dirt on Joe Schmoe if he does something interesting later, even if he is of no particular interest right now). Hardware backdoors would be used mostly for targeted surveillance.

Stuff like VPN's and encrypted apps can be of considerable help against dragnet surveillance, which is what the civil privacy community mostly cares about. If you think you might be a subject of targeted surveillance, you have to be much more paranoid. Not just hardware backdoors in your computer, but suspicious white vans on your street, microphones in your flower pots, FBI agents under your bed, the whole bit.

There are some countermeasures you can take against hardware backdoors (electromagnetically isolate a computer from the network and transfer data from it by floppy disc or similar) but basically you're in a different world if you're dealing with this.

You mght like the book "Security Engineering" by Ross Anderson (older editions free online and still very good: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/book.html and scroll down). It goes into this stuff, has lots of good overviews even if you gloss over the technical parts, and will generally help you see clearly in the topic.

OMG don't.

Yes of course, it's not only ok, but it's important. Even when studying theory. You get to understand theory by solving problems about how the theory works. Problems aren't just about formulas but also about reasoning.

I'm sad to hear that. Yes it happens but it's not really common from what I can tell. Currently theory about Alzheimer's is that it is also caused by sustaining viral infections earlier in life.

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