The co-op that I belong to actually emails me PDFs of receipts of the groceries that I buy there (to reduce waste). It’d be really neat if this could accept PDF receipts as an input option.
Hook's (out of Mineral Point, WI) 5-years aged cheddar is a good place to start. These are the folks that due to a warehouse/cheese-cave clerical error discovered they had a few cases of 20-years aged cheddar. Seriously, it was very good and in no way disgusting.
I've talked to the Hooks folks, and they have disaster recovery storage plan for their cheese spread throughout the country to survive various natural disasters.
I feel the same way about WordPress. If you stick to it's sweet-spot as a solution, it's ... good enough and cheap. But too many folks have this hammer called WordPress and see a world full of nails.
I've noticed that hotel hallways in Norway worked the same way. While on a tour, I poked my head out of my room quite early to begin the day - it was pitch black but only for a moment. My motion clearly set off the detectors and the hallway fully lit up.
I kinda wish this was the norm in other countries for apartment buildings, hotels, etc.
The Novotel North Cambridge hotel in the UK had lights that come on when you approach in all guest corridors, as well as room lights that require a room-key-size card to be inserted into the main light switch (so they all switch off if you leave the room, along with HVAC going into away mode).
I've also seen a number of grocery stores adopt display lighting that turns on only when presence is detected.
I've been in apartment buildings state side that kinda have this, but there was always some light. Enough to see the exit at least. I think I'd be scared shitless if it was pitch black because of motion detector failure.
Many older stairwells in Europe (Italy/Spain/Portugal) are like this.
They're pitch dark, but you turn on the first switch which gives you enough light to reach the landing (and they are timed), and then you have to turn on another light, and so on. But if you don't get there quickly enough, it'll be pitch dark.
Gonna have to agree that at the very least, the immune system is way up there! After reading Philipp Dettmer's book "Immune" (recommended), I couldn't help but think, "Wow, the API and protocols that this thing has..."
Agreed, He was always 20-40 years ahead of state of the art for materials.
He also tended to be fast and flexible with the structural engineering on his buildings, that said, none of them have fallen down, and some of his innovations have proven quite durable (SC Johnson Wax, being an example)
