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I'm feeling the anecdote about the wasp nest. Landlord in our office complex installed a touchscreen interface on the outside of the building to dial the vario
by shadowgovt 3y ago
I'm feeling the anecdote about the wasp nest.
Landlord in our office complex installed a touchscreen interface on the outside of the building to dial the various front desks, all of which could buzz a person in. They did this because they had no front-desk receptionist who could see the door.
The thing lasted six months and then started to malfunction badly. The culprit? The interface is running on essentially a big black Android tablet and they installed it on the side of the building that faces East. Mid-spring rolled around and it caught enough sun every day to overheat and fry the touch electronics and part of the screen hardware.
As a software engineer, writing the kind of software I do, I never have to worry about thermal load.
- philk10 3y agoWhich reminds me of he story of sun stopping trains - Services at Lewisham, south-east London, were disrupted because of the angle of the 'low winter' sun, train operator Southeastern said. The rail firm posted on Twitter: 'We had severe congestion through Lewisham due to dispatching issues as a result of strong sunlight.' It added: 'The low winter sun has been hitting the dispatch monitor which prevents the driver from being able to see.'