OneMoreFarang

Imagine you have the choice between one vehicle which needs hours to be refilled or recharged and another one which can be refilled or recharged within minutes. Which one would you prefer? It won't be possible to charge modern big powerful batteries much faster with the existing electrical grid. And just swapping batteries, like on a gasoline station, seems to be no option. It is pretty obvious that the current versions of new vehicles are far from optimal. I am sure in a few decades people will think: How did they ever think that "2020 technology" will be the future.

Have you considered asking your employer to pay that money to you? I have no idea if you could win such a fight. But if you have somewhere in writing from your employer that you will get an insurance which will pay everything and they nowhere mention any possible exception, then maybe you have a case.

Recently I read the fine print of a corporate group health policy. New employees from a specific company get it without answering any (medical) questions and without signing anything. In the case which I know the employer tells the people the insurance will cover anything without any medical questions or examination. That is almost correct, apart from the small print, which probably only few people read, that the insurer doesn't have to pay for preexisting conditions. Result: the employee never lied and never withheld information, because he was never asked. But the insurance doesn't have to pay because they write in their contract that they don't pay for preexisting conditions.

The "funny" thing is that if a sexy girl would do the show instead of a man pretending to be a woman, then I am pretty sure the organizer of the event would be in big trouble. But with men in stockings: no problem. What a strange world.

I know the following is not about Thailand. But it should open the eyes of some people about what is done to children in some parts of the so-called developed world. Warning: It is worse that most of us thought it could be.

I can't give you an accurate answer, but I think you have good reasons to be concerned. Soon my employment from one company will end and my business visa extension expires a few days before the end of the month. I thought: Fine. I will leave on the last day. All done. No, not really. I was informed, independently by two accountants, that my visa extension, which anyhow ends, has to be cancelled. If it is not cancelled, then this will be a problem when I apply for a new business visa for a new company in the future. Strange - at least I think it is strange. I guess inform your new employer about that history so that maybe they can prepare extra documents or do whatever has to be done.

You write you disclosed nothing to them. Did they ask medical questions? Did they state that preexisting conditions are not covered? Then you shouldn't be surprised that they didn't pay.

Thanks Most people have enough imagination to know that internet and WLAN is used for a lot of things, not just browsing the web on a computer. I could have written about my smart lock with WLAN which send messages to me when the lock is opened or closed. But I am sure if I would have done that then half the posts would be about smart locks. That's what I wanted to avoid and that is why I didn't write it. Nobody is forced to read any of my messages or participate in a thread. @JBChiangRaimade a good suggestion with the Sonoff device - without asking why I need it. That's the kind of answer which is helpful. Others had obviously also good ideas. Thanks to everybody.

Long time ago I worked in that business in Europe. They did some initial checks, depending on the answers of the applicant. And maybe at the time they didn't sign a contract or only with exception or extra charge. But it is wrong to think that if they checked initially that they will never check again later. It seems some applicants like to "forget" lots of details. Then there is little to check initially. But when then suddenly the person needs some expensive treatment or operation then they will most likely search for things which the patient "forgot" to mention.

How about the crypto currencies are high risk and the US wants to regulate that so that not too many of their citizens loose too much money?

That's not the point. Maybe it hurts a little since years, but you never visited a doctor, then it's no problem. But if you i.e. 5 years ago visited a doctor and told him your heart hurts and you don't mention that on the application form, that can bite you in the here and now.

An ESP32 with that firmware should be even cheaper ???? I like your idea and if nobody has any better idea then likely I will use the Sonoffs. Let's wait a day or two more for good ideas.

Only because you don't understand it doesn't mean that there are no reasons. It is always amazing in this forum when someone asks a simple question and then some people make it complicated because they don't understand it. I won't tell you all the details why I want what I want. It doesn't matter. And if you don't understand it and have nothing to contribute then just skip this topic. That is best for all of us.

I remember watching that scene in Total Recall a long time ago. Just watching it felt terrible.

I wonder if his daughter really wants to be PM, and be a servant of her father? Maybe she is happy that she wasn't elected. Maybe soon she can live a quiet life away from dirty politics.

Good idea! I bought one of those some time ago. And I right away installed a different firmware (to run it with Home Assistant). Maybe I should have tried the original first... I will buy another one or two.

Thanks The last Raspberry Pi which I bought was less than 3,000B. Now it seems they cost at least 3 times as much...

Yesterday a nurse in a hospital tested me for Covid. She put that little stick up my nose as if she was trying to reach my brain? It hurt. Is that really necessary to have a valid test? Would it be good enough to put that stick just a little bit up the nose?

Boris was like that since before he entered politics. It's amazing that anybody ever thought he could be a decent prime minister. He lied for all his life. He cheated all his life. Why did people vote for that guy? Amazing UK.

Why did anybody ever allow them to enter Thailand?

Maybe he should propose a deal: He returns all the billions and he will be allowed to live somewhere in a village in Isan together with his family - working on a rice farm. That could be interesting.

Because obviously it's all about him and not about the grandchildren. But the gullible Thaksin fanboys will love the story of the caring grandfather. He always wanted to be portrayed as the selfless supporter of the poor and innocent...

Thanks, that goes in the right direction. And it gives me a name for what I am looking for. I guess I am looking for basic network monitoring hardware and software, maybe based on an ESP32 or something similar. In the moment I don't have any PC on that network, and I don't want to install a PC just for running such monitoring software.

I there some little device which can be connected to a router or maybe WLAN which monitors the internet? And maybe shows an alarm on an app if the internet or WLAN doesn't work? I guess I could create something like that with an ESP32. But I am sure someone else invented that already. And maybe they sell it cheap on Lazada or AliExpress or similar. But what is the name of such a device? Any ideas? Recently the electricity was off in a place which I don't visit regularly and because of that the internet was off. I didn't notice for a few days. With a little device and app like described above that should be easy to detect and monitor.

There is one very good local source for information: Ask the motorcycle taxi guys in your Soi. They will know where to go and they will bring you there if you like.