John Walton
Editor in chief of @theupfront.media: in-depth independent aviation journalism for the digital age. Subscribe today!
Journo, Japan travel expert, bon vivant, lover of gardens, fan of 22°C, crocheter, Champagne enthusiast.
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- HMS Boat Royal USS Limited Liability Company HMNZS Lower Hutt
- Quick: which of these USB sockets will charge your phone, how fast — and which of them is the cable that came with your current phone? I've been writing about the power and evolving USB standards on airplanes for nigh on two decades now, and it's more complicated than ever for passengers.
- Our latest Business Readout analysis: From the USB-IF to USB-PD to Type-C, with milliampere-hours, volts and watts, passengers are understandably confused about charging onboard — so it’s up to airlines, cabin designers and the supply chain to bring clarity. theupfront.media/business-rea...
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- Exactly! And, like, you and I are among the highest-information users I know on this stuff. And I always have to look up which iPhone can get how many watts out of which chargers, and even then sometimes the answer is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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- Yes indeed — and I don't think (though happy to be corrected by any passing expert) that this is a question of "well the back half of the plane is more dense so we can't put that much power through the wiring" as on older widebodies) this is one of those problems.
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- I think I know the answer to this, but which cabin in particular do you mean, the new shorthaul one?
- 1. MAIN SUBBNAIL PROALE PRIOCK In the context of the EU going after TikTok about its algorithm, I present to you one of the latest bits of AI slop that my very carefully curated YouTube account — on which I primarily watch D&D campaigns and Japanese train videos — just algo-recommended to me.
- I’m typically a winter person, but this season has me missing NYC summers. As gross as the Subway can be (Union Square regular here), I miss being able to take late evening walks, go out relatively comfortably, outdoor city activities, etc.
- Oh, hello there my old apartment!
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- hon hon hon intensifies as i suddenly remember when we sat the king of Spain and duke of Luxembourg WHO ARE BOTH BOURBONS opposite this at the Paris 2024 opening ceremonies
- That this simile is in THE GUARDIAN, the UK's notionally left-leaning newspaper, tells you all that you need to know about British journalism. And I say this as someone who *went to boarding school*. Actually, I say this *especially* as someone who went to boarding school.
