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Volvo Ditches PCs and Paper In Favor of iPhone and Apple Watch – Slashdot

Volvo has unleashed a big improvement in customer satisfaction after equipping its 1,500 service engineers with an Apple Watch to use during their day. What, on the face of it, seems a small change reflects extensive cultural change across the company, which is actively engaged in digital transformation across its business. Computerworld’s Jonny Evans reports:Volvo has equipped its engineers (Personal Service Technicians) with an Apple Watch and iPhone (running the Volvo Service app) to help them work more efficiently than before. The company’s primary focus is to improve customer service, as it recognizes that technicians are the main point of customer contact across the life of the Volvo they drive. So, how can an Apple Watch in a garage improve customer service?

– In use, the engineer will receive a Notification when a customer arrives at the garage with their car.
– The watch will show the customer’s name, relevant notes, and car details.
– During the repair, engineers can access information — and once the repair is complete, they can directly call the customer to tell them.
– They can also schedule and make a subsequent follow-up call.
Source: Volvo Ditches PCs and Paper In Favor of iPhone and Apple Watch – Slashdot

Vegane S-Röllchen mit N-Alge und eben ohne Fisch … Vegan s-rolls with n-alga and without fish

Stella, oh, Stella

Ich nenne das Kind oder die Kinder nicht mehr beim Namen, weil ich dann wieder Tausende von Spammern bekomme. Weil ich den Titel geändert habe, musste ich neu publizieren, man lernt nie aus …

… I don’t call things by their names anymore, because then I would get thousands of spammers again. Because I changed the title, I had to publish again, one never stops learning …

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Jaha, endlich mal wieder was zum Essen! Ich hatte schon lange kein S  U – S – H – I mehr gemacht und dieses Mal sollte es total vegan sein.

… Ye-hes finally something edible again! I had not made S  U – S – H – I for a long time, and this time I wanted it to be completely vegan.

Hier die Gerätschaften zum Rollen Rollen …

… Here the tools to roll the rolls …

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La ricetta del giorno

Napoli ieri oggi e domani

Corona di frutta secca

Ingredienti: farina 350g, burro 150g, zucchero 150g, 3 uova, latte 2 dl, 1 bustina di lievito in polvere, albicocche secche 100g, prugne secche 100g, uva passa 100g, pangrattato, zucchero a velo.

Esecuzione: in una ciotola di acqua riunire la frutta secca tagliata a dadini e l’uva passa. Mescolare la farina con lievito e zucchero e impastarla con due uova e il burro morbido a pezzetti. Lavorare la pasta energicamente con le mani fino ad ottenere un impasto liscio e sodo. Con il matterello stendere la pasta sul piano di lavoro formando un rettangolo, distribuirvi sopra un composto ottenuto mescolando la frutta secca sgocciolata, strizzata e infarinata con l’uovo rimasto. Arrotolare la pasta formando un grosso cilindro, sistemarlo in uno stampo a corona unendo con cura le due estremità. Cuocere la corona in forno già caldo a 180° per circa 40 minuti.

Buon appetito

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No to War An editorial from Meduza — Meduza

There’s only one situation that can justify the use of tanks and military aircraft: self-defense. That’s exactly what Putin referred to when he announced this “special military operation.” The problem is that we don’t have a single piece of convincing evidence that anybody was planning to attack Russia. And the responsibility for the humanitarian catastrophe in the Donbas lies to a great extent with the Russian authorities themselves.

The tragic experience of the twentieth century should have been enough to convince Putin that Moscow’s intrusion into its neighbors’ lives wouldn’t bring them closer to Russia, but drive them further away. That’s what happened after the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states in 1940, after the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, and, of course, during the Prague Spring of 1968. Evidently, President Putin would rather lecture people about history than learn from it.

We understand that we’ve found ourselves in a situation where we hold little sway. But we have a duty to state loudly and clearly that this is not our war and we do not support it. The invasion of Ukraine was started on behalf of Russian citizens but against our will. The shame that comes with it will be with us forever.

The fighting must be stopped immediately and the Russian army must return to Russian territory. Let’s stop this. It’s never too late to end a war.

Source: No to War An editorial from Meduza — Meduza