India's insurance regulator IRDA has proposed capping agent commissions at 20 percent for endowment and pension policies, a move affecting the 1 trillion rupee (11.7B USD) insurance distribution market. The draft proposal aims to curb mis-selling and reduce costs for policyholders. Currently, agents can earn commissions of up to 35 percent on certain policies, and the industry has raised concerns about the impact on agent incentives and distribution. https://indiadispatch.com/news/irda-proposes-20-percent-commission-cap-for-insurance-agents-10431120 #India #Tech #Insurance #IRDA

@clock @stman @50htz @vidak @theruran @forthy42 Another problem with #IR is also that it's suffering from extreme attenuation at the slightest moisture.

  • Like how water filters our red first, so you can imagine that the slightest rain or fog will block it.

Which is why I recommended to use multiple different visible light wavelenghts in parallel instead, so worst-case you got slow 10 Mbit/s blue-light only connectivity.

  • Because degraded throughput is better than no connectivity!

Using like Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, White...

  • I don't expect you to copy the #IrDA spec - besides high-power invisible light is kinda dangerous for bystanders - but I merely referenced it as means to see how this was done in the past and if any of that is salvageable...
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] I also got my hands on at least parts of the IrDA spec thx to some friendly user pointing me at the right direction... https://www.irda.org/standards/specifications https://swecyb.com/@troed/114732638941974011

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@PurpleJillybeans This printer was fantastic. I believe I had the 5p. It ran great for years and then I foolishly gave it away in the mid-2000s.

Recently, I looked at buying another one because of the built-in #IrDA until I saw the eBay prices. Yikes!

Hopefully I can find one locally for a more reasonable price someday.

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@paulrickards And yes, I too prefer #IrDA for #privacy and #simplicity when it comes to transferring small amoubts if data (i.e. Pubkeys)…

@paulrickards does it at least do #VFIR or #GigabitIR?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrDA

  • Speaking of #IrDA, does anyone make decentpy fast Transcievers that can actually do more than USB 1.1 speeds and work on #Linux?
IrDA - Wikipedia

Continued...

I only see two HP Deskjets with #IrDA sensors.

450ci
995c

As far as I'm concerned, that's a wrap for HP unless someone else can add to the list.

Oddly, I can't find a single Epson printer with an IrDA sensor. Did they not make a single one?

Moving on to Canon.

#Printer #Printers

Continued...

Here are some HP Photosmart Inkjets that have #IrDA sensor built in.

The dates are approximate and for my reference.

1000/p1000 (1999)
1215 (2000)
1218 (2000)
1315 (2001)

#Printer #Printers

Continued...

So far I have been looking at monochrome HP #LaserJet printers. I feel I have a fairly comprehensive list here.

Each of these are confirmed, by either looking at original manuals or pictures, to have an #IrDA sensor.

The dates, taken from various sources, are probably not exact and are used by me as reference only.

5P (1995)
5MP (1995)
6P (1996)
6MP (1996)
2100 (2002)
2100M (2002)
2100TN (2002)
2200 (2001)

#Printer #Printers