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Comment Re:Everyone start handing out DVDs and USBs of Lin (Score 2) 137

For that specific issue:
(message from 2020)
"Starting with Linux Mint 19.2, the Update Manager can be configured to uninstall obsolete kernels from your system in regular intervals.
The relevant setting can be found and enabled in Update Manager -> Edit -> Preferences -> Automation tab.
For more details see this webpage, section "Update Manager": New features in Linux Mint 19.2"

Comment Re:Fsck their fules. (Score 2) 37

I forgot to mention that when an article gets deleted, you can ask for it to get restored in a subpage of your user page. Even years after the deletion. It's actually straightforward and automatically granted as I discovered a few years ago.
If you can manage to prove its notability and find good sources, you can then submit it for review.

Comment Re:Fsck their fules. (Score 2) 37

NUTS does have a mention on the Talker article.
The content of the article is saved on Fandom. It has (only) two sources.
But when you say that "the author of the code wrote the majority of it", I'm guessing you mean the article? The thing is that even if Einstein wrote the article about the theory of relativity, it wouldn't be accepted without reliable secondary sources. Which means not his own website.

Comment Re:Wikipedia "editors" are you and me (Score 1) 59

You're talking about admins. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...
Those are Wikipedia contributors (aka editors) "who have been granted the technical ability to perform certain special actions on the English Wikipedia. These include the ability to block and unblock user accounts, IP addresses, and IP ranges from editing".

They're elected by the Wikipedia contributors. So if fewer people on the right-wing contribute to Wikipedia, it'll result in less of them being elected as admins.

Comment Re: Still not true (Score 1) 247

Thanks for the link! Yep, that's not BEV sales, and there are no starting or ending numbers, so I understand how you got misled into thinking that "Most of the growth in EVs in the EU is coming from Chinese brands".
About "All of the best EVs in the world right now come from China.", it would seem like from the sales numbers that European consumers don't agree, but you're entitled to your opinion.

Comment Re:so what (Score 1) 59

One thing that is surely against the rules is sockpuppetry (you can only use one account). https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...
And those articles were written by sockpuppet accounts, thus the ban of the accounts. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...
About the articles, it varies between Wikipedia languages (which are partly independent), but the basic rule for biographies is notability as proven by reliable sources. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

Comment Still not true (Score 1) 247

Saying the same wrong thing over and over won't make it right.
If you look at the table with the brands BEV sales, Tesla has lost almost 50% in a year.
BYD, first Chinese brand in the EU and 10th BEV brand increased by about 170% to about 7,200 sales in April 2025. Compared to Skoda, third most selling, which increased by more than 200% and is now at about 13,600.
And talking about % increase doesn't mean anything without telling starting or ending numbers.

Comment Re:Protectionism holds EVs back in the US (Score 1) 247

No, there's only one Chinese BEV (a Volvo) in the 25 most-registered BEV models in the EU in April 2025: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jato.com%2Fresources...
Most of the growth in BEVs in the EU is coming from the Volkswagen group.
You'll also notice by the way that Tesla is getting down much harder than in the US.

Comment Re:Guess who (Score 3, Informative) 27

However, if it's something that requires a software update on the vehicle itself, there may be some vehicles still at risk.

It was a bug in the web page used by car dealers to manage the cars.
All vehicles from the 2012 model year onward equipped with standard telematics modules can be unlocked by that portal.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcybersecuritynews.com%2F...

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