Exactly. If it was an accident then it's the extent cost of replacing the item. However intentionally destroying someone's property like that is a clear case of malicious damage and has penalties of several years jail. It's not the damage, it's the malicious intent that is the more serious crime.

Camera's are everywhere now. Do I like it, No, is it reality, Yes. Always carry chapstick.

She'll be right mate!

Last night clocks went back to RETURN TO STANDARD TIME. Daylight savings time is what we had all summer.

What do I watch when I need a break from youtube?

Nice, I recall it from an Arthur C Clarke book - not sure which one though.

If you don't have a back-up then it's not that important.

And while we are all back to the office, now everyone around us is chattering all day long. No thanks.

His work in assisting the music industry extend it's grip on music distribution is now being felt with a dearth of options for musicians. It's little wonder why music from the 90's is still popular.

Half the population has an IQ under 100. So the number sounds about right.

They would love to extend their snooping from the phone to the laptop.

That is a good point!

The most popular is often the worst. Consider:

• McDonalds hamburger - definitely not the best - far from it.
• Bud beer - definitely not the best - far from it.
• ...

Agreed, Asshole Infiltration in I.T is a problem and it seems like Gen Z ... oh you're talking about Artificial Intelligence.

I'd like to see what an LLM does with his long, verbose prose with sentences that, considering the depth of his ideas, combined with examples and depending on the topic, take, if one is not interrupted or sidetrack by thought and able to focus, 3 minutes each to read. You'd dump core too!