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Comment Re:More importantly. (Score 1) 122

You have a point.

But what large group of people has there ever been where there has been no toxicity or social problems within?

Facebook, Twitter, social media in general, IRC, ICQ, news groups.... I've been around a looooong time on the internet, enough time to understand that the problem is not the platform, its the people.

How do we solve that?

Comment Re:That is called fraud (Score 2) 141

Inaccurate.

Broadcoms cease-and-desist to perpetual license holders was in regards to applying updates after the support part of the contract expired. The perpetual licenses are still in effect, frozen at the last update that was included under the support part of the contract - perpetual license holders can extend the support contract separately.

Comment Re:Pot, kettle, grill, the usual (Score 1) 76

It's not just that.

Its the US shouting "protectionism" while simultaneously restricting a lot of tech transfer to China in an effort to try and block their development.

If China cant rely on other countries for what they need, because the US forces restrictions on other countries trade with China (see the banning of an European countries chip UV manufacturing technology sale to China), then of course they are going to reduce their reliance in all areas on other countries.

Comment NZ charges per kilometre (Score 1) 273

Until recently, EVs were exempt from road user charges, but in the past couple of years they have been phased in.

Basically, for petrol vehicles the taxes are built into the fuel costs - but because diesel vehicles are used a lot for non-taxable purposes (eg farm use off of public roads), there is no road user charges on diesel fuel. Instead, NZ has the concept of a Road User Charge fee that you have to buy per 1000KM of usage on the public road - the fee varies depending on type of vehicle and weight of vehicle, so heavier vehicles pay more, as do those who travel more.

EVs weighing up to 3500kg currently have to pay a RUC charge of $76NZD per 1000KM, which is the same for diesel vehicles in the same weight class.

Comment Re:Stupid should be painful (Score 2, Insightful) 85

Again more bullshit from you.

Sure, devices have been known to catch fire while charging, but it's far from a normal occurrence, so you are allowed to use and charge devices in a flying aircraft.

But a damaged device is another matter entirely - stop trying to justify your own stupidity with ridiculous comparisons.

Comment Re:HEADLINE IS WRONG. So was the pilot (Score 2, Insightful) 85

You are the idiot here.

Battery fires do not require the device to be charging, and the summary notes that the device was already showing deformations caused by operation of the seat, so the integrity of the battery was a real concern.

Diverting the aircraft was a sound decision based on safety.

Fuck people like you.

Comment Re:So.... (Score 1, Flamebait) 157

They arent trying to understand, they are paid trolls attacking anything negative to the US right now - reactions to Trumps tariffs are high on Russia agenda right now as a follow up to the tariffs themselves, because getting people het up about American companies not toeing the line increases confrontation.

See how quickly several other people chimed in with supporting comments talking negatively about the company? Its a coordinated effort.

Comment Re:Good (Score 3, Insightful) 40

You really do slurp up the right wing propaganda over there in America dont you?

Theres nothing wrong with the UKs freedom of press or freedom of speech for the average person - sure, hate speech is banned, which is good. It also means we dont have anywhere near the issues that you do in America.

By the way, your President recently called a boycott of a private companies products "illegal", and many of your states have laws which make boycotts of Israel illegal. Is everything ok over there?

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