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Comment Re:e-Golf is almost perfect (Score 1) 99

The only problem is that it has a 201 km range and the cottage is 250 km (like, within 10m of that number).

Beware. You should NEVER ever confuse a spec number with real world mileage, especially not from a company like Volkswagen (and I'm from Germany, trust me). You will only get that range out of the car under optimal conditions, in maybe late spring / early summer, with no interior heating or AC running, no headlights drawing power, and so on.

My imagination fails me when I try to picture the actual range you'll get in wintertime. In Canada? During our mild European winters, the effective range of a Nissan Leaf is notorious to halve.

Comment Re:"Full screen" LOL (Score 1) 117

You might only be the fake Tim Cook, but you shouldn't do his dirty work, anyway. They do indeed show the ugly notch like they are proud of it, but they don't show and instead talk down the black rim. Useless screen area, you say? Like the iPhone X has plenty of? The X has less usable screen real estate than the iPhone 8+, don't forget that. Developers can't use the topmost and downmost sections, and those rounded corners are giving everyone headaches, but go on and keep talking out of your ass... ;-)

Comment Quark already is my daily energy source, ... (Score 1) 173

... and I'll agree that Quark fusion is even better. I tend to fuse it with fresh fruits or berries, some linseed and one drop of honey.

Ref.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(dairy_product)/

Irradiated foods, on the other side, tend to wear me out, so the headline seems about correct.

Comment Re:It costs $1,000 (Score 1) 233

I have never cracked a screen, either, but all my colleagues' iPhones are ornamented by spiderweb cracks. Not surprising if you consider how people are holding their smartphones nowadays, in front of their mouths, gripping them at the bottom only with the top angling away. Just one bump in the road or a little push from a fellow pedestrian, and DOWN it goes.

Comment Re: My palm pilot (Score 1) 233

'Brightest display ever tested' also is a blatant lie (or plainly ignorant) if you consider that the Note 8 already has double that brightness. In related news, I think it can be considered poetic justice that 'the most durable glass ever' (in Apple-speak) proves to be the most fragile and breakable ever in real world testing. Apple friends should remember this reality check whenever Tim Cook drops his infamous superlatives from now on.

Comment Re:Why keep encouraging third world reproduction? (Score 1) 110

Dear Sirs, I am Nigerian Prince Enoma and I have proposition to make to you. In order to keep Nigerian populace from starving I will transfer US $ 2 billion onto your account, which must then be forwarded to food supply union of your country. You will, and I promise you this, Sir, keep the change of 2 million, which will make you and your family not starving but very fat as well, because your country food very good for becoming fat. Please await further details in next mail, please SIR!

Comment Re:Since he agrees with Trump... (Score 1) 349

Going hungry is not the same as starving. The American two thirds obesity rate should tell you as much. Plus, you can obviously very well be extremely poor, and extremely fat.

No child needs to starve, though, but that is just a matter of food distribution that doesn't take billions of dollars.

Comment Re:Duh, (Score 1) 69

I live in BMW and Daimler country, and I can tell you, there are numerous faults with various models of each maker. No cracked A-pillars that I know of, but especially BMW is commonly referred to here as Bring-Mich-Werkstatt, meaning 'bring me to a service station'. The build quality of the Mini is atrocious. And Benz cars will happily rust away early if you let them. Don't get me started on Volkswagen and their camshaft drive chains that give out prematurely, leading to a catastrophic engine failure, or their faulty automated gear boxes... Tesla build quality still has a way to go, though, I'm not disputing that. Their customers are basically beta testers at this point, and that is already bad enough a practice in the software field, and absolutely unacceptable for car makers.

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