I don't suppose someone has a good article or explanation about why the entire systemd thing is a hot issue in the first place?

Anyone who sits down and decides to write his own OS from scratch deserves a lot of credit - regardless of the motivation. People really underestimate how much work it is.

Given how awful a lot of people are at driving, do you really want them in the sky too?

...as long as high capacity SSDs keep costing as much as an entire computer.

...nothing of value was lost.

...I have nothing but contempt for design firms that don't house even one real engineer.

"Battery prices are falling just due to small incremental improvements plus scaling"

You don't see any reduction in price for current consumer EVs, so the consumer doesn't actually win.

There is no real evidence to support an infinite amount of mass. So your "math" has no relevance.

Of course, when dealing with 100 billion galaxies, 1 in 10 is still really good odds.

...you guys stop designing the worlds worst interfaces for things. DO NOT HIRE ENGINEERS TO DESIGN THE UIs. It's important. Really.

...it would have been ok if Barbie had 2 women to write the code for her?

This same thing gets reported every single year. We all know nuclear weapons will never get used, but we can't get rid of them because it would then make us seem weak. Like it or not, this is the only thing standing between us and another large scale war.

Yeah, good luck with that one, RCMP! it's like law enforcement lives inside of it's own little reality distortion bubble.

1) He's not a victim. He's a convicted criminal.

2) It's not abuse, any more than making your kid eat his broccoli is abuse. Not liking specific food you could eat just fine something isn't grounds for special treatment.

3) If you intentionally starve yourself the only person you're hurting is you.

Cry me a fucking river. You're in prison, not the Hilton. Unless there's a medical reason to treat you differently you shouldn't be treated differently. He lost weight because he wasn't eating, not because the meals didn't contain sufficient nutrients to sustain him. It's his own damn fault.