Mostly aluminium alloys actually. I know, it's not relevant to the discussion, but what the hell, this is Slashdot!

My everyday use for airplane mode is "I want to sleep and use the phone alarm to wake me in the morning but I don't want the rads to fry my brain".

Google Play Store is just another Android app. The only reason that some Android phones don't have it is because the manufacturers choose not to put it on them, but Play Store is able to run on any phone running Android. Is there any technical reason why you can't install Google Play Store on Sailfish OS?

I don't see why this is news. It's not like something like this has never happened before. Those things are dangerous. Accidents are bound to happen somewhere, somehow, sooner or later.

Up until the equivalent of your fifth grade, I never bothered to memorize the multiplication table. Any time faced with a multiplication problem, I worked it out using first principles. Sometimes I use analytical shortcuts to derive the answer, but never from rote memorization. For example in the case of 6 x 6, this was how I used to work it out:
1) First, realize that [a number] x 6 is [a number] x (5 + 1) = [a number] x 5 + [a number]
2) Also realize that [a number] x 5 is [a number] x (10/2) = [a number / 2] x 10
3) Now visualize 6 apples lined up in a row. Now visualize a line running through the middle of that row of apples. How many apples are on each side? 3, of course
4) Now take the number 3 and put 0 at the end of it. Now you have 30, which is 6 x 5.
5) Now take 30 + 6 and you have 36, which is the answer to 6 x 6.
Now isn't that more fun than memorizing the multiplication table?

There are three Android devices in my house. My Samsung Galaxy S2, my wife's Sony Xperia and a Galaxy Tab 2. Everyone of those had the Android Device Manager function installed automatically. I could immediately use the Locate Phone function without having to perform any manual installation/update. Only the Wipe Device function requires manual configuration on the phone.

Non-carrier branded Samsung phones don't have locked bootloaders.

In the UK, non-citizen residents are allowed to vote in local elections.

Wrong article, dude.

The Apple charger does not have a standard USB power port. It is not wired correctly like a standard USB charger. If I plug in my Android phone to an Apple charger, it thinks that the charger is a USB host device, not an AC charger.

First world countries mostly have temperate climates, so you don't get much sun. On the other hand, here in the third world we get a lot of sun most days of the year. So our bodies make enough vitamin D on their own.

What do you mean when you say you hardcoded the IP addresses? Do you even know what 'hardcoded' means?

It amazes me how Americans put up with being screwed left, right and centre by corporations like these banks. It seems that even banks here in the third world banks, although not perfect, are nevertheless not as draconian as the U.S. banks I'm reading about here.

Not entirely by paid employees. Waze allows users to edit maps using an online map editor.

I'm pretty sure there are Linux alternatives to all those tools if you look hard enough. KDE System Guard, for example. Even without additional tools, simply running Linux programs from a console often produces a wealth of debug information that can help with troubleshooting, something that is not available on Windows.