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Comment Re: Symbolic only (Score 1) 58

Sending static versions is horrific and quickly falls down when more than two people are involved. You end up in version hell, not quite knowing which is the latest (or worse, you have parallel divergent edits) and no easy way to merge the changes.

The online version of Word is also shit, even after years of Microsoft working on it: edits are laggy and itâ(TM)s trivial to fuck up the formatting that then takes hours to fix in the desktop version.

Comment Re: To Make Beer Taste Even Better.... (Score 1) 80

Most beers do not managing a pleasing mix and are too sweet. But what do I know? I steeped my tea for a minimum of 20 minutes and used twice the normal measure (until I quit caffeine).

Thatâ(TM)s the problem with this: AI isnâ(TM)t going to be able to satisfy everybodyâ(TM)s taste and will just create another mass-produced generic flavour.

Comment Re: Oh, I see (Score 1) 247

Why on earth would Google and the government think green bubbles are a thing in Europe? Everybody uses WhatsApp.

Recent experience for me: I needed to contact the owner of the flat next door. Sheâ(TM)s British, but lives in Madrid. Initial two or three messages each way went through with blue bubbles, and thus no international text fees. Then she noticed I have a WhatsApp account and started texting me there instead. No idea why, but thatâ(TM)s what people prefer this side of The Pond. Green bubbles is only a thing in the US.

Comment Re: Flimsy evidence (Score 2) 70

It's not that she bought stuff with Bitcoin but that she couldn't explain where she got so much of it from. There's been other cases of people being issued with Unexplained Wealth Orders, which can result in money laundering charges. This lady went from having declared income of less than £6,000/year in 2016/2017 to buying multi-million pound houses. Suspicious? Guess what? The UK has been cracking down on that kind of behaviour because it's normally a sign of money laundering. It's absolutely the government's business to investigate. It's not unusual: try carrying or transferring more than $10,000 in to many countries, including the US, and you will have to declare it and provide an explanation.

Comment Re: Great, but they need cheaper models too (Score 1) 41

The US $35K was probably excluding tax too, so sounds like the same price point. Our government forcibly takes more from us here in the UK than in than US, but people seem to forget this when price comparing with the US and mistakenly blame the supplier instead. You canâ(TM)t complain about prices here when people keep voting for politicians who want to take more of your money from you.

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