âoeThere is about the same evidence for zoological as there is for lab leak.â That statement defies logic. The second sentence of the Wikipedia article on the lab leak theory says: âoeThis claim is highly controversial; most scientists believe the virus spilled into human populations through natural zoonosis.â That sentence has a dozen citations. Why would most scientists (people who presumably base their decisions on evidence) choose one over the other if they had equal evidence? They are bad scientists? Just completely biased? That seems like a stretch itself. Scientists are like any other group, the Pareto principle generally holds, and no more than 20% are that bad, and certainly not a majority.

Iâ(TM)m currently running iOS 16 on my iPhone X (quite well, I might add), which is coming up on its sixth birthday.

Not all crimes have victims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

I knew it was a pyramid scheme all along, but I decided to take a chance, and I won the game. Made a small investment. More than doubled it. Withdrew my initial capital, and now I get to play with house money. I'll never put another dime of my own into a crypto.

The fact that itâ(TM)s barebones is exactly what I like about notepad

In the last 30 years, GOP has won the Presidential popular vote a grand total of one single time (the second W term). Once in three decades. How the heck can that party claim to be populist when it canâ(TM)t win the popular vote?

For some reason, people assume that when something is made obsolete it automatically disappears, which is not the case at all. We have cars now but people still like to ride horses sometimes. We have have LEDs but candles still sell well. Fountain pens, manual wind watches, acoustic guitars, the list goes on.

Armchair psych diagnosis: itâ(TM)s because he has a Cluster B personality disorder (narcissistic, antisocial, histrionic, and borderline â" they have overlapping symptoms and are comorbid). I had a family member with it. Lying was involuntary and uncontrollable for them.

You canâ(TM)t buy heroin or accept ransom payments with a credit card. So bitcoinâ(TM)s got that going for it.

Little premature to wave the white flag donâ(TM)t you think? The roll out is 9 years away. Apple has a huge war chest, is able to attract top engineering talent, and has plenty of time. Letâ(TM)s see what they come up with.

There’s a problem with your analogy. Strip clubs aren’t routinely used for fomenting sedition or as staging grounds for riots.

Why though? Why does Apple have to allow third party app stores? If you make a free market argument, then you have to allow Apple the freedom to its walled garden. Itâ(TM)s not forcing people in there. Itâ(TM)s not even the largest mobile ecosystem.

What youâ(TM)re saying makes sense in principle, but in reality Tesla canâ(TM)t afford the risk that a court will see things that way. A court might say it was foreseeable that people would modify their power walls and Tesla didnâ(TM)t take steps to prevent it and thus is responsible at least partially for the damage. Ergo, Tesla has no doubt been advised by its legal team to strenuously attempt, beyond mere sales agreements, to stop people from modifying their products.

I havenâ(TM)t heard many people claim Beyond meat is âhealthier.â(TM) It has similar calories and fat to beef. The only advantage is no cholesterol (which only comes from animal sources), and the main drawback is a higher dose of sodium. Iâ(TM)ve heard people say itâ(TM)s much better for the environment, which is very true.

Spite? I doubt their motivations are that emotionally driven. More likely they are trying to gain leverage in the negotiations happening behind closed doors.