I love the number of people telling the Japanese, of all people, how to build using wood, and using such mundane problems like rot as reasons it won't work. It's hilarious.

They are not taking phones. They are taking 'smart-phones'. I have a £5 flip phone i used for camping holidays that can't record either audio, video or images. If you are that desperate to keep a mobile phone with you at all times, spend the few quid(literally) to have a device that can only make calls and it won't be taken away either. I understand people feeling cut off and not being able to communicate, but we're way beyond that. People seem to think they REQUIRE what is almost a desktop PC computing experience in their pocket.

Free to Google, which is what he probably meant.

You're an angry, angry man. Chill. We need the smart people to live the longest.

There are 2 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

In all cases that I'm aware of including the definition of the word, a model is supposed to be a representation of something. It may be an aesthetic ideal, or cosmetically identical while being non-functional or in the case of model aircraft, partially functional but shrunk down in size. In what way is a quadcopter(We all know that's what is being referred to) a 'model' of anything? As far as I can tell, pretty much all commercially available 'drones' are a complete and finished product that does everything that it's designed to do. The only way they could be classed as 'models' is in cases like the Millennium Falcon quadcopter, where it clearly is a partially functional representation of something else.

So I will continue to keep my head above water and not blame society for the fact that evolution didn't give me gills. The biology/effects of insulin resistance/sensitivity is my lack of gills.

my bad, more like 19000, but the point stands

If you're overweight the extra calories come from your fat. For an obese person, losing 5 lbs a week isn't all that extreme and that works out at something like 28000 extra calories.

so keep the lifestyle change in place. Type 2 diabetes isn't a disease, it's self-harm, intentional or otherwise. It's akin to saying that not holding your head under water is a cure for drowning.

It's been reversed consistently and predictably for years now with low carb/keto diets. This isn't anything new. It IS, however, good that the idea that it's not some kind of permanent disability is being pushed.

Except that in this case, the 'coursework' was also to be done in invigilated conditions, with no assistance, in a set amount of time, in school only....and students were taking photos of the tasks and posting them on stack overflow and other sites.

English cuisine is fine. What you've got a problem with is the majority of English cooks. They don't know how to.

I don't want to put words in your mouth, but it seems as though you are suggesting that there is never any situation in which the cost of switching can be taken into account. With a complete restructuring of the rest of society, maybe this suggestion could become true, but I'm not entirely sure that would fall under Munich's responsibilities.

When you compare PC sales with 'android device' sales you lose all credibility. Nobody has ever carried around a PC as a mobile phone and tablets are a different product with a different purpose. There's a very small overlap. What you've done there is similar to comparing motorbike and car sales.