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Comment Re:Use an Age-verified flag (Score 1) 129

Instead, you could use flags: unverified, verified-minor, verified-adult.

So, what is the age of majority in your jurisdiction? 16? 18?

Did you know that the legal age for adulthood varies from 16 to 21, decided by each country?

Just in the USA, it can be 18, 19 or 21 depending in which state you reside.

Yes, this whole thing is a turbo-charged shit-show, but you're not helping...

Comment Re: Quantum Injustice (Score 1) 43

"HD-Ready" is still prevalent amongst the smaller TVs.

I've just had to replace a 10-year old 32" FHD dumb LCD TV as the backlight failed (and repair was uneconomic) and at least half of the current offerings are less than 1920*1080, even from otherwise-reputable makers.

Worse still, many have dropped the "-Ready" part, so now you have to drill down quite a long way to find the actual resolution and, for some strange reason, vendors don't always make that information obvious.

Coincidentally, I ended up with a TCL "QLED" 32SFS560, and it turned out to be bloody awful in almost every way, so it went back for a full refund. I've replaced it with an LG which is much better.

Comment What about the context? (Score 1) 91

So, the Linux percentage is falling, but that means nothing unless you also know if the total number of users across all platforms has increased, decreased or remained static.

I would suspect that the data would actually show lots of new Windows installs added to the total in the weeks after Christmas, pushing the Linux stats down...

Comment Erroneous Conclusion (Score 3, Interesting) 18

...argue the primary driver is rising real incomes

Nope, for two reasons:

The first is that incomes for jobs where night-shifts are commonplace have not risen in line with inflation, so real incomes in this sector are down.

The second is that most of the traditional night-shift jobs are, or rather were, in large-scale manufacturing, where shutting down a production line for the night is both problematic and costly. Over the period in question, production has either moved overseas or the products themselves have simply become irrelevant.

Comment Re:Lying Idiots Blaming "Green": instead of stupid (Score 1) 141

"the federal government provides public transit agencies with new buses through a competitive grant application process, and success is not a given."

This, right here, is the problem. Buy from the lowest bidder, but with no contracted requirement that what they provide is fit for purpose.

I wonder who paid off whom to get this past oversight and scrutiny.

That sounds like more of a Shelbyville idea...

Comment Re:Astroturfing (Score 2) 141

So is there a real issue here?

You make some good points regarding the source and underlying agenda, but

...it needs to be over 41 degrees for the buses to charge, but due to a battery recall the buses are a fire hazard and can't be charged in a garage.

rather sounds like an actual issue that needs investigating, irrespective of who reported it, or why.

Comment Why? Wars. (Score 2) 114

The combustion products of modern firearm propellants, from pistols to artillery, are the same things we seek to minimise generation of in civilian life - carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and nitrogen.

Things on the receiving end of artillery, missiles and bombs tend to catch fire.

Even military vehicles, unlike their civilian counterparts, are not designed with low engine emissions as a primary design goal.

So, maybe not going to another country, shooting people and burning their stuff might help. Just saying...

Comment Nonsense (Score 1) 33

The news outlets are not being restrained from publishing.

This bill is intended to ensure people are not misled into thinking that "AI" news was actually written by real journalists who do things like fact-checking before publication.

Surely no reputable news organisation would ever oppose measures to prevent people from being misled?

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