Outside of a very small community (of which I am a member) this won't even register as a problem, let alone motivate a sizeable number of people to do anything about it. Our species lacks the will to even stop literally poisoning ourselves.

Liberals are fairly consistent in defending people's right to their faith while speaking out against people who want to impose their faith on others.

USB-A is legacy and is going away. It's like serial ports and VGA. Get an adapter for single accessories (they're CHEAP, like $5 for two) or get a little travel dock if you need several USB-A ports and only have one or two USB-C. (or go wireless)

Everything is either going wireless (because it can) or USB-C (because of the laundry list of upgrades it provides)

In a few years the only new things I expect to see on the market that are USB-A are the handful of things still trying to get minimal power or charging. Though even charging is going away due to the low power delivery of USB-A.

Right now Woot's got a dual USB-C 35w GaN charger for $7, and a decent USB-C travel dock for $14. If you're still clinging onto USB-A, start your transition now. Just rip off the band-aid and get it over with.

I don't give a shit if some Russian/Kazakh/Malaysian bot farmer wants to take over my phone.

So you do no banking on your phone? Unlikely.

For the 99% of people that do in fact use a phone for banking, protection from lower level criminals is invaluable. For most people there is real financial loss possible from a phone being taken over, at the very least to monitor banking access mechanisms.

This is retarded.

1. It isn't for profit healthcare that is the problem, it's THIRD PARTY PAY.
2. I don't use third party pay, ever, for healthcare. I've been insured nonstop for over 30 years, and NEVER ONCE has my insurer paid my doctor.
3. Even when I've had emergencies, I still called around, negotiated a fair cash up front rate, paid cash up front, and billed it to my insurer. My cash up front rate was sometimes below any co-pay negotiated with my insurer, lol.

I just recently had some elective surgery that would have cost me about $2000 on my annual deductible, but I was able to cash pay a negotiated rate of $400 including a follow-up "free". I submitted the $400 to my insurer and they reimbursed me.

Third party insurance exists because YOU VOTERS demanded the HMO Act of the 1970s, which tied health care to employment, and then employers outsourced it to third parties.

Health care is remarkably cheap in the US (cash pay, negotiated) and I don't have to wait months to see a doctor when I call and say I am cash pay. They bump me up fast.

...This is the first time ever that I heard of this "Wrapped" thing.
Isn't Spotify a platform for listening to music that you like?

I'm surprised that any (non-dictator) government today doesn't have a clear path-of-succession in place. The US has like six steps of succession iirc?
Sure, when you're digging that deep into the barrel you're not getting someone with the best of qualifications for the position, but at least you have a name.

Any group that complains they should be the only ones to use something as common as a generic feather in their logo loses all my respect.

And I don't like other groups caving to complaints like this because it sets a terrible example.

Agreed 100%.

I am still fond of the A430.

Go check out the artifical sweetener "L-glucose", it's glucose, but mirrored. It still tastes sweet, but the body can't metabolize it.

Iâ(TM)m not suggesting we criminalize ideas or the expression thereof, Iâ(TM)m saying they shouldnâ(TM)t be engaged or acknowledged as something worth discussing.

How would you constructively debate someone who believes certain ethnic groups shouldnâ(TM)t exist or should be property?

Israel is freeing the shit out of those people.

I reject the idea that all viewpoints should be tolerated and treated as valid and worthy of debate. It is a cowardly position that inevitably enables atrocities.

No, they said that about automation, and they weren't wrong, it just largely missed white-collar jobs. Until now.