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Comment Re: Nice idea; won't happen (Score 1) 64

If youâ(TM)ve read the CBC in the last week, there is talk about concerns that US tech companies will interfere in the secessionist movements. Look at the Brexit example. Much of that voteâ(TM)s mis)information was controlled by foreign interests.
There is already talk about home grown social media and other tech.
Perhaps MAPL shouldnâ(TM)t be just for the feedstock of entertainment, but also the channels for delivering information. Though please no great firewall of Canada. What would you build it with anyway. Stale Timbits? (Bad IT pun intended)

Comment Re: Roadside repairs? (Score 1) 107

I just got back home after almost a month of leaving my 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV (over 200k miles) in the dead of the northern USA winter. I was shocked even I hopped in it and drove off with over 170 miles of range. The brakes all clunked when I started to move because they sat so long, but the battery had not discharged by much. The range was less than 200 miles because there is a small loss in range, but mostly because winter driving will use more kWh for the same distance.
So thereâ(TM)s a real world data point for you.
BYW, I did run out of power, once, in 2018 when I was pushing the range during an unexpected cold snap. There was supposed to be several percent of charge left in the battery but the car died a mile from my house. There was a software update being released that would have prevented the problem. At the time some cells werenâ(TM)t being balanced correctly which would lead to sudden loss of power when the system thought it still had room to go. Never had a problem since.

Comment Dresden ist Ost. (Score 1) 43

It is worth noting that the plant being closed is in the former DDR, East Germany. Sad to say, but there are still ramifications of the communist era there. I lived in West Germany before the wall came down, and have been back several times since. The East has gotten a lot better, but even last year when I visited, the East and West are not the same.
One of the most striking things was seeing the support for AfD in the eastern towns I visited. Not entirely surprising considering the economic squeeze.

Comment Re: NDAs? (Score 0) 53

As much as NDA involving public officials is problematic, there can be legitimate grounds for having them, for limited time frames.

When a company is looking to locate to an area, they need to line up land and resources. If everyone knows that company Z is looking to acquire land, speculators may jump in and artificially drive up prices. There can be a few other reasons as well.

Hiding info from the public because the plan is to stick the public with the costs is bad. Look into the shady AF tax diversions. Cabelaâ(TM)s negotiates sweetheart deals where the sales tax collected stays with them. Some large companies get deals to keep their employeeâ(TM)s state income tax withholdings.
None of that should ever be kept from the public and should be required to be publicly posted

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