If that were true then the state would be systematically killing off pensioners, not being extremely generous to them.

We should be funding multiple moon-shots to try to deal with this. Apollo-like efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at scale, or find some other way to limit warming.

And for reference China alone installed 324GW of solar in 2024, so up to 300GW by 2030 is not nothing, but unless it's very cheap it probably isn't the first place you would look to put solar panels.

Note that the GP said "unnecessary" data. As per GDPR, there is a legal requirement to minimize data collection to only what is necessary, and the more you collect the greater the liability when it gets stolen.

I do think there needs to be a multiplier, which can be as low as zero, based on what security precautions were taken to protect the data. For example, if you just installed AV software and a firewall and called it a day, or outsourced your security to someone else who turned out to be incompetent, the pay-out should be a lot larger. If IT staff warned you that security was inadequate, expect pain.

Yes we do. Renewables and storage work well, they are proven technologies. This year the UK is going to try to run on purely renewable electricity for short periods, not to prove it can be done because we know it can, it's been demonstrated, but to check what upgrades to the local grid are needed.

We know they can scale, because we are scaling them, and because China dwarfs the rest of the world combined for installed capacity. Last year they installed more solar in the first 9 months than the US has in its entire history, and the stats for wind and battery storage are equally staggering.

That could have been us, we could have been mass producing that stuff and exporting it like crazy, but as usual we were too slow and now almost everyone just buys it from China. We complain about the cost and then fail to exploit the massive opportunities.

It's lock in. If you want a decent multi-tasking tablet, get an Android one. There are many to choose from, with equal of better hardware than an iPad.

People get locked into the Apple ecosystem, so their only choice is an iPad and further lock-in, or trying hard to break out of it.

It's something of a tradition to do real stunts in Hong Kong and Chinese movies, even though they have access to cutting edge CGI. Back in the 70s and 80s it was the only option, but it ended up giving them an edge that helped the movies do well in the face of competition from overseas, and in overseas markets.

It probably hinges more on if they keep the direction and editing style of those classics, or switch to a Hollywood style ones. The way fights are portrayed in those classic movies allows the viewer to follow the story and see every hit clearly, none of this wobbly hand-cam fast cut rubbish that is trying to mask the poor quality of the choreography. A typical Jackie Chan fight starts with him losing and then managing to turn it around with clever moves and stunts, and the camera work is essential to portraying that.

I'd never buy a home appliance that can't be fully operated with an app. That app will eventually go away, or not get updated and stop working on my device.

Doesn't your phone need to be unlocked to make a payment? Mine requires biometric authentication.

Recently an update introduced an option to not unlock for public transit. I haven't looked into it, presumably there is some security mechanism in there, but I didn't enable it anyway.

Not just their products, but their misinformation campaigns and them sitting on data showing that fossil fuels were causing climate change, and that pollution was causing harm.

Such lawsuits have been successful in Europe.

They said before season 2 started that there would be no season 3. The story is finished.

They are hyper sensitive to it now, because of years of conservative politicians trying to convince them that they are under attack and in need of saving from the do-gooders, the Cultural Marxists, the woke blob, or whatever it's called this year.

There are still interesting stories to tell. Suicide Squad and Peacemaker were both pretty good, and I'm hopeful that his new Superman movie is similarly interesting.

The issue is the saturation of the market with crap superhero stuff, with second rate characters and a focus on introducing new ones and setting up the next movie, rather than telling a complete and interesting story.

I like how Gun leans into the comic book silliness in his works. They aren't parodies, but they do acknowledge how silly it all is. Peacemaker, the character, is basically a satire of US foreign policy, and that's something that we have only really scratched the surface of. I do wonder how far he could take it, like could he do a Bananaman movie where the whole basis of the character and villains is parody, or is there a limit to it? Certainly the movies that have set out to be funny, like Shazam, have been fairly uninspiring.

Apparently Andor cost $625 million for two seasons, and it's excellent. The Guardians of the Galaxy movies were around $250 million each to make, and are generally regarded as some of the best Marvel movies.

While the corporate bean counters can ruin movies, to really succeed they just need to get good creative people and trust them.

I'm still amazed that Andor was made. A lot of it was clearly based on current events, including the situation in Gaza and the first Trump presidency, and the second season is basically a guide to fascism and how to recognize what the current administration is doing as exactly that. That it came from Disney is incredible, as is the fact that they threw more than half a billion dollars at it.

Anti-Semitism has been weaponized to destroy people like Jeremy Corbyn, which ironically is actually one of the most anti-Semitic things imaginable.

You know that Netanyahu funded Hamas, and currently funds terrorist groups inside Gaza who are making sure that the IDF have a reason to open fire on civilians trying to get food aid, right?