I do, but I think you don't. I understand that a kid with pocket money can make something that works, but a team of engineers with billions in EU funding can make something that: 1. works, 2. is built to millitary spec, 3. can be produced at scale, 4. is made of components sourced from reliable suppliers, 5. has been stress-tested, 6. the design, materials, manufacturing process, supply chain, test-results, i.e. all of the above, are documented and certified for compliance to laws and regulations.

P.S. I'm undoing moderation by posting this, so make sure you take it in.

Meh, content is more important for me. The grammar militia can fix the rest.

That's only until you realize that half of the population are more stupid than that.

If they would have cloned the device, as the GP suggested, it would be trivial to discover that the size of the intact image and the amount of data in the unlocked phone are different and something has, in fact, changed.

Not necessarily a lie. There could have been an internal legal review. The internal lawyers may have been involved. These may as well be facts, but an internal review and the involvement of lawyers do not necessarily mean that the result and the related actions are lawful.

When make CEO face prospects of going to jail for actions of their company and they will find *some scapegoat* employees within minutes.
fixed that for you

I could go for Funny, but I'm pretty sure I'll end up with Troll instead...

Just don't go to the seagulls. They stop often and long for fish sandwitches along the coast. Terrible service.

Another reason for the gap between Norway and the rest of the nordics is that chinese EVs are freely available in Norway, whereas the EU (that includes Denmark, Finland and Sweden) regulates their import. Also, pretty much everything in Norway eased EV adoption:
1. Hydropower and very low electricity prices (although now this changes drastically due to electricity exports to mainland europe; spot-prices are through the roof!).
2. It's very popular to own a house, which means that pretty much everyone can charge at home overnight.
3. Due to the extreme cold, outside parking lots are equipped with electric outlets for keeping your car warm in the winter. The original use was meant for supporting a small diesel heater and a fan that would burn some of your car's fuel for preventing the car from freezing over. They are now used for trickle-charging EVs while the people are at work.

Thanks for your comment. But I would think that high-caliber mathematicians are going to do their maths anyway, because that's what they like to do. I would also predict that they will be letting AI do the grunt work while they can spend even more time (than now) imagining new techniques and possible solution pathways. AI is forcing a higher level of abstraction in science, where the human factor is the creative force and AI takes it from there. On the other hand, if AI can actually be creative (as it seems to be in at least some cases) then oh, boy it's going to get interesting...

Yeah! Besides computers, telecommunications, medical equipment and energy production, what have particle physics done for us, heh?

Why is it not patentable? Natural substances in generally are not, but one can patent the application, the isolation process, etc, etc. All you need is a good patent lawyer and you can make money with this knowledge (or at least find someone who is willing to invest in the clinical trials).

Fun fact: most bananas sold commercially are clones and thus genetically identical. This intended mutation actually *adds* to the gene pool...

Sentences do not end with a comma: to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.

Article 5 The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area. Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security .