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Comment Re: A rare good move from Trump (Score 2) 231

It's a shame this is now of a grift to raise money for Trump than actually addressing the underlying issue.. eg mandate companies that want toimport labour have a training program in place to train new starters/graduates to fill these roles, and also have a neutral industry commission that keeps track of actual skilled labour shortages and can say no to h1b visas if the company is just trying to get cheaper non-local labour when there are local skilled people available

Comment Re: Really??!! (Score 1) 173

If this is an optional item, it's really incumbent on the importer/seller to select appropriate options. I live in Australia where most (all?) vehicles are imported, and the local importer selections the range of options and ALSO does specific tuning/modifications for the local environment/market (e.g. suspension tuning for bad roads and engine tunes for higher air intake temperatures). If the importer/reseller doesn't option correctly, of course it's not going to be so great. In Australia only very few locales need a battery heater.

Comment Re: Really??!! (Score 4, Insightful) 173

This isnâ(TM)t new at all â" itâ(TM)s been well understood for decades. Cold doesnâ(TM)t permanently reduce a batteryâ(TM)s capacity, it just makes part of it temporarily inaccessible because the chemistry slows down. Thatâ(TM)s why EVs have battery heaters: they use a bit of energy to warm the pack so it can deliver higher current and more of its rated capacity. Once the pack warms up, the âoemissingâ energy is right there again. Anyone writing this up like itâ(TM)s some shocking revelation is either clueless or doing a beat-up piece on behalf of the fossil fuel lobby.

Comment Dumbfounded (Score 4, Interesting) 77

Why would anyone "buy" any content through these streaming media services? It's clear you have ZERO rights to continue to use that content beyond their discretion. I recall reading the fine print on DVDs, where it was clear the copy of music you have is a strictly limited license. Even then the MPAA and RIAA were going after anyone that wanted to even backup the content the customer had bought a DVD of and didn't want to risk getting scratched.

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