I couldn't say any more than you can. One Antifa group using an upside-down triangle is evidence enough that maybe he didn't make it up. That it isn't in the Anti-defamation league hate symbol database is easy enough to look up too (which I doubt you did). I checked all the boxes for you so you don't have to: https://www.adl.org/hate-symbo... Go ahead.. it's not there. I was a bit surprised how many hate symbols there are; these a-holes coopt everything... now you can't do the "live long and prosper" sign from Star Trek because they use it too. This is politically motivated BS; period.

Right No Antifa groups use upside triangle... SURE. https://www.facebook.com/antif...

That's just it.. everyone with half a brain does; politics makes people the dumbest versions of themselves. The same as everyone with half a brain equates a downward facing red triangle with racism out of context; it is not the symbol of any far right or neo-nazi group that I can find though it is used by Antifa as President Trump asserted (https://www.facebook.com/antifautrecht/). Wait until people realize Nazis used other geometric shapes too! Nazis also used red circles, red octagons, and other red shapes. So now that geometric shapes are racist, what shape will we make stop signs, yield signs (http://www.trafficsign.us/signshape.html), and the many red circle traffic signs? I guess family planning in developing countries is racist now too (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Triangle_(family_planning)). Do we ban the color red just in case because Nazi's used it? This is all just stupid political BS.

I've been on Slashdot since the 90s and over time it's become a liberal/progressive dumping ground for tripe articles like this. This has nothing to do with technology and shouldn't show up on the front page. If you're a geek you're not going for a liberal arts degree that requires fries with that or universal income because you're learning skills society values. Instead of redistributing wealth the focus should be on getting people to look ahead at what's coming and start preparing instead of expecting for society to bail them out later.

BRING BACK THE REMOVABLE BATTERY! I keep replacing my aging Note 4 with the same model because I'm not going to buy another phone of yours that won't let me swap the battery out. The recent Note 8 issue never would have happened if the battery was removable. Sure I have to buy branded OEM versions like Anker or Powerbear because Samsung batteries are counterfeited to death but being able to simply swap the battery when it is low is a critical feature. Otherwise you have to lure people like me with better phones with more ram, internal storage, and cpu power; the screens are big enough already.

They have pretty good customer support; I bet they'll replace it with a new one.

There are a ton of these counterfeit batteries for sale; even on reputable places like Amazon. I have a Note4 and since I can't tell the bad from the good ended up getting branded OEM batteries with good reviews instead of Samsung branded batteries. I've had zero issues with my OhmniPAX, Anker, or Powerbear batteries.

The whole exploding battery could have been resolved a lot easier and probably wouldn't have happened at all had Samsung not chosen to seal the battery into the phone. As it is I won't be upgrading past Note 4 because being able to remove and replace the battery is a feature that is very important to me.

While you're at it join Toastmasters and get some practical experience too.
It did me a world of good!