USPS does parcel delivery for half the cost of UPS and FedEx, and can go to more places. Why on earth would we get rid of such a good system?

Russia invaded parts of Ukraine that weren't part of those republics (including trying and failing to take Kiev itself). But also, no one (other than Russia) recognized those "republics" as sovereign, so no, on no account is the claim that Russia invaded Ukraine invalidated.

And given that, nothing else matters. Russia chose to start a war by invading which they could choose to end at any time by leaving. So everything that happens in the course of that war of choice is Russia's fault, no matter whose hands were on it. Either Ukraine did it in the course of defending themselves from Russia (Russia's fault) or Russia did it directly (also Russia's fault). And if Russia wants to stop being blamed for the results of the war, it can stop being at war at any time, by pulling its military out of Ukraine.

PS: Also, with regards to, "they may be true, but they are clearly Ukrainian propaganda": if something is true, it doesn't matter who said it. It's true. You don't just get to reject reality because it undermines your position. When that happens, you change your position.

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The wikipedia article for Thread suggests that Thread devices are ip addressable and have cloud access. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.... Their own website says the same. https://www.threadgroup.org/BU...

To wit:

Or, you can't afford a lawyer. If a large corporation sues you, you get exactly as much justice as you can afford to pay for -- and, given the scale of the costs involved, that probably means none.

They can't be recycled. And yes, they are one small device, but they are a very visible part of an ocean of small, non-recyclable, short-lifespan electronic devices that is flooding our lives. And it makes sense to very visibly take issue with them, as a proxy for that flood. There aren't many other good ways to push back, other than straight up making devices like the Samsung Ring illegal.

But they don't though. Because EVs are made either by brand new companies, or by established companies showing off their latest stuff. There are very few EVs that are just utilitarian road boxes with minimal features (pretty much just the Bolt and the LEAF).

If replacing them with high speed rail was easy, why hasn't it been done? You'd think someone would want to make lots and lots of money by outcompeting all the short haul flights.

I thought at least newer teslas could charge to 80% in 25 minutes, and could add 200 miles in 15 minutes. Twiddling for 30-60 sounds like what I do in my Chevy Bolt, with its annoying 50kW charging speed cap. Why would you need to sit at a charger for an hour? And why would stopping every 200 miles to stretch for 15 minutes be an issue?

Seems like they went out of their way to not call them ASS batteries.

They just banned all the moderators who are actually invested in their communities. Now they've got whoever was willing to sign up, for prestige or the chance to control people. Moderation is hard work, and if they want people to actually do it well then they need to either court back the people they fired or make it a paid position.

Do you live or work in San Francisco? Does this assessment come from personal experience? Because it sure doesn't match mine.

It's just weirdly empty compared to how it was before the pandemic. The Westfield mall which used to be bustling is in danger of closing. I'm not afraid of going to downtown and to the financial district, there's just less and less reason to go. Which is a shame.

It's bizarre to me that you're suggesting that I'm looking at this from the company's perspective, as if that's all that exists. My point was that this behavior on Reddit's part is execrable.

That said, it is also shortsighted. Because arguably yes, there is a lengthy process, if you want the communities to continue to be moderated to the same standard that they are at present. As another commenter pointed out, the mod teams have grown slowly with their subreddits, carefully vetting people over time. Reddit hasn't done this vetting themselves --- they've benefited from others doing it for them. Kick all these people out, and Reddit will have to relearn how to run many of its largest, core communities, all at once. And it may --- gasp --- have to stoop to paying people to do the work they were getting for free.

Companies also have a process for firing employees who don't show up for work. But it's still loathsome behavior to fire striking employees and hire scabs.

Not to mention, the people they'd be firing are working for free, doing what you point out as an unenviable job, and generally in a way the subreddit users approve of. Using a process meant to replace moderators who've failed the community to instead replace moderators who are actively fighting for those communities is something new.

Because in an era where forests are dry and fires are common, it's a great idea for planes to solve their problems by bombing random terrain with small high-intensity ignition sources that don't go out.

You're right! Last I checked, the model 3 was still $42k, but it's now $40k. That *is* a slight reduction.

That means that over six years, the price of the model 3 has been reduced by 5%, most of which has apparently been in the last three months.

Which means that for the vast majority of that time, Tesla was not reducing its prices. It now has, recently, slightly. I would still contend that this does not amount to "driving down prices" --- a 5% price cut over a few months isn't setting an industry trend, it's following one.

But we'll see what they do over the coming years.