The point is that they live there, where it hardly freezes. It's not like they are driving them in the cold.

Um, you do know where Norway is, right? You know they've held the Winter Olympics there twice, right?

You're assuming (a) that most users are competent to do this, and/or (b) that most users want or care about being tracked/spied on, if they get pretty shiny features as a result. And IMO they should have that choice, but they should also have the choice to opt out.

I don't know if we need to ban it - but require all manufacturers to offer an opt-out for tracking/collecting data/etc. All manufacturers, regardless of national origin.

Their latest series-hybrid system would be perfect for offering PHEVs - just increase the battery size and add the charging equipment. Really silly of them to pass up such low-hanging fruit.

Or: imagine Amazon running the government. Could they possibly do any worse?

Bruce66423 commented: "Just for stealing a couple of suitcases from a car. Funny how the elite punish those who inconvenience them. Can you imagine an ordinary victim see their offender get that sort of sentence?"

An "ordinary victim"'s suitcases wouldn't be as valuable, frankly.

"at least that military is stopping a nuclear armed terrorist state from setting the worlds trade rules" Oh, they are? So the Strait of Hormuz is open again? Gee, I had no idea.

"What's true is that things get worse much quicker under one party than the other" Well then isn't that where the focus needs to lie, at least in the near term? "Meanwhile Republicans contest the results of elections where it's obvious they lost." Well there again, doesn't that put the focus more on one side than the other? It sure sounds like you're trying to avoid placing blame here.

"Troll"? I guess someone's not a Top Gear fan...

Well, "modern" is a relative term. Even as recently as 50 years ago or even less, a lot of piping was still copper.

..."Hey ChatGPT, put together a plan to kidnap or kill the people on this list, in such a manner and such an order that it looks random and totally not a co-ordinated conspiracy, mmm-kay?" I wonder how well that would work...

When you have that kind of information in your possession and you are negligent with it, you are guilty as hell.

...to finding out whether they really are saying "So long and thanks for all the fish!"...?

Yes, I'm sure they do; I'm suggesting that maybe instead of banning data centers altogether, the state and/or utility could... not let those upgrades fall on the public and instead require the data center builders to foot that bill?

Why does a... Light Emitting Diode need a backlight? Doesn't it... emit light?