Apple absolutely does collect personal data from its users and uses that data to target advertising. They openly disclose this in their policy statements.
Stating that
They do not profit off your data
is unjustifiable when Apple makes BILLIONS from advertising.
They also have been fined by European regulators when their practices ran afoul of privacy law.
Just because they're not as bad as Google (quite a low bar) it doesn't mean they're as good as they try to sell you on.
Enabling the ability for purchasers to specify an arbitrary server to connect to would require a design change compared to how most games are recently. That feature used to be standard in the early years of online gaming.
We had online-only multiplayer games in the early 2000s with self-hosted servers supporting over 60 players per map. It's absolutely possible to do better with today's tech.
How does that work since lactose isn't a protein? Is it just that the affected people assumed they were intolerant of lactose, but it was actually the protein?
Agreed, and it's not like clean energy generation and good wastewater treatment are impossible - just more expensive. Perhaps 10x the normal cost per bag would pay for the difference?
If this is the ruling which causes you to lose trust that any legal system (not just the US') aligns with morality, then I have to question where you've been all this time.
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The wealthy ones didn't need to resort to veterinary medicine - their doctors were willing to be paid to prescribe the human version of those drugs. Legitimate drugs that save many lives, just not helpful against viruses like covid.
The organization has outdated policies that make delivering changes difficult.
The systems used in development and delivery haven't been invested in enough to automate repetitive steps, optimize workflow, and increase safety of changes.
Again, complex changes are obviously going to take more time, but if the simplest changes take significant time or effort then something is wrong.
If you run into this again, maybe you can use pursuit of efficiency to get proof?
"If we really want to find out why, we can use a Value-stream mapping approach to analyze the process. We might even identify additional specific opportunities where we're able to speed up!"
By documenting all steps in a process and timing each one you'd be able to identify where the difference is, and whether a critical step is being skipped. It really doesn't have to take much time or effort. If management can't be bothered to make that happen, then they must not really care about efficiency.
Even more strawman arguments. Read back through the comments - I never said anything about fire extinguishers, and am not defending anyone who is lax on safety.
Most enthusiasts are very serious about safety but know that the implementation details are situational.
Accidents are also very rare. If we want to try to reduce the small percentage who don't take safety seriously, we should start early and make a safety course part of everyone's schooling.
Is English not your first language? 'Their' in that context refers to the person you were replying to: SupraMario.
And as far as Midwesterners and more specifically my political beliefs; while we Minnesotans have a proud tradition of independence, we're not all Jesse Ventura. Our most popular party is the DFL, which is somewhat distinct from the national Democrat party, and we've supported (D) presidential candidates more than any other state. I'm more in the camp of 'If you go far enough left you get the guns back'. Every gun club I've been a member of has had strong membership support of safe handling and storage, but what that looks like differs based on multiple factors such as whether there are children in the household. Not drinking before or during shooting is often in the club's bylaws.
In most of the US, there is no legal requirement of registering a weapon to a person. I think you're confusing that with the Wisconsin law restricting the unsupervised use of dangerous weapons by those under 18.
Decentralized isn't the right word to use for a system like this.
Even though BS is going to appoint multiple different volunteer moderators (aka "Trusted Verifiers") for this system, ultimate authority and control are entirely centralized with BS.
Gladly go back to every site having an animated 'under construction' gif.