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Zagorath

@ Zagorath @quokk.au

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  • No, you can't transfer your prize, Nobel body says amid Machado's Trump suggestion

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  • Trump is so desperate to get the Peace Prize, just because he's an incessant narcissist. He got his start running for politics because a few jokes from then-President Obama hurt his feelings, and trying to beat Obama at everything he had done really stands over Trump.

  • You have to be orchidding me!

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  • Honestly your first picture could also be a good example to demonstrate ring species, which are a great countertexample to the "reproduce to produce fertile offspring" definition of species.

  • Ubisoft Closes Halifax Studio Just After Employees Unionized

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  • I highly doubt they’d do it this blatantly if they were not confident this is an easy sell

    I mean, I would have agreed with you, except we've also just recently seen even more blatant and indefensible union-busting from Rockstar in the UK, another country with good labour laws, and another country with more than adequate legal resources.

    I think you're probably right that Ubisoft has sufficient legal cover to win this case, but that's because of the merits of this case, not because a big company from a country with good laws could never do something stupidly illegal.

  • Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them"

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  • How is their site (and product) as an option for your non-techy mum? Also does shipping end up being exorbitant if you're not in the same country they're based in?

  • Dell says the quiet part out loud: Consumers don't actually care about AI PCs — "AI probably confuses them more than it helps them"

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  • What companies actually make decent mid-range laptops these days?

  • Danish troops told to 'shoot first, ask questions later' if US invades Greenland

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  • If you'd had it on your bingo card at the start of the decade that'd have been a shocker. But after Trump openly suggested the possibility early last year, it's hardly a huge surprise if someone predicted it this year, even if he did quieten down on that front towards the end of the year.

  • UN accuses Israel of 'apartheid'

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  • Stupid scare "quotes".

  • Why might NBN cable have been removed?

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  • I thought we were past the days of waiting multiple weeks for internet after moving in.

    In still remember in November 2019 when my apartment finally got NBN installed, and I had to wait until late January 2020 to actually get it all connected.

    That was very convenient timing.

    I also bought a new bike as a Christmas present to myself in December 2019. COVID couldn't have happened at a more perfect time for me.

  • Australia @aussie.zone
    Zagorath @quokk.au

    Why might NBN cable have been removed?

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    Australian electric car market to get influx of new models as cheaper EVs hit the road

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  • I suspect they probably already are cheaper over the lifetime of the product. Of course there's also a lot of value in the upfront cost coming closer, but there are other problems at play.

    First and foremost: the culture wars. The right-wing loves to make a big fuss at how poor and inadequate anything that might be better for the environment is. And EVs have been a huge target of this.

    There's also range anxiety. Australia doesn't have the best fast-charger network for those rare long-distance trips, and far too many people make their purchase based on what they might need for a trip they take less than once per year.

    And then there's dealers. There have been many reports of dealers discouraging people from getting EVs. Probably because they make a lot of their money on aftermarket servicing, which EVs need a lot less of than ICE cars. So it's in their best interest to avoid EVs.