Appalling. I’d never do this.

Its much better with the laptop sat on its side vertically so you can see the screen properly.

Thanks for that! Sounds like SEAT and Cupra (both have Volkswagen Group as their parent companies) are also affected - I wonder when this will spread to other Volkswagen & Porche-owned brands. What a terrible move for consumer choice/security/etc.

Maybe, the technical explanation is hopefully forthcoming. The article (which I will concede doesn’t seem super professional) explicitly says “banned by Volkswagen”, which is what I’m curious about.

You dropped this, king.

This is very odd, agree with the devs. Seems like a very aggressive action and with no reasoning behind it?

I wonder what the real story is… What had GrapheneOS enabled (or blocked) on user phones that got their executives so pissed they’d explicitly block GrapheneOS users from their apps?

You don’t have to look far that same Wikipedia article to see an entire large section on the exact criticism I raised, coupled with a large body of evidence behind it?

Check your own ignorance.

Occupy had goals but they had like 50 of them and they were poorly coordinated in protests, slogans, and to the media - which is why they had very limited success enacting meaningful change.

I feel for your experience, but Occupy Wall Street famously had no clear set of demands - that was why no significant policy changes came from it. It was a valid protest, but with no stated legislative goals that could be enacted by politicians.

Thanks for the clarification, I feel like very little of this was discussed in the article and you explain it better.

If you read the article you’d know that they specifically chose The Netherlands because the The Hague is in The Netherlands…

The Netherlands was the only country to offer to host the court, and it was presumed to be the correct place in which to hold proceedings, given The Hague also hosts the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice.

“Protesting doesn’t work” is literally propaganda for the status quo, don’t spread this crap, worse than just being defeatist and doomer it discourages others from protesting.

Protest is a step in the process of rebellion… How many people are gonna rise up with an armed rebellion when they see the most of the population can’t even be arsed to attend a march or rally?

And it does work.

This would be far more accurately titled as ‘returns to’ given FDRs New Deal and the fact that 99% of socialist policies enacted over the last century are from the Democrats, instead of the inflammatory weasel-wording ‘what if socialism takes over’ like it’s some kind of coup.

It might be some dumb play to drum up clicks from right-wing people who have never seen a Jacobin article I guess, but it puts off their base, and looking through the article… it doesn’t hide its socialist-positive bias at all even from the first few sentences, so I kinda doubt that intent. Just dumb.

New electric car rival offers 2000KWh engine and tight styling. Comes with no batteries or wheels.

Would an article ever run like this? This is a combo deal on a motherboard & gfx card. Not sure how it became a ‘Steam Machine rival’.

Good point. It bummed me out to learn that the majority of canned goods are also lined with plastic… And glass jar lids also have plastic or silicone. Likewise that older / lower quality cans/lids have been manufactured with BPA, so it’s hard to avoid plastics in packaging no matter your choice.

I think this brings it in line with most of the developed world. Although in Australia we don’t have ‘best if used by’ just ‘best before’ / ‘expiry date’ mandated by law for most products. I think some dried and canned foods that have a shelf life greater than 3 years are exempt and usually have a processing date / date packaged instead.

We have fries in Australian Costco’s as well.

Yeah but in the editor’s defence it’s a really cool photo.

Haha… OK pal. Have a great one.

I read your questions three times but I still can’t tell what you’re asking.

Re-reading my comment it was way more aggressive than it meant to be. I think I laid on the sarcasm too thick after reading the latest Trump bullshitery. Anyway, appreciate your comment.

We culturally usually bring our glasses to parties if we are drinking something that needs a glass (eg Guiness, Kilkenny) if the gathering is over a dozen people. Keg parties require hiring the keg - and glassware (or washable plastic schooners) are included in the hire price. Kegs aren’t any cheaper than buying by carton/case here unless you’re doing bulk kegs for a wedding or something (Australia - we have a significant alcohol tax).

Yes of course, my hundreds of personal parties attended are invalid evidence compares to your personal experience of several commercial venues (which is not even what was being discussed).

I don’t care about downvotes. Parties full of red plastic cups is a very American phenomenon - and also in countries that have low environmental concerns and use a lot of single-use plastics. All through Europe, Australia, NZ, Japan, its far more common to use glassware or bring your own cups. I’ve only been to a few keg parties because it’s no cheaper than buying cans/bottles unless you’re running a really big event like a wedding - and even then, proper glassware or washable plastic schooners are included in the hire contract (kegs are hired and must be returned).