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iridium_core··on Unhealthy snacks to be banned from checkouts at supermarkets in England
Wouldn't it be simpler to charge 1pence per gram of sugar and let the free market take control?
iridium_core··on Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo
Population of Africa in 1500: 46 million

in 1913: 127 million

in 1998: 760 million

by 2100: 4.3 billion

"You know, I have often thought that at the end of the day, we would have saved more wildlife if we had spent all WWF's money on buying condoms." Sir Peter Scott, founder of the World Wildlife Fund

iridium_core··on ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville
Telco worker here. These sort of exchanges in big cities are usually built from solid concrete to minimise damage from these sort of attacks - either from warfare or terrorism. At least, for buildings built during the world wars or cold war.

Here's an exchange in Melbourne: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHeHncO6W4U/ThpRVvEhXHI/AAAAAAAAJ...

Built with solid concrete and with thin windows.

iridium_core··on BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billboards
Exactly - BMW is the has-been German brand, that you can buy as a 10-20 year old import. It holds no cachet and is harder to maintain and less fuel efficient than other brands with similar features.

Tesla is the brand that people aspire to own, that people snap their eyes towards on the street. In small towns, all of the owners of Teslas are known and prestigious individuals.

Functionally though - Teslas are too big and too fast for old European cities. The Renault Zoe seems to sell well but is still very expensive for mass adoption.

iridium_core··on BMW to shame out-of-warranty UK drivers with smart billboards
In my circle (relatively young and educated people in a 2nd world country) Tesla has completely supplanted BMW et al as 'the exclusive car brand'.
iridium_core··on More Than 70 West Point Cadets Accused of Cheating in Academic Scandal
These tests should have been taken in-person. Online testing is fundamentally an insecure medium prone to fraud.
iridium_core··on Apple M1 foreshadows Rise of RISC-V
With all of these advantages why don't the PS5 and XboxSeriesX use ARM? Do they have plans to for the next generation?
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