I’ve seen an article saying Putin is exploring lowering the start working age to 12 to make up for the million men he has removed from the workforce. I assume that they were all men as there aren’t many reports of women in the Russian front lines.

Sadly you do need somewhere to plug it in.

And I stopped smoking at 13. There are gamblers, drug users and others that can’t stop but if you aren’t in that situation it’s hard to understand how hard it is. Deleting the apps is a must like not having junk food in the house if you are trying to loose weight.

The far tight of the US supporting their mates in the UK with BS. Non white people in the US know the system is 2 tiered.

Man with money wants to steal yours to fund a risky bubble? What could possibly go wrong?

The products are addictive like gambling. That’s why they are loosing court cases now. People can’t stop even if they want to.

I think the problems tend to be overplayed. For most people the BEV is as good as the ICE vehicle. They have a range in excess of 300km with most above 400km, further for city driving. Charging is at night so it is only those longer trips where charging is more inconvenient. I’ve modified my hasty lifestyle a bit to actually enjoy a coffee while charging on those few trips to the big smoke.

It seems that is not enough for the voters.

I bought an MG4. Pretty cheap and goes well. If VW wants to compete then that’s the target.

Flow batteries eat lithium batteries on paper and they are so scalable too!

The Swiss are on the frontline of climate change seeing that it is destroying their mountains which in turn are destroying their villages. Sad times.

A federal law would say that the power can only be generated by coal, oil or methane. Got to look after the fossil billionaires.

The main point is that Iran was on the nose until Demented Donny made them into some sort of underdog hero. Totally underestimated them and screwed the world all for ego (and probably the Epstein files).

We said that about Japan too. Turned around after some decades and it was Japan that was innovating. China is hoovering up tech ideas and then moving forward with them.

The difference is that the Chinese had a strategy of developing the industry rather than supporting the companies (and allowing them to steal the money). Looks like the bet they made has paid off. It will be years and a complete corporate rethink to get out of this black swan moment.

For years it was all about cheap labour in China but what it really is about is innovation and robots. Western car makers have largely missed the warnings by assuming the Chinese market was like our own.

The other point is that capitalism has been whinging about market distortion while the Chinese government was planning for dominance.

PDFs have some standardised form in ISO32000. Most usable standards started life as a product which is both a good and bad thing.

I suppose that limiting your diet means it now on manual and care has to be taken to ensure that it is adequate.

Apparently making obnoxious loud noises in public could be a sign of sadism and psychopathy.

It’s like Trump and Operation Epstein Fury turbo charging the move to renewables.