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> He serves as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for AlzChem (a company that makes creatine monohydrate)

So I’m going to be highly skeptical.

Remember a few years ago when electric vehicles were “impossible” because they would place too much strain on the grid?

When it was the USA doing it, leading the world in manufacturing, taking industry from other countries, that was just good business, efficiency, exceptionalism, and the world would have to accept it. Now that it is someone else taking the lead, it’s wrong and unfair and a very bad thing.

The article could also have referenced The Dictator in which many words are ordered to be changed to Aladeen, which we have seen with the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.

https://youtu.be/NYJ2w82WifU

Interesting. I wonder if that also applies to small groups of people on social media?

Like this Revolut?

https://cybernews.com/security/revolut-data-breach-75-millio...

Your last paragraph could pertain to the use of Flock cameras on the population in general.

This video shows more, but is light on explanatory details.

https://youtu.be/aYocEZTXO44

> If we don't crack down hard on this shit now we'll pay for it later.

The USA provided an excellent example for us to learn from. But I do wonder if this cancer of corruption has already spread worldwide and is too powerful to stop the well financed populism through which it spreads.

I think The Dictator covered this:

https://youtu.be/NYJ2w82WifU

They name the new one The Largest Pacific Striped Octopus

“You’re folding it wrong”

Fatal error? More like “a spot of bother”.

Yes, though the second part is the more important and also possible without the other.

Sorry to be that guy, but…

https://www.amazon.com.au/hello-Toothbrush-Replacement-Refil...

(And for the record, I think this is an absolutely stupid idea).

For those not familiar, these are the ones which were in common use in the 1970s and 1980s:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/12/4f/79124fb24fd0cc6ac4cf...

“Some people just want to watch the world burn”.

Or in the case of America, many people just want others to suffer so that they can feel better about themselves, and are willing to elect a leader who will do that on their behalf, even at their own cost.

“When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”

> steal shit from the office

The correct euphemism is “strategic relocation of resources”. Use their own bullshit against them.

While this article does sound a little like an individual grievance, I think the general point it is making is correct. The customer is no longer valued.

During and after the pandemic many businesses posted signs saying “abusing the staff will not be tolerated” and other words to that effect. I was shocked and horrified that enough people would be abusive to require this, but believed that there could be some customers who would make such a sign necessary (not that it would have the desired effect on them).

Now it makes more sense in the light of these changes to how customers are treated. Unreasonable practices, terms and conditions and stonewalling of complaints probably leads to immense frustration, anger and incidents of abusive behaviour.

It was interesting that the article cited an example of a preemptive accusation of abusive behaviour (swearing) even though the writer says that it didn’t happen. I wonder if this is also tool used to dismiss legitimate complaints - anger the customer and bait them or simply accuse them of being aggressive as an excuse to not deal with the problem.

> why not just go all fake?

Perhaps they needed some real fireworks for those there in person, and to be able to claim that there really was a fireworks show, but wanted to amp it up for those viewing the event virtually (most of the world).

Yes, it somewhat undermines the point that the auto industry is not realistic about the future.

Why consider flying cars when teleportation may be just a few more years away?

I see another problem being that the same words can have different meaning or intent in different contexts and particularly with different intonations and facial expressions.

That last sentence also works without the last 4 words.

According to YouTuber Bjorn Nyland, some such as Circle-K had already installed charging stations and are now removing some pumps and replacing them with chargers while adding even more charging stalls.

The movie Touching the Void is highly recommended.

If only it were that easy! The economy would collapse if scams were stopped. There would be no progress. The president would be poor. We are already losing the scam war with china, this would just hand victory to them. Is that the world you want to live in? /s

But seriously, I wonder how much of the economy is scam activity?

Also, the three sticks are called the stumps and are topped with two unattached cross-beams which are called the bails. Hitting the wicket (stumps) does not count unless one or both of the bails are dislodged.

Let’s be clear here. If the ball is bowled and strikes the stumps and dislodges a bail, that is “bowled out”. If the batsman contacts the ball but it still hits the stumps and dislodges a bail,that is “played on“. If the batsman in playing the ball dislodges a bail, that is “hit wicket”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit_wicket

“Replaced” seems very pejorative here.

The times are clearly changing, as they always do. Are you saying that it is “natural and sensible” to be racist and xenophobic? Perhaps it is. But perhaps we can do better.