Jrockwar

That article brushes over many things, like some of the big contributors to the economy being straight up amoral organisations that will do anything for money.

Nestlé, facing constant boycotts for things like the formula scandals, their damage to the rainforests, and so much more.

Big pharma running what you could call price rackets.

Banking sector which will happily take money from arms dealers and the like and turn a blind eye to that.

That all gets you a very profitable economy, sure, but not all is rosy.

Then you go to Geneva and somehow, despite all that sweet tax money, you still have buses from the 1980s and public buildings that haven't seen a renovation in the last 60 years. The airport terminal is straight up run down if you compare it to European airports like Heathrow, Barajas, Schiphol...

Then people struggle with the cost of housing - median salary is around 6k CHF (monthly), with 2k of deductions that give you a 4k net. According to rentola.ch, the rental for a 1-bedroom flat in Geneva costs on average 3.2k CHF a month, meaning you need about 3x the median salary (!!) to be able to afford a 1-bedroom flat within the recommended 30% of your salary. Working hours are longer than the neighboring countries.

So yeah, they have a great economy because the numbers are skewed by many-million-francs salaries of the corporations in there. If you're not in a C-suite or visiting as a Sheikh wanting to spend a few millions in Geneva, quality of life is absolutely nothing to write home about.

Judging from the upvotes that was a room well read.

The fact that it lasted only for a week, or the fact that not even during that week could Israel keep their rockets in their pants?

I agree with you with the fact that it's wild, very distopian sci-fi.

However, even it this very much an ethical no-no, I'm not sure which bit is the technically illegal part.

If he were selling normal sheep, that would be perfectly legal. Nobody would bat an eyelid, despite being similar treatment to animals.

Is it the cloning that is illegal? If he were to clone a species on the brink of extinction to re-populate an area, would that be ethical but illegal?

Is the problem that he's cloning without authorisation? Who decides whether we can bring new animals to life via cloning? Is there a Ministry of Clones that needs to authorise people to clone stuff?

Yes, but they're making people quit instead. They don't need to pay severance to employees who quit because of RTO.

Oh so you're equally happy with whatever winner? No preference whatsoever? Interesting to see that on an election with such wildly different candidates.

Well then bring it on. If feels too big to fail, but if (hypothetically) Amazon were to go under, the world would be a better place.

This is the Pro, the mid-cycle refresh with more power and whatnot.

Sure, just like other brick and mortar stores can refuse to give you backups of a DVD you own.

As long as the installer works offline this is just as good. It's up to you to store it in whichever format you prefer so that you don't lose it - hard drive, thumb drive, DVD...

If you nuke your computers hard drive with the installers of your games, or you step on your blu rays with games and break them, then you lose access to them. As it's always been, no matter the format?

Cool, but it's missing trackpads and Linux...

I never knew how much I needed the trackpads until I played on the deck - unlike with the joysticks, I can actually play FPSs!!

I'm not a lawyer but, I know when you file for a patent you can do that in just one country or internationally (which is significantly more expensive). Skimming through the Wikipedia article it seems to be talking about that, but first you need to have filed for the patent internationally and not in just one country.

From what I've read about this topic, it sounds like this is a patent active in Japan only.

I'm not talking disingenuously, I'm all pro-electric. In fact it looks like my next car will be a Taycan, unless something changes unexpectedly.

But counting engine rebuilds as an inevitable matter of life is rather disingenuous too. My other ("hobby") car is a 1977, so that's 47 years now, and still on the original engine and transmission. This is not an uber-reliable statistical anomaly: it's an unreliable piece of shit (a handmade sports car from a small manufacturer) but despite that, the block is still solid and original. Engine rebuilds are not common, unlike batteries which have an ever-degrading chemistry no matter how good they are.

And I strongly disagree on good design being a single point mass of over 700 kg concentrated in one block. The "skateboard" around suspension components and chassis is the most common design for a reason.