I guess you gotta celebrate the wins when you can no matter how messed up the situation is! :)
I know this isn't the core of the story but I'm kinda proud of my country (The UK) for not fucking this up.
I think the UK Justice system did it's job here, albeit keeping him detained for a lengthy duration to do it.
Do we all need a competitor to Alphabet/Google? I'd say yes, I don't think Alphabet is behaving fairly.
Santander and Caixa are perfect examples of how to terribly handle fraudulent payment disputes. I worked in the industry is it's kinda well known they don't even follow scheme (Visa/MC) requirements and when you ask them to escalate to scheme they gaslight you.
Knowing this is the hoops you have to jump through in .es means it makes sense they don't have a robust anti-fraud process outside of .es.
RE "next-gen" "every day" "everywhere car" I can't comment because they don't really make a quantifiable point.
RE Charging: In the UK we had charge at home infrasatructure w/ .gov compensation and charging points at businesses/supermarkets/petrol stations way before a specific branded Supercharger infrastructure started arriving.
RE "whole automation": What do you mean? What point of Tesla is more automated than an Audi or BMW for a UK daily commute? Autopilot simply doesn't work for the vast majority of UK commutes and has been shown to be a poorly operating application with a potential incoming ban.
I think it's important not to rewrite history to fit a narrative.
Source: https://batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-502-discharging-at-high-and-low-temperatures
I don't have any data on sodium-ion.
I agree w/ the "best" argument but I don't agree with the "first to market" argument.... There were a notable amount of electric cars in the UK before Tesla became a thing. Perhaps things in .de are different..
I did notice in Berlin just a few weeks ago that you guys don't really seem to be pushing for clean air zones in major cities unlike a lot of the UK which given your progressive population came as a surprise to me.
That's how I play the game, you get on first name basis with people too that way..
I help maintain Etherpad and this cuts so deep.
The main counter-argument I have is restrictive installation policies especially in Edu/bluechip IE you can do whatever the fuck you want in the sandbox that is your web browser but if you want to install some software you have to wait 4 weeks for approval then another 4 weeks to get approval for each update.
Also security updates/patches for native applications can be really shitty especially on Microsoft inflicted devices.. For example, if you want to update Inkscape on Windows you have to do a whole download/install process. This can lead to security related issues..
Best part of Gondwana