Even so, we shouldn’t accept it as a norm

Is Russia starting to lack cannon fodder?

Less drugs, more drags.

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Every time a train rumbles to a stop, the energy generated by all that friction is converted to electricity

Friction is how classic braking work, and all the energy that goes into friction is lost. Regenerative braking typically rely on magnets and rotors to slow a train. When a train brake, it uses part of its kinetic energy to spin a rotor, which generate electricity using spinning magnets.

The article is otherwise interesting, it’s just unfortunate they got the basic physics wrong.

Reference: Review and trends in regenerative braking energy recovery for traction power system with inverter substation in subway’s of São Paulo city

China’s Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday that PVH Corp. must provide documentation and evidence within 30 days to show it did not engage in discriminatory practices

That’s one way of saying they want this US company to provide proof they don’t comply with US sanctions.

I don’t understand what they’re realistically hoping for. Forcing them to pick between operating in the US or operating in China?

At least this is putting a spotlight on the genocide of Uyghurs.

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fines of up to €50,000 ($55,580) for supporting “the refusal to have children.”

I’m sure the law is absolutely consistent and grant the right to adopt to gay couples, right? Right?

China’s really being a champion of peace and stability /s

That’s a good point. The legal defense fund might still be a good idea, with enough publicity it could get donations.

An idea: use some of that money to start or contribute to a legal defense fund for drags and queer people.

There’s so much lies and hate in some places/groups. If more victims had access to a decent lawer to defend themselves, politicians would think twice before launching random accusations.

That data comes from Google. They aren’t billing android users. They’re just hoarding data for no good reason.

Police isn’t going after Apple for this kind of data, probably because Apple isn’t collecting it.

Even mobile telecom company probably don’t need to collect that data. They need to process the location/cell location when a call happens to process it, and to increase a counter for local vs roaming call duration for billing purpose. As soon as the call ends the location information can be discarded.

What about not collecting the data in the first place?

Sodas

A call for resignation may only be the first step, or a way to confront him and calling out his failures.

No need to look very far. The answer is within the subheading of the article being discussed here. You don’t even need to click the link nor to read the article, since tartigrada included this information in the quote that’s part of this post’s text:

Donald Trump is reportedly advising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which would be a violation of the Logan Act.

If that happened, I sincerely hope there is proof, and that it’s on its way to a capable prosecutor.

These 5% of negative reviews probably has nothing to do with you. There’s always a small amount of people unhappy for random or unrelated reasons (broke up with boy/girlfriend, car broke, etc) and who would write negative reviews no matter what. It’s possible they cannot dissociate the course from other things happening in their life. They just happened to be unhappy at that time, and felt like leaving a nasty review.

The incident, he added, amounted to “piracy”.

That exact word came to mind when reading about the incident.

And there is international law on piracy:

there is universal jurisdiction over piracy on the high seas. Pirates are denied protection of the flag state and all states have the right to seize a pirate ship on the high seas and to prosecute in national courts.[

Frontex and coast guards in general need oversight. Things can happen out of sight, at sea, there’s a great risk for this kind of behaviour.