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Isn't this common? I have had rodents eat wires in my car 3 times in the last 5 year. (It's not a Jag or LR). My friends have complained about this happening with their vehicles too. Or has …

Right to Food, Right to Education, Right to Healthcare, Right to Housing should be the bare minimum.

Already done 40+ years ago by Soviet Russia - the Salyut-3 carried a self-defence gun that fired in orbit called the Almaz Space Cannon : https://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_ops2.ht…

That has been my experience (and conclusion) too with WD - it does seem very much like it has been engineered for planned obsolescence. That's why I chose to buy from their competitor this year. …

> These apps, by design, track how people spend their money. That depends - In India, for example, I am free to use either (1) a private company's app (like PayTM, Google Pay, PaisePe etc.) …

Tapes would be great for backups - but the tape drive market's all "enterprise-y", and the pricing reflects that. There really isn't any affordable retail consumer option (which i…

Yes, but the warranty is "irrelevant" when the drive actually last the whole 5 years (in other words, I am hoping the replacement drive is as well-engineered as its predecessor and lasts the…

The US is way, way behind in banking P2P technology / fintech adoption. In many parts of Asia, even uneducated street vendors now accept digital payments via mobile phones (that's how easy i…

Personal anecdote - I would say (a cautious) yes. Bought 3 WD hard drives (1 external, 2 internal, during different time periods; in the last 10+ years) for personal use and 2 failed exactly after the…

And look, what a coincidence that this so called neo-liberal "opposition" leader of Venezuela plans to privatise her countries oil companies (and other industries) again, and return it to …

Next year. Assured. It maybe a trio including Tony Blair too - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5j989107lo .…

Sure, I am maybe ignorant about local Venezuelan politics, but I am quite tuned to what is happening to it internationally. And I can confidently state that Trump or the US don't have the best i…

Sounds right from the playbook of the superpowers, when an oil rich country has a government that doesn't allow them to profit from their oil resources - (1) demonize the current leader and gover…

> India has big population but has no good governance. As an Indian, I would dispute that. When I look back at what we were as a country, when we became independent, to what we are today, our ach…

I am the kind who does a lot of research before purchasing anything - so if I am buying something (or have bought it recently) it will be on my mind for some time and an ad related to it will arouse m…

I wish people who write such stuff would first work in a political system and understand what politicians actually do, and the constraints of their political systems they work in. No, America's …

> Just because I searched for a car last week doesn't mean I haven't bought one already --- so why am I seeing auto ads when I search for pet supplies? This generates a lot of false pos…

Well, I guess it would be equally unpopular to the Israelis to hear that the global majority and the Palestinians consider Israel as oppressors and occupiers, and Hamas as freedom fighters. And as one…

Well, Biden was claiming that "there is no genocide" while approving the building of (future) concentration camps for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, while Trump is worried only about …

You are right that with the Trump administration (well, bipartisan support), US companies don't have to worry about any adverse political action by cooperating with Israel. Negative publicity fro…

> The project began after a meeting in 2021 between Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, and the unit’s then commander, Yossi Sariel ... In response to the investigation, Microsoft ordered a…

> ... would be fine if healthcare was a competitive market. But it isn't, and I honestly don't see how to make it one. The "mixed economy" model - introduce government run hos…

"Regulatory capture" is a nice euphemism for the problems that a corrupt political environment creates. It is corruption that really hampers the creation of a fair and competitive capitalis…

You forgot to add the fees for an internet connection. With cable, you only paid a one-time installation charge. For streaming services, you also need to pay your ISP for the "data".

Ironically the violence unleashed by these so-called "revolutionaries" makes me wonder whether the police firing on the protestors was based on intelligence alert that the protest would tur…

What about a toilet that won't give you loo roll unless you watch an ad first? ( https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/dystopian-toilets-wont-give-l... ). As the toilet …

> I find it hard to go and do anything physical or social, and the only outlet left is to learn obsessively cause otherwise I’ll lose my mind. That's depression's "twin" siste…