I mean it’s pretty obvious that Trump does care a great deal about the Peace prize. He was going on and on about it last year, and even convinced FIFA to give him a Temu Peace prize instead.

And Trump’s insecurities surrounding Obama have been much documented since the beginning of his 2016 run. Those insecurities provide a pretty significant motivation for his desire to get the Peace prize.

Like the Eyrie building in Gargoyles!

I’m not sure I see how your argument fits together. Nothing you said is wrong, but it doesn’t dispute the point I make. It doesn’t really even try to, apart from the words “I disagree” at the start.

Trump is so desperate to get the Peace Prize, just because he’s an incessant narcissist. He got his start running for politics because a few jokes from then-President Obama hurt his feelings, and trying to beat Obama at everything he had done really stands over Trump.

Honestly your first picture could also be a good example to demonstrate ring species, which are a great countertexample to the “reproduce to produce fertile offspring” definition of species.

I highly doubt they’d do it this blatantly if they were not confident this is an easy sell

I mean, I would have agreed with you, except we’ve also just recently seen even more blatant and indefensible union-busting from Rockstar in the UK, another country with good labour laws, and another country with more than adequate legal resources.

I think you’re probably right that Ubisoft has sufficient legal cover to win this case, but that’s because of the merits of this case, not because a big company from a country with good laws could never do something stupidly illegal.

How is their site (and product) as an option for your non-techy mum? Also does shipping end up being exorbitant if you’re not in the same country they’re based in?

What companies actually make decent mid-range laptops these days?

He said six months’ notice was plenty of time for couples to re-plan their weddings, since it “should have been obvious” the venue would close eventually.

What an utter cunt Schrinner is. Just the worst kind of person.

If you’d had it on your bingo card at the start of the decade that’d have been a shocker. But after Trump openly suggested the possibility early last year, it’s hardly a huge surprise if someone predicted it this year, even if he did quieten down on that front towards the end of the year.

Stupid scare “quotes”.

I thought we were past the days of waiting multiple weeks for internet after moving in.

In still remember in November 2019 when my apartment finally got NBN installed, and I had to wait until late January 2020 to actually get it all connected.

That was very convenient timing.

I also bought a new bike as a Christmas present to myself in December 2019. COVID couldn’t have happened at a more perfect time for me.

I suspect they probably already are cheaper over the lifetime of the product. Of course there’s also a lot of value in the upfront cost coming closer, but there are other problems at play.

First and foremost: the culture wars. The right-wing loves to make a big fuss at how poor and inadequate anything that might be better for the environment is. And EVs have been a huge target of this.

There’s also range anxiety. Australia doesn’t have the best fast-charger network for those rare long-distance trips, and far too many people make their purchase based on what they might need for a trip they take less than once per year.

And then there’s dealers. There have been many reports of dealers discouraging people from getting EVs. Probably because they make a lot of their money on aftermarket servicing, which EVs need a lot less of than ICE cars. So it’s in their best interest to avoid EVs.