Posts by Francis Boyle 2832 publicly visible posts • joined 29 Jul 2007
on whatever supplies of hope remain in this forlorn world.*
* As per Douglas Adam's prescient observation. You know the one.**
a " free speech absolutist". I don't have a problem with people calling for other people to be killed*. What I do have a problem with is them doing that where there is a practical possibility of that someone will be influenced to do what they are suggesting**.
*Just to be clear, I mean I don't think the utterance itself should be illegal.
**Merely suggesting something, even in a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" kind of way counts as incitement in my book.
I like the traditional menu bar but I don't think it should be enforced purely for the sake of consistency. It probably not needed on something like a calculator app, for example. I really don't mind if the programs I use have a personality of their own as long as the chosen UI style is well thought out (which means putting the user's needs first).
currently resides at the bottom of the Atlantic any "allegations" that its fire was started by an EV are pure speculation. It was also alleged that the Fremantle Highway and Luton Airport fires were caused by EVs and those allegations turned out to be baseless. So maybe a little less speculation and a little more scepticism is called for.
"actual harm" is too low a bar. Musk thinks it's "evil" to harm him by not buying his cars and by urging others to follow suit. Most sane people would think that's batshit crazy but he is indeed being harmed not just offended. In a robust democracy we actually have to tolerate actions that harm others. Otherwise no change could ever be possible.
Except that, yes, most of these components have been carefully designed by experts in the relevant fields to solve specific identified problems. The fact that there is no overall plan and that the components themselves are frequently hamstrung by political compromise is an entirely different matter. I suspect the failure to understand that distinction is why so many people just cannot see why there is a problem with Trump.
I've no dog in this race, but out of interest, and for the information of others what is the problem with the Tesla system? I don't think LiFePO4 was generally available when Tesla got into the business so it's a bit of a first mover problem for them but these things usually balance out for the consumer. I know that if I were in the market (which I'm not) I'd care more about price, service and reliability than long term considerations. (In even ten years the situation will likely have changed beyond recognition so there's little point in putting too much effort into second-guessing it now).
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