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Yeah; seems like a no-brainer for Russia; just look at the cost/benefit; they fielded two jets that did some useful reconnaissance, and in return the US and Canada expended millions in a show of force that accomplished nothing else.

Android phones don’t have a BIOS for the same reason that Macs don’t have a BIOS and Raspberry Pis don’t have a BIOS — they run on the ARM architecture, not the Intel-compatible PC architecture.

As such, the bootloader system is compliant with a totally different reference system; ARM (Acorn Reference Machine) has been around almost as long as the IBM PC compatible architecture.

As for the “why are phones more locked down” bit, it’s because they’re supposed to be appliances, not general computing platforms. You want your phone to always work, so if you receive a phone call, text or email, it’s likely going to work.

Although the real answer is that if you buy a computer, you own the computer and get to decide what goes on it (well, unless it’s locked down to Windows or macOS). Phones contain bits that are owned by your carrier, bits that are owned by the manufacturer, bits that are owned by the software developer. And each of those groups doesn’t want anyone else messing with their private software.

Iranians/Persians are white European colonists?

I’m pretty sure this is in response to this particular article spinning the narrative as if some Republicans are actually concerned about what Noem has been up to.

The citation is this article you posted.

Not sure I agree with them though; the article is doing a pretty good job at reporting what actually happened instead of trying to editorialize it for us.

Remember that old phones with no SIM are still able to call 911. You can use them as emergency call boxes.

This is the “let’s get the budget computer crowd using iCloud services” solution.

They can afford to sell at a loss if needed, because the onboard storage is just low enough to make NOT subscribing to cloud services painful after 6-8 months.

This leaves us with the obvious question: red pill or blue pill?

Sure there’s reason to log: a few people can make their profits temporarily increase, and provide jobs for a few dozen people.

Is it a good reason? No. But it’s a reason, and I came up with it after a second’s reflection.

Wait… I was thinking it was two cops on patrol who got pelted as their beat took them through the fight.

There were at least seven, and they inserted themselves directly into the fray. This was premeditated.

I hope there’s an inquiry into why the department decided to do something reckless that supposedly endangered their officers.

I have to admit I’m pretty ignorant in low-end laptops.

Business class laptops tend to be able to charge at 100W over USB-C, but often have a dedicated charging port as well (Magsafe for Apple, rectangular charge port for Lenovo, for example).

For any laptop that draws 100W or less, I believe they’re required to charge over USB-C in the EU. Barrel jack is cheaper though, so they can shave a couple of dollars off the price by using it, which could lead to significant profits in increased sales, since most of the competition is using the same basic parts.

“Worst mass casualty event” — are they saying that the war is over?