I exhaled sharply.

JFC I have to be more specific? A law that defines allowable products is a law. A ban is a ban. If you want to ban a COMPANY that’s a ban on the COMPANY. not a LAW that defines allowable products.

Do you seriously think a company that has to adjust something just throws their arms up and says “Oh I guess we’re banned”? When the EU required USB-C ports did Apple just say “fuck I guess we’re banned, we’ll withdraw from the EU and lose all that revenue” or did they just put in a USB-C port. JFC. That law did not ban Apple the COMPANY.

JFC I’m leaving this conversation.

A law is a law, a ban is a ban. JFC.

And no they won’t go away if all they can do is post ads JFC.

Uh no that’s not how it works. Classic Lemmy.

Kindle and push the buttons with your pinky.

Then it’s not a ban, it’s a law. Which they’ll likely follow so that they have at least some level of business

European operations are already subject to European laws.

“Your ad account has been terminated,” X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, wrote on the platform early Sunday.

Bier accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer — to post a link that deceives users into thinking it’s a video and to artificially increase its reach.”

Replaced by knock off versions and nothing is solved.

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he declared, “I don’t want [Somalis] in our country.”

The following day brought even stronger remarks, as he added, “The Somalians [sic] should be out of here. They’ve destroyed our country.”

Hearing these words—offered with no proof—has been jarring for people like Fiqy, who once believed the Republican Party could build a real partnership with Somali Minnesotans.

“That sort of language is dehumanizing and deeply hurtful,” Fiqy said, reflecting on the shock and disappointment within his community.

Depends how dirty you accept the power.

Damn Samsung, they ruined Samsung!

Birdseed.

(Bird.)

Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) — a security module designed to prevent theft but now shutting down cars unexpectedly.

Also, what a strangely written article.

It’s the timeline.

ICE’s Office of Acquisition Management laid out the reasons why Roshel LLC, headquartered in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, is the only approved vendor “that possesses sufficient inventory to meet the required delivery schedule and the salient characteristics identified by ICE.”

20 vehicles in 30 days, works out to $360k per vehicle.

FYI it’s a stripped Ford 550, which are built in the US, rebuilt with armor.

Mining costs are probably subject to more increases, as things get harder to access and environmental laws tighten

What’s more, the researchers say the method is much more affordable than other battery-based lithium-harvesting techniques, costing about US$12.70 per kilogram of lithium recovered.

Indeed, according to Daily Metal Prices, lithium costs $13.17 per kilo on the open market as of the time of writing. So this method actually comes out cheaper than just buying the stuff.

Condensed steam.