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It might be worth looking into what the affected serial # range is. From what I've seen / read (anecdotal) batteries are under the most stress when fast charging: you could reduce risk using lower wattage chargers in all likelihood... but I'd definitely explore all your options.

I miss what.cd

This is purely conjecture on my part but if I were a gambling man I'd say that this is an attempt to insulate a potential issue with a bad batch of cells. A bad battery charge that forces you onto another phone is probably better than a repeat of the Samsung battery issue. In essence it's a sneaky recall without the bad press.

I can't really come up with another reason that they'd be doing that.

Yeah. For some (this isn't excusing it but explaining some of it:) the finishing a statement is 'urgent' because you unconsciously have trained yourself to handle a fleeting idea immediately or potentially lose it to the noise again. Pre medication I moved to a notepad and as someone spoke I'd just leave response breadcrumbs for when they finished. Worked reasonably well.

...That are built into the generation pipeline in a way that pads numbers instead of augmenting real frames. It's dogshit.

40 series Nvidia was still humoring the raster crowd. 50 they are literally providing tools to tell you what your "real" frame rate should be. It's the same thing companies got burned at the stake for gaming benchmarks. This is what happens when you don't have enough competition. The industry leader starts selling bullshit quality dives off a cliff.

It's a fun subject to talk about regardless. The final panel makes it funny, sure, but I imagine a lot of people like discussing their variety of social quirks with others... and this definitely provides the opportunity.

Alternatively, another social quirk that exists is responding before fully processing something... replying to an email / comic / thread before reading the content completely... THAT is typically a behavior seen in people with ADD.

There's a variety of reasons - some social, some have to do with memory. Brain wiring is weird. When recalling conversations with people I will 'half insert' them into the physical space and make eye contact with 'them' as I would have in the original conversation. For me it helps with recollection; for the other parties involved I may as well be addressing ghosts.

So I'm confused - the new country would be New York and Florida? Is that like a new version of the brits and Australia? I get the sentiment behind sending the crazies to a place where they can roam free... but I don't quite understand the New York part.

Wait till you hear what these thirteen cheeky colonies did back in the day.

enthusiastic walks

Exactly. It's a tired argument that's been made in a lot of different mediums. It's not worked in any of them.