No, we say “FUCK! It’s cold”.

They can’t because a lot of that difference is down to import duties

If BYD manage to sell more dolphins than VW sells ID3’s, than BYD…

My point is I don’t think they’re going to get very far.

UK & EU place tariffs on Chinese cars to level the economic playing field between European and Chinese brands (a responsible use of tariffs in my eyes). So the economic incentive isn’t there to choose BYD. Now it will come down to brand trust and car quality.

Even with dieselgate VW never lost it’s image of building high quality cars.

According to What Car the price you can expect to pay in the UK is…

• BYD Dolphin : £23.5k
• VW Id3 : £23k

Us downgrading to accept any US standards that are not already EU accepted. Means we will not be able to sign a simple deal with the EU.

Which is, I think, somebody’s plan. Brexit distanced us from Europe. US standards would make the split irreparable.

I think there a big brand trust gap with the Chinese brands that will take a while to close.

I knew as I wrote it that somebody would come along and say “Wine/Proton is not an emulator” but I didn’t want to get into the detail.

Will my ability to play games be significantly affected compared to Windows?

A lot of stuff runs with windows emulation as if it’s native. It’s the same method the steam deck uses and so Valve actively do work to keep it working. The main problem is games with heavy anti-cheat.

Can I mod games as freely and as easily as I do on Windows?

Generally, yes. I think so.

If a program has no Linux version, is it unusable, or are there workarounds?

See above.

Can Linux run programs that rely on frameworks like .NET or other Windows-specific libraries?

There’s .NET libraries for Linux, but things have to be recompiled to use them.

How do OS updates work in Linux? Is there a “Linux Update” program like what Windows has?

The distribution maintainer will issue updates on a regular basis. Update procedure is different for different distros, but all have a push-button update scheme. It’s pretty solid these days.

How does digital security work on Linux? Is it more vulnerable due to being open source? Is there integrated antivirus software, or will I have to source that myself?

Keep your system up to date with security updates, and you’ll tend to be fine. Smaller user base tends to mean that there’s far less malware. Antivirus isn’t necessary.

Obviously phishing scams don’t care what OS you’re on, so mind what you click.

Are GPU drivers reliable on Linux?

AMD ones are very solid.

Nvidia ones can be a pain from what I hear, but I don’t buy green.

Can Linux (in the case of a misconfiguration or serious failure) potentially damage hardware?

No.

That said… You can always wipe a disk when you install an OS.

And also, what distro might be best for me?

Download a few Live-USB images and try them out. You don’t need to install them to get a desktop and a browser up. You can see if there’s any compatibility issues with your hardware.

Whichever works for you, go with it.

It could but I don’t see it being a big jobs spinner. I’d expect us to automate the hell out of it.

Of course, the issue still remains that the materials need to be supplied from “clean” sources.

Errr no. The two largest populations on the planet are in direct competition.

For a peacekeeping force to be sent, there has to be peace.

…but what are we actually trying to measure here? The miles travelled, or the wear and tear that’s caused by the wheels spinning?

Do they exist anymore?

Interesting that it’s just a cost of doing business in China as well.

Obviously. How much?

I was more meaning “on what scale?”. I assume he wasn’t a few hundred short.

He was fined €240M? What had he done?

The safety violation will be that the ammunition wasn’t stored in the proper storage bunkers and was therefore vulnerable to an attack setting off the whole lot.

…and then an attack did just that.

I’ve always thought that diesel busses get ignored too much from an air quality point of view because their emissions get divided by passenger counts. However in absolute terms mass transportation has big dirty engines that need to go.

Kenny was still a big name when he died. His own TV show ended in '89 when he was diagnosed HIV positive, and he continued working in a more limited form for a few more years before succumbing to AIDS in '95.