No, we're very resilient bastards, we're going to let the huge majority of species go extinct before we go ourselves. We're already in a mass extinction event and we're just getting started.

I had to replace my previous phone because my banking app dropped support for that Android version, and was going to stop working. The hardware was fine.

(I always buy phones in the cheapest tier, so that happens sooner)

Would it be cheaper in the long run to buy a newer phone less often? Get a "this year flagship" and use it for 5 years rather than a couple year old model and use it for 2-3?

A flagship is ~1000, a good enough phone is ~200. So, no.

Not necessarily. I bought a 150 EUR Xiaomi for my son 1,5 years ago. The software is pretty okay, the thing is plenty fast, the screen looks good and battery life is great! The camera is not so great, but hey..

I don't think so, this was the first time it happened like that.

That's just plain bullshit? I just checked my local second hand marketplace, and 2 year old flagship models seem to go for about 35-50% of the current equivalent newest model price.

But it's only possible for them to lead good lives when their parents basically dedicate the rest of their own lives to caring for them, I think?

Individuals have very different abilities and needs. Some are able to drive and work independently while others require ongoing support.

The rook doesnt attack the king because N6 is in the way.

So black is not in check and has no legal moves, so stalemate.

Isnt that a forced move to K8? The king is forced to take N6 or move to K8, either of which results in a capture.

Isn't this the definition of checkmate, not stalemate?

The relevant rule from standard chess:

> Leaving one’s own king under attack, exposing one’s own king to attack and also ’capturing’ the opponent’s king are not allowed.

N6 and K8 both expose the black king to attack, so black is not allowed to make those moves. And with no other options, black has no legal move.

And since black isn't in check where they are right now – that's a stalemate.

King isn't allowed to move to a square that would put him in check, so there are no legal moves available. Chess rules.

In general I think the sea warms slower than land, so you'd expect land everywhere to warm faster than the global average.

But don't they have both the encrypted data and the decryption keys? I don't remember giving them my keys to use, and I can look at my stuff from multiple devices so the keys aren't stored on my device.

So they must have the ability to look at all that encrypted data anyway?

Did you not notice that you have to type in a password?

your password is your key, you can check networking to see if it is being sent in raw text or not.

Kyiv is pretty close to the Russian border to its north, even Moscow itself is less than 1000km away.

I think the furthest hits Ukraine has been able to achieve with drones were on a refinery about 1300km from Ukraine controlled land.

We know that chess can be solved, in theory. It absolutely isn't and probably will never be in practice. The necessary time and storage space doesn't exist.

Is that so different from brains?

Even if it is, this sounds like "this submarine doesn't actually swim" reasoning.