it’s not “massively favouring” large mammals. it’s just the metric they were interested in. it’s not disingenuous to select this metric. we’re not voting for president of the mammals.

the flat voltage curve is only really a problem for LFP which is not really used in smartphones due to low energy density

I’m not sure if there’s something specific you’re asking about regarding the age thing. presumably you wouldn’t ask “is having a kid a mistake” unqualified, the answer is obviously pretty unique to your situation. being 52 doesn’t categorically make it a mistake, but IMO it pushes it into that direction.

i have this one and its pretty satisfying https://muji.ca/products/manual-paper-shredder

ive always imagined that test audiences believed it to be a prosthetic and therefore a deliberate creative choice by lars von trier. which is fucking hilarious, because it so thoroughly cheapens the serious arthouse themes he was playing with of like sex and nature and depression if you believe another theme he wanted to showcase was “and the guy has an absolutely monstrous hog”

the people we should be concerned about getting their hands on this data are not like, goateed hackers. they’re banks, insurance companies, recruiters. those are some pretty powerful lobbies