Because it's a numbers game... the original order itself even acknowledges that the problem is not unique to power banks, but that what makes power banks unique is the amount of increased risk they pose compared to other devices, due to a higher ubiquity of them in general, and of low-quality unsafe ones.

If laptops were catching fire with the same frequency, they'd ban those too, but they're not. They technically can be made just as unsafe as power banks, but they usually aren't, and this directive is based on the frequency of occurrence of a particular type of device, not a general "what if" strategy.

Banning all electronic devices would be extremely unpopular and possibly tank their sales. They're trying to balance safety with convenience at a level that is acceptable to most people.

You can guess, but there is no single objective test that is 100% accurate.

Probably because business users on macs are a rounding error, no offense.

Windows CE apps were doing this 20 years ago with single file databases of only a few GBs, why do I need a 500GB+ postgres monster to do the same thing today?

My internet is slow and I can never tell how far along it is or if it's stalled completely for some reason, which happens a lot.

/s in case it's not obvious

EU law does not apply to US citizens residing in the US with no ties to the EU.

The real point isn't stopping bad grammar, it's preserving the vibe. HN feels different because it's messy humans arguing, not optimized algorithms trying to be helpful.

Once we allow "good enough" AI content, the community stops feeling like a town square and starts feeling like a customer service chatbot. We need real people with actual stakes in their opinions, not just perfect outputs. Let's keep it human or leave it.

This comment may or may not have been generated with an LLM, but I won't tell and you can't prove it either way.