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It probably comes from the fact that “Men’s rights activists” are somewhat extreme considering men have dominated every aspect of society (e.g. politics, religion, sports, etc.).

The idea of “Men’s rights” seems redundant to most people in my estimation.


Are you suggesting men don't have the right to stand up against abuse?


I am not


Then are you saying it's wrong for men to be activists in support of their rights?

Maybe you can clarify your previous statement some.

The only rights I've seen or heard people being "men's activists" for (which seem to include a lot of women too) is regarding abuses against men.


> considering men have dominated every aspect of society

Some men. And a minority of them.


#notallmen

:sigh:

Way way too many of us, and way too few of us who call them on it. "The standard you walk past, is the standard you accept."


I’d say quite a lot when you consider local municipalities, churches (at least in the south), and small businesses. Historically, high positions in those places have been held by predominantly men. This isn’t news and it’s irrefutable.

Why does it feel like people are combatant to historical facts?


The frustrating part is the logical leap: You are a man, men have historically occupied privileged positions, therefore you are privileged. A young man trying to find his first job without experience doesn't feel privileged, nor does one that suffers domestic violence. But instead of receiving support, they are told to man up.


FWIW, men are also overrepresented in the worst that life has to offer. They're more likely to die on the job, commit suicide, and be murdered; they're expected to fight a nation's wars and risk their lives to rescue fellow citizens from perilous situations; and are less likely to attend college and more likely to end up in prison.

There are MRAs and MRA-adjacent people who are gross misogynists. But there are MRAs who make compelling points. Argue against the best version of your opponent's argument, not the worst.


If we go by history then both high positions and low positions are held predominantly by men.

Bottom 1%, majority of those that are homeless, almost all men.

Wast majority of people conscripted to die in war, almost all men.

Prison populations, predominantly men.

If you go by reproductive success or age, again men has it much worse on the average then women. The data is irrefutable that when it comes to the people that has it the worst outcomes, men is the predominant group.


Because low positions in most places have been and still are held predominantly by men.

Should more women vie for those positions too?


Please take this talk of gender supremacy elsewhere. It is wildly outmoded and unwelcome here, at least by me. Thank you and good day.


“...and are really stylish...” classic! That thing is hideous in my humble opinion


Fair enough. I'm in love, which perhaps blinds me.

Their Premium site gives a better gallery: https://ec-club.panasonic.jp/pc/premium/

And their colour/aesthetic customizations exceed anything I can find in the west: https://ec-club.panasonic.jp/pc/sp/customize_letsnote/

Panasonic has even had partnerships with e.g. Star Wars to have unique laptop-backing options, which is a bit wild for a business-series laptop.

But sadly they seem to have discontinued their best-looking and most interesting option: the MX. It was a 12.5" laptop with a rectangular touchpad (that had real buttons). It was a Yoga-style touchscreen (with stylus), and had all the ports you could want (e.g. vga, ethernet, SDcard). Just ~3lbs but also certified as semi-tough, and with good keyboard travel.

But then the killer feature: two batteries. One internal, but another one removable (yet still fits flush on the bottom when connected). When you remove that battery, you can charge it from the wall / by USB. That means you can hotswap your batteries and keep charging them -- infinite battery life!!

It's just so interesting to me. Such a creative engineering marvel, not even mentioning the circular touchpads they have on their other models. We don't see anything close to this in the west -- instead we are constantly complaining that our laptops keep losing features that we want. Why!?


How do you buy those Panasonics in US/Europe? eBay not showing anything relevant

Thank you for showing that different options still exist for laptops.

I remember using a Toshiba Libretto, and a weird Japanese Sharp 10-12 inch laptop in late 90s both of which seemed amazingly small.

Now the XPS13 and Lenovo P1 that I use are nice but feel so.. normal.


You'll have to find a third-party cross-border sales shop with a presence in Japan. The company I was using for this before (Dynamism) doesn't do laptops anymore and only does 3d-printing hardware. So you'll have to find another. It sucks, and in such a connected world it's amazing how hard it is to buy some product series from different places.

I do miss the Libretto!


I remember reading somewhere that Jony said if he weren’t designing computers he would like to be designing cups.


Sounds hyperbolic.


The iPod touch and iPad were not released when iOS was called iPhone OS.


The iPod touch launched 2 months after the original iPhone launched, and they both ran iPhone OS. Why are you so stubborn over something that can be easily searched and debunked?

iPhone OS existed until iPhone OS 3.2.2 when it was renamed to iOS in iOS 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history


IOS (and iPhone) were trademarks owned by Cisco so Apple had to license them. As far as I remember for iPhone they just released it and then bargained using the exclusive vpn client being Cisco’s. I don’t know what they gave for iOS.


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