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claire1 said:

What does her gender matter? She accepted the apology, wanted no legal action and collected $1500.

This 'system' of buying off people with money so that criminal charges can be dropped (for a donation to the police fund) is part of a major problem with corruption in Thailand.  The lack in belief in the justice system is reinforced and this causes people to accept being bought off because they might as well get something out of it.  The more money you have, the more above the law you are.  In Canada, charges are laid by the police and are not dependent on the victim as there is a public good from enforcing the law.  Yes, the victim can give an impact statement for or against, and they could not co-operate with the investigation but it is moot when you have the evidence in the prosecutors hand already to convict without co-operation.  

Gilliam_Bates said:

sflocal said:

What just stuns me are the reactions of the people around her.  Here's some cowardly guy that sucker-punches a woman right in the face, and everyone around her just stands straight up like a flagpole and do nothing.

People should have grabbed that man-child by the throat and have him kiss concrete.  I'm hoping someone did that after the video cut-off.

As much as I agree in principle, just how do you practically/anatomically make someone kiss the ground if you’re grabbing them by the throat?
  

There is also another reason why it is not generally a good idea to get involved in other peoples disputes... In the west we sort of have the concept of a fair fight, in the east, it is more based on the concept of a bundle of arrows are stronger than a single arrow.  If you are not aware and intervene, the coming to a rescue can quickly escalate to the point where it is you against a group - which again is a very dangerous situation because of the lack of control when angry.  As such people that might have been courageous in the west may grow to be much more cautious here (if you are smart).  

rossb2 said:

sflocal said:

What just stuns me are the reactions of the people around her.  Here's some cowardly guy that sucker-punches a woman right in the face, and everyone around her just stands straight up like a flagpole and do nothing.

People should have grabbed that man-child by the throat and have him kiss concrete.  I'm hoping someone did that after the video cut-off.

Well I hope you have deep pockets. She got $1500 for the face punch. What would he get from you on a "concrete kiss"?

That was likely negotiated as a way to clear the way for the individual to make a contribution to the police fund to make the charges go away.  It usually is only done once the victim is bought out.   7/11 workers make about 30 baht an hour so I would not expect a retail shop to pay that much more... so you are talking about 1500 hours wages in compensation.

Minimum wage I believe is 300 baht a day (yes that is more than 8 hours).

tallest skil said:

melgross said:

so, PCIe 5. Nope!. In 2019 we’ll see PCIe 4.

Oh, I must’ve had my timetables crossed.

we may see Thunderbolt 4 as well, at possibly 60Gbs.

That’d be cool, but wouldn’t that just mean a reduction in the number of ports the new Mac Pro can have, or will 2019 Xeon chipsets have greater I/O bandwidth, too?

Intel stated when this first came out that it would take a decade, or so, and end at about 100Gbs.

Just as long as they don’t change the port again…

Thunderbolt 3 is 4 PCIe 3 lanes, so Thunderbolt 4 is likely still 4 PCIe lanes - which would make PCIe 4 a requirement for it (double the speed per lane).  So no, there would be no need to have less ports -- other than maybe cost savings.  I am not confident that PCIe 4 will be settled enough at the time the build is finalized... so my guess.. would be still Thunderbolt 3 and PCIe 3.  PCIe 4 contains specifications for OCULink 2 (which is basically a competing standard to Thunderbolt - which will be interesting if it were not this late). 

suddenly newton said:

nunzy said:

But all the haters blame Apple. Typical.

Apple users blame Apple. Because when you create everything from chips to the OS, it’s all your “fault,” as far as users are concerned. This is, however, a very positive thing. In the Microsoft Windows world, there’s a lot of finger pointing between hardware vendors, driver writers, and Microsoft. And it’s entirely the user’s job to sort it out. OTOH, if Face ID doesn’t work, you can just contact Apple support. You don’t have to figure out if it’s a software, driver, or hardware problem.

The real question is: is the third party or independent reseller responsible (or even authorized on Apple’s behalf) for swapping out the phone, or even diagnosing a claimed Face ID issue?

iStudios and Studio 7 are authorized dealers and service centres.