Most professional ladies [and 'men'] in sex industry in UK report income for tax purposes, and deduct expenses. Some even make it into the very high tax bracket. Some such as remote video work act as limited companies and also collect VAT (sales tax). The Register had a report on this some years ago. So taxperson collected taxes both personal, sales tax and company tax. Quite normal for HMRC (Her Majesties Revenue & Customs) to tax the oldest profession.

The leader of Venice [The Doge ] was NEVER allowed to negotiate with any foreigner except when observers from the 'local parliament' were present. No foreign negotiations by leader in private! They knew how to avoid some problems.

What if I only rent out, when I AM on holiday elsewhere! Thus for one month of year when all permanent tenants are elsewhere it has a total short term rental. It is still not a hotel.

Concur with above opinions.
I have a main computer (Windows 7 to Windows 10) which will not 'update'. I will leave until one good program outlives its life; as no longer with ability to re-load on Windows 10 in a fresh install, and using Windows is unnecessary except for that program , then re-install a clean install of Windows 10. meanwhile. I use Linux by dual booting.
All operating systems have both good and bad points.
It is the user who decides, but many just 'go with the flow' of what they bought.
If you can and know how to use other systems do choose Linux /Android or Windows or MacOS but keep criticism to robust technical points not just 'feelings'

Mao did by supporting a person change the romanised version to Pinyin. Which made a lot of folk literate( change 20% literacy to 80% literacy), so he had a major literacy change, by 'simplification' which allows computer use of keyboard.

"any file you uploaded may suddenly be seized such that you will never see it again."
Except to be used by others in evidence against you in perpetuity!

Get your Music Teacher to send stuff by GPG encrypted email to each person rather than a post card to the world.
How you deal with adverts, calls for spots etc i know not, in my day it was by an advert in The Stage.

Maximum time to do an update on my i7, 16GB RAM machine, has been 37 hours! version to version 1703.

After 49 tries, Windows 10 Fall Creators Update has not installed on one Windows 10 computer. Twice it has exited to " we are restoring your old (Version 1703) Windows system". No reason ever given. Just the 'try again' screen. Windows 10 machines kept as teaching computers with no programs other than Windows 10 do update regularly even if slowly.

Concur. Thanks for all info from /. contributors to us 'lurkers'.

Same situation outside IT, with mechanical service staff, who after 40~50 years of solving mechanical machine problems on site in oilfield or refinery exist as a very small 2 to 3 men (world wide) over 60 years of age with no trainees or replacements. They are mending machines that were designed in the 1950s/1960s but with a 80 year operational life. At retirement the manufacturer loses: good spares part business, field time invoicing and a competitor bids for new machinery to replace. End of company. Age replacement training and passover of skills is a basic survival strategy for a business.

I expect a phone to last at least 10 years on my payroll grade, as do many in non-developed countries. Thus I limit my selection to (A) MUST have removable battery (can be away from an electric supply for days!) (B) desirable; Works and can be viewed in bright sunlight

This is not satisfactory. KISS factor applies. Provide a good browser not a Cxxxxx clone, otherwise we just shift en-masse to Cxxxxx

The discontinuence of a maker / designer / brand owner supplying goods does not stop retailers or merchants holding stock legitamately at that time from later selling them, and warranty claims go through seller to manufacturer for latent defaults. In most countries latent defaults have a very long period such as 20 years after point of sale,(for gross negligence time unlimited) specifically to avoid manufacturers abandoning claims where there might have been latent faults. A batter fault is most specifically a 'latent defect', as buyer cannot check QA on battery

The physical laws of mathematics will long outlive any 'Australian Law'. Even those mathematical laws we do not know yet (say in Quantun Theory) will be discovered , and found to have worked since in our knowledge the known universe existed.