So she could look for a more flexible job with a shorter commute and work part time from home or something like that...

Or you could be the stay at home dad and let your wife go to work... (it's an option, but I suspect you would fear for you career too)

Then they'll get sued... and if that doesn't work politicians will make new law clarifying the intend.

Many EU member countries are good at not letting companies play word games..

Relax... You can sue over many things; that doesn't imply you have a snow flakes chance in hell of winning...
They were probably just hoping avira would settle, and add an exception for freemium.

Sure if and if there is no tool for this... just script it yourself... Of course that would be easiest on linux... But not impossible on windows.

That is ridiculous, I know windows sucks... but leaving computers on is irresponsible... Policies like this is the reason why we shouldn't have cheap energy. Basically, we need high energy taxes, so people solve the problem right instead of just working around it..

In this case, add a "shutdown for the day" button, that does the updates, scanning, etc. before shutdown. Or use an OS that can apply updates silently and doesn't require scanning for viruses, etc...

If you don't want you orgs PC to shutdown or sleep when not in use... It's probably time for more energy taxes.

There are plenty of ways to solve these problems... Leaving all PCs on all the time, is not a good one. And if companies can figure that out on their own, society should facilitate a clear financial motivation.

That's a contract...hence, a license...

Even a clear explanation isn't worth much if "unlimited" is written in big letters... and the definition is deep in the fine print.
I believe the EU made a law a few years ago, stating that you must deliver whatever you write in large letters... Basically, that putting things in fine print isn't good enough...

If they have a "reasonable" limit at 1TB, they are selling 1TB traffic, not unlimited.

Add spotify, skype, nokia to the list... They all started in Europe...

But yes, there is more in the US, or maybe that's just how we perceive it... Personally, I think it also has to do with people from all over the world relocating to the valley... Rather than trying to create the same atmosphere elsewhere.
So if the US stops things like the H1B program, there is a real risk that Toronto, London or Berlin becomes a tech hub like the valley.

Compile w. babeljs.io for now... But Chrome and Firefox will probably have support relatively soon. FF has had much of ES6 internally for years.

afaik MS has a patent licensing scheme to other .Net implemetations... Has been in place for decades... Look it up... I don't remember the details...
Eitherway, I suspect you're more likely to be sued by Oracle and suddenly have MS helping you because they want a different precedence...

The ruling clearly states otherwise:

(Emphasis is mine)


Note, the opinion of the court specifically says that they did not rule on the whether or not the website could be liable for not moderating upfront, and concern themselves with the case where removal had been requested.

Article 8 protects people against slander, lies etc, article 10 grants free speech, these must be balanced. And when someone clearly violates article 8 in a comment, and a credible professional news organization, refuses to remove the comment, they can be held liable. Opinions from the ruling:

There is nothing sensational here. The court didn't say you were liable upfront, it didn't say that you couldn't be (and in some extreme cases that might make sense). But in this case the court ruled that holding someone liable for refusing to take down illegal speech hosted by them is not a free speech violation.
There is nothing new here. The ruling does not say you must moderate all comments.

Because H1Bs are replacing people who lay/maintain cables? I think not...

Correct, and as demonstrated by the USA, rouge police officers don't need warrants or probable cause in order to access all records held by facebook.
Especially, not if it's related to "terrorism" or "national" security...

This is why the surveillance programs are so bad, they legitimize the same conduct in countries where abuse is much more likely.
Not that we don't know the US already abuses it's powers for industrial espionage.

Ha ha, yeah what you need is another reason for the corrupt police to shoot you...