I have a macbook pro here, and 2x 4k monitors.
The monitors support both type-c (displayport) and hdmi.
I tried connecting the macbook using hdmi, but it will only do 30hz. If connected via type-c it does 60hz and HDR.
So now i use 2 of my type-c ports to connect the monitors, and have a completely useless hdmi port empty that i can't use for anything else.

If they're going to be stingy with ports they can do so irrespective of what type those ports are.

Having an extra type A port won't help him if the extra device he wants to plug in is type C.
Having an extra type C port won't help him if the extra device he wants to plug in is type A.
Having extra USB ports won't help him if the device he wants to plug in is DB9.

So long as there are multiple port types, the manufacturer will be split between what extra ports they provide.

If everything is standardised on type C, then an extra type C port will be helpful in all cases.

Number of ports is down to the device manufacturer, but standardising on type C sooner rather than later is something everyone should do in any case.

They also reduced the number of type-C ports from 4 to 3...
I'd rather have a type C port that i can use for multiple things, than an HDMI port that can only be used for connecting to a monitor.

If you're a speaker at a conference go prepared - that means HDMI, DVI and VGA dongles because they could be using any of these. Eventually all of this legacy hardware will get retired, and you can do away with the adapters.

We're in a transition phase from A to C. Manufacturers currently split the number of ports they provide between A and C.
Once the transition is over and A goes away, manufacturers will provide all type C ports and no type A, so you'll get more type C ports.
C ports are also smaller, so you can have more of them in the same space.

You have this problem precisely because you have a mix of current and legacy peripherals, and a laptop that doesn't fully embrace the new standard. You are suffering from the transition phrase, and you're advocating delaying the transition for longer?

Instead of 2x A and 2x C ports, you should just have 4x C and then any device can go into any port.

The sooner type A goes away and is replaced completely with type C the better. Delaying the inevitable transition just causes exactly the kind of problems you're complaining about.

WFH has significant benefits for the employer too - reduced costs (office space is expensive, even more so if you actually want to make it a decent space), wider talent pool etc.

There are a lot of people who work better remotely and some that don't. As an employer you should be seeking out those that do.

A lot of employers have absolutely terrible office environments because they wanted to cut costs (noisy, distracting, inconvenient location, poor facilities etc) and this cost cutting also harms productivity. If they cut costs even more and simply did away with the office then everyone would be better off.

They did go down on day one, he never said they wouldn't go up on days 2+.

Not just the verbiage, actually offering a discount to encourage it too.
If i try to be healthy and avoid waste by walking to the store regularly, i am punished financially.

In several markets the original coke was withdrawn, and "original taste less sugar" replaced it on the shelves, in almost identical red cans with only the small "less sugar" text indicating the change.
This is also misleading because it implies sugar was just reduced, not that it was replaced with something worse.

This happened in Singapore and Thailand at least, possibly other countries:
https://www.reddit.com/r/singa...

Similarly in the UK, the "regular" pepsi was silently swapped to sweeteners, although it seems they still have proper coke:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pepsi...

Yes that's why i read the ingredients list closely these days...

Stevia, Sucralose, Aspartame, Acesulfame-K all have an extremely unpleasant aftertaste to me.
I also don't like the taste of HFCS.

I had severe problems with sucralose and stevia and these are the ones which were silently swapped into products that previously used sugar, i've generally always avoided other sweeteners because of the taste so i've not enumerated if i'm also intolerant of those.

Occasionally you'd order a regular soda in a bar and they'd give you a sweetener version, i was always able to tell from the first sip and always complained and got something else so i never consumed any significant quantity of things like aspartame. Since they started putting sweeteners even in the "regular" versions it's much harder to avoid.

They don't buy them up front, they lease them or have a vehicle loan.

Actually electric cars predate ICE vehicles...
They failed because the technology was totally impractical at the time, and largely disappeared from the market until fairly recently.

These days they are less impractical, but still unsuitable for a lot of use cases, and still more expensive than ICE vehicles.

There are also a lot of factors which work against that...
For instance here i have a supermarket 2km away, and i prefer to walk there almost daily, however they keep running promotions like "EUR10 discount when you spend EUR100"..
When i walk there i can seldom carry EUR100 worth of groceries back unless i target specific high value items that are compact/light enough. The supermarket operates a loyalty card scheme so they could easily keep track of cumulative spend, they just don't bother.

Larger packs are generally cheaper too, this also encourages vehicle use. With food it also encourages both waste and excess consumption.

Unless every country in the world does this simultaneously, those countries that implement such taxes will become uncompetitive and start losing out to those countries without such taxes. High emission activities will just be outsourced to countries with less regulation.