This comment is so stupid. When did stopping one tech company from using its monopoly power to leech of another tech company become a tax?

If there is any personal data in the breach regarding European nationals, Oracle's bacon is fried under GDPR legislation. Failing to promptly disclose triggers potential fines big enough to prompt a yacht sale.

Monte Python covered this in "Every sperm is sacred" in "The meaning of life".

English works pretty well in France nowadays. It was much more challenging twenty years ago. Also, the quality of life in the area around Aix en Provence and Marseille is amazing. Nice weather, wonderful food and a rich history and culture. One of the nicer areas I have ever spent significant time in. I completely agree many people will never go back to US even when a less anti-intellectual president comes to power.

If I was ever going to buy something like this it would surely not be from Logitech. After they arbitrarily decided to brick all Squeezebox devices they have lost all the credibility they once had. I used to be a very loyal Logitech customer, but after my Squeezeboxes were bricked I am actively choosing alternative suppliers. I would not trust a "lifetime" offer from Logitech longer than you can throw it.

Again. A question of jurisdiction. In many countries the legal system is actually made in a way to protect the little guy from evil corporations and there are different institutions, including police, in place to ensure that happens without breaking the bank for the little guy.

"Mega-corps are sitting on tens of thousands of secured-yet-unused patents in “war” chests, all for the exclusive right to sue anyone who dares even try." That's a fixable problem right there. Fix the Patent laws so: 1. There has to be real height to the innovation for a patent to be granted. 2. Prior works are scrutinized much more heavily and patents to close to prior ones are rejected. 3. Raise the cost to apply for patents, maybe especially patents that end up not being granted. 3. Shorten the patent period.

Have you seen a Paris parking spot? A good size SUV spills over into adjacent slots or out into the road.

Also, remember that the Paris road network and surrounding infrastructure is not built for large cars. Traffic runs much smoother if everyone is in small city cars and in order to be able to get around efficiently and find a place to park where their car actually fits, most people choose a small car in Paris if they decide they need one at all. Dealing with other people in oversize vehicles becomes bothersome. Differences in vehicle sizes also increases risk for people in the smaller vehicles.

Good luck fitting a large SUV into a private Paris parking garage. I have tried with a minivan :-)

Yes. Let's lobby to get copyright changed. 5 years seems about right to ensure productive artists can live of their work. Anything longer is just detrimental to society.

I am pretty sure more US kids get hurt from interaction with guns than with porn and that the damage from guns is more persistent than any from porn.

This is why privately held companies, like IKEA, will out compete publicly traded companies over time. The cost of financing over Wall Street is prohibitive.

I'm ahead of the curve. I stopped using them years ago :-)

Actually reading TFA, the 320 kg CO2/ per TB is for 2 devices as the lifetime of a device is estimated at 5 years. This is of course not noted in the summary. I also note the very large number of small SSD's used as data points. It would probably have been much more relevant to look at devices that are actually being employed in data centers in 2022. In general, the underlying paper is very thin and leaves a lot to be desired. As an example, it makes a big number of the fact that it takes more energy to make a chip wafer the smaller the nodes are, but it fails to mention that the number of nodes per wafer scale more favorably than the energy consumption for making them. This thread is click bait, not science.