I grew up in a country that adopted PAL rather than NTSC, so never saw the hue and saturation settings until my family relocated to Canada. I was baffled by how backwards NTSC was.

What percentage of coffee-brewing costs are from energy consumption? I would guess that most of the cost is the coffee itself.

To boil 500 mL of water that starts out at room temperature takes about 0.05 kWh, which costs very much less than one cent in pretty much any jurisdiction. Enough coffee to make two cups of coffee probably costs 5 to 25 cents. So I don't see the energy saving as being "very significant".

Seems to me it's the GOP that is obsessed with this issue and with what's in kids' pants. They're the ones constantly stoking the culture wars.

s/giraffe/drain/

Where are the usual "think of the kids!" politicians? I guess accepting kickbacks from Meta...

Requiring a drone license is reasonable; it's required here in Canada for any drone over 250 grams. You have to learn the regulations and pass a test to get your license.

But I don't see how forbidding buying or repairing drones in a specific city makes sense.

I have a (very old) Roku that I quite like. Oh well. I'm glad I didn't spend the money to upgrade to a newer one.

If your company becomes that valuable, then yes... you should be forced to either share your wealth with your employees and other shareholders, or else give it up to the government if you are unwilling to do that.

I don't know about you, but the prospect of being worth $100M would be more than enough to motivate me to do all of the large things you just mentioned in your comment.

This is why there needs to be a 98% wealth tax on assets over $100M and 99.9% on assets over $250M. No individual human needs more than $100M in wealth.

Of course, to be fair to the poor oligarchs, we can index the thresholds to inflation.

(Just like that The Exploited song.)

I thought the BSA's goal was to end software piracy. Mandatory use of open source will certainly achieve that goal!

Similar experience. Founded and ran a software company in Canada. Sold it to a US company and within six months, it had turned to shit. I was OK because I had my retirement nest egg, but it wasn't great for our customers (many of whom became former customers within a year of the acquisition.)

If the product was sold with a perpetual license, then this is simply breach of contract and I foresee a class-action lawsuit.

Reminds me of The Feeling of Power by Isaac Asimov.

It's the classic enshittification cycle, also beloved by drug-dealers.

1. Get users hooked on free or cheap service.

2. Once they're hooked, jack up the price.

*whoosh*