You know what you did.

10k per day is nowhere near punitive enough. put the upper limit at 1,000k per day, then it's going to make even the big boys think twice.

They sell a product at a discounted price to secure subscription fees. People use the API freely provided to get around the subscription fees and then wonder why they get blocked.
I moved away from any home automation product that calls home to an external source for this very reason. I want to be able to connect directly to my devices, not via some internet API that may change at any time at the whim of the provider.

It's a good way to take the edge off, but what about when they actually start drinking?
I'm not saying it's something to aspire to, but when I was a proper alco, I'd knock over half a dozen pints every evening. Big nights were probably 2-3 times that plus spirits and whatever else happened to be nearby.

I'd say what this study has done is found some people with a mild alcohol tolerance and decided that they're equivalent to full time alcos.

Based on the snippet provided, this seems remarkably trivial. Is there some catch to this question I'm not seeing or something?

I'm glad that I'm not the only person who sees this as a potential downside. I'd like to see what the environmental impact is projected to be.

We've had reverse cycle aircon for decades in Australia. I keep seeing articles like this espousing the value of heat-pumps (same thing) like they're some new technoloty. Why has it taken the rest of the world so long to catch on?

Yeah, the sad part is they put Whittaker in to appease the SJW crew who all applauded it even though they'd never watched an episode in their life. Throw in the gratuitous disabled companion (oh no, you can't ride a bike) and all you need to add is a transgender or flamboyantly gay character for the hat trick.

You don't test on a production environment and you never allow direct injection like that. This is more akin to deliberate sabotage than a rookie mistake.

I couldn't agree more. There seems to be a stigma associated with taking a break which suggests you're taking the piss, but I know for a fact that I do my best work in short bursts and the best way for me to meditate on a problem is to do something completely different and let it run in the background.
Smart employers will see this and allow a degree of freedom rather than expecting a constant grind from their employees.

It's a giant puppet connected to the building behind it. This is about as impressive as a Punch and Judy show.

In the early days of the internet, the US seemed to be leading the world with no data caps and very cheap prices. I was stuck in Australia with either very restrictive caps or massive excess charges.
Pretty much every ISP in Australia now goes by an all you can eat model that allows full speed access no matter how many TB you consume. As some others have noted, the big differentiator here is the speed of the connection. You want 25/5? Go for it and you'll be charged less than someone on 100/40. Both will have unlimited data.

Yes, that should read lest, not least.

The infrastructure is available, but we're treated like we can't be trusted and have to report in with our work efforts least we lose the 'privilege'. Just once, I'd like to be treated as an adult.

If I donate $5 to a charity, it doesn't make the news. Conversely, Google donating $800 million shouldn't make the news either.
Come back to me when they donate $80 billion.