While the statement was likely intended as aspirational language about technological progress, it has since circulated widely online, with some interpreting the comment literally.

The article headline, and sharing of this headline, feeds the conspirations and litteral interpretation.

The line is sometimes blurry between reporting claims and fueling rumors or conspirations.

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Individuls earning more than €250,000 a year and couples with a joint income of more than €500,000 will this year pay a minimum 20% income tax

My understanding is that it’s not a new tax, but a 20% minimum income tax for high earners. It’s a limit on how much income tax optimisation high earners can do.

Given the income tax rate in France, and a quick calculation, a single person earning €250000 should have a base income tax rate of ~35%. This is without any tax rebate, without any tax optimization.

So high earners who aren’t doing lots of tax optimisation should already have an incoming tax that’s higher than 20%.

Just stop talking to them, they have no jurisdiction

If they try and claim there’s no jurisdiction, the other party might disagree. Especially if the contract has a provision that defines which jurisdiction/court is responsible for resolving disputes.

A guess is finding a proper and legal way to break a contract is preferable for companies. An arbitrary breach of contract might make a company look unreliable, could make it more difficult to sign any contract in the future.

IANAL so I have no idea if they’d risk penalties as well.

Not necessarily. Conversations have reasonable battery usage without using Google’s push messaging system (GCM). They rely instead on XMPP protocol features and client optimisations to limit battery usage.

A group of mine is currently discussing migrating to Matrix. Among the arguments, it’s said to be more popular than our current messenging protocol, but it’s also said to be a drain on battery.

I saw one comparison saying the official Matrix client on Android drain battery 10x faster than some well written XMPP clients. So I’m not going to migrate for now. May reconsider once Matrix clients reduce battery usage significantly.

Recall the time when Windows came on a DVD, had no Microsoft account option on install, no ads in settings nor in the startup menu, no AI slop.

It was still shit, but it feels shittier now, and harder to setup and configure in a way that’s bearable.

Atomic distro sounds like an interesting way to avoid breakage due to admin/user mistakes, so it’s a good suggestion. But it doesn’t help much with bugs in new software releases.

So the best choice depends on what exactly caused instability in OP’s case.

Et interdiction de la cigarette électronique à la prochaine rentrée parlementaire ?

C’est pour le bien de nos chers parlementaires et ministres.

Somewhat obvious tips to get a more stable experience:

• Use a distribution that favour stability over being on the bleeding edge. Like Debian stable, or another distribution that maintain LTS releases,
• Install software from the distribution’s official package repositories. Avoid third party packages and repos as much as possible. If you really need a third party repo, verify it’s compatible with your specific distro and has reputation for being well maintained,
• When you do see a problem, take time to troubleshoot and if necessary make a bug report with necessary information for developers to identify the problem, so there’s a better chance to see it fixed.
• If you use Linux in a professional settings, there is paid support available out there, in some cases this get you priority for bug fixes.

It seems the authors made an effort to avoid confounding factors despite it being an observational study:

• adjusting for factors that could affect brain health such as age at death, smoking and physical activity,
• Separate non-drinkers and formerly heavy drinkers, who had stopped or reduced their drinking

Also the article point out the study itself shows a correlation but isn’t enough to prove a cause-effect relationship.

Still, there’s plenty of well-established links between alcohol and health problems. That’s another data point and reason for caution around alcohol use.

A rogue hole looks even more dangerous than a rogue wave.

One is a passenger train, another is a freight train carrying hazardous materials. The risks are VERY different.

Also, if you’re looking for something to blame for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, look at lax regulations:

Following the derailment, reaction and commentary focused on industry working conditions and safety concerns, including: the lack of modern brake safety regulations,[3] the implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR),[4] reduced railway workers per train, and increased train lengths and weight.

Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets

Yes, but we’re going to need more than that to stop deforestation.

Most of the burden should be on producers and importers, ie to ensure palm oil in their products doesn’t come from deforestation.

That’s the kind of regulation the EU is going to enforce:

The EU market will, from the end of this year, be subject to a deforestation-free regulation known as the EUDR, which will ban the import of commodities like palm oil and its derived products if they’re associated with deforestation.

J’ai 2 abonnements directs à des journaux, et utilise une carte de bibliothèque (BNF ou locale) pour accéder au reste.

Si on fait tous cela, en piochant 2-3 médias parmis ceux qu’on trouve de bonne qualité, on va collectivement soutenir une variété de médias.

Pour la maison, l’eau du robinet et une carafe c’est très bien.

Pour les balades, l’eau du robinet et une gourde c’est très bien.

L’eau en robinet c’est approprié seulement pour les pays du tiers monde et les zones sinistrées sans eau potable.

Pour contrer le marketing, associez eau en bouteille = zone sinistrée.

Trade negociation is one of those situations where EU countries need to band together, and should avoid seeking arbitrary carveouts that weaken the overall EU negociating position.

This just shows the EU is more sensitive to tariff on alcool, and has a weak point in that area that others can exploit during negotiations.

Yes, and that’s how it should be if a politician of any party is convicted for serious offense, eg violence or hatred. Laws should apply equally to all.

Which means such law should be carefully crafted to prevent its abuse for partisan purpose, supressing the opposition, etc.

For instance making it a judicial process, not an arbitrary administrative/executive decision. Restricting this to specific well-defined offenses. Making it a time-limited ban, not a lifetime ban.