But the US prides itself on being the poster child of capitalist dystopias, China likes to pretend it's a socialist country.

You are not supposed to drink your salad.

Windows XP code was leaked 2 years ago, so it's freeware according to this idi... stable genius .

The US government spends more on healthcare in terms of GPD than any other OECD country and has nothing to show for it. That's how ridiculous it is.

(Source: https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm select just government spending and select % of GDP).

Does this mean Windows XP's source code is public domain? Wine and ReactOS people will love this

Ah, yes the "Don't build the Torment Nexus" 🔁 "Big Tech announces the Torment Nexus" loop

So, no subway or fast travel?

The high representative office is probably the least damaging place to put a neo-liberal in the European Commission.

I would like to point out that, for the most part, not even car brands want to keep selling ICE vehicles.

That's the point. AP doesn't want to piss off the livestock industry.

Are you really comparing the use of freedom of association with state censorship backed by literal violence?

There's a difference between buying something because you need it, and buying something to signal you are part of a fascist cult - and let's be honest, no one buys a cybertruck because it's a good vehicle for any purpose.

Well gridiron players already stop every 15 seconds for commercial breaks so they don't need to do anything to avoid playing.

If you read it out loud it sounds like "yes, we see ya"

Do you understand what "comparing" means?

And a shortcut to open Microsoft® LinkedIn® at OS level, and what surprises me the most is that uses your default browser instead of always opening it in Edge.

In comparison with Windows and iOS, Mac OS is a paradigm of respecting the user. Of course that's only because the bar is firmly embedded on Earth's inner core.

That's the current status quo. New legislation can always override old legislation. The only way to fully prevent these proposals would be to enshrine the right to encryption in a new EU treaty (which requires unanimity) and since the national governments are the ones pushing for this while the European Parliament keeps telling to fuck off, it's not going to happen.

It's not the first time it happens. Everyone has reporters writing and updating old celebrities' obituaries on their down time because then they can publish a more complete and higher quality article when the inevitable happens. The problem is when someone fires the pre-written obituary because of some rumour or bad source and then everyone else does the same because no one wants to be the last one to report the news.

And there's also the part where none of their candidates were vetted by anyone because they outsourced the process.