(Not US). I was burnt by Sony’s Mini disc DRM BS, so when iTunes came along I recognised the slimy DRM and steered well clear so much so I have never owned an apple device much less bought music from them.

Definitely tetchy. Maybe he should go to his Rwanda safespace to calm down.

Link: EVE Online | Down the Rabbit Hole

Feels like this may incidentally be a map of countries with national healthcare and unbiased reporting of tooth decay? There does seem to be a fairly strong correlation.

Clarification after I followed the link: the record was for consecutive pogo jumps, not the heart rate.

The car doesn’t have a flat tyre, it’s actually in the parking space unlike the truck…

America isn’t near the top, here is a map from Wikipedia:

Once it is clearly proven you can work remotely, a commute to the office should be viewed as a site visit with the travel time being on the clock and travel costs reimbursed. If they do that, then yeah sure I’ll listen to podcasts for an hour a day, anything else should be looked at as the pay cut it actually is. ((Travel time x hourly wage)+travel costs).

The other thing in that article is that the filter doesn’t really filter anything of note, meaning the litter is actually just the result of a con make smokers think it was less damaging to their health…

Colour change
The tobacco industry determined that the illusion of filtration was more important than filtration itself. The pH of the cellulose acetate used is modified, so that its colour becomes darker when exposed to smoke. The industry wanted filters to be seen as effective for marketing reasons, despite not making cigarettes any less unhealthy.