"It is also necessary to provide the basis for adaptation to any future scientific and technological progress or market developments, which will be continuously monitored by the Commission
That would be clause 9: "It is also necessary to provide the basis for adaptation to any future scientific and technological progress or market developments, which will be continuously monitored by
the Commission"
always amazed by people who think "well, if we accept USB-C, we will never be able to have any future tech!" as if the regulation hasnt thought of that.
I do not like Seth's humor... But I really like the Orville. Besides the first 3 episodes, the humor is a nice Ballance, and really feels like Star Trek.
I agree that subscription fatigue is a huge thing, and I avoid services as a rule of thumb unless there are real reasons for the subscription, ie ongoing usage based costs.
That said, I view $2 a month as a reasonable subscription cost, and if Reddit had charged that I would have happily paid it to keep bacon reader. It's only the one time payment cost that is very steep ($99).
I chip in $5/mo for lemmy.world to help pay to keep it ad free and running
its amazing how often the politicians are put in charge of things that benefit them. They can vote their own salary, affect voting district, chose judges. It seems insane!
I've had one or two LED bulbs die, which is why I switched to buying "energy star" rated bulbs.
As part of the accreditation process, they need to certify the lifespan
There is now a one time payment of $20 usd ($30 cad) to remove ads, an ongoing $20 cad a year subscription for ad free + additional services, or a one time, $99 usd payment for lifetime access to ad free + pro services.
Reminds me of a short story, where a girl is sent to a VR planet, for robots studying humans
There she has a.. VR coffin, which she slowly learns can perfectly simulate reality, or the AI will send probes for her to experience things in reality.
She eventually realizes that they will make perfect human proxies, and starts to plan her escape from her VR coffin
Or in Canada. We pay out the nose for our phone plans, but at least we can use our data however we want.