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If I recall correctly, the European Parliament doesn't have the power to introduce new legislation on its own. Instead, they can ask the Commission to present legislative proposals. This might be what's happening here...

Motherboard made a documentary about this and what could happen to Venice in the next 100 years, but it's only available in Italian as far as I'm aware: https://video.vice.com/it/video/venezia-2100/59e606b5177dd46...

And leave one of the biggest markets in the world? Why would they?

I consider all forms of advertising that distract me from the content I'm looking for bad for me. I don't want flashy colored banners telling me what I should buy. There's already plenty, plenty of distractions already, and advertising is one of the poorest forms of it. I don't think I'd mind if advertising, in its current form, died.

I've seen blind CS students use a combination of braille displays and screen readers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display

I find Krita to be a more user-friendly program than The Gimp, though it's more painting-oriented: https://krita.org/

The article doesn't portray a realistic view of crime rates in Italy - they say "violent death is commonplace", but I don't think that's ever been true, and it certainly isn't now.

Be careful, as always, but Italy isn't an especially dangerous place. Some regions have higher crime rates than others, but even then, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

It's nice to see this - I'm definitely interested in seeing computers built and designed for Linux.

I must say, however, I don't see that need for desktops. Custom desktops are relatively easy to build, even for customers.

A well designed linux laptop, with no driver issues, good build quality, that doesn't sacrifice performance for thinness? That's what I'm missing.

Why would you buy a Wii U now? It costs basically the same, but it's out of production and won't get any new games.

Just switch to Firefox. This kind of stuff is why we need plurality in the browser space, and Mozilla is one of the few companies that takes - or has to take - a pro-user stance on many issues.

For those who are more interested in digital painting rather than image editing, I found Krita impressive in its capabilities and progress: https://krita.org

I'm just an hobbyist, but I like having FOSS alternatives to Photoshop.

What I would find interesting is not just the positive\negative ratio of comments for successful projects, but also a comparison with less successful\failed ones.

Do successful projects receive more positive comments?

I'm thankful for everyone that decided to contribute to the world by sharing information freely, be it knowledge, software, entertainment...

Those are my heroes, small and big.

You might want to take a look at Haxe and the OpenFL library!

How come?

You most likely have to pay taxes in the country you're living in\working from, however.

I use elementary OS Loki daily and am pretty satisfied with it. It has a few things that I'm not totally happy with, but it's my favourite OS right now.

The Gamecube was far from modest for its time - IIRC, it was the most powerful console until the Xbox came along.

Nothing can replace anything, but if you're looking for Photoshop alternatives, check out Krita. It's mainly focused on painting, but I've found it to be much nicer than Gimp.

You don't necessarily need a walled garden to solve that problem - package managers on Linux distribution do the same. It needs the appropriate user experience for non-technical users.

Is 'fast enough' worth it for an expensive laptop such as a MacBook Pro? I'm not sure.

Personally I'd really like to see more powerful GPUs in MacBooks...

To me this feels like a... difference between depression and sadness.

Personally I tend to think of depression as draining; it takes out your energy, your willingness to live your life and push through. Like you said, emptiness.

Sadness feels... sad, it brings you down, but it doesn't necessarily affect you in the same 'draining' way.

In VR you could meet real people, though - I don't think it's quite the same.