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This (French) study [0] published in 2023 on data from 2019 calculates that the costs from legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol, including higher helthcare spend during the life of smokers/drinkers, are still higher than revenue from unspent money on pensions and taxes, and cost of healthy person living years.

[0] https://www.ofdt.fr/sites/ofdt/files/2023-08/field_media_doc...

Annihilated is very much exaggerated, even if the bakery sector is changing for sure and is facing the same issues of inflation as everyone.

Number of bakeries is stable around 33 000 in 2025, down from 36 500 in 1990 [0][1] Revenues are up for both independant and franchised, and while the franchises grow faster than independants, they represent >90% of the total bakeries.

[0] article and data from 2025: https://boulangerie.org/economie/ [1] article from 2023, data from 2022: https://www.artisans-gourmands.fr/project/la-boulangerie-pat...

The abstract at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c03907 mentions a power of 1.25 W/cm2

It would not be "langue-dans-la-fesse" for sure, even if this expression is very humoristic itself! Tongue in cheek can be said "pince-sans-rire" : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pince-sans-rire

Fully agree, I have found that above 300k rows Excel struggles even on a good laptop. Not even mentioning the Python integration into MS Excel that is so unbearably slow that it is much better performing the calculations outside of Excel first.

I am sold on the website looks and license model!

Same here, on a Dell P2421DC (2560 x 1440 @60 Hz). It is especially noticeable on darker colors (grey or black backgrounds).

It looks like they did at the time : https://www.engadget.com/2010-12-29-european-standardization...

I think standardization does not harm innovation. With more actors working on the same standard, it can evolve and get better while consumers are able to reuse hardware (here, phone chargers)

One of the papers I like reading is the monthly "Le Monde diplomatique".

https://mondediplo.com/

It has in-depth analysis of current events and world topics, and is a nice mix of recent news and long-term stories. I often find myself looking for more information after reading one of their articles, as they often include a lot of references to other topics or events I am not familiar with : it feeds my curiosity this way, and I get to read various news source about one topic.

I agree that in both case (downloading torrents / copying design), one infringes IP rights. However, that does not necessarily mean that you are against the concept of IP : you could be against the way it is applied, or its extent.

Regarding power balance, I think it cannot be considered alone. Another justification to IP infringement is the damage or loss you potentially cause to the IP holder.

Not being against the concept of IP, I would like to see it applied with more nuance. For example : big company stealing from indie is wrong to me, but big company stealing from big company seems less wrong in my mind. To continue on indie games : downloading torrents for AAA game seems less wrong to me than downloading indie game. The relative damage that I cause is more important if I don't buy the indie game.

I am still struggling with this reflection. I would like to be able to remunerate each IP holder in proportion to the value the content had to me. And also, to add objective value in the calculation on top of my perceived value.

I think the moral difference may lie in the balance of power between the IP holder and IP infringer :

In Zara vs indie designer, Zara steal the design and uses its power to distribute and sell it to the whole world. The indie designer cannot compete, or fight. The fact that Zara used her designs will not advertise her own products or make her money (maybe it did after the public outcry, but I guess it will not be the case for every indie designer).

In torrent website vs content producers, the torrent website or its user are not more powerful than the producers. They do not put the producers' business at risk. Everyone knows who made the original product, and may buy some genuine products or derivatives : torrenting can act as advertisement.

One of the other justifications for torrenting is that the content is not available in your country. Similarly, the indie design was not available in all countries. But the source of the issue is different : a small business may not distribute to the whole wold because of logistics, whereas producers and distributors voluntarily block content from being available when it could be.