The web should have had a Terms of Usage from start. Something like

“If you broadcast content on the internet, expect people to download it.”

That’s not worldnews. US farms wouldn’t be legal in EU. Most EU farms wouldn’t be legal here (Swiss). California is not the world.

Can we please identify the guys always pushing encryption-breaking ideas?

Pretty sure that 90% of Linux users don’t switch to Windows.

US needs to regulate chargers.

Yes, yes, market and all. But look at printers. Or charger cables for small electronic devices (EU stepped in). Lock-in of customers is an incentive working against common chargers.

Why is covering the badge number even allowed?

SIGTERM is the graceful way tho? It nicely asks programs to please close and cleanup. Unlike SIGKILL, which bombs the shop and creates orphans.

Never understood why Windows’ explorer hides extension by default. Does MS fear it would confuse their users?

they are on a format that NSA no longer has the ability to view or digitize,” the NSA FOIA office said in a follow-up. “Without being able to view the tapes, NSA has no way to verify their responsiveness. NSA is not required to find or obtain new technology (outdated or current) in order to process a request.”

In short, “we don’t want to”.