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So, I have to make the rest of my UI unreadable, just because you prefer to use a cheap chinese 20$ screen which can’t even handle sRGB?
Welcome to reality, most people use cheap $20 chinese screens.
If you want a device without plastic screw holes, pay more money and find one or make one yourself, market it and sell it to other like-minded people.
If I have a toaster that breaks, the time it would take me to go to a repair shop is more valuable to me than the cost of a new toaster – not to mention the cost of the repair itself.
In China, you often do get smaller appliances repaired because the labor cost is so low. So it makes economic sense to get those kinds of items repaired.
But in France, if I want to get a microwave fixed, the item is either still under warranty or the depreciated value is less than the repair cost. Perhaps if government lowered taxes and relaxed the labor code, then repair shops could charge less and it would incentivize people to get repairs on smaller ticket items rather than buying replacements. But I certainly am not going to spend €65 getting a €150 microwave repaired when the microwave is already several years old. I migh spend €20 for that repair if I really liked the microwave.
I certainly wouldn’t be happy if I had to pay several hundred euros more for a microwave because of a law mandating the type of screw holes that must be used. The increase cost wouldn’t even be in materials as much as the buereaucratic cost of implementing such requirements.
Health and safety regulations – of course. Regulations because you’re unhappy with screw holes? Not a chance.
Oh, Brian, we meet again, and we disagree once again. Taxes and the labor code are not what is making things expensive.
- The labor code is not even close to being the one reason companies do not hire : https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2871900?sommaire=287202...
- Countless fiscal advantages have already been given and tried, effectively the same thing as lowering taxes on companies. That includes the CIE, CICE, CIR, the reduction of TVA in restaurants, fiscal benefits for life insurance holders, lowering the ISS to 34.6%, removing taxes on plus-value, the globalised worldwide profits regime, and the countless things that can be listed here : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niche_fiscale
All of these happened, and the costs have not changed. Some of them were given in exchange of promise of jobs (the change of TVA in restaurants being one of the most notable), and none happened. Profits went up, though.
I would rather have microwave repair costs go up to 80€ than lower our living standards.
>I certainly wouldn’t be happy if I had to pay several hundred euros more for a microwave because of a law mandating the type of screw holes that must be used.
hyperbole.txt
Something to note though: the example given in the article is not showing any problem in TS. That's how its structural type system works. Both Animal and Bird classes don't have any properties, so the type of their instances is the same as `{}`. If you change the Bird class to something like:
class Bird extends Animal {
song: string
}
[1]: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/compiler-option...
Also, it's somewhat terrifying because what laws will Brussels decide to suddenly interpret different on a whim?
The US Treasury has a good analysis of why this is a sham ruling: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties...
Or maybe try moving away from corporations and towards cooperatives.
Problem is, making coops popular requires ambition and dedication from the workers, because there will no capitalist looking to make a profit to jumpstart the business.
...You do know that communism advocates for a society where control is something done in collaboration with others? Because China, or the USSR calls itself communist does not mean it is. A simple reading of Marx & Engels' work would clarify that.