They flat-out refused to adapt. They said “We don’t fear competition, we build the most efficient ICE in the world” and thought they could keep selling their obsolete technology indefinitely.

The French legal system probably doesn’t stack individual sentences and go “I sentence you to a combined twenty-eight thousand years in prison” like they do in the US.

Honest question: How do you earn a living if you’re never in the same place for too long? I cannot see how those folks manage unless they’re so wealthy they can live off interest or they do remote work of some kind.

They obviously crossed the border, since the article mentions they came from France. Being able to travel to another country doesn’t mean you can do whatever you please, though.

36 Watts idle sounds like a lot for a 5800X3D. I’ll see what my 5700X3D does, never checked that. Not in software and not at the wall.

China is buying themselves control all over the place. Maybe they’re interested.

I, too, hate them with a passion.

And the 58€ ticket is valid nationwide. In theory, you could cover distances of 1000 km with it from North to South. It’s still a pretty good deal, but if people only use it occasionally and own a car anyway, the math is probably not in favour of it.

Not great, but it was bound to happen and I can afford it. I hope that those in need can still get it cheaper without a price hike.

I’ve seen a hedgehog injured by a mowing robot. Deep cuts in its back, infested by maggots. We fed the animal some cat food, which it wolfed down and puked out again, then gave the little guy (not fully grown) to experts who nursed it back to full health before releasing it into the wild again. It was not a pretty sight.