1 in 10 Americans think rust is a good thing.

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I’ll admit I may not understand economies well, but the inverse is that these publishers are enabled to charge higher prices in higher-income countries. The cost of creating their goods is constant, so if Valve isn’t selling at a loss to poorer regions then they are simply extracting additional profit from higher-income regions on the assumption that those customers can afford it.

I wonder how this kind of scenario plays out in other industries. Regardless, it seems like the EU has a goal of reducing gaps in buying power between their members, and their unified digital market is a step in that direction.

Did you read the article? This isn’t comparable to your India vs America example, it’s specific to prices only within the EU where the EU has digital market rules that specifically prohibit this.

What Valve did does sound like price-fixing too according to your linked definition of “an agreement among competitors to [fix] price levels”:

“Valve and five publishers (Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax) agreed to use geo-blocking so that activation keys sold in some countries … would not work in other member states. That would prevent someone … buying a cheaper key … where prices are lower.”

Milk really doesn’t do much for children, especially the supposed link to “bone health”. If kids are not properly fed at home, the same argument can be made that we should be making sure they at least get actual water to drink at school. Alternatively, there are plant milk options that can actually be healthier or more vitamin-rich than cow’s milk.

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/08/christopher-gardner-busts-myths-about-milk.html

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/milk/

I think coastal New England has a lot of potential, specifically Portland Maine, Portsmouth NH, and Boston.

I lived in Portland for four years: its downtown is very walkable/bike-able, they have decent transit options (buses, Amtrak, airport), and seem to care about growth towards people/pedestrian-friendly designs. They’ve been building up their bike lanes, running a bike sharing program in the non-winter months, and are starting to construct denser housing. If I had to settle in the U.S. somewhere, I would personally choose here.

Portsmouth has a smaller downtown, but its also very welcoming to pedestrians. I’m confident they’ll continue in the right direction too.

Boston’s much larger than either of these, though that comes with strong public transit through bus, train, etc. A better choice if you like big cities.

I recently got a Canon Pixma G3060 series printer. It’s one of those ink tank ones, so getting refills is no problem. It cost $300 CAD and came with ink bottles for ~7000 pages of printing; a pretty good deal if you’re printing often. I couldn’t find a good laser printer at this price point, certainly not a color one.

Linux works great with it once it’s set up, no proprietary drivers or extra junk. CUPS does wireless printing just fine, and I can use Xsane to scan documents too.

I’ve had success combining these two ideas: my desktop has a separate user for work, and I’ll access it through SSH or a remote desktop from anywhere with my old Thinkpad. Using this setup at the library really helps me focus, for example.

The laptop (a Thinkpad X201) I picked up off of ebay for $100 or so too, so it’s a decent option if you don’t want to spend extra on a high-spec laptop.

I would figure out the range of salary the type of position usually goes for, then start with an estimate slightly higher than that. Assuming this a full-time role, you’ll need to account for things like “office” expenses, healthcare, utilities (internet?), and what you will eventually owe in taxes. Contractors’ rates will often be “higher” than salaries for the same position because of this, but in the end the amount you actually take home will balance out.

I’ve done contract work since finishing university, and managing taxes and expenses has been a constant challenge. Make sure you’re comfortable with the deal you make.