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That’s daft! Mine – and because I need it and have disabled loads of features I couldn’t care less about – gives me this:

My sleep profile, including total wake time, REM sleep, light sleep, deep sleep, restlessness, time taken to fall asleep, total sleep duration, interruptions and full awakenings (along with my averages and the expected averages based on my age and sex).

But it’s not as though I’ve been taking sleeping tablets for over 40 years and am currently on drugs classified as narcotics, is it?

I've also, my respiratory rate, my blood oxygen level, my current heart rate and resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and changes in my skin temperature.

The system monitors heart rates that are too high or too low, irregular heart rhythms (and thus detects signs of atrial fibrillation), and the ability to perform an ECG (a real, measured ECG, even if it's only a single-lead recording).

And I’ve removed everything to do with ‘sports’ and all notifications of any kind (email, text messages, blah blah blah…)

I haven’t explored everything there is to know about stress management and mindfulness yet, but I’ve seen that there are some tips on the subject.

The issue here is not whether I am a special case, but the problem you have with making over-generalisations.

Clearly, you’re talking about – and making fun of – things you know absolutely nothing about, aren’t you? Humour can never, under any circumstances, be used as an excuse.

C'est stupide ! La mienne, et parce que j'en ai besoin et que j'ai désactivé énormément de fonction dont je me fous royalement, m'apporte ceci :

Etat de mon sommeil avec le temps d'éveil total, le sommeil paradoxal, le sommeil léger, le sommeil profond, l'agitation, le temps d'endormissement, l'endormissement total, les interruptions, les éveils complets (avec mes moyennes et les moyennes attendues en fonction de mon âge et de mon sexe).

Mais ce n'est pas comme si je prenais des somnifères depuis plus de 40 ans et que j'en suis actuellement avec des molécules classifiées comme stupéfiantes, n'est-ce pas ?

J'ai aussi, ma fréquence respiratoire, mon taux d'oxygène dans le sang, ma fréquence cardiaque instantanée et celle au repos, la variabilité de la fréquence cardiaque, la variation de ma température cutanée.

Sont contrôlés, les fréquences cardiaques trop élevées, les trop basses, le rythme irrégulier (et donc la détection des signes de fibrillation auriculaire), la possibilité de faire un ECG (réel, mesuré, même si ce n'est qu'à une seule voie).

Et j'ai viré tout ce qui se rapporte à ce qui se rapporte aux "sports" et toutes les notifications en tout genres (mail, SMS, blablabla…)

Je n'ai pas encore exploré tout ce qui concerne la gestion du stress et la pleine conscience, mais j'ai vu qu'il y avait des trucs sur ce sujet.

Il n'est pas ici question de savoir si je suis un cas particulier mais du problème que tu as de faire des généralisation abusives.

Visiblement, tu parles et te moques de choses dont tu ne connais strictement rien, non ? L'humour ne peut pas être, dans aucun cas, une justification.

These two men managed to reproduce, certainly in pairs, what Mylène Farmer was quite capable of doing, given her octaves. And that she didn't do.

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There are basically two types of protesters: Americans and French. Let's be pragmatic: There are those who are outraged when they themselves have stuck a fucking stick up their ass, and others, even though they're not allowed to carry weapons, are taking up pitchforks and scythes to chop off heads! Choose your side, comrade…

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When the only acceptable fascism is Islamofascism.

Remarkable how many of the useful idiots cheering on the Islamic terrorist regime that murdered Mahsa Amini for being immodestly dressed are women. The cognitive dissonance is jaw dropping.

Reminder that many of these people are paid agitators. The others are just brainwashed retards.

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God: cosmically powerful and wise. Also God: blood sacrifice magic.

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Question

Is it true that we have the right to eat chicken and fries with our fingers?

No. Of course not. That's literally heresy: We all have the right to eat whatever we want with whatever limbs we want. If you look up the question to get this answer, you'll see that it's not a matter of rights at all.

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It's quite indigestible. Go straight to the end!

Will the Court of Justice of the European Union torpedo the single price of the book?

The Austrian Supreme Court has requested the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to obtain its opinion on several provisions governing the sale price of books and determine whether they comply with Community law. The 2000 Directive on electronic commerce and Article 34 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union will in particular be examined by the institution.

Several preliminary questions, put to the Court of Justice of the European Union by the Austrian Supreme Court, will soon put into perspective the regulations on the single price of the book in relation to Community law.

Single price and country of origin…

It all starts with a complaint, filed by the Austrian bookstore chain Desch-Drexler, against a user, based in Germany, of an online platform, which he exploits to sell German-language books to an Austrian clientele. The brand assures that this activity harms its own business, since the user offers books at the price fixed by the publisher in Germany, and not at that imposed in Austria.

Since the two countries apply different VAT rates on books — 7% in Germany, 10% in Austria - the difference between the price displayed at Desch-Drexler and that charged online, by the isolated user, even minimal, is very real. In his defense, the online seller assured that he was subject to the legislation in force in his country, according to the principle of the country of origin of the directive on electronic commerce.

At first instance, the court ruled in favor of Desch-Drexler, recalling that a 5% discount was possible on the price set by the publisher, but that it was forbidden to promote it. By simply displaying a price lower than that determined by the publisher, the online seller was therefore committing an offense.

On appeal, however, this decision was overturned. The court this time leaned on the seller's side, confirming that the principle of the country of origin applied, stressing that German law did not prohibit the promotion of a lower rate, of 5%, at the price fixed by the publisher. Desch-Drexler has applied to the Austrian Supreme Court to examine the dispute in turn.

Dissonant judgments

This first procedure is echoed by another, also opened by the Desch-Drexler chain, against a user of the Amazon marketplace, based in Germany, who also sells German-language books to an Austrian clientele. The latter offered, for example, Eine vollständige Liste aller Dinge, die ich vergessen habe, by Doris Knecht, published in 2023 by Hanser, at a price of € 24, the price set by the publisher in Germany.

On the side of the Austrian brand Desch-Drexler, the same title was offered at € 24.70, again due to the difference in the VAT applicable on the book (7% in Germany, 10% in Austria). The bookstore chain considered again that the seller's proposal, on Amazon, was illegal and constituted unfair competition to its own.

To answer this argument, the seller invoked Article 34 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which prohibits quantitative restrictions on imports as well as any measures having equivalent effect between Member States. In his eyes, the single book price, introduced in Austria in 2000, went against the free movement of goods. Moreover, he assures that he had no technical means at his disposal to display a different price, on the Amazon marketplace, for consumers based in Austria.

In the first instance, the court again found in favor of Desch-Drexler, considering that the display of a price of € 24 by the seller, on the Amazon marketplace, represented a promotion of a lower price than that regulated by Austrian law. The appeal procedure confirmed this decision, recognizing however that the Austrian law on the single price of the book could affect sellers based in another Member State more heavily. However, this breach of free competition was justified, according to the Court of appeal, by an objective of protecting cultural diversity.

The Supreme Court has been seized again, but this time by the seller using the Amazon marketplace. He claims that it is impossible for a seller based in an EU member state to comply with both Austrian and German legislation, or that the former could reduce its VAT rate, or set a single price including all taxes, and not excluding tax, on works.

Some outstanding questions

To clarify its judgments, the Austrian Supreme Court has decided to question the Court of Justice the European Union, thanks to preliminary questions. Thanks to this procedure, the courts of the Member States can refer the matter to the institution in order to obtain details on the interpretation of the European treaties or the validity of an act vis-à-vis Community law.

The CJEU then publishes a judgment, which has the authority of res judicata and is binding on the courts of the Member States of the European Union. On the basis of this judgment, the national court at the origin of the referral may, for its part, settle the dispute or disputes giving rise to the questions referred for a preliminary ruling.

In total, five preliminary questions were referred to the CJEU. The first (case C-302/25), rather circumscribed, questions the prohibition of the promotion of the 5% discount on the single price of the book with regard to the directive on electronic commerce. But the following four (case C-780/25) have a much broader scope, since they are aimed directly at regulating the prices of books, as well as its application when sellers are located outside the borders of the country of publication.

The European Writers' Council (EWC), well aware of the impact that the judgments of the CJEU will have on the cross-border trade in books and on legislation relating to the single price, invites Member States to come forward to the Court before March 26. The authors' organization even provides a detailed argument, on its website, to defend the unique price of the book and the provisions that accompany it…

END! I think it's an emergency: these people are dead but they don't know it yet. So, they are agitating in all directions.

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Un ange à terre (An angel on the ground)

Doucement, j’apprends à mieux regarder les gens Et je vole au-dessus des frontières En laissant tomber mes ailes à terre

Slowly, I am learning to look at people better and I fly above borders, letting my wings fall to the ground.