From the video description:

45Drives is De-Microsoft-ifying and leading the charge by replacing Windows with Linux desktops and replacing proprietary solutions with open source. This topic of "demicrosoftification" was discussed at the Creator Summit 2024 at 45Drives headquarters. I attended along with many other tech YouTubers in this space. They also gave us a sneak peek at some new hardware too and an early look at some unique prototypes.

I left the original title in quotes since I'm not familiar with the company, aside from what I've read about them online. While it's focused on commercial customers, it still seems neat.

If you have interacted with 45Drives, or their parent company Protocase, what are they like?

From the video description:

45Drives is De-Microsoft-ifying and leading the charge by replacing Windows with Linux desktops and replacing proprietary solutions with open source. This topic of "demicrosoftification" was discussed at the Creator Summit 2024 at 45Drives headquarters. I attended along with many other tech YouTubers in this space. They also gave us a sneak peek at some new hardware too and an early look at some unique prototypes.

I left the original title in quotes since I'm not familiar with the company, aside from what I've read about them online. While it's focused on commercial customers, it still seems neat.

If you have interacted with 45Drives, or their parent company Protocase, what are they like?

Health Canada says more than $20-million worth of pharmaceutical products were lost from the national stockpile this year because of a temperature-control issue, spurring a call from the federal Conservative health critic for a House of Commons investigation.

The department confirmed the incident on Thursday after figures were identified in the public accounts, an annual financial report on government revenues and spending, and reported by The Canadian Press.

In response, Health Canada said in a statement that there were two specific losses documented.

The first involved damage to lab equipment that resulted in its loss, totalling around $1.2-million.

The second involved the loss of pharmaceutical products, such as vaccines, held in the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile. A “temperature deviation” resulted in the loss of product, totalling more than $20-million, the department said.

Health Canada said the losses will not affect the capacity of t

Health Canada says more than $20-million worth of pharmaceutical products were lost from the national stockpile this year because of a temperature-control issue, spurring a call from the federal Conservative health critic for a House of Commons investigation.

The department confirmed the incident on Thursday after figures were identified in the public accounts, an annual financial report on government revenues and spending, and reported by The Canadian Press.

In response, Health Canada said in a statement that there were two specific losses documented.

The first involved damage to lab equipment that resulted in its loss, totalling around $1.2-million.

The second involved the loss of pharmaceutical products, such as vaccines, held in the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile. A “temperature deviation” resulted in the loss of product, totalling more than $20-million, the department said.

Health Canada said the losses will not affect the capacity of t

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State immunity — an international legal principle that normally protects states from having their assets seized — is often cited as a legal barrier. But experts say this is a flimsy argument.

“Russia normally is entitled to state immunity over those assets,” said Robert Currie, a professor of international and transnational criminal law at Dalhousie University.

“But Russia is breaching an international law norm … Other states are entitled to roll off the immunity [attached to those assets] temporarily while Russia continues its illegal invasion of Ukraine.”

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Since mid-2024, Europe has used a limited workaround to redirect some Russian money to Ukraine. Its Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration scheme has enabled it to send €50 billion in interest accrued on lapsed Russian bonds to Ukraine.

But the scheme depends on the EU renewing sanctions

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State immunity — an international legal principle that normally protects states from having their assets seized — is often cited as a legal barrier. But experts say this is a flimsy argument.

“Russia normally is entitled to state immunity over those assets,” said Robert Currie, a professor of international and transnational criminal law at Dalhousie University.

“But Russia is breaching an international law norm … Other states are entitled to roll off the immunity [attached to those assets] temporarily while Russia continues its illegal invasion of Ukraine.”

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Since mid-2024, Europe has used a limited workaround to redirect some Russian money to Ukraine. Its Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration scheme has enabled it to send €50 billion in interest accrued on lapsed Russian bonds to Ukraine.

But the scheme depends on the EU renewing sanctions against Russia every six months.

Anton Moiseienko, a senior law lecturer at Australian Nat