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On a side note: if you're in the EU, have you checked Vox News' GDPR notification? If you click 'No' it brings you to a choose-your-own-adventure style 'info' p

On a side note: if you're in the EU, have you checked Vox News' GDPR notification? If you click 'No' it brings you to a choose-your-own-adventure style 'info' page where, once you reach the 'correct' section, it points you to a 3rd party Web site telling you how to manually search for and delete cookies from your browser (that Vox page also show they will share your info with basically everyone and their mom). For Vox News, the opt-out is no opt-out. What a bunch of douchebags.

SamUK96 8y ago
I'm thinking of how the particularly douchebag-y programmer titled their git commit for that feature. When coding this kind of crap, shouldn't people realise what they're doing?
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- machiavelli1024 8y ago
  The commit message was probably “Implement GDPR compliance”. You’d be surprised how oblivious layprogrammers are to the privacy implications of their work. They slurp up the kool-aid from management about “learning from data” and merrily implement whatever they’re told to.
  - ljm 8y ago
    You can't put it all down to kissing the boss' ass or them being inexperienced. There are plenty of well meaning and talented developers out there pushing code out as if it were on a production line, because they weren't paid for their insight. They don't have the agency to push back. There are plenty of other devs who couldn't care less as long as their salary comes in at the end of the month. And there are of course those who know exactly what they're doing and they're doing the best they can given their constraints. Isn't it better to assume everyone's doing their best here? The thing is, you don't know either way so it's just projecting a bunch of mean assumptions upon them. It says more about your perspective on your fellow programmers than it does about the people who did GDPR this way, because your feeling of this being a shit implementation has turned into a judgment on those who did it.
mtgx 8y ago
For anyone who doesn't know, Vox is owned by Comcast since a couple of years ago.
- skinnymuch 8y ago
  Can you cite someone saying Comcast is the owner or even majority shareholder? Before they just had a minority stake.

SamUK96 8y ago

I'm thinking of how the particularly douchebag-y programmer titled their git commit for that feature. When coding this kind of crap, shouldn't people realise what they're doing?

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machiavelli1024 8y ago
The commit message was probably “Implement GDPR compliance”. You’d be surprised how oblivious layprogrammers are to the privacy implications of their work. They slurp up the kool-aid from management about “learning from data” and merrily implement whatever they’re told to.
- ljm 8y ago
  You can't put it all down to kissing the boss' ass or them being inexperienced. There are plenty of well meaning and talented developers out there pushing code out as if it were on a production line, because they weren't paid for their insight. They don't have the agency to push back. There are plenty of other devs who couldn't care less as long as their salary comes in at the end of the month. And there are of course those who know exactly what they're doing and they're doing the best they can given their constraints. Isn't it better to assume everyone's doing their best here? The thing is, you don't know either way so it's just projecting a bunch of mean assumptions upon them. It says more about your perspective on your fellow programmers than it does about the people who did GDPR this way, because your feeling of this being a shit implementation has turned into a judgment on those who did it.

mtgx 8y ago

For anyone who doesn't know, Vox is owned by Comcast since a couple of years ago.

skinnymuch 8y ago
Can you cite someone saying Comcast is the owner or even majority shareholder? Before they just had a minority stake.