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Yes, placing a newspaper ad is a requirement. I think the primary criticisms are the incomprehensible ad and the selection of newspapers itself. This is normal

Yes, placing a newspaper ad is a requirement. I think the primary criticisms are the incomprehensible ad and the selection of newspapers itself. This is normally called Malicious Compliance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malicious_compliance - where someone meets the requirements, not the intent. Maybe both the intent and the requirements should be spelled out more specifically but the players involved - large tech companies and legislators - don't have an interest in that.

fhennig 7y ago
Oh what a nice concept, "malicious compliance". It's nice that it takes into account the intent as well. I'd say the way google et al manage taxes is also malicious compliance. Technically everything is fine, but this level of taxation is clearly not the intention.
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- fountainofage 7y ago
  ... well, it is, though, otherwise it wouldn't be possible. I think it's fairly obvious our tax system is designed to heavily reward those who have the means to pay experts to find the correct combination of steps to report revenue. edit: are to our
asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
Malicious compliance is when you comply to the letter with the intention of interfering, as with industrial safety rules. This is simply compliance to the letter without complying with the spirit -- maybe. If these positions are posted on their main job portal, then I would argue they are complying with the spirit of the law, but the law's letter is lagging behind technological reality. In any case, their act lacks the malicious component of malicious compliance. I.e. they aren't impeding some other process by the act of posting these job ads. It's not the same thing.
peter_retief 7y ago
Isnt "Letter and spirit of the law" something to do with this? Following the law but not the spirit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law

fhennig 7y ago

Oh what a nice concept, "malicious compliance". It's nice that it takes into account the intent as well. I'd say the way google et al manage taxes is also malicious compliance. Technically everything is fine, but this level of taxation is clearly not the intention.

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fountainofage 7y ago
... well, it is, though, otherwise it wouldn't be possible. I think it's fairly obvious our tax system is designed to heavily reward those who have the means to pay experts to find the correct combination of steps to report revenue. edit: are to our

asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago

Malicious compliance is when you comply to the letter with the intention of interfering, as with industrial safety rules. This is simply compliance to the letter without complying with the spirit -- maybe. If these positions are posted on their main job portal, then I would argue they are complying with the spirit of the law, but the law's letter is lagging behind technological reality. In any case, their act lacks the malicious component of malicious compliance. I.e. they aren't impeding some other process by the act of posting these job ads. It's not the same thing.

peter_retief 7y ago

Isnt "Letter and spirit of the law" something to do with this? Following the law but not the spirit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law