ElBarto

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by ElBarto 8y ago
> Google are having zero influence on China's totalitarian government, and there is zero hope that they could have any such influence Exactly. Therefore it is nonsense to be outraged by what Google is doing.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
You won't help human rights in China by refusing to work there. And it's not clear how working there will influence human rights either way. Based on that, better to be in than out.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Whether Google works with the Chinese government or not will have absolutely no impact on human rights. The only question is whether Google and American interests want to be in the room or left outside in the cold. It's always better t
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by ElBarto 8y ago
I'd argue that what Google is doing is in the US's interests. As I see it the choice is to either do what Google is doing, which means being involved, staying relevant, and making a few bucks along the way, or to stay away. In the
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Sure, but then it boils down to Android v. iOS because Huawei's phones are as nice as classy as Apple's now and the top of the range may have higher specs. Samsung phones have always felt plastic-y to me.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
I have a cheap-ish (certainly compared to iPhones) Huawei and the design and quality of manufacturing is on par with Apple. IMHO, Huawei is going to turn out to be a tougher competitor than Samsung. Edit: I thought this was a mature place..
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by ElBarto 8y ago
This is a natural and unavoidable development. At some point the USA will have to wake up to the fact that they cannot stay ahead of a country that had as much natural resources as they have but 4 times the population forever.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
The language divide was mostly north/south with also a few other languages at the margins (Breton, Basque, Alsacien). Normands spoke French long before some emigrated to North America. Just ask the English.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Languages in France were regional, not depending on your political views...
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by ElBarto 8y ago
There _used_ to be many dialects spoken in France, like in most European countries. They really disappeared in earnest at the end of the 19th century when school was made compulsory, and exclusively in French, with children being punished f
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by ElBarto 8y ago
The point is that, overall, the requirements of the directive must be met Your example is actually a good one: The Netherlands might have added that the document must be legalised but their law still matches the directive's requirement
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Directives have to be transposed but, again, transposition has to match the contents of the directive otherwise there is no point. It is possible to lodge a complaint with the Commission if transposition is deemed inadequate (and I'm s
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Individual countries cannot "interpret the directive as they see fit". Transposition has to match the directive, otherwise the whole excercise would be pointless.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Those new operators are now effectively banks and should be regulated as such.
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by ElBarto 8y ago
Banks feel threatened because these payment platforms bypass them. In my view, there is a real concern that these platforms are becoming major financial institutions without being subject to financial/banking regulations. At some point