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by ajdlinux 7y ago
And not just rigorous enough, but also engaging enough that even the "apolitical" students find it interesting. (The students who naturally find an ethics course interesting are the ones who will still find it useful but ultimatel
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
What kind of MoviePass-like products were operating in AU?
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
No. The central government maintains a tight grip on the Hong Kong Government, and of course occasionally acts of its own accord in Hong Kong (see the case of the booksellers' rendition), but for the most part they still have to let th
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Mens rea alone isn't enough to be convicted of a crime, but the actus reus in this case sounds like possession rather than use. I don't know about HK laws on laser pointers but here in Australia there are restrictions on laser poi
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
My impression is that almost all class actions are filed by individuals on behalf of classes consisting primarily of individuals rather than companies. I'd be curious to see if you have a counterexample of companies abusing the class a
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
It's always great when you need to figure out what a particular register means or the architecture of a particular error handling process or something like that, and you open the hardware spec and find "TBD" because it's
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Additionally, when bringing up new hardware, the knowledge you need in order to understand the state of a malfunctioning device and debug a crash is often stored in the head of the logic designer who wrote the HDL, not exactly something you
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
That would most likely be the National Relay Service, which is run by the Federal Government: https://www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/phone/services-... The NRS runs a bunch of services, including 106, the em
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
https://www.treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-07/expo... "Broadly, the payments not subject to the cash payment limit are: •payments related to personal or private transactions"
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
> Australia seems quite aggressive in this regard; also openly banning encryption. Australian here, talking to you over an encrypted HTTP connection, because we didn't ban encryption. Mandating certain measures which sometimes can b
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
If you're operating a legitimate business maintaining proper accounting records, and dealing with other legitimate businesses who are themselves maintaining records and paying tax, I would guess that it's _still_ much easier to go
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Per the FAQ at https://www.treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-07/at_g... , consumer to consumer transactions, including sales of used cars privately, are exempt from this proposed law.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Let's be clear here - the government is not as yet doing anything. This is a report from the technocrats who run our competition regulator. Which recommendations actually make it into government policy once they've gone through th
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Sounds good - as a Canberran, I think I'd really benefit from an involuntary social media detox for a few weeks! This is a policy area in which it's completely legitimate for government to exercise its powers. A digital economy do
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
I'm not aware of any private sector companies that have more than 2-3 formal "classification" markings, and they're usually more like "internal use only" and "confidential" rather than "secret&qu
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Flights to/from overseas territories with separate immigration laws are typically considered "international" anyway, so even in that case they would still effectively have an international airport.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
As you'll find if you dig into visa regulations in many countries, the definition of "business" (activities usually permitted on business visas or visa waiver programs) is typically a lot more detailed than just whether the c
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Maciej is one of the few software people whose political tweets I go out of the way to read.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
I'm currently planning a trip where I'm considering going from Strasbourg to Toulouse. Over 7 hours on the fastest train itinerary, versus a 1.5 hour flight. Not that difficult a decision.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
As another non-US national, I still have far, far more faith in US democracy than FB corporatism. In any case, the US isn't the only country in the world with a monetary policy that could get trampled over.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Given that the airline industry actually runs its own payment card network (UATP, which has been around since 1936 apparently) it does not surprise me at all that airlines do much of their payment card stuff in house.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
> I actually learned this when visiting Parliament House last year (though it was part of an off-the-tour side discussion). Having lived in both countries I think the independence of the US states is radically and fundamentally stronger
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
My mother's Intel NUC runs into this problem. Next time I go to visit I think I'm going to have to figure out if we can move the Windows install off the 32GB eMMC onto something else...
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
t.co is a special case, as Twitter generates t.co links automatically in tweets.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
FWIW - having to wait for pending transactions to post before filing a chargeback is how traditional banks have treated me, and I'm guessing is probably just part of the Visa/Mastercard dispute resolution process (someone who know
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_Discrimination_in_Employme... , it appears so.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
As an Australian this is my life whenever ordering anything from the US. A shipping estimator should be available on the product page. That's where I need it.
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Half the members are elected directly as representatives of geographical constituencies, while the other half are elected to "functional constituencies" where voting is restricted to individuals working in certain professions and
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
> Hong Kong believed China's word on separate laws separate courts Plenty of Hong Kongers left before 1997 for this exact reason. It wasn't a question about whether Hong Kong believed China's assurances - that decision was
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by ajdlinux 7y ago
Just to be clear here - the bill has not passed the Legislative Council, however the bill is expected to pass if and when it is listed for a vote due to the pro-Beijing majority. (Lam's announcement on "suspension" rather tha

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