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by bkor 8y ago
From https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/privacy-en-persoons... : "Sinds 25 mei 2018 moeten overheden, bedrijfsleven en verenigingen voldoen aan de Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming (AVG)." meaning
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by bkor 8y ago
> Although in this case they will not be fining anybody, since governments are exempt from GPPR. That depends on how the GDPR is implemented within the country. E.g. above is factual for Belgium, but _not_ factual for The Netherlands. &q
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There was a recent video by a Waymo person who dealt with understanding the world. He went into great detail about how to observe things. One thing he mentioned is that the car also has the goal of getting to the destination. There was an e
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> someone confused and unobservant walks out right in front of it You can spot such situations pretty easily if you pay attention. > or having to risk their own life Reducing speed and not hitting someone cannot be compared to risking
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> This guy was only talking about people significantly behind on their projects, for what it is worth. What difference does that make? If people are behind they're behind. There should be a discussion, not an "work overtime&quo
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I mentioned this somewhere else, but the eating can be pretty much an addiction. > For me? writing down what I ate was key I totally agree with this. Calories are quite easy to eat. You don't always know how much calories are in a c
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by bkor 8y ago
Too fat? Fat actually doesn't make you that fat. Low fat foods with loads of sugars do. Plus high fructose sugar. Overweight/obese is mainly a food addiction IMO. It's hard, difficult, etc. But amount of time it's due to
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by bkor 8y ago
I've said that some things are done on EU level, which does not need to be repeated across the various countries within the EU. Netherlands is part of the EU, it doesn't need to repeat those things. According to http://
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by bkor 8y ago
> bureaucracy of the EU The EU is actually quite efficient with its money considering all the things it does. Probably because loads of things are done centrally instead of repeated across 27 countries. This despite the stupid continuous
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> That's what it should be, but it seems the EU are intentionally being difficult in negotiations. The biggest cause is that EU with 500 representing million people has a way better negotiating position. Further, UK really needs to
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If you're using Linux it might be good to check if it's compiled in correctly. I use VLC with Chromecast on Android, it works well enough.
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UK was offered a deal. They've rejected a deal which was pretty extensive and handled loads of things. UK chose to leave, UK got a way better deal than they should, UK rejected it, cake is going away, still is on the EU? Really?
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by bkor 8y ago
> You may be right, but, the more Brexit news I hear, and the more I read, the more I get the feeling that parts of Europe and the EC are making efforts to make an example of Britain. If a member leaves the EU they're not getting t
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That's only for the mirrors which have a shared debian.org hostname. If you use e.g. mirrorbrain it'll redirect to the closest mirror. Based upon https://www.debian.org/mirror/list , it seems they all have pre
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by bkor 8y ago
An alternative to retext is Mallard. It's pretty easy to use, see http://projectmallard.org/ . It's used within GNOME for the documentation.
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by bkor 8y ago
The rocket that Blue Origin has developed is very powerful. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BE-4 . It'll be used by various companies for their rockets. The SpaceX rocket has certain trade-offs. Basically the upp
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by bkor 8y ago
I'm using mpv to play videos. It has a very minimal OSD, not all distributions enable this OSD. Mpv works good enough under Wayland. It also makes use of hardware acceleration, this I need because my CPU is too slow to play most things
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by bkor 8y ago
What's considered jaywalking (crossing a street where there is no crosswalk) in USA is usually legal in other countries. In Netherlands I can cross the street almost anywhere I want, except if I'm too close to a real crossing. See
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by bkor 8y ago
> To a certain extent geography dictates policy, and Ireland being in Schengen is a bit silly given the lack of land borders with Schengenland. Counterexample: Iceland is part of Schengen. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by bkor 8y ago
You only took one bit and responded with a "it's not that hard". Please explain in detail to all the things I mentioned, not just one. Regarding your experience: it's unrelated. I mentioned loads of businesses didn'
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by bkor 8y ago
Moving countries is not that easy though. Leaving the EU means loads of additional paperwork vs now. You need someone who understands and is legally responsible for VAT. You didn't need that before. You need to know how to fill out all
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by bkor 8y ago
The article mentions the same though: It means he has more than half of the voting power at Facebook and therefore the ability to swat away investor proposals. This makes the chances of Trillium's proposal becoming reality slim.
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by bkor 8y ago
Make sure to use Ublock Origin instead of Ublock. Solely "Ublock" you want to avoid.
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> extra marital affairs or cheating That's not a situation shown in the picture. I find it annoying that it pretends that man are solely focussed on appearance, as if there's no mind or thought in men.
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Not everything is on the German Amazon. Some things are only on the US/Spain/Italy one. Or it is sometimes on that one, sometimes not. Amazon often does NOT tell you the shipping costs until just before you make the order. This wh
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by bkor 8y ago
From what I understood Whatsapp does regularly work with the police. The contents is encrypted. But you can easily monitor who communicates with whom. So if one person is unwilling, you can check if the other is willing. I find it more worr
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by bkor 8y ago
It's interesting how BBC still calls Uber a ride-sharing company. Especially as it now will focus on bikes. Ride-sharing a bike.. I'd rather not.
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Isn't the name of a bank usually trademarked? And often trademarked domains are much easier disputed? A bank could way easier take back the domain, no?
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> Work is hard. Life is hard. Why not ensure work isn't too hard, nor life, nor going to the doctor. And then not just for you, but for everyone. > But it can be rewarding too, so long as you stop playing the victim. That's
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by bkor 8y ago
My observation: The article doesn't say that it is automated, just that they're drones (meaning: always behaving the same way). I assume they hired a few people to do this (optionally through some other company). It seems like the

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