jk563

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by jk563 9y ago
Because they have unlimited access?
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by jk563 9y ago
Fifteen Million Merits (S01E02) to be specific.
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by jk563 9y ago
Last time I voted I took a driving licence. All they did was check my face matched my card, and the name and address matched my registration no real check on whether or not the card was genuine. When I created my government account I provid
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by jk563 9y ago
A lot of talk about securing voting machines/verifying that they run the correct software. Why do we have to have physical machines? If it's electronic, surely a website would do if you have the correct means of ID? NB: this is no
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by jk563 9y ago
I second this anecdata. I carry an Amex (credit) and a Mastercard (debit) backup. I don't carry any cash unless I know I have an imminent need.
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by jk563 9y ago
I pay for ironing, gardening, cleaning, and handyman services. Super useful and means I don't really need to do much housework other than cooking.
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by jk563 9y ago
Marcos Placona is a Developer Evangelist.
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by jk563 9y ago
More accurately, Photobucket has a $399.99 tier, and this is the only tier which allows using them as a third party host for images embedded on other sites. Images belonging to an account that is not on this tier well get replaced with an i
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by jk563 9y ago
Part of the issue with the comparison you're making is that the station you mention likely know what they were publishing at each point in time. Facebook is facing a situation more like trying to remove flyers in a town where everybody
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by jk563 9y ago
Discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14645452
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What type of questions do you mean?
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by jk563 9y ago
Both "public school" and "private school" are used to refer to schools which require a fee to be paid.
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by jk563 9y ago
> according to the law, you're no longer a threat What part of the law specifically rules released prisoners as not a threat?
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by jk563 9y ago
The polling trigger is a fairly common pattern from what I've seen to keep it hot.
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by jk563 9y ago
I mean, I'd definitely take the money.
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by jk563 9y ago
Is this the one that started to realise what was happening due to unpaid time on a machine amounting to 25c or similar?
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An Elegant Way to Ruin Your Company's Day(nvteh.com)
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by jk563 9y ago
Perhaps you should master the art of sword-fighting in this time instead? https://xkcd.com/303/
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by jk563 9y ago
Bad incidents, but I found the culture at the BBC to be fantastic 3-4 years ago.
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by jk563 9y ago
Depends on the colleague, I have done that and similar many times previously and had similar back. The comment is made, we laugh, he has his salad, I eat my burger, we moved on to something else. (UK)
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by jk563 9y ago
I like the idea of the digital land data at the top of that page! Thanks for the reference.
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by jk563 9y ago
"We will give people new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data, including the ability to require major social media platforms to delete information held about them at the age of 18" Doesn't this mean that it
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by jk563 9y ago
Which page are you referring to? I'd like to read but don't have time for the whole manifesto right now and I couldn't find it!
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by jk563 9y ago
I'd be very interested in how that would play out in a court. My gut instinct would be that there is a distinction between consenting to send voice data to a named company and conversations being deemed public. Of course, my profession
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by jk563 9y ago
Would that not still be different? The public doesn't have access to El Goog's recordings, so surely a warrant would still be needed as that precedent would not apply?
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by jk563 9y ago
I have one, it's convenient and lets me control my home in what feels like a natural way. Personally, I don't see the downside of having it. Note; I mean I don't acknowledge a downside from my perspective. I'm fully awar
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by jk563 9y ago
It's more of "I knew how to get into any Windows PC by sending someone to a website, but it's already been patched" Much less desirable.
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Theresa May seeks general election(bbc.co.uk)
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by jk563 9y ago
Opta powered the BBC football and most other sports stats, at least while I was there a few years ago. Obviously, this might have changed now!
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by jk563 9y ago
Mind explaining how the Government is able to change how Canadians vote?

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