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by kmlx 3y ago
i don’t find it at all unbelievable. i think the judgement is pretty spot on: > A business corporation is organized and carried on primarily for the profit of the stockholders. The powers of the directors are to be employed for that end.
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by kmlx 3y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_retention the EU directive was invalidated, but member states still hold on to all the data. for example: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/data-retention-france
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by kmlx 3y ago
> and do you truly believe they will step back from this bill? step back? they're criticising the government for not doing more/watering it down. if anything the next government will strengthen these rules, not water them down.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Very little coverage of this bill passing in the UK mainstream media that I have seen. because there's no opposition to it. everyone wants these rules. the opposition wants them strengthened for example. since there's no disc
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by kmlx 3y ago
the opposition is criticising the government for watering down the law. they wanted it to go a lot further (for example making VPNs illegal). there is widespread support for rules against the internet.
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by kmlx 3y ago
the change was demanded a long time ago by civil society organisations. the opposition is criticising the government for watering it down (for example: the opposition wanted VPNs to be made illegal). there is widespread approval of anything
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Based on stories I've heard from people work in industry, every major ISP in the UK keeps DNS query logs and "internet connection records" and makes these available to authorities (without a warrant) there's no &quo
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by kmlx 3y ago
no, that’s a conspiracy theory. it’s actually a pre-election ploy. as it stands right now governments will have to ask their citizens to change their habits. this will invariably lead to citizens voting for parties that won’t force them to
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by kmlx 3y ago
it really depends. there are so many providers in the UK that you can find all the possible combinations (high FX rates, high FX fees to mastercard/visa FX rates, no FX fees). > Some debit cards (or pre-paid 'charge cards'
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by kmlx 3y ago
ignoring the tone of this comment, “charged an arm and a leg” = pennies. i guess pennies are now valuable in the netherlands? in any case, the Dutch supermarket chain albert heijn still doesn’t accept any cards except some non starter local
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Do we now have trial by TV? we've had this for years now.
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by kmlx 3y ago
here’s the government’s press release for anyone interested: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/welsh-steels-future-secur...
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by kmlx 3y ago
> But if there's a large company behind the service, then that company is going to have to _obey the law_, and no amount of technology will change that. i agree on the first part. but that second part could probably also be reinvent
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by kmlx 3y ago
> It's very naive to think that the Internet can transcend in any way law enforcement. agree, it is naive. but for a while it did feel liberating to a lot of people.
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by kmlx 3y ago
this is a naive take. companies will still be formed. they will just http 451 all EU users. like threads does right now. this will also mean losing out, but i guess europeans are used to losing out, and actually prefer it?
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Of course that creates the possibility of a two-tier internet where EU customers simply don't get access to products this has already happened. google’s bard took it’s time to launch in europe. the young kid in me that always thou
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by kmlx 3y ago
i feel the same way. starfield feels and plays like a game from the ps4 era. those loading screens gave it away in the first few minutes.
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by kmlx 3y ago
i'm still playing the latest zelda.
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by kmlx 3y ago
if one breaks i go out and buy another. the requirement to charge multiple devices at the same time is still there.
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by kmlx 3y ago
i actually read the book. or tried to. it was very poor reading, wasted a few hours of my time. but to each his own.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Unions are there to stop employers using their might to exploit their workers in theory yes. in practice it gets murky.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> Airbnb has been a negative influence on the housing market airbnb exposed the fact the societies are full of nimbys and politicians are useless. all while providing a good alternative to hotels. > Uber, well, do I even need to discu
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by kmlx 3y ago
candy crush with ray tracing :)
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by kmlx 3y ago
> How many leather cases do you go through per phone? one every 3 to 6 months, depends on how long i'm travelling for (as that's when i usually drop/scratch/etc my case the most).
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by kmlx 3y ago
what if i've got multiple devices that need charging at the same time? like i always do all the time when travelling.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> They won't fit new iPhones no, i'll be buying them for my current iphone.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> but USB-C is going to mean I can get rid of all these lightning cables. that's something i never cared about. whether i carry 1 usbc and 1 lightning or 2 usbc, it's still 2 cables.
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by kmlx 3y ago
> They spent so long talking about environmental stuff, like getting rid of leather which reminds me, i need to buy extra leather cases. in any case, this is what happens when you've got nothing to present.
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by kmlx 3y ago
depends how you frame it. for example: “the government doesn’t want to protect your children”. but the way the opposition attacked the plans as weak or very weak tells me they’ve done the studies. also, this: > Richard Collard, head of c
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by kmlx 3y ago
> with merely obscene profits instead absurd profits i thought this was a serious comment until i read this line. their profit margins are 1.2% or $2.25/passenger. and this is after losing hundreds of billions in the preceding 3 yea

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