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by mdekkers 7y ago
> It's very easy to argue that CAPTCHA is an essential service and therefore not under GDPR No it isn't. In fact, out-of-the-box reCaptcha is not GDPR compliant, and using it on your site will open you up to possible liabilit
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by mdekkers 7y ago
...which concludes: With the exception of the MD-11, there is no statistically significant safety record difference between jet transports put into service since 1980, Airbus and Boeing included.
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by mdekkers 7y ago
> Airbus, which last I read, had an ever so slightly worse safety record [citation needed]
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Dutch ING bank to read bank-statements to advertise at you (Article in Dutch)(nos.nl)
3 points by mdekkers 7y ago|0 comments
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by mdekkers 8y ago
I think and feel along the same lines. Stoicism helps. As do various forms of escapism. Every time I felt overwhelmed by these feelings, it (in hindsight) turned out to be a symptom of depression. I really, really, very strongly urge you
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by mdekkers 8y ago
It isn't (only) you. I unsubbed from Netflix due to intolerable UI, Autoplay, and rapidly shrinking catalog.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
We have a Maremma, as do some of our friends. They are incredibly dogs, extremely smart and independent. Also stubborn.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Avionics software that has direct impact on the handling of a passenger flight should be globally mandated to be guaranteed faultless. There should be direct liability to the software engineering team. I know Boeing's software wasn&#x
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by mdekkers 8y ago
> How common is it for divers to start panicking underwater? It surprises me that that's even a thing. I am a seasoned and experienced diver. I used to dive literally on a daily basis. Until that one time when without warning I to
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by mdekkers 8y ago
A few weeks ago, I was drifting off to sleep and heard my name being spoken. Extremely clear, and right in my ear. It freaked me right the fuck out.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
My Volvo has sign recognition, and although it is quite good, it frequently gets it wrong. It will pick up signs on the back of lorries/buses, as well as signs for i.e. a neighborhood (5kmh) without subsequently picking up the fact tha
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Take champix That's terrible advice. Champix and Zyban produce " feelings of agitation, depressed mood, hostility, changes in behaviour or impulsive or disturbing thoughts, such as ideas of self-harm or of harming others ".
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by mdekkers 8y ago
I was able to successfully quit cigarettes (for a year) by quitting drinking and switching to the vape. I reduced the nicotine from 12mg to 1.5mg over the course of three months I did the same thing, and started again in the same way. I&#
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by mdekkers 8y ago
There is evidence that nicotine alone is a complete carcinogen That's the first time I heard that. Do you have any links to this evidence?
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by mdekkers 8y ago
All their "priceless" stuff Lovely attitude for someone handling other peoples' belongings.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
I used to work as a stagehand for one of the major event companies ex-lampie here, good to see I am not the only one. I went in IT to have better working hours and less stress, that was a rude surprise.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
It doesn't have to be "vast quantities of cash", it only has to balance out the cost of the additional work. And reputational cost is notoriously difficult to turn into a cash value. I really have an issue with how the author
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by mdekkers 8y ago
You don't need it if you are a one-man band doing a small side project. > I spent hours setting up a simple and free continuous deployment pipeline. Commit to git, Semaphore CI builds the Docker image, uploads the image to a contai
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by mdekkers 8y ago
This doesn’t inspire confidence in the rest of the piece. The title doesn't inspire confidence in the rest of the piece. Why is it that increasingly, people feel compelled to put such a negative spin on content. Another "if you
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Reading the title I was sure that China did something, and now all our base are belong to them. "We are something Ruby related, and we did something with our business structure" was a real letdown.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Not so controversial, in my opinion. I always think of the opening scene of "Idiocracy" and how true it is.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Between the vested financial interest that are joined at the hip with political interest and the outright refusal of the majority of the population of the western world to make any kind of personal sacrifices to combat climate change, we ar
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by mdekkers 8y ago
Now I'm going to have to take my Google Wifi points apart to check for "forgotten" microphones
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by mdekkers 8y ago
We have a term for this nowadays, "illegal combatant." It's only illegal if the other side do it.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
IMHO this would require a "I did not provide consent" button to keep the ad publishers (i.e. Facebook's paying customers) honest. There will obviously be many people clicking this "incorrectly" but much like your sp
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by mdekkers 8y ago
selling it to the highest bidder is completely unethical Whilst I don't disagree with the sentiment, "ethics" doesn't appear to have been any kind of motivator for business in general, ever. Look around you. How much o
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Biohackers encoded malware in a strand of DNA(wired.com)
9 points by mdekkers 8y ago|0 comments
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by mdekkers 8y ago
If someone obtain your pin and nick your card If that is the case there are many options available to you that do not require pinsentry. This argument makes no sense in the context of this discussion.
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by mdekkers 8y ago
in other words "while you are leaving, let us make sure you will never come back"
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by mdekkers 8y ago
I need to invest in a CRISPR home kit...

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