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by octo888 1y ago
> but officials haven’t yet announced their intentions to abuse it That one is perfect lol. It speaks to the baffling immense amount of trust people still have in institutions. I mean, people are still outright alarmed that the BBC resor
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by octo888 1y ago
In the UK, if this comment could be traced to your ID/address, you'd be arrested likely on terrorism charges.
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by octo888 1y ago
I don't understand why Americans hold freedom of speech / the First Amendment in such high regard. What does it buy you? Major corruption, abuse and misconduct still happens. Being able to criticise your government doesn't se
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by octo888 1y ago
Are you suggesting they will draft the law in such a way that in order not to be fired people must download this thing onto a smartphone and show it to their employer, post-haste? Your link does not support any evidence of that (the line &q
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by octo888 1y ago
Perhaps the better solution is to stop opening up and make a concerted effort to return to a high-trust society, rather than destroy privacy and go full authoritarian polite-state? Or must we absolutely must accept eg every Nigerian, Pakist
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by octo888 1y ago
> Some of the digital ID proposal documents published by UK gov even bear the "Labour Together" stamp - Labour Together being the Israel-aligned "think tank" that McSweeney used for the illegal funds! Wow straight out
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by octo888 1y ago
The voters misunderstood too. How much evidence and examples from the period of 1997-2010 did people need? All a quick google away A harsh lesson in believing the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Though mostly in the UK it's usually
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by octo888 1y ago
Not required by law in the UK to have ID on you while driving. Works well enough (you have to produce it at a station within 7 days). I'm sure if it's serious enough, the police can force some other method
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by octo888 1y ago
"Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said ID cards were not in the party's election manifesto and added: "That’s not our approach."" – July 2024 "Asked about the possibility of introducing digital ID cards, Mr Reynold
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by octo888 1y ago
Very well said
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by octo888 1y ago
Hah this is the UK. No, it'll be optional to begin with to make people like you asking important questions seem like a whacko. Then once they use propaganda to make people opt into it, and it reaches mass adoption, then it'll quie
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by octo888 1y ago
"can relate to" is weasely. What are the actual numbers?
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by octo888 1y ago
Never waste a good crisis
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by octo888 1y ago
> Most of EU and many other countries have something like that And no EU country has any illegal immigration thanks to the ID card /s
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by octo888 1y ago
What I've often found is that people only really accept feedback from the Tech Lead, and peers are dismissed (not outright and not obviously - kind of sealioning etc). Peer-to-peer code reviews are another instance implementing a thing
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by octo888 1y ago
> Prices are down ~50% after inflation since the airlines were deregulated On a like-for-like basis? Seat pitch, seat comfort, customer service, meals, drinks, included baggage, ticket flexibility/conditions etc? EDIT: found some ex
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by octo888 1y ago
> What a historically unprecedented capability for our species to end up on the opposite side of the planet in about a half a day. For a mere 40 hours of unskilled labour! Compared to months to years of labour, travelling on ships, 1-3 c
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by octo888 1y ago
I was trying to ascertain if we're discussing just taxes etc, or from the article "fees (like baggage, seat assignments, and service charges)" and whether you /need/ to select extras to have a decent standard of a s
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by octo888 1y ago
LOL there is literally a "$0 total" deal ($0.24 rounded down). At least it's REALLY obvious it's a scam: Due today: $0.00 Due at car rental counter: $0.24 Car rental: $0.20 Scg - lpf $0.01Scg - iva $0.03"
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by octo888 1y ago
> That said, obviously most people have their driving licence on them. Just to point out for the wider audience: you're not legally obliged to have your driving licence on you either when driving. You have 7 days to produce it a pol
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by octo888 1y ago
No. The onus isn't on anyone to explain why it's bad
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by octo888 1y ago
Because they have to choose between liking people and making themselves/their friends rich, and they always pick the latter.
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by octo888 1y ago
I'm really looking forward to a future where participating in society is completely dependant on agreeing to a legal document with either Google or Apple, and staying in their good books forever.
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by octo888 1y ago
I haven't had any organisation insist on a paper copy of a bill/statement for probably 10 years now
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by octo888 1y ago
> Prices here need to include everything upfront How are you defining "everything" and "upfront"? Upfront as in the first page shown after searching? Because many, many airlines/car rental sites have a complex mu
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by octo888 1y ago
This just made me realise why I've never actually used the one I purchased. My brain is like "with them sticking out, you'll be clumsy and damage your cables" Makes them harder to plug in behind furniture too.
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by octo888 1y ago
They said they are (again). That's different to it actually happening
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by octo888 1y ago
> I’ve bought at least a dozen Apple accessories recently and it’s been fine. How did you verify their authenticity?
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by octo888 1y ago
I also hate how the controls are on top of the content, on eg desktop and QuickTime. I want to see the entire frame when scrubbing.
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by octo888 1y ago
Looks nice but £100 for a filter? Crazy

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