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by philpem 8y ago
I can empathise because I've been in a similar position. Had a medical issue at work, asked work for temporary and minor adjustments while I recovered and was told "if you don't like it then leave". Things got worse, and
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by philpem 8y ago
I dunno, Articles 11 and 13 came pretty close... the old EUCD proposal some years ago...
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by philpem 8y ago
What you've described sounds like SV (but not just SV) "Techbro" culture to me...
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by philpem 8y ago
Nice little teardown. It's interesting seeing this written in a way which could just as easily be used as a stepping-stone to analyse other tracking scripts. I always wondered how people figured out what minified scripts did.
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by philpem 8y ago
If they're paying you to take garden leave, you're technically still employed by them. By my reckoning, that wouldn't leave a gap. Another possible explanation: "I took a two-year sabbatical to work on my own projects an
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by philpem 8y ago
It's more like Walmart than the Wild West.
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by philpem 8y ago
This is how I feel about it too. It's almost like the Eternal September just kept getting worse. I remember in my early days online, I was learning electronics design as a hobby. I posted a rather silly question to sci.electronics (sil
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by philpem 8y ago
Important to the company? A system which could automatically perform partial-stroke testing on pneumatic emergency-shutoff valve/actuator blocks. The end goal was to allow big chemical plants to run for longer between maintenance cycle
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by philpem 8y ago
In all likelihood, EU users will just end up using VPN-type services to bypass the blocks... rather than talking to their MEPs. (I don't blame them to be fair, I've gone down the MEP route - they replied with a form letter to the
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by philpem 8y ago
"Facebook Content Filter - protect your site from A13, only $1 per upload..."
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by philpem 8y ago
I'd love to see a "cliff's notes" summary of what A13 means as it is right now. Something like the "Doorstep EU" app does for Brexit-related news -- an actual, thought-out summary which links to authoritative r
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by philpem 8y ago
I think the net result would probably be a rapid increase of the "451 Not Available For Legal Reasons" errors which have appeared post-GDPR. That and a load of innovative start-ups simply setting up overseas instead of inside Euro
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by philpem 8y ago
Depends on the company. Some simply delete complaints and block the people who left them... The best way to get satisfaction (in the UK at least) seems to be to get a tabloid journalist involved....
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by philpem 8y ago
I'd expect a response along the lines of this if I presented a factory-erased phone to CBP... "Everyone has a Facebook sir, even my grandma and my boss. And I'm pressing buttons on your cellphone and it's asking me to se
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by philpem 8y ago
It's not a direct quote. One because I can't remember the exact words verbatim (this was last year) and two because the ones I could remember, I translated to American for the benefit of the HN audience :)
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by philpem 8y ago
If it's actually dice-roll random, I can see that working pretty well. It's actually fairly common to use "random coin-flip" type machines in retail -- you do random bag-checks of staff, and they push the button on the m
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by philpem 8y ago
Can confirm! London City, as I said, is a hair nicer but that's primarily because it's a business airport which generally caters for a small number of flights (compared to Heathrow or Gatwick).
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by philpem 8y ago
I posted it elsethread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18714315 Basically, constantly rushed by the security staff, and another passenger tried to make off with my phone (the guy next to me stopped him by asking &quot
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by philpem 8y ago
Politicians have something of a track record of exempting themselves from "security" laws...
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by philpem 8y ago
"Just wait here sir, we'll get that... Also you're going to be charged with checking a lithium battery into the hold, you're not allowed to do that."
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by philpem 8y ago
"Why is your phone completely blank? What are you trying to hide? Give me your Facebook login or you're going nowhere. Okay thanks, but you're still going nowhere... and your flight just left. That'll be $2000 for a new
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by philpem 8y ago
As silly as this sounds, it was standard procedure for one company I worked with. Don't bring your phone, get one from the US office. Same with laptops. Didn't half speed up border crossings when your itinerary is a week and all y
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by philpem 8y ago
I was just waiting for someone to mention the XKCD Universal Decryptor... a $5 wrench and a length of hose...
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by philpem 8y ago
Wow. I thought the experience I had with Gatwick was a one-off... :( These days I aim for London City or Leeds-Bradford if I can, Heathrow is my second choice, and I'll actively avoid Gatwick and Manchester unless there's no other
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by philpem 8y ago
I had this at Gatwick last year... "Hey idiot, get your goddamn bags off the (expletive) belt! Hurry the hell up!" At which point another passenger decided to take advantage of the confusion and tried to steal my phone... "Go
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by philpem 8y ago
at the same time :)
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by philpem 8y ago
"This morning the Political Privacy Act was rushed through. MPs are now exempt from all face-recognition systems. The vote was unanimous..."
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by philpem 8y ago
How about the old classic -- a Groucho Marx moustache and a pair of glasses? ;) Or maybe a Theresa May paper mask...
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by philpem 8y ago
I'd love to know how that compares to the false-negative stats...
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by philpem 8y ago
It would have been a terrible move politically -- if you actually did that, even in a good business relationship it'd look like you were trying to cut the account manager out of the deal. That's a recipe for tanking a deal...

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