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by rlpb 4y ago
The article covers this and explains why (in the author's opinion) it's a false metric. I'm not saying the article is definitely right. My point is merely that so far you haven't added anything useful to the conversation
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by rlpb 4y ago
Disagreeing by just stating the opposite of the article without any specifics of your claim and without any evidence is not helpful.
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by rlpb 4y ago
Is that "Accept all cookies" or "Accept all our terms, not just about cookies but also our rights to your first born"? Did you check? My point is that an "accept all" reflex isn't necessarily safe even if
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by rlpb 4y ago
If a session is required to service a user's explicit request (eg. "add item to basket" but not "track user for ads") then explicit consent isn't required. The user's explicit request is enough. So there&#
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by rlpb 4y ago
xz makes sense for Debian. The article author links to a Debian mailing list thread as if that somehow provides evidence that Debian made a bad decision. I just read the thread and that is the opposite of that thread's conclusion. The
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by rlpb 4y ago
If it's not possible to sell to a private buyer, how is it possible to determine a "market rate"? There would be no market.
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by rlpb 4y ago
In most industries increasing your reach by 3% is worth doing.
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by rlpb 4y ago
Why would an employer looking to fire you care about plausible deniability? Even if your setup worked technically, if the traffic traced back to you then you'd probably find yourself fired under these circumstances regardless.
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by rlpb 4y ago
Overtaken how? Download size? Startup time? Ubiquitous availability? Number of kernel hackers who use it as their daily driver? What's your metric?
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by rlpb 4y ago
Is that what you said about Crimea? Where does it stop?
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by rlpb 4y ago
My understanding is that a significant amount of natural gas is being used for electricity generation. Generate that electricity from another source, and more gas will immediately become available for direct heating. Of course we don't
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by rlpb 4y ago
Bitcoin doesn't require these amounts of energy to operate but the current block reward / value combination incentivizes it. For example, if miners were taxed such that electricity were twice as expensive for them, then the amou
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by rlpb 4y ago
A court would decide. They usually consider intent. I don't know about Switzerland specifically, but usually the restriction on this kind of right is on distribution/publication.
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by rlpb 4y ago
> Or better yet, I'll do what I do with everything I own and hack it, unlocking everything I can. The problem comes when the manufacturer starts demanding legal "protection" against people hacking their own possessions, or
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by rlpb 4y ago
Keeping your mouth shut maintains your own status quo. People advance in their careers by being good at knowing when to keep their mouths shut, and when to speak up.
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by rlpb 4y ago
> A site or app that doesn't allow user content isn't in scope. I agree, but the article's author's phrasing, IMHO, claims the opposite. > In practice this will end discussion and comment sections from all but the
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by rlpb 4y ago
If it's not a "user-to-user service", then it's not a "regulated user-to-user service" either and therefore not a "regulated service". Whether or not it "has links" or is a "service is
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by rlpb 4y ago
Ah, thanks. Looks like there's not an actual bill yet, but there is a second draft bill. However, I looked at the definitions in there and they remain essentially the same. My concerns still stand.
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by rlpb 4y ago
The article says: "Is it possible for your site, service, or app, which allows content to be shared and/or people to communicate with each other, to be accessed by any adult or any child within the UK? Then you’re in scope. NB “ac
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by rlpb 4y ago
Either: 1) They aren't collecting personally identifiable information, and therefore don't fall within the scope of the GDPR, and therefore the cost of compliance is virtually nil or: 2) They are collecting personally identifiable
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by rlpb 4y ago
You mean that stopping abusing just a subset of visitors costs a lot to implement. Stopping abusing everyone is easy, but of course they don't want to do that.
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by rlpb 4y ago
We've put away all our awesomely strong fridge magnets while we bring up a child. It's not worth the risk of him swallowing them. I don't trust small magnets to stay inside larger plastic frames, either.
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by rlpb 4y ago
> and then seizing control over the enterprise That's an exaggeration. For example, we already require companies to serve disabled customers. They can't just choose to refuse service to them. Have we already "seized contro
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by rlpb 4y ago
> They should be able to decide what they'll cover or not. Why? Companies can be regulated. In cases where there isn't effective competition providing real consumer choice, I think it's perfectly reasonable to regulate the
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by rlpb 4y ago
> It may not be how it is supposed to work but how does one defend a drug possession charge when they are in possession of drugs? It's the task of the prosecution to establish not just that you possessed the drugs, but also that you
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by rlpb 4y ago
> Once you answer yes to this question you are criminally liable for whatever is in the suitcase. That's not how criminal law works in most places: "Mens rea is the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime;
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by rlpb 4y ago
> ...then I presume they were taking their information from an aggregator - and seems entirely fair that you should "pay the aggregator" This seems to be what they are doing. From their FAQ: "Maintaining this data for over
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by rlpb 4y ago
Nobody said it was copyright specifically. However: "A database right is a sui generis property right, comparable to but distinct from copyright, that exists to recognise the investment that is made in compiling a database, even when t
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by rlpb 4y ago
> Making it very difficult for people to manage deploying mysql... How so? You can download source "from upstream" https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/8.0.html?os=src or enable their apt repository
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by rlpb 4y ago
Still, none of this relates to MySQL. You can create a list of things you aren't happy about Oracle for. MySQL isn't one of them.

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