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by rmc 10y ago
> There's talk of it happening regardless, as without the EU there's no requirement here to use SI units The EU did initially have the goal of getting rid of all non-metric units, but gave up in early 2000s since the UK was o
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by rmc 10y ago
Before the Nazis came to power, there were plenty of people in Germany who thought the Nazi party & Hitler were thugs and dangerous.
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by rmc 10y ago
> If racism becomes acceptable again Some would say that racism is still acceptable in USA today. Just look at Trump. (Yes not as openly as before, but it hasn't been erradicated) There's a saying that the USA went from think
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by rmc 10y ago
"right wing" or "far right wing". Remember we're talking about literal neo-nazis here, not just Conservatives.
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by rmc 10y ago
> the data protection agency doesn't have any real power. Which is a shame, because the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is suppose to guarantee that data protection issues are protected by an independent body.
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by rmc 10y ago
> But a weaker pound certainly makes the UK are more attractive target for investment. If only the UK wasn't going to leave the largest free trade group!
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Or they have all that data and yet are still unable to do proper ad targetting
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And what about national security information? Just as various people at The Guardian whether possessing the Snowdon documentation is legal (hint: It's not).
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by rmc 10y ago
But what about copyright law? Can I have a harddrive full of movies which I haven't bought and downloaded off bittorrent? What about data privacy law? Should it be legal for me to have a recording of a conversation you & I had, whi
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by rmc 10y ago
> Really, possession and distribution of these images should be legal. Strongly disagree.
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My point is that it's not as bad as some of the channel islands which have one company director for every two people. Yes, the jobs need to be done, but those jobs might not be done in Ireland . Hence the Irish government and society
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Lots of those tech companies employ a lot of local people. Tens of thousands of people.
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Plus the subsidies. For a very long time, and even now, NI is/was not as poor as RoI
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Would the UK want a hard border? Otherwise any EU citizen could travel to Ireland. Walk across the border, and hence enter UK without any checks. If you get deported from the UK, just walk back across the border. etc. Would the UK accept th
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One way is a united Ireland. Which is a whole other can of worms.
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Not everyone agrees with libertarianism
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There were discussions about doing just that for the GPLv3 when it was under discussion.
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That's been RMS & FSF's position for decades. They view it as wrong that you have software which you do not have the four freedom for. Many legal and ethnical systems have limitations on what you can consent to. You're no
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by rmc 10y ago
"mistake" is a loaded term, which includes a meaning of being wrong, and deserving of being erradicated; so much so that people don't use it for Standard English. But people who are using it for AAVE are intentionally tryin
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FBI doesn't need a warrant for non-US computers.
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by rmc 10y ago
No. Scotland would leave the UK and join the EU. Ireland did exactly that, getting inpendence from the UK in 1922, and joining EU in 1979 or so. Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament, would be free to charge what taxes it wants, and have mo
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by rmc 10y ago
> What if it works perfectly and you still end up hiring more men than women? It's possible, but also the converse is possible. Shall we find out?
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This would be illegal under EU data protection law. Thank god for strong data protection law.
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In places with actual employment law (like the EU), you can't just fire someone with no reason.
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Would Spain accept an independent Gibraltar in the EU? Spain might offer union with Spain....
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by rmc 10y ago
Fun fact: Ryanair exists because of EU free trade law. It's an Irish company, and the Irish government wanted to continue to protect it's state owned airline (Aer Lingus) on the lucrative Ireland/UK route, so tried to ban Rya
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Which is why the establishment in other EU countries want to ensure it's not successful...
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Would the UK want the same trade deal that China has? The EU meant nearly unlimited free trade.
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> The scaremongering goes on even after the vote has been called... The markets are already reacting. And they aren't confident./
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Constitutional rights don't apply to Dropbox at all. They are a private entity. If they want to inspect your data, they can This is one of the reasons the EU courts have found that US law is not at all adequate for storing EU citizen

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