takeitto

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by takeitto 8y ago
The EU had self-driving cars in the 1980s (Ernst Dickmanns & Mercedes, demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I39sxwYKlEE ). The most expensive robot car project was in Europe ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by takeitto 8y ago
You'd also make me happy :).
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by takeitto 8y ago
But they still process European user data if they do not block my IP. So they are not complying at all with GDPR's main requirement, just a poorly singled-out subclause.
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by takeitto 8y ago
The internet doesn't know, but e-commerce/data business pretty darn well knows where their customers/users are situated. The old web was mostly static websites. We spoke of visitors. The new web is app-ified/interactive,
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by takeitto 8y ago
If you log for security purposes that is a "legitimate interest" which would allow you to keep doing that, provided: - You make a note that this data is being logged. - You state for how long this is logged (6 months is reasonable
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by takeitto 8y ago
> It's a foreign requirement that feels like a violation of sovereignty. Sure, if you cater to users in your own country. If you cater (read: deal with data) to users from the EU, you should follow local consumer protection laws. EU
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by takeitto 8y ago
I am European browsing from a non-EU IP. Seems to me a blanket ban on EU IPs is both draconic and ineffective. As for SV seeing GDPR as more of a hindrance: SV was build on the freemium model of gathering as much data as possible. Companies
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by takeitto 8y ago
I believe this is what Antonov meant when he said: "A pre-designed scenario is being implemented, Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences." in response to the latest Syria
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by takeitto 8y ago
Unfortunate hit piece. Even worse than having your peers crap on you, is the author stating that you wish these crappy remarks don't define your profile (like they did previous profiles), and then having exactly that happen. This will
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by takeitto 8y ago
I'm not saying he broke any policy. People will simply misrepresent - or take advantage of - his just well-intended representation. Just take out of context or read the following with a different job role and see why these guidelines m
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by takeitto 8y ago
The article and comments you are responding to is about the demo being poorly faked. You seem to conflate this with another issue with the demo: It was so good that it seemed real, and you deem this to be deception/deceptive. While I m
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by takeitto 8y ago
I am not a Googler, and these guidelines are available here: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html (since they also apply to investors and external contractors who may not have access to inter
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by takeitto 8y ago
It is just not a good idea to authenticate yourself as a Googler in these sorts of discussions. If there is doubt in the media about a tech from Google, Google's PR department is more than capable to handle that in due time. I think pa