There is a good case to be made for a more complete compensation package being legally mandated. At the moment individuals and companies affected have to claim from Equifax directly, i.e. sue them.
It would be better to appoint an administrator, similar to when a company goes bankrupt, who will accept claims from those affected and pay out.
As much as I'd like to see that, there is a general principal in most legal systems that laws and punishments can't be retroactive. Otherwise governments would simply criminalize something you did perfectly legally yesterday and slap a hefty sentence on it.
If the beech had been more recent then the GDPR rules would have applied, which would be a maximum of 4% of global turnover. I believe that would be around $135 million, still only a fraction of their $580 million net income.
In Japan they have corporate jail. Company can't do any business for a certain period of time. Staff get paid and can be required to work (just not making sales or supplying services) and it's generally limited a period of time that hurts the company but won't destroy it or cause layoffs.
Actually the current UK government, the Conservative Party, favours de-regulation and has been criticised for removing important protections against things like financial irresponsibility. They have failed to regulate corporation tax properly, despite sustained calls for it.
Similarly in the US I see that the Trump administration is busy ripping up rules and trying to down-size. Wasn't one of Sean Spicer's famous claims that Trumpcare was only a fraction of the size of Obamacare, implying that less regulation is considered better?
A lot of those expenses are things like improving the service centres to cope with the demand. There were already ridiculous delays getting parts and basic repairs done, six months not being unusual for things like accident damage. Just staying still required a huge investment and this week they announced even more to try to make the system reasonably responsive.
You make it sound like it's a huge grey area and everyone has their own standards, but really telling people to kill themselves because the world would be a better place without them is something that is pretty much universally unacceptable.
only an asshole would argue that Linus has been out of line
This is the biggest problem with Slashdot at the moment - people assume anyone who disagrees with them is an asshole troll and mod appropriately.
Can't even have a debate any more because even if by chance you don't get modded down the only response will be based on the faulty assumption that you are an asshole and not arguing in good faith.
I don't really understand why the rest of Slashdot doesn't.
Because they missed the part of the CoC that limits it to just official representatives of the project (using official email addresses, hosting conferences etc.) and because they think it's a giant SJW conspiracy theory.
It might be that way on an unprotected connection, but on a VPN it's not unusual to get 10+ challenges every time. And for some reason the ones that refresh the images refresh at about 1/4 the normal speed.
A link to known conspiracy site Kotaku in Action, where you got the pizzagate thing from as I recall, which itself links to a couple of tweets hat don't actually show anything beyond some more unfounded claims without any evidence.
Distorting the facts a bit there. What Ninja actually said was:
If I have one conversation with one female streamer where weâ(TM)re playing with one another, and even if thereâ(TM)s a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever
For that reason he refuses to play with any women except his wife. So not just "strongly political streams" with adult content as you suggest, but in fact a blanket ban on all women.
On the one hand I can understand that he doesn't want the hassle, but on the other it sounds a lot like "we don't hire women because it creates distractions in the office" which is pretty much textbook misogyny.
There is a business opportunity aspect to it, because the way smaller streamers improve their profile is often by playing with more popular ones, and Mr. Ninja only offers that opportunity to other male streamers.
Conversely our culture is bipolar with it, and right now the rubber band is stretched all the way towards the PC side,
Really? I mean Trump got elected, UKIP was very popular for a while, Nazis were emboldened to openly march in the streets... It doesn't sound like political correctness is a major factor in modern discourse, especially politics. And in fact the centre ground of politics has moved to the right in many places with the rise of populism.
Populists always claim to be oppressed. Trump still moans that the dreaded mainstream media is totally unfair to him, even though he has his own dedicated propaganda network (Fox News) and a direct line to people via his Twitter account.
What's weird is that your posts are at +3 without any moderation. Could be meta-mod but could also be an account issue, happened to me once and I had to ask site staff to sort it out.
I think they would just settle for fewer mass shootings, like most other developed nations.
Perhaps this is a good sign. You know you are losing the argument when all you have left is a straw man. The main push isn't even for disarmament, just some moderate controls on purchases.
You are begging the question with the assumption that in order not to be abusive you have to accept sub-standard code. That makes no sense, it's entirely possible to refuse a patch without calling the submitter a brainless dipshit.
Linus' response to Intel's Spectre fix is a great example. The technical detail is good and it explains clearly what the problem is, and the message is just as definitive without the insults. Patch rejected.
These things often result in changes in behaviour for the companies. Every search engine respects the European right to be forgotten, for example. Microsoft gave us the de-crappified Windows N versions. Apple paid it's taxes, although that is still under final appeal.
You highlight the real issue - lack of transparency. If a person makes a decision you can ask them to justify it and make a counter-argument. Often these algorithms are proprietary and secret and complete opaque, and with the introduction of AI it just gets worse because we don't even have the tools to understand their decisions.
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There is a good case to be made for a more complete compensation package being legally mandated. At the moment individuals and companies affected have to claim from Equifax directly, i.e. sue them.
It would be better to appoint an administrator, similar to when a company goes bankrupt, who will accept claims from those affected and pay out.
As much as I'd like to see that, there is a general principal in most legal systems that laws and punishments can't be retroactive. Otherwise governments would simply criminalize something you did perfectly legally yesterday and slap a hefty sentence on it.
If the beech had been more recent then the GDPR rules would have applied, which would be a maximum of 4% of global turnover. I believe that would be around $135 million, still only a fraction of their $580 million net income.
In Japan they have corporate jail. Company can't do any business for a certain period of time. Staff get paid and can be required to work (just not making sales or supplying services) and it's generally limited a period of time that hurts the company but won't destroy it or cause layoffs.
Actually the current UK government, the Conservative Party, favours de-regulation and has been criticised for removing important protections against things like financial irresponsibility. They have failed to regulate corporation tax properly, despite sustained calls for it.
Similarly in the US I see that the Trump administration is busy ripping up rules and trying to down-size. Wasn't one of Sean Spicer's famous claims that Trumpcare was only a fraction of the size of Obamacare, implying that less regulation is considered better?
GDPR limits what information a whois database can record about domain owners anyway. DNS records are not the right tool for this.
Echo Sub already sounds like a sex toy.
If you could get one up there you could literally talk out of your arse.
A lot of those expenses are things like improving the service centres to cope with the demand. There were already ridiculous delays getting parts and basic repairs done, six months not being unusual for things like accident damage. Just staying still required a huge investment and this week they announced even more to try to make the system reasonably responsive.
Mueller is actually proceeding quite quickly. Watergate was about 5x as long as the current Russian interference investigation.
You make it sound like it's a huge grey area and everyone has their own standards, but really telling people to kill themselves because the world would be a better place without them is something that is pretty much universally unacceptable.
And this was over needing the root password too often in OpenSUSE: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+L...
only an asshole would argue that Linus has been out of line
This is the biggest problem with Slashdot at the moment - people assume anyone who disagrees with them is an asshole troll and mod appropriately.
Can't even have a debate any more because even if by chance you don't get modded down the only response will be based on the faulty assumption that you are an asshole and not arguing in good faith.
I don't really understand why the rest of Slashdot doesn't.
Because they missed the part of the CoC that limits it to just official representatives of the project (using official email addresses, hosting conferences etc.) and because they think it's a giant SJW conspiracy theory.
It might be that way on an unprotected connection, but on a VPN it's not unusual to get 10+ challenges every time. And for some reason the ones that refresh the images refresh at about 1/4 the normal speed.
Which MEP? Was his name Nigel?
A link to known conspiracy site Kotaku in Action, where you got the pizzagate thing from as I recall, which itself links to a couple of tweets hat don't actually show anything beyond some more unfounded claims without any evidence.
Up to your usual rigorous standards I see.
Distorting the facts a bit there. What Ninja actually said was:
If I have one conversation with one female streamer where weâ(TM)re playing with one another, and even if thereâ(TM)s a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever
Source: https://www.polygon.com/2018/8...
For that reason he refuses to play with any women except his wife. So not just "strongly political streams" with adult content as you suggest, but in fact a blanket ban on all women.
On the one hand I can understand that he doesn't want the hassle, but on the other it sounds a lot like "we don't hire women because it creates distractions in the office" which is pretty much textbook misogyny.
There is a business opportunity aspect to it, because the way smaller streamers improve their profile is often by playing with more popular ones, and Mr. Ninja only offers that opportunity to other male streamers.
Conversely our culture is bipolar with it, and right now the rubber band is stretched all the way towards the PC side,
Really? I mean Trump got elected, UKIP was very popular for a while, Nazis were emboldened to openly march in the streets... It doesn't sound like political correctness is a major factor in modern discourse, especially politics. And in fact the centre ground of politics has moved to the right in many places with the rise of populism.
Populists always claim to be oppressed. Trump still moans that the dreaded mainstream media is totally unfair to him, even though he has his own dedicated propaganda network (Fox News) and a direct line to people via his Twitter account.
"Bitches be crazy" meme?
What's weird is that your posts are at +3 without any moderation. Could be meta-mod but could also be an account issue, happened to me once and I had to ask site staff to sort it out.
Cherry picking. The overall murder rates in both countries are lower than the US, you are just selecting individual incidents.
Do you normally carry a gun to work?
If yes perhaps you could also tell us the line of work.
I think they would just settle for fewer mass shootings, like most other developed nations.
Perhaps this is a good sign. You know you are losing the argument when all you have left is a straw man. The main push isn't even for disarmament, just some moderate controls on purchases.
TOR is secure, within the limitations of what it is designed to do.
Nah, they are just more likely to complain about it. Men repress their feelings too much for cultural reasons, to their own detriment.
You are begging the question with the assumption that in order not to be abusive you have to accept sub-standard code. That makes no sense, it's entirely possible to refuse a patch without calling the submitter a brainless dipshit.
Linus' response to Intel's Spectre fix is a great example. The technical detail is good and it explains clearly what the problem is, and the message is just as definitive without the insults. Patch rejected.
Google's Recaptcha is the worst, especially if you use a VPN.
These things often result in changes in behaviour for the companies. Every search engine respects the European right to be forgotten, for example. Microsoft gave us the de-crappified Windows N versions. Apple paid it's taxes, although that is still under final appeal.
You highlight the real issue - lack of transparency. If a person makes a decision you can ask them to justify it and make a counter-argument. Often these algorithms are proprietary and secret and complete opaque, and with the introduction of AI it just gets worse because we don't even have the tools to understand their decisions.