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  1. Re:Not to worry, Comrade! on Russia Tries To Force Facebook, Twitter To Relocate Servers To Russia (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Now you know how Europeans feel about servers in the US. That episode with he FBI trying to force Microsoft to violate EU law to get data held on servers in Ireland proved the need to have servers storing your data in safe legal jurisdictions.

    Of course Russia probably isn't thinking about protecting the rights of its citizens, quite the opposite.

  2. Re:T-Minus 2 years on Tesla Model 3 Is Heading To Europe (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Should have linked the videos.

    https://youtu.be/hCv_Ha0oWjE
    https://youtu.be/rk1QRJjHjsM
    https://youtu.be/RytwKuBAIuM

    Basically when it's been raining and you open the boot, water pours in and all your stuff gets wet.

    The seal isn't great either, there is a guy on TMC who didn't close it properly (car said shut, but it wasn't) and the boot got completely flooded. When he presses on the carpet it releases a puddle of water now. Apparently there is no drain!

    Unfortunately the design has already been approved for the EU so that's what we are getting.

  3. Re:Dr. Rita Kappel you say? on Dutch Surgeon Wins Landmark 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Indeed that seems to be correct. It appears that the site in question has been updated now so this specific case is somewhat moot, but the general principal stands.

  4. Re:When they own the information on Dutch Surgeon Wins Landmark 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And to be clear, the tribunal is saying that patients can know about this. What they are concerned about is them knowing the truth, not some old and outdated information that is no longer accurate.

    As for a potential employee's criminal record, in Europe you have a right to know some of it. Convictions that are considered "spent" do not have to be declared. Serious crimes, or crimes for which the time limit has not run out (e.g. they are on probation) must be declared.

  5. Re:Good example of what is wrong on Dutch Surgeon Wins Landmark 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Europe has a different concept of freedom to the US.

    The US is very much focused on freedom from interference. The government can't stop you doing things. In Europe we have that too, but we also consider to right to certain things to be essential to be free as well. For example, someone without any education has effectively had their freedom severely limited because it's difficult for them to function and find happiness in the modern world, so education is a human right here and the government has a responsibility to provide it. More than that, the government must protect that right and can't allow parents to withhold education from their children.

    The quote you used is also somewhat incomplete. What the tribunal means is an old, out of date judgement that has been superseded. The medical board did in fact allow her to continue practising, but the site saying she was banned was not updated.

    So the balance here is between her freedom to pursue a career and earn a living as a doctor, vs. the public's right to find this old and misleading information. Of course links to the current judgement, and indeed to news articles about this case are all fine, because they make the current situation clear. The public will know that she made mistakes and is under supervision now.

  6. Re:Good example of what is wrong on Dutch Surgeon Wins Landmark 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why should that be the responsibility of a search engine?

    Because the search engine is acting as an agent providing information about people, which is regulated by data protection laws.

    This problem was actually recognized back in the 80s when such laws first appeared. Databases often contained errors and people tended to trust the computer far too much, so the right to have corrections made was introduced and limits placed on the use of such data.

    Imagine if a credit reference agency had a massive black mark on your file that was a mistake. You would want it corrected, right?

  7. Re:Technology is hard. on Dutch Surgeon Wins Landmark 'Right To Be Forgotten' Case (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    In this case the site is still up and listed on Google. It just doesn't come up for searches of that particular person's name.

    The right to be forgotten is quite specific and limited in scope.

  8. Re:T-Minus 2 years on Tesla Model 3 Is Heading To Europe (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    It doesn't seem like an ideal car for Europe to be honest. The boot (trunk) leaks badly when it rains and while the shape (low and wide) is popular in the US in Europe people prefer a bit narrower and taller. Also it's very, very expensive compared to other cars in the more developed European EV market.

    I'm sure they will sell plenty, at least at first while the pre-orders are in place. A lot of people are waiting for the $35k model though, which isn't even on the timeline yet. Many seem to be expecting it to be â/£35k too, which isn't going to happen. Aside from anything else you have to add ~20% sales tax. And that's the poverty spec.

  9. The doctor in question was allowed by the professional body to continue practising. The body is there not to punish, but to ensure that when mistakes are made they are corrected and the doctor doesn't repeat them. That's the truth.

    It is of course fine for Google to report that. But it's not okay to report false information. Companies that provide information about people, such as credit rating agencies, are strictly regulated in the EU and have a duty to provide accurate information. Our data protection laws require users to be able to inspect and correct inaccurate information about themselves.

    Yelp can host bad reviews as long as they are true, otherwise it's libel and data protection laws require them to remove them once notified.

  10. Re:Death of journalism resulted in fake news on In an Attempt To Tackle Spread of Fake News, Facebook's WhatsApp Puts Limit on Message Forwarding (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll remind you of that the next time you whine about being called a Nazi.

  11. Describe these tactics they have in common.

  12. Re:Death of journalism resulted in fake news on In an Attempt To Tackle Spread of Fake News, Facebook's WhatsApp Puts Limit on Message Forwarding (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems to be incompatible with Slashdot. Might go back to the old one, the sjw slur seems to be back on the rise.

  13. Re:Obvious racism in enforcement. on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Why are people committing crimes? Poverty, drug addiction, lack of opportunity. Fixing that prevents crime, police mostly just clean up after it.

  14. Re:Trump owns it on Shutdown Hits Industries Nationwide (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    It's true, Trump's great wall can be defeated in minutes by a $1 hacksaw.

    https://youtu.be/b2gedQN26YI

  15. Re:Not AI, they are simply poorly weighted checkli on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    You need a law like GDPR. Then you could demand to know the inner workings of the algorithm too.

  16. Re:Obvious racism in enforcement. on AI is Sending People To Jail -- and Getting it Wrong (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The computer should send many more cops into 'communities of color', not doing so is racist!

    Prevention is better than cure. Fix the poverty problems and the crime will go down. Cops are not the right tool.

  17. Jeremy Corbyn and Anita Sarkeesian believe in /exactly/ the same ideology?

  18. Re:Hydrogen is a form of storage and not a good on on How Orkney Leads the Way For Sustainable Energy (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    All the grid scale stuff is abundant and easy to recycle, e.g. lithium and sodium.

  19. I'm sure it was great but it sounds like it was never opened up to the public for real world testing. In practice, looking at messaging apps specifically, there are two problems.

    1. Too much burden on the user. Most people barely use the blocking/muting tools available, they just ignore their relatives and "friends" posting fake news. So the web of trust has too little information to go on, and the user isn't motivated enough to spend time rating posts or individuals.

    2. It's too easily gamed. Bad actors get all their bad actor friends to rate them as trustworthy. You can deal with it when the number of actors is fairly limited, but on a public social network (or email etc.) it's wack-a-mole at best. It can also be used against genuine users by giving them bad ratings.

    The only way to fix all that is to raise the cost of entry to the network, which is obviously not something that Facebook wants to do.

  20. Re:Rian Johnson killed Star Wars on Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news) · · Score: 1

    She flies the ship straight out like a pro, she does the force mind control before she even knows its a thing, she goes toe to toe with kylo and doesn't even really lose.

    But none of those things are true, are they?

    She crashes the ship into the ground and then into a bunch of other stuff. She has the force mind control demonstrated by Kylo when he uses it on her for interrogation. Remember that Anakin was able to use the Force without any training at all, not to mention the implausibility of a 9 year old pod racer. How did he even get that job?

    Finally, she fought an already injured Kylo Ren (shot with Chewie's crossbow that sends people flying across the battlefield) who wasn't even trying to kill her, he was trying to recruit her.

  21. Re:Death of journalism resulted in fake news on In an Attempt To Tackle Spread of Fake News, Facebook's WhatsApp Puts Limit on Message Forwarding (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "Make America Great Again" and "Build the wall" are mutations of "Black Lives Matter" and "Down with Patriarchy".

    That's the most batshit thing I've heard all year. Admittedly it's only January.

  22. Re:Should be easy to defend on Oracle Systematically Underpaid Thousands of Women, Lawsuit Says (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know how it works in the US, but here your employer can't penalize you for taking time off for holidays you are owed or for illness unless certain fairly strict conditions are met.

    The other problem they will run into with that argument is the way they measure performance. If it values unhealthy over-working it would be considered to be part of the problem and invalidate their argument.

    Basically the assumption is that men and women are equally capable of doing the job, so you will have an uphill battle proving otherwise. Companies are expected to take steps to eliminate the things that might create the differences, such as an overtime culture or poor work/life balance, not use them as an excuse.

  23. Re:Rian Johnson killed Star Wars on Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news) · · Score: 1

    You can't tell Gal Gadot and Chris Evans apart?!

  24. Re:Rian Johnson killed Star Wars on Is Disney's Star Wars Franchise In Trouble? (cosmicbook.news) · · Score: 1

    That's some pretty wild speculation just to prove that Ray is more of a Mary Sue than the other two.

    The reality is that basically every argument made about her being a Mary Sue is either contradicted by events in the movie or Luke was worse. No one can come up with a single example that is clearly ridiculous, even with two entire movies to draw from.

  25. Re:Obviously cannot be t'rusted' on A Large Number of Top Free VPN Apps Either Have Chinese Ownership or Are Based in China (hackernoon.com) · · Score: 1

    You have to trust something, unless you intend to run all your software on a Z80 that you have previously inspected with an electron microscope to confirm it's fidelity.

    Would that be possible with RISC V? I think the equipment needed to do a complete manufacturing verification on such a CPU would be difficult/expensive to get hold of, but I'm not an expert.