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  1. Re:Pure politics. Here is why. on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Sorry, it's an accord that is part of the 1992 treaty that *was* approved by the Senate. So it is binding in that respect. Arguably, if you want out, you have to want out all the way and be done in a year, but 2020 isn't that far off to be out of just this bit.

  2. Re:The final phase of total lockout from the world on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    The MPs of the ruling party choose the Prime Minister, not just the ministers.

    We don't elect ministers either. Ministers are MPs chosen by the Prime Minister (or the Leader of the opposition for shadow ministers) for particular roles.

  3. Re:Does leaving early affect total hours worked/pa on More Than 40 Percent of Companies Now Offer a 'Summer Friday' Perk (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    GP implied he was in UK, where different laws apply for employment. Ones that are of benefit to the employee.

  4. Re:Does leaving early affect total hours worked/pa on More Than 40 Percent of Companies Now Offer a 'Summer Friday' Perk (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If you're being dinged a full day of holiday when the office is only operating for half of it you should be bringing that to the attention of CFO and legal as they owe you that half day by law.

    Or, alternatively, work somewhere better. Everywhere I've worked where the office closes at lunch on Christmas Eve has always declared it as a half day for holiday as well.

  5. When Rampion, off the south coast of England and a lot more visible from Brighton than the artist's impression led people to believe thanks to the lensing effect of air over water, is complete it will have 116 turbines. It was going to be 134 but that was considered too many.

  6. Re:Not Just the Internet on After London Attack, PM Calls For Internet Regulation To Fight Terrorists (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Not so long ago, buying kitchen knives in a supermarket got flagged at the checkout. Most people weren't too bothered as that isn't a regular purchase, but when it got extended to potato peelers enough people got the store manager out from their office to tell them not to be so bloody stupid it was quietly reduced to be just as "difficult" and "controversial" as buying alcohol, i.e ask for ID if you look under 25. Most times they don't even bother.

  7. Pre-emptive punishment for thoughtcrime on When Sentencing Criminals, Should Judges Use Closed-Source Algorithms? (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    This is one step further from being locked up for considering committing a crime. This locks you up for longer because some supposed Source Of Truth (and that is assumed on blind faith) marks you as someone who might think of committing a crime in the future so you get punished before the fact.

    Pour encourager les autres?

  8. Re:How is this News for Nerds? on Hundreds of Walmart Employees Say They've Been Punished For Taking Sick Days (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm only seeing asterisks. Maybe because I still have mod points, but posting should sort that.

  9. Re:Fuck off america on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And most of them are close enough to the US to use medium strike range ordnance. Hello from UK, by the way.

  10. Re:Much complaining about nothing on Trump Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Odd that it was the coal industry that was most vocal about withdrawing from the accord, then. The accord wasn't going to insist the industry get reduced any faster than it already is.

    When even companies like Exxon think it's a good idea to stay in, perhaps it is.

  11. Re:Only one word for this on Man Fined $4,000 For 'Liking' Defamatory Posts on Facebook (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Bollocks. The "Like" button is used as a form of bookmarking: either you thought it was something you want to read again at a later date or you might be marking it so you can easily link to it when you deride it. That this has been expanded by Facebook into a form of personal publication and promotion for the purposes of keeping users on Facebook is on Facebook, not the user.

  12. Re:There go the mods on Man Fined $4,000 For 'Liking' Defamatory Posts on Facebook (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell that to all the associations of America who think otherwise and declare that they can use local laws against foreign parties.

  13. +1

  14. Re:Europe vs. US on More Than Half of US Workers Didn't Use Up Their Time Off Last Year (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    I would explain, but I'm on vacation.

  15. Re:Frequently malformed XML?? on JSON Feed Announced As Alternative To RSS (jsonfeed.org) · · Score: 1

    There's no such thing as malformed JSON. It is either JSON or it is some garbled hot mess that needs hacky shit to parse.

  16. Re:Not an error. A lie. on President Trump's Budget Includes a $2 Trillion Math Error (time.com) · · Score: 3

    Aww, that's sweet that you think he wrote that himself, especially as two days before that Turkish thugs were kicking US citizens on US soil in the face for exercising their Constitutional right to protest.

  17. Re:Time for a luxury tax on America's Cars Are Suddenly Getting Faster and More Efficient (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Every car I've owned could do 0-60 in less than 10s with the biggest engine being 2.8l (a '83 Capri). Even my shitbox 13 year old Opel Astra Club 1.6 can do it and that's not even close to a luxury car.

  18. Re:Copyright this on Can You Copyright a Joke? (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

  19. Re:Irresponsible and possibly dangerous on UK Tabloids Doxxed the 'Hero' Hacker Who Stopped a Global Cyberattack (theoutline.com) · · Score: 2

    Added bonus: they also know they can get to family members without having to try too hard as they live at the same address. So, not only has he been put in danger by the tabloids, his immediate family is also under threat.

  20. Re: His name gives it away on UK Group Fights Arrest Over Refusing To Surrender Passwords At The Border (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, fictional characters. Good luck using one of those names at UK borders.

    Point being, GP wouldn't like it happening to him, so his intolerance should be rewarded in kind.

  21. Re:Seriously? on Netflix Says No To Unlocked Android Smartphones (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    Other workaround:

    1. Unroot SU
    2. Root with Magisk to hide status from Netflix app
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

  22. Re:His name gives it away on UK Group Fights Arrest Over Refusing To Surrender Passwords At The Border (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1

    There are no English surnames beginning with Q, so perhaps you'd like to be detained multiple times because you have a name different to others. It's not profiling, we're just being careful.

  23. Re:if we learned anything in the past on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's exactly what everybody in ROW thinks when a US court decides something must happen outside US borders.

  24. Re:General Protection Fault on Ask Slashdot: Is ReactOS A Serious Alternative To Windows? (reactos.org) · · Score: 1

    Makes a change from "Outlook not so good" all the time...

  25. Re:Tourists too on US To Seek Social Media Details From Certain Visa Applicants (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    Don't know why this is modded down, but that's a really stupid codicil: breaches happen all the time and requests to change your password are frequent. Yet doing so (to, ironically, increase security) means that because the goons won't be able access your account any more therefore you are a security risk and must be banned. Fucking idiotic.