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  1. Re:being your own boss on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I thought it was the other way around.
    It is not 19 though, it is 21.
    http://www.dol.gov/whd/state/meal.htm

    Looks like a good percentage of US residents live in states that do require it. Since it seems the coasts are requiring it.

  2. Re:being your own boss on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 2

    This is why tax code needs reformed.
    You made $100k, you should pay your taxes on all of that. Yes, that means SS and medicare too. Income that my employer paid me vs what you paid yourself then kept as profit should all be treated the same.

  3. Re:It's sucks, but they're sorta' right. on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Non-landline phones are not substantially more secure. Setting up fake towers and such is well known. Slashdot had an article about it in the last week.

    Like I stated I bet my phones are never tapped in my life, I am too boring. Since I cannot be sure of that, I must act as though they always are.

  4. Re:IRS needs to go on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Please explain.
    If tax preparation was simpler, far less of these people would be employed. They could not charge as much either. Heck, entire tax avoidance/evasion schemes would go away. When all income is taxed the same way there will be no need to move some income into various investments and schemes to avoid paying taxes.

  5. Re:It's sucks, but they're sorta' right. on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    No, I am cautious.
    I know that 99.999% of the time my phones are not tapped. I don't know when that .001% is so I must treat the phone as tapped 100% of the time.

  6. Re:why do we need a password? on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    To protect it from other users, not the server admin nor police. Also to prevent others from pretending to be you, again not the server admins as that would be trivial.

  7. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    You can prove that fine, heck I believe it.
    I have trouble believing any of these people are left wing though. These are your center right folks. They want workers rights, to help immigrants and above all make sure they don't piss off the companies that get them elected.

  8. Re:It's sucks, but they're sorta' right. on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    You are correct on the landline.
    If you expect that to be private you are very naive. All phone lines should be assumed to be tapped at all times.

    Regular mail is likely safe, but not very trustworthy. International mail is not safe and very likely to be opened.

  9. Re:IRS needs to go on IRS Can Read Your Email Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    The entrenched tax preparer industry would never allow that. They need complicated regulations to exist. If we simply made all income tax X% above Y dollars and Z% above W dollars, then made business taxes X% on Y profit they would be out of jobs. There are likely billions of dollars in the tax preparation, avoidance and evasion industries. From the guy at the HR block to the lawyers helping the 1% setup trusts in the Caymans there are simply too many folks in those jobs to allow simplifying the tax code.

  10. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    I realize you insult people who don't share your opinion, but this will really fucking shock you; that is not who I am talking about. I mean people being paid $5/hr to cut up chickens in some meat packing house.

    Next time, try to take a deep breath and be less of a douche when posting.

  11. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    The people you are describing as left wing are not.

    Your statement might as well be "People I described as Pandas who are in favor of workers rights, would be opposed to stringent enforcement of immigration law". I highly doubt those people are even in favor of strong enforcement of workers rights.

  12. Re:being your own boss on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 2

    That is the standard in the USA as well.
    It is not however enforced at the federal level, and not all states even require it. The simple fact is in most place in the USA not doing that will impact your ability to retain workers.

  13. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    That is totally false.
    In fact Tyson at one time was having INS deport workers as they fired them. They would fire the person, then to make sure this worker could not claim unemployment or sue for wrongful termination they would have them deported by calling INS and reporting them. The government is often in on the scam of exploiting foreign workers.

    Immigration law is toothless and that is the only reason it is enforced this way. Real immigration law would fine, close, or incarcerate those who employ workers illegally.

  14. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    When has that ever happened?
    My understanding is the ICE (INS is long gone) raids are done after hours and off site to make sure the business is not inconvenienced.

    What left wingers are you referring too, we only have a couple in our entire government. All of them being pretty moderate at that. Lots of center right that the far right likes to pretend are leftists though.

  15. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 2

    If that means they have to be paid minimum wage and pay taxes I fail to see the problem.

    The problem is not these folks working here, the problem is employers paying them below minimum wage and abusing them.

  16. Re:What about illegal immigrants on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    The left?
    I think you mean center right.
    The left wants businesses that pay less than the minimum wage shutdown. If a company is found using illegal labor its doors should barred and forced to not function for some amount of time. Ideally for as many days as they used illegal labor.

  17. Re:being your own boss on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most states do require some breaks per 8 hours. They do not require they be paid though.

  18. Re:Age old "issue" on "Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights? · · Score: 1

    That should sort itself out then.
    The code will such and people will stop using the site.

  19. Re:Autonomous vehicles on Speeding Ticket Robots — Laws As Algorithms · · Score: 1

    Can they start this now?
    I would think mile markers could have some sort of cheap transmitter that tells my GPS/Car/phone the speed limit. I hate driving long distances and no being sure what the speed limit is because of over grown trees or purposely poorly placed signs.

  20. Re:Disconcerting? on Teachers Know If You've Been E-Reading · · Score: 1

    No, but if he fails to read you make him take first grade again.

    I am not saying don't treat them like kids, but don't totally hide the real world either.

  21. Re:Disconcerting? on Teachers Know If You've Been E-Reading · · Score: 1

    My favorite prof has a chair endowed for him, so he fails as many as he likes, gets benched from teaching for the rest of the year. Then next year does it all again. A rare gig I guess.

  22. Re:But... on Classic BBC Sci-fi Series Blake's 7 To Return On Syfy Channel · · Score: 2

    When did that happen?
    Wiki seems to think he is alive.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blessed

  23. Re:Disconcerting? on Teachers Know If You've Been E-Reading · · Score: 1

    I meant a person who is lazy and gets his work done but never seems to be working. Meaning he completed the tasks quickly and spent most of his time goofing off.

  24. Re:Awesome! on Fox, Univision May Go Subscription To Stop Aereo · · Score: 1

    A boob flash is a problem for you?
    That seems far more tame than the violence a sport like football includes. I would think that TV-G should never be assigned to a violent sport.

  25. Re:Disconcerting? on Teachers Know If You've Been E-Reading · · Score: 1

    That was me.

    No where in the syllabus was attendance mentioned. Nor should it ever be required for a university level class.