Yeah I'm sure there's a small army of NSA spies hidden in a room somewhere trying to "hack" Poland and steal all that valuable data.
I remember some years back (probably around 2004), when a secret list of CIA operatives was leaked to the public in Poland and how everyone seem unsurprised that there were CIA agents penetrating all levels of the Polish government. It wouldn't surprise me if that's how they got the secret CIA "interrogation center" (torture site) authorized originally.
They're fighting Russian hackers and Russian, American and Israeli spies (APT-s). Read their reports.
According to their reports, they were fighting people like anti-ACTA activists, anti-fascism protests, anonymous activists and some bitcoin monitoring... Beyond that, I didn't really find much of anything that wasn't already being addressed by better other organizations, such as the large botnets or advertising spammers.
Always use a separate drive for Windows, and disable all the other drives through the BIOS
That would cause Windows to break my profile among other things though. My user profile is stored on a separate drive, various other folders have other dedicated drives (ie: temp / cache) etc. Not to mention Windows would probably then reassign drive letters too.
Honestly, it's not that big of a deal to restore the files from scratch, I always have backups of everything. Ended up reinstalling Windows in the end and doing it cleanly which took my automation about 110 minutes with my automation, including it automatically reinstalling all my applications.
Lost your data because of this? Do not have a backup? Serves you right! Some lessons have to be learned the hard way.
My frustration was finding a lot of posts about how to recover data instead of fixing the fact Windows 10 kept forgetting, messing with partitions. All my data was backed up.
Ended up just reinstalling Windows 10 from scratch (with anniversary update slipstreamed) which seemed to have solved the issue.
Don't use Windows, use GNU/Linux instead.
I'm actually loving the Linux subsystem on Windows right now.
If you looked at my second video link, I actually show you the mislabelling on speedtest.net's part. Where they are showing Mbps, then when I choose share html link, it turns into Mb/s on the shared link.
Curious, if you don't mind, what's your hardware spec. I'm running amd phenom x6 1045t, 8gb ram, amd 6570 1gb ram, 512 GB HD with Windows 7 ultimate x64.
Intel Core i7 920 Bloomfield (2.66GHZ, 8MB L2 CACHE), 24GB DDR3 Triple channel RAM (module size 4GB), 2x MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 using SLI, 1TB SSD for Firefox program files, 2TB SSHD for Windows profile and Windows 10 with anniversary update.
The only thing I ever updated/replaced over the years on this system is the harddrives and the graphic cards. The motherboard can't even do EFI booting (Windows 7 was the latest OS at the time), it doesn't support the latest PCI-e and SATA standards, the processor doesn't even have AVX. I can't justify getting a new PC though, this thing still runs all my new games with no problem at 60fps.
Why the fuck don't they let people register with a username and password and use that?
Because it's based on the same identification scheme VK uses. Also, you can set a password if you want, which wouldn't be vulnerable to the mentioned issue in the summary.
Nothing worse than someone loudly yapping on the phone at the bar.
You can't hear shit in most pubs and bars over here, someone yapping loudly on the phone wouldn't really make a difference to me, people are so loud, I can't make out what anyone is saying.
The only pubs and bars that are quiet are unpopular ones.
In other words it specifically commits the British government NOT to make any status change to the constitutional position of Northern Ireland contrary to the wishes of the majority of Northern Ireland, in this specific context - the majority of Northern Ireland has voted to remain part of the EU. Therefore it is against the letter of the GFA to change Northern Ireland's status within the EU.
Honestly, I think your interpretation is really off. Reading this particular quoted text you have provided, it seems clear to me it talks about Northern Ireland's status within the Union as in within the United Kingdom, where it's status in the United Kingdom does not change when the United Kingdom leaves. If it's being interpreted otherwise, I think the word of the agreement is not being followed.
Yes peace is the objective but, we will not be compromising on EU law, just because Michael Gove, Nigel Farrage and Boris Johnson sold a bunch of lies to Northern England. The simple fact is that withdrawal from the EU is incompatible with the GFA. The European Union is the forum through which relations between the UK government and ROI government were normalised, leading to the bilateral approach to peace in NI.
Was it? I thought it was through the ECHR which is NOT an EU institution.
This is of course the core purpose of the EU, to bind old enemies together and make war unthinkable.
We'll see how much they really want to prevent war.
The fact that we have to have a conversation on - or even question the status of - peace, stability and normalcy in Norther Ireland is a direct result of the twisted and skewed leave campaign.
Not for my vote, leave campaign had nothing to do with why I voted leave (I actually didn't listen to them, but I did listen to the remain campaigners), and I live in county Antrim.
Are we really to believe that Ulster Unionism - which has always identified strongly with Scotland - is now indifferent to IndyRef2 ?
You know, when people move from here to somewhere else in the UK, they rarely move to Scotland for a reason. I think people's own personal interests will outweigh unionism with Scotland alone.
But seriously - is there anything more two-faced and self-serving than Ian Paisley Junior - campaigning for Brexit and then encouraging NI citizens to take up Irish passports so that the results of the referendum won't affect them so badly ?
I personally don't see it as two faced, I see it as being reasonably prepared for all eventualities.
It's a very long list indeed.
That's a nicely done list.
I genuinely hope it does not. The UK leaving the EU puts post-nationalism into reverse and not in a good way.
I honestly think the common man does not give a crap about nationalism in the UK, but I do think they care about living a happy life and the expectation is that your government should make it possible for you, this is the EU's failing because if the EU provided it, then I truly believe this wouldn't have happened. If the EU sought to resolve issues in a timely fashion, I genuinely think that the referendum would have even been a political agenda.
It has the Putins, the Kims and the assorted West haters clicking their heels with glee but, in reality - the biggest loosers are the poor, while working class people who will have even less opportunities and even higher unemployment.
Thanks to the CFP, it's believed that over 100,000 jobs have been lost to it and growth is a negative number. You can find similar comparisons with the CAP or policies implemented by the IEEP etc. Not to mention events like the EU's ERM that caused industries to topple over and recessions.
Provided that the UK does away with related legislation, I see no reason why the UK wouldn't be in a better position to give the poor better opportunities. Sure, we wouldn't have these large subsidies from the EU, but then in my view, long term, we wouldn't need them anyway.
I am certain that in the short term, there will be some hardships, but long term, I expect the UK to be stronger for it and be capable of having a sustainable economy, living, trade, immigration, housing, healthcare etc.
Definitely, I don't recall seeing it in Germany (nor the UK). I did see it when I was living in other countries like Czech Republic and Poland.
low unemployment
The employment figures come from people who are on benefits and seeking work. I actually couldn't get on this system when I was in Germany, therefore I would never have been counted in this number. It leads one to wonder what the true statistic is.
not as many brain-dead, fear-mongering tabloids
Absolutely true!
clean cities
Cleanish... Sweden takes it to a whole new standard, at least when I was living there.
pro natural environment policies promoting renewable energy sources
I'm actually against this because I genuinely believe these are unsustainable fantasies with the current technologies. Being able to power the nation for an hour because the wind was just right for an extreme cost is ridiculous. I genuinely think the only practical sustainable renewable energy source we have at the moment are Generation 4 nuclear reactors (which Germany is against), that can reuse nuclear waste until it is inert and avoid the issues of light water reactors that have active cooling systems (Generation 4 have passive cooling mechanisms and safety features to make it improbable to melt down).
good internet connections
Mobile Internet is however ridiculously expensive over there compared to the UK. I have unlimited Internet for 23GBP per month over here on my mobile. When I was last in Germany, there weren't even unlimited offerings and the highest sim-only plan was something around 80EUR / month.
practically no religious bigotry or nationalist extremism
I do remember clearly the Turkish people calling Germans "Nazis" when they didn't get their way and politically correct Germans trying to bend over backwards to adhere to their requests. I also remember the graffiti tagging against Turks (which the city tried to clean up immediately whenever it happened).
not as snobbish and self-absorbed as some of our friendly neighbours
I honestly find it varies where you are in the UK and Germany too, I've had many varied experiences. But, if I didn't like Germans, my boyfriend wouldn't be one.
Germany certainly is a good place to move to, but, what catches foreigners out is that there is a general expectation that you have gone to university and have university qualifications before you can get most jobs.
The irony here is that I have a job history of delivering some large projects (successfully) and I am considered the only SME in Europe for certain technologies, but I wouldn't be able to get a job outside of maybe a Turkish fast-food restaurant without having some university qualification in Germany.
If you're intending to move to Germany, you better make sure you get that sorted in Germany or prior before getting a job.
As a convinced European I find it highly amusing that the main "leave" campaign guys are now running away and officially stating that they have no idea what they actually planned (Yeah, we heavily lied in order to get you to approve a plan which we don't have, because it does not make any deeper sense).
As someone that listens to both European Parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland assembly and the house of commons. I have only noticed increased participation of leave politicians. Why does our information conflict with each other?
Schengen zone
That would violate the Good Friday agreement with the Republic of Ireland. I think you will find where Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are concerned, they would be willing to break EU rules over going back into troubles.
Northern Ireland - the UK is party to a bilateral peace agreement in NI - with the Republic of Ireland - that is literally written into the Irish constitution - based on EU membership of both states - it cannot unilaterally rescind this agreement without breaking international law.
Republic of Ireland may end up breaking EU laws to maintain it, but EU should be used to that considering how Poland barely complies with EU rules. I know it sounds crazy, but the Republic of Ireland will prioritize peace over war, even if it means they break some EU rules in the process.
whatever about a recent YouGov poll
YouGov poll said remaining would win by a decent margin, so, let's not take them as reputable.
actually invoking article 50 will most certainly precipitate a Scottish secession vote.
As someone who does live in the UK, I am fine with Scotland leaving if it wants to. I don't believe it's in Scotland's best interests, but they can control their own destiny, I'm not against that. I certainly welcome having the jobs moved over to County Antrim, such as when Ian Paisley responded to the SNP when they started complaining about the submarines, nukes etc. again. Of course, they went quiet the moment that was suggested.
Only a bunch of self-styled 'swashbuclking men of the world' in the Tory party and out-and-out racists in UKIP/BNP are really 'bought into' Brexit - for (largely) English nostalgist/nationalist reasons. The rest - are simply registering a protest vote.
I'm honestly offended with this pushed bile you people keep repeating. Sorry, that had nothing to do at all with why I voted leave. I voted leave because I believe the EU is a failed project and could probably survive another few hundred years as the countries inside slowly rot (never under estimate how long people can keep something terribly broken running when they consider it vital).
The EU GDP growth projection figures were what I ended up decided on. But honestly, there were so many other reasons I ignored, like how the common fisheries policy issues had not been resolved since the 1970s even though Greenland left the EU over it. Or how the common agriculture policy forces farmers to require to be sustained by the union because they have to meet specific quotas, which then in return have to destroy produce because it wasn't even necessary etc.
I personally think it's fascinating when you map out which counties had major industries and were adversely affected by EU regulations how the vote in those places mostly swayed towards leaving. I see a correlation there.
Even Jean-Claude Juncker after the vote to leave had to tell the EU that the EU in it's current form was not going to work and needed to be reformed to resolve issues.
Virtually every mainstream politician and business voice still supports the UK staying in the EU
I listen to BBC parliament when I am working; honestly, I think you're getting your information from curated news feeds.
no responsible government would actually trigger article 50. The likely (though not guaranteed) outcome is some huffing and puffing over the next year or so, and then some mechanism that allows the UK to remain in the EU with some fudge on migration concocted by the EU (think temporary derogation on 2004 EU accession countries).
I don't disagree or agree with this statement, I just think it could really go either way at this point.
and they probably wont accept cash, either, which is the preferred (or often, only) payment method most people who can only afford seven days of cable or internet at a time could use.
Buy a Mastercard/Visa gift card from a gas station using cash then?
Oh a link on the internet, well that's proven that then.
A link to a known speed testing website.
Besides, that link doesn't even make any sense, you claim you're on a 200Mbps connection, but that speed test shows over 200Mb/s.
Like I'm going to complain if it's slightly more.
To hit 203Mb/s as you claim via your speedtest, you'd actually need a 1.6Gbps connection.
Anyone sensible these days referring to Internet connection speeds are talking about the speeds they can get on the Internet.
But if you want to know more about the Virgin Media aspect, I believe it's using EuroDOCSIS v3.0 currently, there is a nice little table on Wikipedia showing the connection through-puts on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
the line BT provided is basically a bit of wet string. It just barely scrapes though the minimum requirement so they won't fix it.
If you're certain that's the problem (because the only reason why I was able to tell issue was, was because of a neighbor's connectivity)...
I was able to get BT Openreach to replace a line for a friend of mine (even though they said nothing was wrong with it) up to the master socket for 150GBP, they had a call out fee of 130GBP on top though.
Now, if your LLU provider (my friend's wasn't) is any good, they should be able to arrange that for you and get the call out fee waived at the very least.
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I remember some years back (probably around 2004), when a secret list of CIA operatives was leaked to the public in Poland and how everyone seem unsurprised that there were CIA agents penetrating all levels of the Polish government. It wouldn't surprise me if that's how they got the secret CIA "interrogation center" (torture site) authorized originally.
According to their reports, they were fighting people like anti-ACTA activists, anti-fascism protests, anonymous activists and some bitcoin monitoring... Beyond that, I didn't really find much of anything that wasn't already being addressed by better other organizations, such as the large botnets or advertising spammers.
I'm platform agnostic, I can't imagine ever being limited to a single OS, sorry.
That would cause Windows to break my profile among other things though. My user profile is stored on a separate drive, various other folders have other dedicated drives (ie: temp / cache) etc. Not to mention Windows would probably then reassign drive letters too.
Honestly, it's not that big of a deal to restore the files from scratch, I always have backups of everything. Ended up reinstalling Windows in the end and doing it cleanly which took my automation about 110 minutes with my automation, including it automatically reinstalling all my applications.
My frustration was finding a lot of posts about how to recover data instead of fixing the fact Windows 10 kept forgetting, messing with partitions. All my data was backed up.
Ended up just reinstalling Windows 10 from scratch (with anniversary update slipstreamed) which seemed to have solved the issue.
I'm actually loving the Linux subsystem on Windows right now.
If you looked at my second video link, I actually show you the mislabelling on speedtest.net's part. Where they are showing Mbps, then when I choose share html link, it turns into Mb/s on the shared link.
Intel Core i7 920 Bloomfield (2.66GHZ, 8MB L2 CACHE), 24GB DDR3 Triple channel RAM (module size 4GB), 2x MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 using SLI, 1TB SSD for Firefox program files, 2TB SSHD for Windows profile and Windows 10 with anniversary update.
The only thing I ever updated/replaced over the years on this system is the harddrives and the graphic cards. The motherboard can't even do EFI booting (Windows 7 was the latest OS at the time), it doesn't support the latest PCI-e and SATA standards, the processor doesn't even have AVX. I can't justify getting a new PC though, this thing still runs all my new games with no problem at 60fps.
Because it's based on the same identification scheme VK uses. Also, you can set a password if you want, which wouldn't be vulnerable to the mentioned issue in the summary.
You do know that's not a valid option in the release channel, right?
Opposite situation confirmed here.
You can't hear shit in most pubs and bars over here, someone yapping loudly on the phone wouldn't really make a difference to me, people are so loud, I can't make out what anyone is saying.
The only pubs and bars that are quiet are unpopular ones.
I only heard this complaint from people that use adblockers, every one that tried YouTube after disabling it told me it worked fine now.
Honestly, I think your interpretation is really off. Reading this particular quoted text you have provided, it seems clear to me it talks about Northern Ireland's status within the Union as in within the United Kingdom, where it's status in the United Kingdom does not change when the United Kingdom leaves. If it's being interpreted otherwise, I think the word of the agreement is not being followed.
Was it? I thought it was through the ECHR which is NOT an EU institution.
We'll see how much they really want to prevent war.
Not for my vote, leave campaign had nothing to do with why I voted leave (I actually didn't listen to them, but I did listen to the remain campaigners), and I live in county Antrim.
You know, when people move from here to somewhere else in the UK, they rarely move to Scotland for a reason. I think people's own personal interests will outweigh unionism with Scotland alone.
I personally don't see it as two faced, I see it as being reasonably prepared for all eventualities.
That's a nicely done list.
I honestly think the common man does not give a crap about nationalism in the UK, but I do think they care about living a happy life and the expectation is that your government should make it possible for you, this is the EU's failing because if the EU provided it, then I truly believe this wouldn't have happened. If the EU sought to resolve issues in a timely fashion, I genuinely think that the referendum would have even been a political agenda.
Thanks to the CFP, it's believed that over 100,000 jobs have been lost to it and growth is a negative number. You can find similar comparisons with the CAP or policies implemented by the IEEP etc. Not to mention events like the EU's ERM that caused industries to topple over and recessions.
Provided that the UK does away with related legislation, I see no reason why the UK wouldn't be in a better position to give the poor better opportunities. Sure, we wouldn't have these large subsidies from the EU, but then in my view, long term, we wouldn't need them anyway.
I am certain that in the short term, there will be some hardships, but long term, I expect the UK to be stronger for it and be capable of having a sustainable economy, living, trade, immigration, housing, healthcare etc.
I used to live in Germany as a foreigner.
Definitely, I don't recall seeing it in Germany (nor the UK). I did see it when I was living in other countries like Czech Republic and Poland.
The employment figures come from people who are on benefits and seeking work. I actually couldn't get on this system when I was in Germany, therefore I would never have been counted in this number. It leads one to wonder what the true statistic is.
Absolutely true!
Cleanish... Sweden takes it to a whole new standard, at least when I was living there.
I'm actually against this because I genuinely believe these are unsustainable fantasies with the current technologies. Being able to power the nation for an hour because the wind was just right for an extreme cost is ridiculous. I genuinely think the only practical sustainable renewable energy source we have at the moment are Generation 4 nuclear reactors (which Germany is against), that can reuse nuclear waste until it is inert and avoid the issues of light water reactors that have active cooling systems (Generation 4 have passive cooling mechanisms and safety features to make it improbable to melt down).
Mobile Internet is however ridiculously expensive over there compared to the UK. I have unlimited Internet for 23GBP per month over here on my mobile. When I was last in Germany, there weren't even unlimited offerings and the highest sim-only plan was something around 80EUR / month.
I do remember clearly the Turkish people calling Germans "Nazis" when they didn't get their way and politically correct Germans trying to bend over backwards to adhere to their requests. I also remember the graffiti tagging against Turks (which the city tried to clean up immediately whenever it happened).
I honestly find it varies where you are in the UK and Germany too, I've had many varied experiences. But, if I didn't like Germans, my boyfriend wouldn't be one.
Germany certainly is a good place to move to, but, what catches foreigners out is that there is a general expectation that you have gone to university and have university qualifications before you can get most jobs.
The irony here is that I have a job history of delivering some large projects (successfully) and I am considered the only SME in Europe for certain technologies, but I wouldn't be able to get a job outside of maybe a Turkish fast-food restaurant without having some university qualification in Germany.
If you're intending to move to Germany, you better make sure you get that sorted in Germany or prior before getting a job.
As someone that listens to both European Parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland assembly and the house of commons. I have only noticed increased participation of leave politicians. Why does our information conflict with each other?
That would violate the Good Friday agreement with the Republic of Ireland. I think you will find where Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are concerned, they would be willing to break EU rules over going back into troubles.
Republic of Ireland may end up breaking EU laws to maintain it, but EU should be used to that considering how Poland barely complies with EU rules. I know it sounds crazy, but the Republic of Ireland will prioritize peace over war, even if it means they break some EU rules in the process.
YouGov poll said remaining would win by a decent margin, so, let's not take them as reputable.
As someone who does live in the UK, I am fine with Scotland leaving if it wants to. I don't believe it's in Scotland's best interests, but they can control their own destiny, I'm not against that. I certainly welcome having the jobs moved over to County Antrim, such as when Ian Paisley responded to the SNP when they started complaining about the submarines, nukes etc. again. Of course, they went quiet the moment that was suggested.
I'm honestly offended with this pushed bile you people keep repeating. Sorry, that had nothing to do at all with why I voted leave. I voted leave because I believe the EU is a failed project and could probably survive another few hundred years as the countries inside slowly rot (never under estimate how long people can keep something terribly broken running when they consider it vital).
The EU GDP growth projection figures were what I ended up decided on. But honestly, there were so many other reasons I ignored, like how the common fisheries policy issues had not been resolved since the 1970s even though Greenland left the EU over it. Or how the common agriculture policy forces farmers to require to be sustained by the union because they have to meet specific quotas, which then in return have to destroy produce because it wasn't even necessary etc.
I personally think it's fascinating when you map out which counties had major industries and were adversely affected by EU regulations how the vote in those places mostly swayed towards leaving. I see a correlation there.
Even Jean-Claude Juncker after the vote to leave had to tell the EU that the EU in it's current form was not going to work and needed to be reformed to resolve issues.
I listen to BBC parliament when I am working; honestly, I think you're getting your information from curated news feeds.
I don't disagree or agree with this statement, I just think it could really go either way at this point.
I should really watch these things before I upload them. Saying "megabytes per second" instead of "megabits per second" was dumb.
This is a follow up video correcting a misunderstanding.
Added note: Virgin Media's VIVID offering does not run on BT openreach. It runs on Virgin Media's cable network.
I don't know what you want me to do to prove it to you. I'm more than happy to cooperate in any test you'd like me to perform.
Here is a quick and dirty video I recorded of me doing the speed test.
Feel free to suggest another way for me to prove it if that's insufficient.
As a long term user of GIMP on Windows and Linux, I never really noticed anything you mentioned. Is this really a problem?
Buy a Mastercard/Visa gift card from a gas station using cash then?
A link to a known speed testing website.
Like I'm going to complain if it's slightly more.
Anyone sensible these days referring to Internet connection speeds are talking about the speeds they can get on the Internet.
But if you want to know more about the Virgin Media aspect, I believe it's using EuroDOCSIS v3.0 currently, there is a nice little table on Wikipedia showing the connection through-puts on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
If you're certain that's the problem (because the only reason why I was able to tell issue was, was because of a neighbor's connectivity)...
I was able to get BT Openreach to replace a line for a friend of mine (even though they said nothing was wrong with it) up to the master socket for 150GBP, they had a call out fee of 130GBP on top though.
Now, if your LLU provider (my friend's wasn't) is any good, they should be able to arrange that for you and get the call out fee waived at the very least.