I suspect that when you click "Do not allow" it means the ads displayed aren't based on 3rd or 1st party tracking cookies. So the ads will still be displayed, just that they will be less relevant to you.
True (apart from the detail that I have enough karma that I don't have to see ads at all, which makes this whole thing even more irritating) but irrelevant.
GDPR doesn't ban ads, it prevents illicit data collection and storage.
Again, true but irrelevant.
The point is that after I've said once that I don't consent, the site should use either cookies or my account profile to remember that fact and not keep asking me again and again until I accidentally click the "I consent" button.
Slashdot's no better. I've lost count of the times I've told it that I don't consent to processing my data for personalisation of advertising. Since refusing consent may not be punished, it's almost certainly in violation of GDPR.
Union and center of commerce contracts are not converted into law, why would they?
Maybe not in the jurisdiction where you live, but my point from the beginning has been that you're extrapolating from that jurisdiction when you shouldn't. For example, the current "collective agreement" for consulting and market research companies (official website of the Spanish state), which applies to all companies in the sector in Spain unless there's a regional one to override it or the employee and employer have negotiated a contract which is more favourable to the employee than this one. An explanation of the system is given here (in Spanish), and the relevant primary legislation is here.
But the employer reserves the right to convert it into a project for hire...
That still doesn't make any sense to me: the economic rights in a work are transferable but the moral rights are not, and the whole point of "work for hire" is to ensure that the moral rights belong to someone other than the natural person who created the work. However, reading the EU Directive on the legal protection of software, it does seem more ambiguous than I expected:
Article 2 Authorship of computer programs
1. The author of a computer program shall be the natural person or group of natural persons who has created the program or, where the legislation of the Member State permits, the legal person designated as the rightholder by that legislation. Where collective works are recognized by the legislation of a Member State, the person considered by the legislation of the Member State to have created the work shall be deemed to be its author.
2. In respect of a computer program created by a group of natural persons jointly, the exclusive rights shall be owned jointly.
3. Where a computer program is created by an employee in the execution of his duties or following the instructions given by his employer, the employer exclusively shall be entitled to exercise all economic rights in the program so created, unless otherwise provided by contract.
While paragraph 3 supports my side of the argument (since the subject at issue is software created not in the execution of duties or following instructions), paragraph 1 does seem to allow member states to drive a massive hole through my argument.
My contract is pro forma because in the jurisdiction where I live the majority of terms of employment are negotiated by trade unions and chambers of commerce and then passed into law by the government. But anywhere in the EU that kind of claim should be laughable because a personal project is clearly not work for hire: your employer hasn't asked you to do it, hasn't assigned you time or resources to do it, hasn't contributed to the spec,...
I think a "whoosh" may be in order. My point is that if a raise to $15/hr would mean that people have to work 400 hours a week to "break even on bills", current minimum wage would require working more than 400 hours a week. And since there are only 168 hours in a week, I'm pretty sure OP was confusing luxuries with bare minimum essentials.
Obviously there are implementation details, but the overview in your first paragraph isn't entirely dissimilar to Kickstarter and similar crowd-funding platforms. The main difference seems to be the accountability structure you propose, which certainly sounds like it could be an improvement on Kickstarter.
in cities it might well take 300k to break even on bills
And caviar suppliers can get very upset when you're late paying their bills...
I've seen the complaints about raising minimum wage to $15/hr in California. At 80 hours a week, that would give $60k. So if it takes $300k just to pay the bills, either you're doing it wrong or everyone working minimum wage in SF and LA shares a flat with two other families.
Brexit hasn't happened yet, you know. The restrictions you cite are due to the EU, and since the whole EU enforces them meat can be imported from the EU without problems.
If I had mod points I would give you +1 insightful. I've worked in companies where I was the first employee with my name, but because they're professional companies (or at least want to appear professional from the outside) my e-mail address has always been some combination of first and last name.
The UK used to require a licence to own a dog. I thought all/.ers had seen the entire repertoire of Monty Python and would know this from the Fish Licence sketch, but maybe I was wrong.
Maybe they're trying to draw attention away from GDPR? Or maybe they're trying to endure that they're the first company investigated under GDPR for some mysterious reason?
I can see how "New TLD open for general registration" can fall under news for nerds, but what's with the copy-pasta of a load of advertising copy for random companies who registered before it was opened to the public? How is that news for nerds or stuff that matters?
And it's often true that discharged wastewater is actually cleaner than the original intake water.
Curiously, though, that isn't necessarily a good thing when you're discharging into an ecosystem. If the water has been cleaned of nutrients, you can get a dead patch around the outlet pipes. Changes in the temperature of the water between intake and discharge can also have undesirable effects on the ecosystem.
In your scenario it sounds like 10 years ago the company was already in violation of the Data Protection Directive. The big changes are how serious the fines can be, not how you can store and use data.
Genetic diversity does seem to be a factor, but the question is loaded by talking about "the cause". Given the complexity of the systems it's reasonable to expect there to be multiple relevant factors, and there is also evidence that neonicotinoids are a factor. Regulating pesticides falls within existing legislative frameworks, but I'm not sure about regulating breeding practices.
Then and there I sort of decided that anything beyond banana peppers and jalapenos was just pointless masochism.
It depends on quantity. A small amount of habanero doesn't contain more capsaicin than a large amount of jalapeño, but it does have a more fruity flavour. Just make sure you don't touch it when you're chopping it up: that really is pointless masochism.
While it's true that there isn't a clear-cut definition of outer space for the purposes of the treaties, some of the proposed definitions are essentially variants on "the altitude at which you can orbit".
States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmental entities, and for assuring that national activities are carried out in conformity with the provisions set forth in the present Treaty. The activities of non-governmental entities in outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty....
Article VIII:
A State Party to the Treaty on whose registry an object launched into outer space is carried shall retain jurisdiction and control over such object, and over any personnel thereof, while in outer space or on a celestial body....
I don't think the treaty says anything specifically about regulating communications, but it certainly establishes the principle that you don't escape national jurisdiction by leaving the planet.
sometimes even your own IT (I've had to swap RAM and CPUs out even as a developer)
That's par for the course. I've had to do phone support for an angry client who refused to believe that the problem was not our software but that the battery on his tablet was low. And yes, my contract says that I'm a programmer.
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True (apart from the detail that I have enough karma that I don't have to see ads at all, which makes this whole thing even more irritating) but irrelevant.
Again, true but irrelevant.
The point is that after I've said once that I don't consent, the site should use either cookies or my account profile to remember that fact and not keep asking me again and again until I accidentally click the "I consent" button.
Slashdot's no better. I've lost count of the times I've told it that I don't consent to processing my data for personalisation of advertising. Since refusing consent may not be punished, it's almost certainly in violation of GDPR.
Maybe not in the jurisdiction where you live, but my point from the beginning has been that you're extrapolating from that jurisdiction when you shouldn't. For example, the current "collective agreement" for consulting and market research companies (official website of the Spanish state), which applies to all companies in the sector in Spain unless there's a regional one to override it or the employee and employer have negotiated a contract which is more favourable to the employee than this one. An explanation of the system is given here (in Spanish), and the relevant primary legislation is here.
That still doesn't make any sense to me: the economic rights in a work are transferable but the moral rights are not, and the whole point of "work for hire" is to ensure that the moral rights belong to someone other than the natural person who created the work. However, reading the EU Directive on the legal protection of software, it does seem more ambiguous than I expected:
While paragraph 3 supports my side of the argument (since the subject at issue is software created not in the execution of duties or following instructions), paragraph 1 does seem to allow member states to drive a massive hole through my argument.
My contract is pro forma because in the jurisdiction where I live the majority of terms of employment are negotiated by trade unions and chambers of commerce and then passed into law by the government. But anywhere in the EU that kind of claim should be laughable because a personal project is clearly not work for hire: your employer hasn't asked you to do it, hasn't assigned you time or resources to do it, hasn't contributed to the spec, ...
I think a "whoosh" may be in order. My point is that if a raise to $15/hr would mean that people have to work 400 hours a week to "break even on bills", current minimum wage would require working more than 400 hours a week. And since there are only 168 hours in a week, I'm pretty sure OP was confusing luxuries with bare minimum essentials.
Obviously there are implementation details, but the overview in your first paragraph isn't entirely dissimilar to Kickstarter and similar crowd-funding platforms. The main difference seems to be the accountability structure you propose, which certainly sounds like it could be an improvement on Kickstarter.
And caviar suppliers can get very upset when you're late paying their bills...
I've seen the complaints about raising minimum wage to $15/hr in California. At 80 hours a week, that would give $60k. So if it takes $300k just to pay the bills, either you're doing it wrong or everyone working minimum wage in SF and LA shares a flat with two other families.
Citation needed.
Brexit hasn't happened yet, you know. The restrictions you cite are due to the EU, and since the whole EU enforces them meat can be imported from the EU without problems.
If I had mod points I would give you +1 insightful. I've worked in companies where I was the first employee with my name, but because they're professional companies (or at least want to appear professional from the outside) my e-mail address has always been some combination of first and last name.
The UK used to require a licence to own a dog. I thought all /.ers had seen the entire repertoire of Monty Python and would know this from the Fish Licence sketch, but maybe I was wrong.
Maybe they're trying to draw attention away from GDPR? Or maybe they're trying to endure that they're the first company investigated under GDPR for some mysterious reason?
I can see how "New TLD open for general registration" can fall under news for nerds, but what's with the copy-pasta of a load of advertising copy for random companies who registered before it was opened to the public? How is that news for nerds or stuff that matters?
A pizza delivery service.
The FDA did eventually approve thalidomide for treatment of myeloma and leprosy.
Curiously, though, that isn't necessarily a good thing when you're discharging into an ecosystem. If the water has been cleaned of nutrients, you can get a dead patch around the outlet pipes. Changes in the temperature of the water between intake and discharge can also have undesirable effects on the ecosystem.
In your scenario it sounds like 10 years ago the company was already in violation of the Data Protection Directive. The big changes are how serious the fines can be, not how you can store and use data.
GDPR doesn't prohibit courts from issuing subpoenas ordering registrars to identify domain owners.
Would that be the same Bayer that sells neonicotinoids and argues against banning them?
Genetic diversity does seem to be a factor, but the question is loaded by talking about "the cause". Given the complexity of the systems it's reasonable to expect there to be multiple relevant factors, and there is also evidence that neonicotinoids are a factor. Regulating pesticides falls within existing legislative frameworks, but I'm not sure about regulating breeding practices.
They must have changed their coating since I bought mine, because I have Transitions and my glasses do not darken in the car.
It depends on quantity. A small amount of habanero doesn't contain more capsaicin than a large amount of jalapeño, but it does have a more fruity flavour. Just make sure you don't touch it when you're chopping it up: that really is pointless masochism.
While it's true that there isn't a clear-cut definition of outer space for the purposes of the treaties, some of the proposed definitions are essentially variants on "the altitude at which you can orbit".
International law requires countries to regulate the outer space activities of private companies. Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, Article VI:
Article VIII:
I don't think the treaty says anything specifically about regulating communications, but it certainly establishes the principle that you don't escape national jurisdiction by leaving the planet.
That's par for the course. I've had to do phone support for an angry client who refused to believe that the problem was not our software but that the battery on his tablet was low. And yes, my contract says that I'm a programmer.