1) Do not give your pin to ANYBODY. Not to your wife, not to your kids. It is a secret pin and if you share it with one person you shared it with the world. Give them their own card. 2) Never tell you shared your pin/card with your wife. A card is personal. If you gave your card to somebody else, you gave all your money to the world. 3) Banks know when a valid pin is used by a crook. Do not forget that there are also a lot of people out there who want to play the system and claim they did not do the buying.
If a criminal get s hold of your card, he will not go and take first 20 and and hour later 50 from an ATM near your house at a Saturday night. There are also triggers that will alert suspicious behaviour.
And because of this in Belgium most credit cards will be able to be used everywhere in the US, except in the US, unless you ask for it. Why? Because cards will still get cloned in the rest of the world and then the cloned cards are used in the US.
On the subject of sharing a PIN. If you did, you could still get your money back, but that would mean filing a police report for theft and many people are unwilling to do so, especially if it is for somebody they know. Some people are even unwilling to block the card when it is going on. But that would mean getting the money back from the person, not from your financial institute.
I know my parents do not share their card or codes. My sister and husband do not share their cards and code and they where never able to use the card of their kids, because they did not know the code. I know my bank does not know my code. Nobody knows my code and I do not want to know the code of anybody.
Now imagine he had taken the card and there would not have been a PIN to transfer, why would the bank then suddenly be responsible for it? If my wallet is stolen, I also do not get to go to the National Bank of Belgium and get a refund.
I would love if their CLI ability would be easier. They lost me there and also that default safe is not the same as the file you started to edit. You need to do 'safe as' if you want to do that. So basically I need to do non-standard stuff when I want to edit an image with an image editor.
And it is only slower if you ignore any safety. When I was in the USofA when I paid my bill (and added a tip) I never saw anyone at my table to pick up that little piece of paper, let alone anybody verify my signature.
Oh and about security, never ever, ever give your pin to anybody. Not to your wife, not to your kids, not to your dog and IF something would happen never admit that you have done so, because then you will be held resposible for any transaction done with that pin (unless you can prove swiping and they will know if it was swiped or not)
What I do is have 2 papers from the bank with the pin-code on them. I even leave a but of the scrathing, so people will know it is a pincode. I have however already changed the code. That way when they try it a first time on al the cards, they will fail, they will try the second one and fail. They will. think that they made a mistake and try a third time, blocking all the cards. I have 6 or 7. Even my ID has a pinode and chip and can be used in the same way.
That is true for that 1 voter. What about all the others? In a two party system people can't drive with a gun to the abortion clinic (absolutely wrong, but you get the idea).
What is interesting in a mukti party system is that not one gets the overhand and that is a good thing, because then people must negotiate. I know it is not perfect. This does not mean who is sitting on the throne, but rather who is sitting on the benches.
Say you have 3 parties. They will agree on some and disagree on other things. e.g. 1 of them wants to have much stricter conrol and 2 do not. That mean 2/3 is against and 1/3 is for. So no gun control. Same with abortion clinics or any other matter.
It would follow logic that in the majority of the cases, the majority of the will of the people will be done.
With even more parties it will become even better, because when you have e.g. 5, it will be needed to talk to the others. You need to sometimes give in a little bit, or more likely all the time. However that also means that you will be doing much more of what the general voter wants.
That means sometimes what I get is better than what I expected and sometimes it will be worse. In many places there are those in government and those are in oposition and because of the many parties, ideas from the oposition will not always just be thrown away, because some of those in governement will think/know it is a good idea, regardless of what others think.
Again: this is more about the senators than it is about who becomes Potus.
Does it make it all complex? Sure it does and that is not a problem. It is about our rights and lives after all. I mean if it was about things needing to be easy, votes would be handled by computers and not counted by hand.
And how complex does it become? Belgium complex. World record holder in forming a governement. You have all these 20 or so parties and you need to somehow puwwle together a governement where they all have what they want. Who gets defense? Who gets the economy? What is the general direction you want to go in. So no, there was not a moment Belgium was without a governement. It just took a bit longer to form one. And the problem was that some things could not be signed of on, because the old one was not allowed to do that and the new ones were not there yet.
And nobody votes for who becomes prime minister. You vote for a party and you assume they will follow the vote, but there is no way to be sure. Most of the times it will be the big chief of the biggest party, but that is not a given.
The scarifice people have to make is not buying Linux. People buy things all the time. The thing is being able to buy it and people will. They buy Android phones just as they buy Apple or any other type of phone. Why? Because itis pre-installed.
The majrity of people still does not buy or install an OS and they never will. They buy a PC with whatever is on it. They might not even know what an OS is.
Just like people buy a car with the radio it comes in. It is not that hard to replace it. The replacement will be better in almost any way. People still can't be bothered.
So why are there no Linux machines for sales and why does it work with Android devices? Money.
On Windows they pre-install several programs. e.g. an anti-virus program. They in turn pay for the price the factory pays for Windows, so no price fifference anymore and perhaps even a loss.
If anything is going to throw Windows from their throne, it will be Android. Not sure if that is for the better to just replace one Monopoly on the OS on another with absolute power ofer all the data.
The fact that it lacks news or sports is not something I would mind. I do not have cable anymore, so I won't pay for any of it. I live in Europe and what I would get would basically be: Programs in 7 or more languages. Sounds nice, but is basically all the same in different languages.
What I see when I turn on a tv at my parents in Spain, my sister in Germany or with friends anywhere else is: NCIS in some form. No idea if they are re-runs or just another spin-off. Some people singing and other judging them. No idea if these are reruns or just another spin-of. The news. No idea if these are... OK with that I know they are re-runs.
Once at night on German TV they had news from 30 years ago. Amazing how nothing has really changed. The names have, but it was basically identical to what is going on now.
From that moment on, I decided not to watch news anymore. Just not worth my time.
And no, no Netflix. Now KickAssTorrent is gone, I might not even follow most shows anymore. I have not even looked for a replacement. I might even be tempted to get out of my moms cellar.
It is higly regulated, because they can. Transfering money takes 2 working days when you transfer from or to a business account, because 9/11. Just before that date, they already had the direct payment between people in place. The US cried wolf and obviously the banks are not complaining.
Getting a credit gets harder. Not because people earl less, but because there are more rules. And why? Because it is possible. No other reason. Well, the reason is mostly money laundering and yes there will obviously be more money maundering, because they catch more people, because they get better at it.
More drugs? Not in Europe.
That said, it is extremely easy to move money from one account to another. I do it all the time. Just when it is more than 10.000EUR you will have to do it twice or take some extra time, because that is the tresh hold for the bank to start a separate investigation. They do not like to do that, so they just do not allow it by standard, but will when you ask them.
The restrictiveness in the banking workd I seer (in Belgium) is mostly to protect the individual from taking so much credit he can't pay anymore, so to protect them from themselves or an extention from what already existed. e.g. the definition of what is illegal. e.g. legal money for illegal activities is now illegal. That did not used to be the case.
I am sure that the majority of people who yells 'fuck you to all scumbag companies' are just as willing to participate in the rac to the bottom by buying things directly from China, because it is 20 cents cheaper.
It is their way to say "fuck you to all the scumbag companies" I guess. And with that, they told others that moving overseas is actualy a good idea.
That must be communist Washington, because I live in socialist Belgium and the process to fire somebody who does not show up goes as follows: First time, oral warning Second time, written warning Thrid time,second final warning Fourth time, your are fired.
And they do not even need to do step two and three. It also means you are fired for ugent reasons, so no farewell check and no unemployment benefits. So you get away with nothing.
The same will happen if you are late for work, although they might add a step or 2 where they talk with the person and see why it happens.
Now if they want to fire you because you do not do your job, they will add extra steps again to see what the reason is. They can then still fire you, but they will have to pay a severance pay. I have seen companies not fire people because they were unwilling to pay the severance pay.
In once case the person was unhappy, told this to anybody and they said 'so leav' and he did not want to do that. He wanted to get fired, wo he would get a severnce pay and unemployment benefits. He made a stupid mistace that would have cost him 5EUR or less, but I saw it happen. It was seen as fraude and he could leave right away.
I have been on both sides of the table. If they want to fire somebody, they will. Oh and it does not matter if they are in a Union (unless they are a voted for Union rep, then the rules are a bit different), The same rules will apply and if you are stupid, the Union will not protect you.
People keep talking about the liberal arts people. Does anybody have actual numbers on how many there are and how many do not get a job that pays of their debt (regardless if it is in their field) and if possible, compare it with other studies.
Where people in the past had some reasonable security when they had a job, that is now gone. And starting for yourself has never been so cheap. A website and you are in business. And most likely the website is cheaper than business cards.
And if it fails, you also have not lost that much and you can start the next website with whatever you intend to sell or nmake. If they are lucky, they are the next Uber or Facebook or whatever. If not, all they did was vote against solcial values in case they become the 1% that lives the American dream. And all that they lost is some sleep and time with friends and family.
Back room? Where I went, they just take a swipe of your hand when you stand at the scanner. They do the same with lugage if they so desire. No need to separate me from my phone or from my wallet or whatever they want to swipe.
Because that could lead to the fact that I would say they planted it. A lot easier to use proof if that is off the table.
And as far as I can tell in Brussels they do it pretty random. I have been swiped and not been swiped. Similar clothing and also I have see old people seen swiped as well as not seen swiped. Same for people of other ethnicities. I have not seen any trigger or light or counter, so perhaps they just check every Xth person.
I do the opposite. I leave it unencrypted and I have no passwrords enabled when I cross the border. All data is removed from any device.
That way when they want to take a look, they see a blank system. Then when I am in country, I will restore my system over network and add the passwords again. They can seize my phone, but there is no data to decrypt, so no resaon to try to preasure it out of me.
I do this both with my phone and my PC. First try this at home to see how this works. See that the restore is done over a secure connection. I use my own server at home, not anything in the cloud.
You mean the state government or the country should handle it? And I asume you will not buy anything from outside your own state/country because that is how those people are being brought out of extreme poverty.
So if you don't like it. Do not shop at Wallmart and Amazon, do not buy electronics made in Asia and only buy local grown food.
There are several ways of "owning". The ones we use most are rent, lease and own. There are some lesser know ones and they basically mean owning till a certain time or situation arrises.
e.g. you can own a piece of land for 99 years or till e;g; in the case of HongKong till 1999. You can also "own" property till you die. Or more specific becoe the owner when sombody dies. That means I am the owner, but I can not move in till the other person dies. The other person can live there till they die, but are not the owners. Payment then can be done up front or for each year you live, you get money.
And if your lawyer does not find these things in a contract of $800K, it means the law is not clear enough or your lawyer was a shitty one. Because you bet I will go over each and every letter in such a contract and if it is not clear I ask "what does this mean". Sure it will take all day. I will make time for that. If the people who deal with contracts day in and day out think that takes too long, simplify them.
And yes, I have read legaleese and know why it has to be written like that in some cases. Because the law requires that exact wording.
That does not mean they are not abusing the DMCA. I think the DMCA is not being abused. It is used as it was intended. It was sold to the people that it was something else, but it is used as intended.
Well, that is what you get when you vote for companies. Next you have the choice to vote what companies make more money from the government. Will it be the more liberal companies or the more conservative companies and then you realiwe they are the same companies. Happy voting.
My doctor types in what I am there fore, print outs the prescriptions (so they are readable) and papers for the insurance. If he would have a scribe, I would ask that scribe to leave.
Once every 2 years I need to sign a paper that the other doctors in the office are allowed to access my data. If not, they will not see it.
I do not need to wait that long as I make an appointment online. I calculate an hour when I go to the doctor. It is a doctors group that has 6 or 7 doctors. I choose that, so when the doctor is on a holiday or sick, I can go to another one. Happened already.
One time I had somebody else in the room. They were students and he asked first if it was ok, they did a diagnose and then were asked to leave again by him.
But a scribe? I would throw that person out as fast as my sick body can manage.
Sure, they don't go after EU companies, right? Think again. If they do not want to play by the EU rules, they can piss off.
Or do European companies not need to follow the US rules when they operate their? I am sure AB InBev would be delighted to follow the European standard and start selling beer to 16 year olds. Or perhaps you think that you are OK with some SAB Miller beers, think again, they are being bought by AB InBev.
Fun part of the AB part of the name. The Americans were so vein that they absolutely wanted to have the AB in their wording. InBev agreed, because they do not give a shit and rather paid less than care about the name. Most likely they thought: If these people care so much about the name, customers will as well, so we pay less AND get more customers. Double wammy!
Better at the competition? Not really. In places where there is competition, they come in second all the time.
What will happen in the EU will be (I hope) 1) Require all new cars by default 2) No discrimination if you have an older car and not have this. So no higher insurance because of this 3) A minimum reasonable time that the device should record (e.g. 15 minutes) 4) Only insurance companies are allowed to see them in case of need e.g. only if there was an accident AND if there is any doubt, unless there is a court order. (Law on privacy is already intact) 5) Non-payment of the insurance companies in if the device has been tampered with. 6) Readable with a standard
If you see we have a readable open source ID card in Belgium already and on who and how to use this data, this is not that out of touch.
But you can buy guns, so you are actually a really free country (that last part was sarcasm)
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1) Do not give your pin to ANYBODY. Not to your wife, not to your kids. It is a secret pin and if you share it with one person you shared it with the world. Give them their own card.
2) Never tell you shared your pin/card with your wife. A card is personal. If you gave your card to somebody else, you gave all your money to the world.
3) Banks know when a valid pin is used by a crook. Do not forget that there are also a lot of people out there who want to play the system and claim they did not do the buying.
If a criminal get s hold of your card, he will not go and take first 20 and and hour later 50 from an ATM near your house at a Saturday night. There are also triggers that will alert suspicious behaviour.
And because of this in Belgium most credit cards will be able to be used everywhere in the US, except in the US, unless you ask for it. Why? Because cards will still get cloned in the rest of the world and then the cloned cards are used in the US.
On the subject of sharing a PIN. If you did, you could still get your money back, but that would mean filing a police report for theft and many people are unwilling to do so, especially if it is for somebody they know. Some people are even unwilling to block the card when it is going on. But that would mean getting the money back from the person, not from your financial institute.
I know my parents do not share their card or codes. My sister and husband do not share their cards and code and they where never able to use the card of their kids, because they did not know the code.
I know my bank does not know my code. Nobody knows my code and I do not want to know the code of anybody.
Now imagine he had taken the card and there would not have been a PIN to transfer, why would the bank then suddenly be responsible for it? If my wallet is stolen, I also do not get to go to the National Bank of Belgium and get a refund.
I would love if their CLI ability would be easier. They lost me there and also that default safe is not the same as the file you started to edit. You need to do 'safe as' if you want to do that. So basically I need to do non-standard stuff when I want to edit an image with an image editor.
And it is only slower if you ignore any safety. When I was in the USofA when I paid my bill (and added a tip) I never saw anyone at my table to pick up that little piece of paper, let alone anybody verify my signature.
Oh and about security, never ever, ever give your pin to anybody. Not to your wife, not to your kids, not to your dog and IF something would happen never admit that you have done so, because then you will be held resposible for any transaction done with that pin (unless you can prove swiping and they will know if it was swiped or not)
What I do is have 2 papers from the bank with the pin-code on them. I even leave a but of the scrathing, so people will know it is a pincode. I have however already changed the code. That way when they try it a first time on al the cards, they will fail, they will try the second one and fail. They will. think that they made a mistake and try a third time, blocking all the cards. I have 6 or 7. Even my ID has a pinode and chip and can be used in the same way.
I am using uBlock Origin and Disconnect.me.
You spend 10 minuts on a page with ads, so you saw the ads and that is what counts. Remember that you are the product.
So spending more time on a page is what they want and they achieve it by making things slower for you.
Sure, fuck them. They already get the money to pay the hookers for just that. What is more interesting is what to actually do about it.
First sep: get rid of riders. How? By voting people who want to get rid of riders.
The thing is that the presedential election should not even be that important.What is much more important is who is representing you.
I have this feeling that the shitstorm they have now is just so the system keeps going on as it was. Having all the same 100 senators all the time.
That is true for that 1 voter. What about all the others? In a two party system people can't drive with a gun to the abortion clinic (absolutely wrong, but you get the idea).
What is interesting in a mukti party system is that not one gets the overhand and that is a good thing, because then people must negotiate. I know it is not perfect. This does not mean who is sitting on the throne, but rather who is sitting on the benches.
Say you have 3 parties. They will agree on some and disagree on other things. e.g. 1 of them wants to have much stricter conrol and 2 do not. That mean 2/3 is against and 1/3 is for. So no gun control. Same with abortion clinics or any other matter.
It would follow logic that in the majority of the cases, the majority of the will of the people will be done.
With even more parties it will become even better, because when you have e.g. 5, it will be needed to talk to the others. You need to sometimes give in a little bit, or more likely all the time. However that also means that you will be doing much more of what the general voter wants.
That means sometimes what I get is better than what I expected and sometimes it will be worse. In many places there are those in government and those are in oposition and because of the many parties, ideas from the oposition will not always just be thrown away, because some of those in governement will think/know it is a good idea, regardless of what others think.
Again: this is more about the senators than it is about who becomes Potus.
Does it make it all complex? Sure it does and that is not a problem. It is about our rights and lives after all. I mean if it was about things needing to be easy, votes would be handled by computers and not counted by hand.
And how complex does it become? Belgium complex. World record holder in forming a governement. You have all these 20 or so parties and you need to somehow puwwle together a governement where they all have what they want. Who gets defense? Who gets the economy? What is the general direction you want to go in.
So no, there was not a moment Belgium was without a governement. It just took a bit longer to form one. And the problem was that some things could not be signed of on, because the old one was not allowed to do that and the new ones were not there yet.
And nobody votes for who becomes prime minister. You vote for a party and you assume they will follow the vote, but there is no way to be sure. Most of the times it will be the big chief of the biggest party, but that is not a given.
The scarifice people have to make is not buying Linux. People buy things all the time. The thing is being able to buy it and people will. They buy Android phones just as they buy Apple or any other type of phone. Why? Because itis pre-installed.
The majrity of people still does not buy or install an OS and they never will. They buy a PC with whatever is on it. They might not even know what an OS is.
Just like people buy a car with the radio it comes in. It is not that hard to replace it. The replacement will be better in almost any way. People still can't be bothered.
So why are there no Linux machines for sales and why does it work with Android devices? Money.
On Windows they pre-install several programs. e.g. an anti-virus program. They in turn pay for the price the factory pays for Windows, so no price fifference anymore and perhaps even a loss.
If anything is going to throw Windows from their throne, it will be Android. Not sure if that is for the better to just replace one Monopoly on the OS on another with absolute power ofer all the data.
The fact that it lacks news or sports is not something I would mind. I do not have cable anymore, so I won't pay for any of it. I live in Europe and what I would get would basically be:
Programs in 7 or more languages. Sounds nice, but is basically all the same in different languages.
What I see when I turn on a tv at my parents in Spain, my sister in Germany or with friends anywhere else is: ... OK with that I know they are re-runs.
NCIS in some form. No idea if they are re-runs or just another spin-off. Some people singing and other judging them. No idea if these are reruns or just another spin-of.
The news. No idea if these are
Once at night on German TV they had news from 30 years ago. Amazing how nothing has really changed. The names have, but it was basically identical to what is going on now.
From that moment on, I decided not to watch news anymore. Just not worth my time.
And no, no Netflix. Now KickAssTorrent is gone, I might not even follow most shows anymore. I have not even looked for a replacement. I might even be tempted to get out of my moms cellar.
It is higly regulated, because they can. Transfering money takes 2 working days when you transfer from or to a business account, because 9/11. Just before that date, they already had the direct payment between people in place. The US cried wolf and obviously the banks are not complaining.
Getting a credit gets harder. Not because people earl less, but because there are more rules. And why? Because it is possible. No other reason. Well, the reason is mostly money laundering and yes there will obviously be more money maundering, because they catch more people, because they get better at it.
More drugs? Not in Europe.
That said, it is extremely easy to move money from one account to another. I do it all the time. Just when it is more than 10.000EUR you will have to do it twice or take some extra time, because that is the tresh hold for the bank to start a separate investigation. They do not like to do that, so they just do not allow it by standard, but will when you ask them.
The restrictiveness in the banking workd I seer (in Belgium) is mostly to protect the individual from taking so much credit he can't pay anymore, so to protect them from themselves or an extention from what already existed. e.g. the definition of what is illegal. e.g. legal money for illegal activities is now illegal. That did not used to be the case.
It also does not count for the time you are spending watching ads.
I am sure that the majority of people who yells 'fuck you to all scumbag companies' are just as willing to participate in the rac to the bottom by buying things directly from China, because it is 20 cents cheaper.
It is their way to say "fuck you to all the scumbag companies" I guess. And with that, they told others that moving overseas is actualy a good idea.
That must be communist Washington, because I live in socialist Belgium and the process to fire somebody who does not show up goes as follows:
First time, oral warning
Second time, written warning
Thrid time,second final warning
Fourth time, your are fired.
And they do not even need to do step two and three.
It also means you are fired for ugent reasons, so no farewell check and no unemployment benefits. So you get away with nothing.
The same will happen if you are late for work, although they might add a step or 2 where they talk with the person and see why it happens.
Now if they want to fire you because you do not do your job, they will add extra steps again to see what the reason is. They can then still fire you, but they will have to pay a severance pay. I have seen companies not fire people because they were unwilling to pay the severance pay.
In once case the person was unhappy, told this to anybody and they said 'so leav' and he did not want to do that. He wanted to get fired, wo he would get a severnce pay and unemployment benefits. He made a stupid mistace that would have cost him 5EUR or less, but I saw it happen. It was seen as fraude and he could leave right away.
I have been on both sides of the table. If they want to fire somebody, they will. Oh and it does not matter if they are in a Union (unless they are a voted for Union rep, then the rules are a bit different), The same rules will apply and if you are stupid, the Union will not protect you.
People keep talking about the liberal arts people. Does anybody have actual numbers on how many there are and how many do not get a job that pays of their debt (regardless if it is in their field) and if possible, compare it with other studies.
Do all doctors get a job? Do all engineers?
Where people in the past had some reasonable security when they had a job, that is now gone. And starting for yourself has never been so cheap. A website and you are in business. And most likely the website is cheaper than business cards.
And if it fails, you also have not lost that much and you can start the next website with whatever you intend to sell or nmake. If they are lucky, they are the next Uber or Facebook or whatever. If not, all they did was vote against solcial values in case they become the 1% that lives the American dream. And all that they lost is some sleep and time with friends and family.
Back room? Where I went, they just take a swipe of your hand when you stand at the scanner. They do the same with lugage if they so desire. No need to separate me from my phone or from my wallet or whatever they want to swipe.
Because that could lead to the fact that I would say they planted it. A lot easier to use proof if that is off the table.
And as far as I can tell in Brussels they do it pretty random. I have been swiped and not been swiped. Similar clothing and also I have see old people seen swiped as well as not seen swiped. Same for people of other ethnicities. I have not seen any trigger or light or counter, so perhaps they just check every Xth person.
I do the opposite. I leave it unencrypted and I have no passwrords enabled when I cross the border. All data is removed from any device.
That way when they want to take a look, they see a blank system. Then when I am in country, I will restore my system over network and add the passwords again.
They can seize my phone, but there is no data to decrypt, so no resaon to try to preasure it out of me.
I do this both with my phone and my PC. First try this at home to see how this works. See that the restore is done over a secure connection. I use my own server at home, not anything in the cloud.
You mean the state government or the country should handle it? And I asume you will not buy anything from outside your own state/country because that is how those people are being brought out of extreme poverty.
So if you don't like it. Do not shop at Wallmart and Amazon, do not buy electronics made in Asia and only buy local grown food.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Wealth Inequality in America
There are several ways of "owning".
The ones we use most are rent, lease and own. There are some lesser know ones and they basically mean owning till a certain time or situation arrises.
e.g. you can own a piece of land for 99 years or till e;g; in the case of HongKong till 1999.
You can also "own" property till you die. Or more specific becoe the owner when sombody dies. That means I am the owner, but I can not move in till the other person dies. The other person can live there till they die, but are not the owners. Payment then can be done up front or for each year you live, you get money.
And if your lawyer does not find these things in a contract of $800K, it means the law is not clear enough or your lawyer was a shitty one. Because you bet I will go over each and every letter in such a contract and if it is not clear I ask "what does this mean". Sure it will take all day. I will make time for that.
If the people who deal with contracts day in and day out think that takes too long, simplify them.
And yes, I have read legaleese and know why it has to be written like that in some cases. Because the law requires that exact wording.
That does not mean they are not abusing the DMCA. I think the DMCA is not being abused. It is used as it was intended. It was sold to the people that it was something else, but it is used as intended.
Well, that is what you get when you vote for companies. Next you have the choice to vote what companies make more money from the government. Will it be the more liberal companies or the more conservative companies and then you realiwe they are the same companies. Happy voting.
My doctor types in what I am there fore, print outs the prescriptions (so they are readable) and papers for the insurance. If he would have a scribe, I would ask that scribe to leave.
Once every 2 years I need to sign a paper that the other doctors in the office are allowed to access my data. If not, they will not see it.
I do not need to wait that long as I make an appointment online. I calculate an hour when I go to the doctor. It is a doctors group that has 6 or 7 doctors. I choose that, so when the doctor is on a holiday or sick, I can go to another one. Happened already.
One time I had somebody else in the room. They were students and he asked first if it was ok, they did a diagnose and then were asked to leave again by him.
But a scribe? I would throw that person out as fast as my sick body can manage.
Just search for e.g. "the matrix" filetype:torrent
Sure, they don't go after EU companies, right? Think again.
If they do not want to play by the EU rules, they can piss off.
Or do European companies not need to follow the US rules when they operate their? I am sure AB InBev would be delighted to follow the European standard and start selling beer to 16 year olds. Or perhaps you think that you are OK with some SAB Miller beers, think again, they are being bought by AB InBev.
Fun part of the AB part of the name. The Americans were so vein that they absolutely wanted to have the AB in their wording. InBev agreed, because they do not give a shit and rather paid less than care about the name. Most likely they thought: If these people care so much about the name, customers will as well, so we pay less AND get more customers. Double wammy!
Better at the competition? Not really. In places where there is competition, they come in second all the time.
What will happen in the EU will be (I hope)
1) Require all new cars by default
2) No discrimination if you have an older car and not have this. So no higher insurance because of this
3) A minimum reasonable time that the device should record (e.g. 15 minutes)
4) Only insurance companies are allowed to see them in case of need e.g. only if there was an accident AND if there is any doubt, unless there is a court order. (Law on privacy is already intact)
5) Non-payment of the insurance companies in if the device has been tampered with.
6) Readable with a standard
If you see we have a readable open source ID card in Belgium already and on who and how to use this data, this is not that out of touch.
But you can buy guns, so you are actually a really free country (that last part was sarcasm)