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  1. You are dumb. Just don't buy an even more expensive belt and you save even more. Don't buy many belts and you could buy a house.

  2. Re:Someone I used to admire... on Ecuador Wanted To Make Julian Assange a Diplomat and Send Him To Moscow (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I was misinformed on this point, or I'm confusing Assange with some OTHER news guy being accused of rape or whatever... but I believe my recollection is intact in this case

    People have false memories (for whatever reasons) all the time. I still believe I had a teacher of a certain name at school, even if I have spoken to the daughter of said teacher and it is NOT him. So I know that it was not hime, yet my memory STILL tells me otherwise.

    So for your own sake and for the sake of others, please provide some proof of what you are saying. Hearsay is not a good way to go about it.

  3. Re:This is supposed to be how it works on Judge Orders Cloudflare To Turn Over Identifying Data In Copyright Case (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure itr is. When you look at the fact that a man that bites a dog is news, the news story here is atht it happened as it should. The fact that that is news is scary.

  4. Or: We have trained the companies that what we want is cheap and a lot if it.

    When I buy socks, I buy 30 pairs for 20 EUR. All the same black ones. Last time I did that I got 20 pairs 10 years ago. Finaly last year I threw them away and bought new ones. That is 2 EUR per year.

    I used to pay a lot more. Say 20 EUR per pair. They lasted twice as long. I know people who swear thei shoes last almost forever, but those they wear once amonth.

    And cars are said to last longer. 100.000 KM was almost unseen. Thebmn let us talk about tools. There is one lesson. Buy cheap the first time, expensive the second time.
    No need to have a lot of expensive tools if al you use is a 10mm socket.. sure looks nice.

  5. Vatican City. It has a litteral wall. Made from stone.

  6. Re:Doesn't China essentially have their own alread on Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Predicts the Internet Will Split in Two By 2028 -- and One Part Will Be Led By China (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Drugs will be from the local country, just like now.
    There will still be servers in other countries.

    I understand that things needs to be dumbed down, but only two networks? Sure. What about the Ruskies? And if 2 are possible, I am sure the EU will be able to have one as well.

  7. Re:Meaningless Penalty on Equifax Slapped With UK's Maximum Penalty Over 2017 Data Breach (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Look ar it another way. The EU asks for 4%. The US asks for 4%, Argebtina asks for 4%. So now we are talking 12% of their annual worldwide revenue.

    There is a lot security to be bought for that 4%. Especially as they would be required to implement it anyway, regardless of the fine.

  8. Blocking info about Taiwan. on China Blocks Twitch (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    The Asian Games have Taiwan participating. They will want to block that. The result is that they block twitch as well.

  9. Re:More diesel locomotives than I thought on First Hydrogen-Powered Train Hits the Tracks In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Major stations in Germany will all have electrifications. Minor stations might not have it. e.g. trains from Hamburg to Westerland (aa popular holiday destination) will have diesel trains.
    Some info and images on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    As there is no road to Sylt, cars have to go by train as well. http://www.autozug-sylt.de/ is one of them. Others will start in Hamburg. Here an image what you will see in the station: http://pic.endurowandern.eu/20...

  10. Re:More 'climate change' bullshit on First Hydrogen-Powered Train Hits the Tracks In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    When you become a scientists, you sign also the secret paper to ruin the USofA. I thought that was common knowledge.

  11. Used to work for a company who sold cell phones. Most sales people would get new phones from the phone companies. For them that ewas a new phone every 3 months or so.
    Trading in phones for a reduction in price would be around 30 EUR. Still plenty who got caight stealing these second hand phones.

    For ythise interested. The phones where sold by the crate and shipped to somewhere in Africa.

  12. If that other is the company that abuses you, yes.

  13. In Belgium, the package is the responsability of the sender/delivery service, untill it is in the mailbox, or till I signed for it.

    If I order with Amazon, I will have ro sign for it. If I am not home, I need to pick it up. Otherwise I could claim a non-delivery each time. The cost would be for the delivery company or postal service as they lost the package.

  14. Re: Don't be surprised if companies "boycott" the on Facebook Could Face EU Sanctions If It Doesn't Change Its TOS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    That already happens now. Their should be a list to help non -EU people know what sites sell their data.

  15. Re: There's a really simple Blockchain solution! on Facebook Could Face EU Sanctions If It Doesn't Change Its TOS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You are aware that they have deleted postings in the past, right?

  16. Re: EU needs to knock FB TFO on Facebook Could Face EU Sanctions If It Doesn't Change Its TOS (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice how you decide that the"only" thing that is nice is the reason for tge EU. And to guarantee that, other things need to be decided on that level as well.

    And onviously you will find many people who are against some things. That is normal.

    Yes, there are things I hate here. That is also normal. The general idea is that there are more positive ideas than negative ideas.

    And aboutnot having a European Identity. The majority of people do not even have a common identity in their own country, exceptif there is some footbal on tv. So that is of no importance either to anybody.

    The majority of the Brits tegret to be leaving and politically they try to find a way back in, without losing face.

  17. If taking away weapons does not name it safer, why is the US so against North Korea having some weapons?

  18. Re:He's a douche on The New Yorker on Linus Torvalds (newyorker.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, you now have a code of conduct that is written for y'all pussies.

  19. Re:Have they really thought this through? on California May Ban Terrible Default Passwords On Connected Devices (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    1) The fact that you buy a toothbrush that is connected to the Internet, of all things, might be the issue here.
    2) The fact that you buy a TV that is connected to the Internet, of all things, might be the issue here.

    The "problem" that was not there was "solved" by connecting it to the Internet. It mode things with "no problems" go to "one problem".
    The password issue is trying to solve a problem that should not even exist.

  20. Re:destiny on Humans Simply 'Hardwired' For Laziness, Study Says (studyfinds.org) · · Score: 1

    TL;DR

  21. Re: I can see this working for Spain on Life In the Spanish City That Banned Cars (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Delivery will be done during the morning hours and ONLY for delivery. e.g. from 7:00 till 10:00

    I work in the center of Brussels and do not even own a car. Remember that public transport is a thing.
    I know of one company that has deals with the public transport company, so more busses drive between the station and their HQ. They will pick up the tab.

    At another place buses stopped at 20:00, but we worked to 21:00 and we looked into extending the bus hours. In the end it was cheaper for the few people to take a taxi. So for more than a year I took a taxi form work to the train station. Paid by the company.

    Now there are more people working there, so bus frequency has increased and hours have been adapted.

    Yes. Some people still go to work by car. The thing is that there are alternatives. Friend of mine ownes a car, but rather uses the train than the stress of sitting in a car where the mile costs money. Public transport is paid at least 40% and of 100% by the company.

  22. Re:An example of stupid on John Hancock Will Include Fitness Tracking In All Life Insurance Policies (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey. You are on /. That means you have some technical knowledge. Just hack the thing and let it send semi-random data that might be interpreted as being a very healthy person.

  23. Re:I just don't know about this on John Hancock Will Include Fitness Tracking In All Life Insurance Policies (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    When it comes to comapnies, I really try to figure out when opt-in is a good idea.
    Even Googles search engine should be opt-in instead of the robot.txt opt out.

    Sure, it would suck as many people would be forgetting to opt-in and those pages would not be found, yet still better than the need to opt-out.

    It should be my responsability to be included, not my responsability NOT to be included.

    On a more related note, a friend of mine (we live in Belgium, Europe) told me and an other friend who worked at an insurance company once he needed to have his health checked every six months, because his life insurance was asking for it.

    We where laughing so hard, i peed a little, because, except for the initial check (and even that depends heavily on the situation) they are not allowed to do that and won't do that if they want to keep doing business.
    And throwing me out, because I suddenly have cancer because of eating too fat is not a reason to throw me out (as long as I did not lie on my application).

    I would LOVE a insurance company in Belgium asking for this to be able to trace their customers 24/7. Taxes would go down as the insurance companies would pay billions in extra taxes (called fines)

    "What about a camera in the car to prove you are innocent?" In Germany there was a case where somebody tried this and got fined, as the privacy of the general public was more impoortant that the innocence of an individual. (Could not find the Slashdot article about it. Sorry)

  24. Re:Save the Angst on 'It's Always DRM's Fault' (publicknowledge.org) · · Score: 1

    I cut the first step.

  25. Re:Sorry. Wrong company on VW Group, BMW and Daimler Are Under Investigation For Collusion In Europe (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Not only that. It looks as if the EU is not only after US companies. That is bad for the perception of how they use the law to fleece US companies. So hide this evidence.