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  1. Re:Holder on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    It is pronounced 'Hodor'.

  2. If you do not like the laws, do not do business in the country. Can you imagine what would happen if AB InBev (A Belgian-Brazillian company, stationed about 100m from where I live) would start selling beer to 16 year olds because that is what they do in the home countries?
    No matter how stupid the law is, you must follow it and let the people decide what those laws are.

  3. Re: Bet they aren't liking this for of equality. on Game Company Receives Complaints About Bad Example Set By '%FEMALENAME' (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    But the cunt IS president.

  4. I thought #metoo was a reference to AOL users on Usenet where "METOO" was used by many instead of having a more constructive response.
    I guess I am showing my age here.

  5. Re:Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. on Game Company Receives Complaints About Bad Example Set By '%FEMALENAME' (kotaku.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a great explanation of the "Tits or GTFO" explanation. Can't find it now, but it cam down to that many people use 'being a woman' as an excuse. I put it in quotes, because male person can pretend to be a woman as well.

    The explaination was along thelines of "If you descibe yourself as a woman, you want to use it as a leverage, just as calling yourself a man would be. It seems to be important about WHAT you are and not WHO you are. So no, we do not care and as an answer we say TGTFO.'

  6. It should not have an impact, but it does. This is not 1995 where nobody thought what impact things could have if youb tolkd them in a public place.

    If I start yelling racist stuff on a market place and telling them my name and where I work, it WILL affect my employer as well. And that is what is going on. People tell where they work, what their name is and the name of their pet fish and then say stupid things.

    For this eason alone I have a nickname that can not be linked to the company where I work. And this is something I knew I had to do before I got online.

  7. Re:America could be the same way, it creates wealt on Unlike Most Millennials, Norway's Are Rich (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want to organize, understand that there is a difference between a Union and a Trade Union (Basically a Guild).
    The first is for the people, the second is for the job. That is a huge difference.

    Where I live (Belgium) everybody can join a union. There are several unions that you can join. There are also some trade unions that you can join. And even then there will be different options. If I wanted, I could even join several unions, although there is no reason to do that.

    You can also join at any time. If you are a member of a union, you do not have more, nor less rights. (Elected Union members is a different discussion).

    The reason I joined a Union was because I got let go at a job. The first I did was go to a union. Not to protest it, but because they took care of all the paperwork to get my unemployement benefits. Instead of doing all the paperwork myself and wait a few months before it starts coming, they will already give it to me on a monthly basis.

    So even the fact that I was unemployed, ment that I could join a Union. And I care more about me than about the job I do. It also gives less power to the Unions. I do not want them to be too powerfull.

    e.g. there was a strike with the trains a few days ago. There where fewer trains, but not no trains. I still was able to go to work and stil able to get home with minor delays. This because only one union of the trains was on strike, not 'The train Union'.

    And nobody cares if you are Union or not. Every company above 50 people (or is it 49) has to have a 'social election' where a representative of the Unions need to be elected. Not sure how many. I also assume that it is more when the company is (much) larger.
    So almost every company is 'unionized'. The smaller companies still could have people who are in a Union or not. Nobody cares.

    I have never been asked if I was in a Union or not. With my friends the discussion has come up. It is nothing to be ashamed of, but also not something importand to bother people with.
    None of the job interviews I have been present at, on both sides, anybody asked about a Union. There is no reason, because there is no difference and I could easily change my status from one day to the other.

    Really: nobody cares. And again: you have a choice to go to any of the Unions you like to go to. Yes: some things they do I do not agree with and some things I do agree with. In the end what I like is that they have seen that there is an honest power distribution between myself and a large company.

  8. Re:In a previous life we wanted 3% on Digital Ads Are Starting To Feel Psychic (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, if you get 10 times as much ads thrown at you, the 3% went to 10% from a persons point of view.

  9. Re:"misdemeanor amount of marijuana" yielded this? on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If there is no acountability, it is not enforced and thus does not count.

    You could easily say that the 3 laws of robotics apply for whatever reason, but nobody will listen either.

    At this moment, the Constitution is a driver for a plot in a stor, not something that is real.

  10. Re:Peanuts compared to nuclear... on Retiring Worn-Out Wind Turbines Could Cost Billions That Nobody Has (energycentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Just curious, what is the decommision cost for coal and other things? I assume that the cost of removing the CO2 from the air is included in that.

  11. Re: Story is an excellent example of the framing l on Retiring Worn-Out Wind Turbines Could Cost Billions That Nobody Has (energycentral.com) · · Score: 1

    OK. I say that is not true. I have shown as much evidence as you: none.
    Oh wait I do have it.
    And no, a windmill is not a pole with a box on top of it. The stuff that is in that box is maintainable, just like any engine.

  12. Re:Subsidies are the solution... on Retiring Worn-Out Wind Turbines Could Cost Billions That Nobody Has (energycentral.com) · · Score: 1

    Please send me all your copper that is in plastic insulation. Bet I can make some serious money from it.

    Look on YouTube and you will find plenty of ways to strip plastic from cables. Copper cables would be a great way to make money.
    http://www.scrapsales.co.uk/

  13. Re:someone should called the EFF on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    That still is no reason to put somebody in jail. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with your legal system. At this moment it feels as if you have a better chance with mob justice in the US. Sure, a few innocent people would be found guilty, but less than what is going on now.

  14. Re:Only in America on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop yelling when we hit you. You are neglegting a direct order to shut the fuck up.

  15. Asking the wrong questions. on Judge Jails Defendent For Failing To Unlock Phones (fox13news.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is all good and nice. What we really need to know is if he was heavier than a duck. If he floats, he is guilty, if not, he is innocent.

    That is what a REAL judge would ask. I assume the outcome would still be the same.

  16. Re: Could have been structured differently... on Tesla Will Be First Automaker To Lose the Federal Tax Credit For Electric Cars (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately the free market does not work as you think it works. The free market is for the companies, not for the people.

  17. Re: I use NoScript on Digital Ads Are Starting To Feel Psychic (theoutline.com) · · Score: 2

    https://pi-hole.net/ is good. Easy install and you can add mvps if you like. If you have Windows, buy a Raspberry zero W and install it there.
    I have added VPN, so my phone is not serving ads either.

  18. I SSH to a server that runs vim in cywin over wine.

  19. So has every other country in the history of the world. The results depend a bit. Lichtenstein was not that succesfull. The US was.

  20. Re:Confused about the ruling on TSA Screeners Win Immunity From Abuse Claims, Court Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You used the right word: accountable. As long as there is no accountability, the constituation is nothing more than a piece of paper. This is the case with ANY law.

    If I tell a kid not to take a cookie and it does and I do nothing about it, why would the kid not take another cookie? What I say is meaningless untill I hold the kid accountable for their action.

    So atthis moment the constitution is a nice thing to have discussions about in a pub. Like the three laws of robotics, it is more a few words to drive a plot than an actual law. Pity that you are unable to find any smart people in 200+ years who could solve it.

  21. Re:They can not detain you.... on TSA Screeners Win Immunity From Abuse Claims, Court Rules (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, the ruling tells you, you are wrong.

  22. Re:Lead Time on Apple Says New MacBook Pro Keyboard Won't Fix Sticky Key Issue (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This read like a Monthy Python "What bad has Apple ever done to us?" scene.

  23. Re:The 2015 model keyboards were the best. on Apple Says New MacBook Pro Keyboard Won't Fix Sticky Key Issue (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    A true hipster would use the IBM Model M and connect that to their Mac.

  24. Re:Compensation from whom? on You Can Inherit Facebook Content Like a Letter or Diary, German Court Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    These are two completely different things.
    One is the inheritance. The other is compensation for an inconsiderate act.

    You could say that you grand the person the compensation. That would mean that the person bedomes a debtor, just like all other debtors.

    At the moment of death, the assets will belong to the heirs. They had nothing to do with it, so nothing to ask for there. And as the stress happened after the person is dead, nothing to get from that either.

    And as we are talking inheritance, putting such a thing in law would open the posibilaty to take away inheritance money from those who you can not take it from in a legal way (e.g. the kids).
    So no, not that good of an idea.

  25. Re: Privacy and last will on You Can Inherit Facebook Content Like a Letter or Diary, German Court Rules (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Difference within the EC? There are differences in the SAME fucking country, depending where you live in that country. (I have two parents dead within a year, and a sister. We live all over Europe. I know whay too much about this. At this moment, after 1.5 yers, 5 countries are involved.)
    It can even be different depending on where the heirs live.

    And if it can be destroyed when you die will depend on how it is seen. If it is seen as an asset, you can not demand it. Just like you can not demand to burn down your house when you die, because when you die, it is not your house anymore. It belong to the heirs and the notary (most likely) will decide who that is.

    In my parents will there where things that we as kids WANTED to honour, but where unable to do, because it was illegal. Even though it was writen in their will and done via a Notary. All the notary did with the will is took nota of it and put it in a public place to be accessed when they died.