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Camason Julian Assange extradition to US blocked by UK court

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Arrest_Warrant#Specia...

> A state wishing to prosecute a surrendered person for offences committed before his or her surrender, or extradite a surrendered person to a third state, must, subject to certain exception, obtain the permission of the executing judicial authority. Such a request is made in the same form as a European Arrest Warrant, and granted or refused using the same rules which determine whether surrender would be granted or refused.

Camason She Couldn’t Open for Outdoor Dining. The Film Crew Next Door Could

"Completely abandoned" here being used to mean still much more permissive than most western countries.

Camason The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporate scandal

Fire related deaths have been falling for decades in the UK so that system must be working.

Camason How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, and What They Think Is Next

Unemployment exists, so the situations are basically the same?

Take your own advice.

Camason How 700 Epidemiologists Are Living Now, and What They Think Is Next

In what way is the current situation in the US even remotely similar to the collapse of the USSR?

Camason Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use next week in UK

>Some early evidence suggests natural immunity may not last very long.

Doesn't the evidence so far suggest the exact opposite?

Camason FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will step down on January 20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality#Criticism

Camason R number for UK below 1 for first time since August

"Stubbornly insist that children get an education" being the other way to look at it.

Camason Due to a problem with AWS, many "smart" vacuums or doorbells will stop working

Writing an entire article on a few tweets.

Camason Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

When you move to calling it exploitation, and offer no other argument, do you think you're convincing me or yourself?

I think I understand you completely.

Camason Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

You're assuming because adverts work it must be due to manipulation, and nothing else.

And yes, to link back to your initial comment, I think most people know that an Axe advert isn't real.

Camason Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security

Are you someone who makes hiring decisions?

Camason Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

I'm guessing you have strong opinions on what makes something a Real Solution and not just Inane Bullshit I Don't Actually Need

Camason Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

If you believe most people are idiots you can justify pretty much anything

Camason Only 17% of consumers believe personalized ads are ethical, survey says (2019)

See every other reply to my comment

Camason South Park creators have new political satire series with AI-generated deepfakes

And a witness might lie. How will we manage?

Camason AI Camera Ruins Soccer Game After Mistaking Referee's Bald Head for Ball

Can't tell the difference between a head and a ball but will definitely be replacing billions of jobs any day now.

Camason New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light

In the UK more people support than oppose nuclear power when polled. The tories were also voted in with nuclear power in their manifesto, albeit only in one small section.

Camason I’m deaf, and this is what happens when I get on a Zoom call

Lumping in the obese with the blind to prove a point?

Camason The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

He shot a locked door three times trying to open it. You know "shot up" is misleading, that's why you've already downgraded it to reckless discharge.

Camason The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

Article doesn't mention any bomb and "shot up" is stretching things.

Camason Bletchley Park’s contribution to WW2 'over-rated'

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

Well kept secret

Camason Some onions were too sexy for Facebook

This feels like half an article.

Camason Are we living at the 'hinge of history'?

>according to every serious scientist we are pretty much on the worst case scenario path according to any peer reviewed model.

Obviously not true.

https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emis...

Camason Dream Vendor "Canna_Bars" Sentenced to Prison

> Law enforcement made a number of controlled purchases during the investigation into Porras and his co-conspirators. The purchases and subsequent surveillance followed the same pattern every time: make a purchase; watch Porras drive to a storage facility where he stored product; follow Porras to the Post Office; talk to Postal Inspectors about the package Porras or his co-conspirator had dropped into a USPS Blue Box.

Camason Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316 days)

opening a pdf is a difficult task for most people

exaggerating slightly but you know what I mean

Camason Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316 days)

>as obscure as The Pirate Bay, i.e. not very

Blocked in Europe, China, Australia, ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_blocking_access_to_T...

Camason Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316 days)

>For legit customers, the DRM is often intrusive and, because it's so complex and fiddly, often breaks in bizarre ways, giving rise to the paradoxical situation that the legit game is harder to use than the pirated game!

This is stuff you only read on certain forums. Most people don't even notice DRM