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The relevant part of the article. Good old Max Schrems:

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Privacy activist Max Schrems argues that the new framework is “largely a copy” of previous ones. The US Department of Commerce also considers that it “does not create new substantive obligations for participating organizations with regards to protecting EU personal data” and “[t]he privacy principles and the process to initially self-certify and annually re-certify remain substantively the same”. Moreover, Schrems stresses that substantial changes in US surveillance law are needed for true effectiveness and has signalled his intention to bring “the new deal back before the CJEU”.

A legal challenge has therefore been announced, possibly reaching the CJEU by late 2023 or early 2024 which may result in a temporary suspension of the DPF.

Earlier article about the Harvard students' letter: https://nypost.com/2023/10/09/thirty-one-harvard-organizatio...

Ballsy move.

I've recently realized that looking for the cheapest deal, unless short on cash, is a totally worthless endeavor because of the stress it adds to the whole process. In no particular order, various problems I've encountered with low-cost airlines:

  - Bad, buggy order flows
  - High fees for changing flights if you make a mistake
  - Impossibility of getting a cash refund
  - Lack of legroom
  - Frequent delays
  - Understaffed check-in desks
  - Lack of human customer service
  - Bad safety record

It's just. not. worth it.

The ATC recording; https://youtu.be/DjoDn8zQgb8

+1 for GNS3. I used it to mimic my home network (MikroTik gear) and test out VLAN configs. Great tool, quick to learn, easy to use, works flawlessly on Linux!

What could be the reason for this? Is it a bug? I'm all for less clickbaity titles, but having no title is vague too.

Oh of course, I'm not condoning his behaviour at all. That he (formally still allegedly) behaved like a crook seems clear.

A clear warning to never go into business with your boy/girlfriend. (Ellison in this case)

Business relationships need clear, rational boundaries or there will be hell to pay.

Thank you for your clear and constructive feedback.

It was not my intention to start a flame war, but to spark debate about this topic, which I feel is not political but culture/language-related.

Off-topic it surely was though, so I'll be more careful about that going forward.

Indeed this. There are benefits. Less code, faster to write.

It really is not about that. The problem is that some people feel the need to bend over backwards, making symbolic gestures that do not change the underlying issue. As if renaming 'whitelist' to 'allowlist' is going to turn any neo-nazis into angels.

George Carlin had a word or two to say about this phenomenon: https://youtu.be/hSp8IyaKCs0

Coincidentally I had the black bean version of this a few days ago. Delicious, but less spicy than expected. :-)

Sheesh. The person who did it could not read Arabic. When does it stop being disrespectful and start becoming plain human error; if they make a mistake writing Thai? Hieroglyphs?

The commenter was maybe pointing out a naming conflict.

It's akin to suing a person for memorizing things from a book. Don't complain, go write something.

As a consumer this makes me happy, but god, California must be an awful place to run a business. They keep piling on the most business-hostile laws. Another silly cookie consent law, unpoliced shoplifting in SF, where does it end?

> I stopped making logos, it's a really difficult and thankless job.

Just ask more money for it then :-)

This is a big thing in the islamic world, where men want their wives to be virgins. I think this is (perhaps subconsciously) caused by insecurity; "what if the previous guy had a bigger dick than me?".

There's another way to look at this. When your partner has had many previous partners, it means that you are extra special, because even after all that prior experience, they choose you!

And about longevity, if you ask me, the most important factors for a solid relationship are:

1. Being completely comfortable around each other. No grudges. Being able to talk about anything, even if you don't always agree.

2. (related to #1) Having a mechanism for resolving conflict. Avoiding things like the silent treatment.

Jump to conclusions much?

How is it horrifying? The world could do with less of us parasites.

Every time I read articles like these, taking about obesity death rates and such, I think: so? We overconsume. There are limits.

Why?

Did you know her before she did acid, and if so, what exactly changed about her?

Disclaimer: I'm from the EU myself.

Like a lot of commenters are saying, these blog posts are nice, but they won't change the minds of the legislators.

The legislators, in their apparent naivety, are living in a dream world where they expect today's volunteer developers to take on real and unfair legal risk for their contributions.

That's why I think open-source projects ought to make a real statement and ban EU downloads of their software. This will catch the legislators' attention. Making the lives of whoever is using the software (practically everyone) difficult will get the point across and force change.

This has nothing to do with discriminating against who _contributes_ to the software, which is of course a bullshit thing to do.

They all ought to band together and block EU countries from downloading their software until the regulation is changed. Let's see what happens.

Here's the source code: https://github.com/ldpreload/BlackLotus

Had this too the other day. I am 100% certain that the ban is just a ploy to force you to give them more personal data. In my case it was a phone number, next up maybe a selfie.

This is why Reddit is banned in Indonesia; because there's a bit of porn. Now laypeople just use Twitter instead...