Comment Re: and when apple bans apps that do this? (Score 1) 52
To expect the SCOTUS to step in and enact your views into laws, regardless of whomever else's you might steam-roll over; is wrong.
My kingdom for mod points. Alas... none today.
To expect the SCOTUS to step in and enact your views into laws, regardless of whomever else's you might steam-roll over; is wrong.
My kingdom for mod points. Alas... none today.
There are websites that, you know, force users to create accounts and use credit cards that serve as excellent age checks.
Chase allows my 12 year old to have a credit card, so simply "you have a credit card so you must be over 18" is not a good way to verify anymore.
Then perhaps you should work in your writing skills.
And you should work on your writing skills.
Any company is free to leave.
Yeah, fucking bullshit. You cannot just "leave the internet".
The EUSSR is trying to enforce its own bullshit laws extra-territorial. Look at the stupid cookie-wall law that you now have on every. fucking. website. Just as stupid as those prop-65 warnings.
Not to mention that most of those laws have been enacted by people who are not even elected to their positions. The EUSSR is nothing but a dictatorial regime that tries to enforce its way on those who still have some liberties left.
Southwest definitely screwed up, but honestly, I think they paid for it.
This.
I have the same experience. Southwest did more than make things right for me. I had a flight scheduled, but also had an option to travel earlier in the day by car. I ended up assuming that the flight would be canceled, and took the 8 hour drive.
Guess what? My flight ended up one of the few that was not canceled. I'm sure someone was happy with me being a no-show as the flight will have been more than full.
Nevertheless, SWA refunded my flight and gave me a boat load of points, all without me even asking for it.
Also, "civil penalties" are just a way for overzealous politicians to circumvent the judicial process. Taking $140 million from a private entity without the possibility of having a judge looking at it, is simply robbery and unconstitutional.
Good luck fighting for damages to your xbox experience, but the EULA you accepted says the software doesn't actually have to do anything.
Good luck understanding that, at least in the U.S., your EULA is worth less than toilet paper in court.
The only thing a EULA does in this context is create the presumption of "the user agreed to this so we can do whatever the fuck we want".
In contract law, again, at least in the U.S., courts also look at what is reasonable, especially considering that A. it was working before, B. the difference in bargaining power between the end-user and the corporation, and C. the fact that it is often difficult to actually read the EULA. Remember the stickers on the back of CDs that said "by breaking this seal you agree to the EULA which you can find on htttp://www33421.someshittywebsite.com/eula.asp&somerandomstringofcharactersdesignedtohaveyounotlookatthem?
Fuck EULAs.
H1B visas are the only effective path for legal immigration to the US.
Total and utter bullshit.
I guess you've never heard of the L-1 (uncapped dual-intent work visa, valid up to 7 years), TN (uncapped, unlimited work visa for Australians and Canadians), E-1 (Treaty Trader), O (extraordinary individuals) visas?
Not to mention the uncapped spousal and parental visas that U.S. citizens can sponsor for their immediate family?
H1B visas are primarily used by immigrants from a small number of nations, primarily because of the 7% cap on greencards. Fix that unfair abomination, and you fix the non-immigrant visa issue.
What is their goal then?
To become famous, like Greta, and get free tickets to climate conferences where they'll be lauded as heroes for doing effectively nothing.
I'm getting sick and tired for assholes like this trying to use the court system for what is effectively a political problem.
And, if anything, they should sue China.
100 miles wide
No, law enforcement considers it 100 miles wide.
The Supreme Court never ruled on this. Every time this came up, cases were plea bargained or dismissed.
However, in this case, there is no doubt: the researcher crossed the border and fucked up by not wiping (or even locking) his phone.
Ah, "disinformation," the new buzzword to get around free speech and shut up your political enemies, since it's entirely subjective yet it has that objective-y sound!
There is no freedom of speech in the U.K., and there has not been any for a very long time, every looong before Brexit.
And before y'all butthurt chavs start downvoting, have a look at this very comprehensive list of people arrested for what everywhere else in the world would constitute free speech:
In October 2011, 28-year old Stephen Birrell was sentenced to eight months in jail for engaging in Scottish sectarianism. He made posts to a Facebook page called "Neil Lennon should be banned" which insulted Catholics and the Pope. Sheriff Bill Totten stated "the right-thinking people of Glasgow and Scotland will not allow any behaviour of this nature".
In May 2012, 21-year old Liam Stacey spent 56 days in jail for tweeting "LOL, Fuck Muamba. He's dead."
During the 2012 Olympics, diver Tom Daley retweeted a message that said "You let your dad down i hope you know that", insulting him for finishing fourth. Its 17-year old author was arrested on suspicion of "malicious communication"
In October 2012, 19-year old Matthew Woods was jailed for 12 weeks because of jokes he made about two abducted children April Jones and Madeleine McCann. The messages, including "Who in their right mind would abduct a ginger kid?" were copied from Sickipedia and posted to Facebook
In December 2014, 19-year old Ross Loraine was arrested and cited for making light of the 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash on Twitter. The tweet, which he deleted shortly after posting, stated that after the driver's vehicle struck pedestrians, this was "the most trash it has picked up in one day"
In March 2015, 24-year old Scott Lamont was sentenced to spend four months in jail for singing Billy Boys at a Rangers FC game.
In January 2019, community cohesion officer Mansoor Gul questioned Lincolnshire ex-police officer Harry Miller over the fact that he had retweeted a poem that condemned gender transitions. While confirming that no crime had been committed, Gul stated that it qualified as a "hate incident" and told Miller that his employer might be displeased.
In July 2022, British army veteran Darren Brady, was arrested "on suspicion of sending by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene, menacing message" for allegedly retweeting an image of the "Progress Pride Flag" arranged into a swastika.
Source for all of these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And even the press is not safe: British Press forbidden to write about public figures: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Sincerely, Fuck The UK.
and the US have the AUDACITY of calling themselves a free country
At least I don't get arrested for "offensive" tweets.
I shudder to think of the reaction if the were to run today . .
We are both old enough to know that there would be an invasion of pink/blue haired whales on a random street in a large city.
The one the government down here in Brazil is trying to approve is even more insane.
Canada fucked around and found out.
Brazil is going to be next. I'd be surprised if Facebook and Google really let an asshole dictator judge tell them what they can and cannot do.
I can appreciate the concept behind this idea
Really? Did you read the article?
They want to fund this by taxing others.
For every penny they take that someone worked for, that worker does not get the benefits of their work
For every penny that they give to someone that did not work for it, that freeloader gets the benefits of somebody else's work.
And I really don't care how much someone earns. If they worked for it, they earned it. Taxes should go to fund the common good, roads, police, fire departments. Using the government's guns to take cash from person A who worked for it, only to give it to person B who did not work for it, is nothing but legalized robbery.
And I know that the communists of
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.