I can't remember the specific details now, all I recall is seeing the clause (yeah, I actually read the contracts and law, it's quite boring) describing a gov veto power over the brand but 1 in a million that they'd ever use it. I don't even think I bothered asking my lawyer about it and thinking "Of course, gov maintains power, well there's fuck all I can do about it, I may as well just move on"

It's was one of those "Oh, they can do that too can they - typical" moments - I'd never thought about it until I saw this story.

I have US and international trademarks. In the process they tell you the governments can use them if they choose to and there is not much you can do about it.

Ads are designed to capture your attention. To do this to someone when they're driving is surely a safety issue to drivers, other cars, and anyone else.

The car is the ONE place where I can escape ads, unless I listen to a radio, which I rarely do because of the ads. This is so many levels of fucked up.

An interesting perspective I heard on this from some campaigner on the telly was: it's not banning your kids from accessing social media, it's banning social media companies from accessing your children.

I think that better highlights that we're talking about enterprises with predatory interests.

Free speech includes lying.

Merit should always consider strictly value.

They can work, but they have major issues.

1)For at least the first 6 months, if not the first several years, it will take more time and money to teach them than they generate. Why would any company do this?

2)As a hiring manager at company B, I see you apprenticed at company A. I have no idea if that means you're qualified. I can't trust company A to tell me, they're a competitor. Schools stand as a neutral 3rd party telling me that they've completed a set curriculum and should know that much. It's not perfect, but it's a start.

3)Some fields just have a huge amount of up front learning before you can be useful at all. Apprentice plumber? You can run and fetch tools and hold things in place while you watch and learn. Apprentice electrical engineer? You have no idea what inductance is on day one. There's literally nothing you can do. So basically at this point you're hoping the company sets up a school.

Yeah "The Proper People", They do the exploring without interfering with the site. They deserve some likes.

Dave, my mind is going, Dave please stop, I, Dave I learned a song, would you like me to sing it for you...

As I recall the water and cooling systems were contaminated by a large petrol spill.

It's a bit ironic that the study is published by the SAME university that built that crazy AI that killed the crew of that ship (IIRC Discovery) we sent to Jupiter back in 2001.

The $5K a year just gives you a $300 per person per visit discount. So pays itself back in 15 visits or so.

Can we add "surprise and delight" to that list of firing reasons?

Plenty of us nerds can afford this and want to see news about this.

Probably some of

E) Users are purposefully using privacy blockers that don't leak details of their computer

  as well. Why should a website know my OS? It's serving HTML, it shouldn't make a difference to it.