Comment Re:Wrong : the USA has a failing judicial system (Score 1) 126
How did the first lawyers become good tho?
Comment Re:All your cryptocurrency fun (Score 1) 57
AAAACCCTCHUALLLY bitcoin was created not to "facilitate criminal transactions" but to eliminate criminal debasement of our currency.
TOTALLY LEGAL, TOTALLY COOL
THANK YOU!
Comment Re:The Internet no longer exists. (Score 1) 32
Why keep spamming us with this shit? The rest of us manage all this just fine, you are clearly the common factor here. If you smell shit wherever you go, check under your own shoes first.
How can you deny ANY of it?
Comment Re:Devils advocate -- people will injure themselve (Score 2) 32
I mean that's just like your opinion maaan.
Submission + - New Bill Promises An End To Our Privacy Nightmare, Jail Time To CEOs Who Lie (vice.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has unveiled updated privacy legislation he says will finally bring accountability to corporations that play fast and loose with your private data. Dubbed the Mind Your Own Business Act, the bill promises consumers the ability to opt out of data collection and sale with a single click. It also demands that corporations be transparent as to how consumer data is collected, used, and who it’s sold to, while imposing harsh fines and prison sentences upon corporations and executives that misuse consumer data and lie about it.
Wyden’s bill authorizes the FTC to impose fines of up to 4 percent of annual revenues on companies that fail to protect consumer data. The bill also proposes 10-20 year prison sentences for senior executives who knowingly lie to the FTC. Companies whose executives are convicted will pay a tax based on the salary they paid to the officials who lied, Wyden’s office told Motherboard. The Mind Your Own Business Act also mandates the creation of a national Do Not Track system that gives consumers the ability to quickly and easily opt out of the collection and sale of their private data without having to dig through confusing corporate websites. The bill also restricts companies looking to make privacy a luxury option. Wyden’s proposal would also require that corporations give consumers an easy way to review all of the data a company has about them and correct inaccuracies. Giants like Facebook would also be required to analyze any algorithms that process consumer data—to more closely examine their impact on accuracy, fairness, bias, discrimination, privacy, and security.
Wyden’s bill authorizes the FTC to impose fines of up to 4 percent of annual revenues on companies that fail to protect consumer data. The bill also proposes 10-20 year prison sentences for senior executives who knowingly lie to the FTC. Companies whose executives are convicted will pay a tax based on the salary they paid to the officials who lied, Wyden’s office told Motherboard. The Mind Your Own Business Act also mandates the creation of a national Do Not Track system that gives consumers the ability to quickly and easily opt out of the collection and sale of their private data without having to dig through confusing corporate websites. The bill also restricts companies looking to make privacy a luxury option. Wyden’s proposal would also require that corporations give consumers an easy way to review all of the data a company has about them and correct inaccuracies. Giants like Facebook would also be required to analyze any algorithms that process consumer data—to more closely examine their impact on accuracy, fairness, bias, discrimination, privacy, and security.
Submission + - School Field Trips: Amazon Warehouses are the New Smithsonian
theodp writes: On Thursday evening, Amazon is hosting a national field trip of sorts, inviting kids and teachers to take part in a live stream Twitch tour inside an Amazon robotics fulfillment center with the goal of inspiring students to learn about robotics and to "illustrate the importance of a computer science education." From the press release:
On the tour, students will see first-hand how teams of associates work alongside robotic technologies to fulfill customer orders. They will see where inventory items are stowed into the system, learn how robots bring storage pods to our associates to pick customer items, and finally, they’ll see trucks being loaded with thousands of customer orders.
Hey, "program, or be programmed," as they warn kids and parents over at Amazon-bankrolled Code.org!
On the tour, students will see first-hand how teams of associates work alongside robotic technologies to fulfill customer orders. They will see where inventory items are stowed into the system, learn how robots bring storage pods to our associates to pick customer items, and finally, they’ll see trucks being loaded with thousands of customer orders.
Hey, "program, or be programmed," as they warn kids and parents over at Amazon-bankrolled Code.org!
Comment Re:Dubai expo (Score 1) 92
PISS OFF WANKER
Comment Re:Blockchain the IRS! (Score 1) 91
I think stuff like this will eventually go to blockchain.
It just makes the most sense. You can track everything. Should make auditing way easier and exact.
Same with our data. Imagine being able to authorize certain aspects of your ID. For example allowing Slashdot to know you are in a specific state and town but not your age.
Could all be done with blockchain.
Comment Re: Taxation (Score 1) 91
It could easily be a bloodless invasion, they just need to pay the talking heads on Fox News to tell you to welcome our liberators and you'll rush out of your mobile homes and embrace them for finally freeing us from the tyranny of democracy.
Fuck that's a scary thought! Fox just needs to say the PLA are liberating the US from Libs. "Behind every blade of grass is a 3% trying to get his budget rifle to work."
Comment Re:Yet, people are wealthier than ever (Score 1) 182
25% in the 1950's? or the 1450's?
try double or triple if 1950s
https://www.tax-brackets.org/f...
Comment Re:Not true. (Score 1) 182
Where these people get their information is a mystery to me. YOY wages have climbed over 3% under Donald Trump versus only 1% for Barack Obama. That comes from the monthly reporting by the U.S. Government as was reported just THIS WEEK!!
But coming from the SF Federal Reserve it figures. Since liberals can't read and have to pass laws to find out how bad they are;.
FAKE NEWS
Comment Re:You've never tried living with cash only (Score 1) 302
My ISP takes cash.
but it gives me an IP and its in my name, so its far from anonymous!
gl
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