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* Posts by SundogUK

1962 publicly visible posts • joined 16 Nov 2012

Dowden out, Dorries in: Is UK data protection in safe hands?

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Re: Current shower

I find it disturbing how quickly the 'tolerant' left are to deciding their political opponents need murdering.

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"Whether a talent for fiction is a prerequisite for any ambitious politician remains an open question"

Tell that to Benjamin Disraeli.

Technology doesn’t widen the education divide. People do that

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"It's about learning to respect others, make friends, asking that boy/girl out you've got the hots for (and making a fool of yourself in the process!)"

If you needed school for this, you're doing it wrong.

Wikipedia bans seven Chinese users amid concerns of 'infiltration, physical harm'

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"verifiable reliable sources"

You cannot be serious. This is Wikipedia we're talking about...

Ex-DJI veep: There was no drone at Gatwick during 2018's hysterical shutdown

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Re: Follow the money

You say 'Follow the money' and then don't follow the money. If it was a deliberate scam, it's far more likely to have been a disgruntled ex-employee, or a competitor airport.

Catch of the day... for Google, anyway: Transatlantic Cornwall cable hauled ashore

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Stop "all the London wankers holidaying in Cornwall" and Cornwall would go bankrupt pretty much instantly.

This is AUKUS for China – US, UK, Australia reveal defence tech-sharing pact

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And the words of the Parisian elite are?

Measuring your carbon footprint? There's no app for that

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Re: Within limits, more CO2 would be better than less

"prefers to listen to people who have spent years studying something and know far more about it than I ever will"

Even the Greeks knew that 'Argument from authority' was a fallacy...

Beijing wants its internet to become 'civilized' by always reflecting Marxist values

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Re: That's not The Internet, China.

A Marxist in favour of free speech? Wonders never cease...

Tech widens the educational divide. And I should know – I'm a teacher in a pandemic

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Re: Faulty parents

And who exactly is going to pay for this?

Amazon to cover 100%* of college* tuition* for hourly employees* in the US

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Re: Or

It's Amazon's money so they can do what they want with it.

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Re: Ahhh the missing point

Low pay is covered by 'too-generous government benefits'.

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Re: Blue badge only

Could you translate that into English?

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Re: What is wrong with people?

You generally go to college before you start work, so what Amazon pays people is irrelevant. What they are doing here is an unalloyed good, regardless of what you think of them as a company.

Amazon says Elon Musk's wicked, wicked ways mean SpaceX's Starlink 2.0 should not be allowed to fly

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"making life hell for unions" You say that like you think it's a bad thing...

LA cops told to harvest social media handles from people they stop, suspect or not

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Re: I have a facebook and twitter but have no idea how to log in

If TV licensing come round to your house and say that, you just tell them to fuck off. Nothing they can do about it.

Australia rules Facebook page operators are legally liable for user comments under posts

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Re: Its only a little country

"UK also take note..." The UK is the fifth largest economy in the world, out of 213 listed. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)) What is it with people thinking that because we are no longer the worlds largest empire etc. we are suddenly insignificant?

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It literally says that the account holder is responsible and therefore Facebook isn't. I actually agree that Facebook should be sue-able but that isn't what this ruling is saying.

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Zuckerborg probably doesn't care. This may lead to a slight reduction in objectionable click-bait attracting ad revenue but it also seems to reinforce the idea that Facebook is a platform not a publisher and therefore not liable for said objectionable click-bait.

Can we talk about Kevin McCarthy promising revenge if Big Tech aids probe into January insurrection?

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Re: Pics or it didn't happen.

It wasn't his job to stop it.

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"I have never seen a US President who garnered less respect from almost everyone in the world"

Because Joe Xiden is so much more popular around the world now, isn't he?

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Yeah, the Demonrats are far worse...

Spring tears down math geek t-shirt listing because it dared to mention the trademarked word 'zeta'

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Re: Oi - Merkins

America was our side of the pond, until you decided otherwise. Since you did, we're quite justified in telling you to stay on your side now.

Leaked Guntrader firearms data file shared. Worst case scenario? Criminals plot UK gun owners' home addresses in Google Earth

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Re: Storage

Airguns and muzzle-loaders are not classified as 'firearms.'

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Re: Storage

Not true. Unless a .303 Lee Enfield number 4 counts as a pest control weapon.

Windows 11 will roll out from October 5 as Microsoft hypes new hardware

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Re: How do I opt users out of this "upgrade" ?

Because quite obviously everyone in the entire universe has the same business IT requirements as you. Tosser.

Trial of Theranos boss Elizabeth Holmes begins: She plans to say her boyfriend and COO Balwani abused her

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Re: Mad as a cut snake

First time I saw a photo of her I thought 'Why are people investing in this? She's completely batshit.'

Online disinformation is an industry that needs regulation, says boffin

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Re: Who's going to regulate the disinformation then?

That's the same governments who believe they have an absolute right to control everything about your life, what you can say, what you can think, all in the name of a long debunked 19th century ideology, responsible for the deaths of millions?

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Re: Interesting concept

"There are consensus opinions of the overwhelming majority of experts..."

You do understand that experts lie? That scientists say whatever they think will give them funding? That a huge number of peer-reviewed research papers cannot be reproduced? Are in fact fraudulent?

A man spent a year in jail on a murder charge involving disputed AI evidence. Now the case has been dropped

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"Not to the regular grunt" ...except for the machine gunner, radio operator etc.

Buyout of British defence supplier Ultra Electronics paused by UK.gov over competition concerns

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Re: Sovereignty

The idea that we can't launch our nuclear missiles without the US's permission hasn't been true since the 1960's.

Magna Carta mayhem: Protesters lay siege to Edinburgh Castle, citing obscure Latin text that has never applied in Scotland

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Re: Flattering, but still nonsensical

Militarily useless? And the US military just got their ass handed to them by a bunch of 7th century savages with AK's

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Re: It was a lovely day for a coup

The global average will always equal 100 but the average per country can vary considerably...

COVID-19 cases surge as do sales of fake vaccination cards – around $100 for something you could get free

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Re: The eternal constant

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

― C. S. Lewis

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Re: A long way still to go

So you are deliberately ignoring the point about "distribution / delivery facilities"?

It's time to decentralize the internet, again: What was distributed is now centralized by Google, Facebook, etc

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Re: Bullshit article premise

Give control of the internet to China, Russia and a cartel of Muslim countries? No.

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Re: Bullshit article premise

I don't use any of that shit. If it all disappeared tomorrow, it would make precisely zero difference to me.

Euro watchdog will try to extract $900m from Amazon for breaking data privacy laws

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Re: "complaint by [..] a French privacy group"

"This is one of the reasons certain UK businesses wanted out if the EU- they didn't like social responsibilities and labour laws."

You say that like you think it's a bad thing.

Huawei to America: You're not taking cyber-security seriously until you let China vouch for us

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Do not trust China. China is asshole.

London class-action sueball against Google is a lot like Epic's case except fandroids might win enough for a pint

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Re: Hypocrisy

Google aren't "taxing" anybody. They are not a government.

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Re: Vice-like grip

The cost is irrelevant. If people are willing to pay, it's worth it.

Activision Blizzard accused by California watchdog of fostering 'frat boy' culture, fatally toxic atmosphere

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Re: Toxic Racist Misogynistic Patriarchal White Males

The fact they asked Brianna Wu for comment tells you exactly where this article was going.

Survey of astronomers and geophysicists shines a light on 'bleak' systemic bullying

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Re: Biased nonsense

"Aine O'Brien, diversity officer of the Royal Astronomical Society"

What do you think she went looking for? And does it surprise you that she found it?

AWS gave Parler a chance, won't say if it talked to NSO before axing spyware biz's backend systems

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Re: Whataboutism

Rubbish. Parler did nothing to overturn the election result. They just operated a free speech social network where people said stuff that AWS disagreed with.

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Re: Is that good enough for mission-critical operations?

Why the fuck would they bother?

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Re: Wow Amnesty International

Amnesty International used to campaign on behalf of ALL prisoners of conscience. Now, not so much if you're even slightly to the right of Stalin.

Pipe down, Jeff. You've only gone where Gus Grissom went before, 60 years ago today

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Re: Do allow Bezos his moment of glory

He achieved with his own money what the US government achieved over 50 years ago using tax money taken from its citizens with the threat of violence.

FIFY

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Re: Do allow Bezos his moment of glory

I am a fan of his business practices... and his flight is an achievement and he should be allowed to celebrate. Hopefully it will result in cheaper access to earth orbit and, eventually, travel beyond that.

How many Brits have deleted life-saving track and trace app from their phones? No idea, junior minister tells MPs

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Re: Technology to the rescue

What are these "television advertisements" you speak of?

United, Mesa airlines order 200 electric 19-seater planes for short-hop flights

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Re: Why 19?

US Air regulations require cabin crew for 20+ passengers.