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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
China was the most blatant example I could think of, and it's a very current issue considering the ongoing Olympic games and the fact that much of the Western World outsources its production to China. There are plenty of other examples
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
That's pretty much it. Intent matters. A lot. Unless there's evidence suggesting they deliberately broke the law, the fine is going to be rather low. If they keep doing it, they can't say they intended to follow the law, and
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
You should read Jennifer Government, if you haven't already. :D
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
It's not really whataboutism; plenty of countries and businesses commit terrible crimes without ever facing actual concequences. The Twitter mob won't actually do anything, and in the real world business goes on as usual.
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Yeah, just like how we started boycotting China when we found out about the human rights violations against their own majority population, and outright atrocities against their own people. At worst, these sattellite images will cause an out
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Average iPhone users may be more valuable to the average advertiser when compared to the average Andoid user, but there are plenty of markets where I'd say there are plenty of advertisers who'd benefit from targetting the lower en
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Incidentally, Finland and Sweden constitute something like 20% of the EU's total area, and both have relatively small urban centres scattered all around the place. It's pretty natural both have somewhat differing regulations in re
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
If they're anything like Finns, they probably do. Why get the ashtray in the car dirty when you can just throw it out the window?
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Alright, I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for the tip!
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Doesn't Apple Music require Apple devices? :/
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Meanwhile, my Release Radar playlist has about 30% songs that are unavailable and the home screen is full of recommendations for podcasts I don't care about. Can anyone recommend a good alternative? Preferably with a decent selection o
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
I don't think there are any businesses here who'd accept a check. Banks would probably do it for a fee, or at least require you deposit the money to your account. Bills here are paid with bank transfer. It doesn't have to be
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Like the sibling commenter, I'm from Finland. The same applies to most of the Nordics though; I doubt my kids will ever see a check. People simply don't use them and cashing one would probably be quite difficult (not to mention e
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Where do you still use checks? I don't think I've seen one since the 90's.
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
In most of Europe, depositing cash rarely happens unless you're a business owner depositing the day's earnings. Withdrawals is easier from an ATM. Many banks require you to call ahead if you want to make a large cash withdrawal, a
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
No matter what one's stance is on Israel, or the Palestine question, it's hard to blame the actions of one company on the Israeli government.
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Both are valid points, but you did write that Linux is harder to install and maintain. I disagree on those two points. Pre-installed with a decent support plan is hard to beat regardless if it's Windows, MacOS or something like Linux M
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Yeah, and that's why lots of IT jobs are outsourced to Eastern Europe; why pay 70k€ per year for people doing devops in the Nordics, Germany or the Benelux countries, when you can get a Romanian to do it for 20k€?. The situation in the
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Installing Linux is often far easier than installing Windows nowadays, and multiple distributions offer long-time support. It's an excellent way of getting more life out of semi-old systems.
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
I suspect they simply wouldn't care unless they actually fear repercussions from Canadian authorities. Whether those potential repercussions would be something to fear here and now, or if they simply want to keep the door open for pote
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by ecdouvhr 5y ago
Ironically, the new Edge update for Xbox one made the browser so slow it's nigh unusable; loading times, is almost a whole minute, it often crashes when streaming video, and it feels slower than the non-Chromium predecessor. Before the