If a stamp have a barcode, why not just let people who have printers at home to print it on the envelope directly? This eliminates the need to buy physical stamp, thus the probability of buying counterfeit stamps.
On checking: You’re correct that the royal mail and the post office are separate organisations. They split in 2012. At the time of the majority of the active development of the horizon scandal, they were the same organisation however.
I would still want to apply the same test - not just demonstrating a notional or paper loss, but that something has actually been stolen and acquired by some other party. This was one of the signal failures with the horizon scandal: that it was simply a bookkeeping error and they were unable to show beyond that any theft or loss on their part or gain by another party.
For carrying the unauthorized number porting, Katz received $1,000 in Bitcoin per SIM swap (total of $5,000), plus an (unspecified) percentage of the profits earned from the illicit access to the victims’ devices.
For his actions, Katz faces a statutory maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the financial gain or loss from the crime
The article is from the guardian ( a reputable UK newspaper) reporting on an article by ‘Which?’ a UK consumer magazine with some very specific standards. The Which? Press release has citations.
This is the second order effect that doesn’t seem to have been at the centre of the conversation. It’s all very well if you are an established company who took out an office lease at the beginning of the 2020s, you have a bunch of boomer managers who basically need daycare, and the HIPPO at the top is also a boomer acting all entitled about having people come back to the office.
It’s something else. When you’re starting a new business and seeking investment capital, do you think your investors are going to want to spend their money on office accommodation and ability staff like receptionists, cleaners etc, if they think they can get equal or better results without it?
This is a spam instance that reposts reddit content, but the worst part is it creates a new user for every reddit user, making it impossible to block....
For the past week, I was receiving error messages in the Sync app that I was not logged in to lemmy.sdf.org, even though it appeared that I was. I got tired of the error messages in Sync, so I logged out. Now when I try to log back in to lemmy.sdf.org in the Sync app, I get an error message. I know it’s not a password issue,...
We’re now in the second week of an incompatible pre release version on SDF. Other instances have also reported federation problems with this instance. I haven’t seen any sort of statement here about the situation or action to fix it. People in glass houses etc…
I came to Lemmy largely because of the Reddit API switch off and that’s effectively what this instance has done…
I don’t know how ‘irreversible’ it might be in this particular situation, but I’ve had to fall back to one of my alt accounts on another instance. I’m not sure how sensible it is to stay on a smaller instance where the admins think it’s clever to deploy a pre-release server version to production without notice, testing, or a rollback strategy
Been using Connect for months, great app! I am in Beta program. Last few hours I am unable to access my main instance (lemmy.sdf.org) using my main account with it, I get error...
I had downloaded it but never rebooted to update because I heard about some issues and decided to wait. Now it’s saying I’m up to date with Android 13?
Yes the update most likely was withdrawn for people who had not yet installed it due to a significant issue affecting Pixel 6. You’re missing absolutely nothing of value on Android 13 in the meantime
Was it axed (cancelled) it just never made? Personally not interested in shows about people I don’t like doing things I don’t like or don’t care about.
Sadly almost certainly a fake photo. Issues with how you’d get such a sharp image of anyone in motion in 1912 aside, look at the shadows and see where the light is coming from:
Our boys with the hats are lit from the right
The slats on the building are lit from top right
Now look at battering ram’s helmet, especially where it meets the wall. Where’s the shadow? Where would you expect the shadow to be?
Hate to break it to you, but these concerns are pretty specifically about iOS. Pretty much all of them have been addressed since the beginning and continue to be addressed today adequately on Android
Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary reveals. The company also makes it alarmingly easy to sell dangerous items to children.
UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
If a stamp have a barcode, why not just let people who have printers at home to print it on the envelope directly? This eliminates the need to buy physical stamp, thus the probability of buying counterfeit stamps.
Former telecom manager admits to doing SIM swaps for $1,000 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Mushrooms swapped for tampons among bizarre UK supermarket substitutions (www.theguardian.com)
Study: Bridgerton ‘most dangerous’ series to pirate (advanced-television.com)
According to a study by data destruction and information security experts Secureteam, Bridgerton is the most dangerous series to stream illegally.
Return to office is ‘dead,’ Stanford economist says. Here’s why (www.cnbc.com)
Request to defederate from alien.top
This is a spam instance that reposts reddit content, but the worst part is it creates a new user for every reddit user, making it impossible to block....
Outgoing federation seems to be broken.
It seems that for at most the past 2 days the federation is partially broken....
Can't login to Sync app
For the past week, I was receiving error messages in the Sync app that I was not logged in to lemmy.sdf.org, even though it appeared that I was. I got tired of the error messages in Sync, so I logged out. Now when I try to log back in to lemmy.sdf.org in the Sync app, I get an error message. I know it’s not a password issue,...
Can we roll back to server 0.18.x please?
Thanks for all the hard work etc....
Unable to access main instance main account last few hours
Been using Connect for months, great app! I am in Beta program. Last few hours I am unable to access my main instance (lemmy.sdf.org) using my main account with it, I get error...
Was the Android 14 update recalled? (programming.dev)
I had downloaded it but never rebooted to update because I heard about some issues and decided to wait. Now it’s saying I’m up to date with Android 13?
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After a naked Chun Li scandalised a fighting game tournament, Capcom sounds the alarm about PC game modding: 'There are a number of mods that are offensive to public order and morals' (www.pcgamer.com)
Question about desktop monitors for use with modeler for solo practice
Hi I am hoping for recommendations for desktop monitors to use with a modeler, thanks in advance!...
Sofia Coppola Says Her Five-Hour Apple TV+ Series Got Axed Because ‘the Idea of an Unlikable’ Female Lead ‘Wasn’t Their Thing’ (variety.com)
Testing a prototype football helmet, 1912 (lemmy.world)
AI Is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices (www.scientificamerican.com)
After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers
That explains the large arm muscles (feddit.uk)
Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink (www.wired.com)
Amazon sold bottles of urine marketed as an energy drink, a new documentary reveals. The company also makes it alarmingly easy to sell dangerous items to children.