Your title uses far too active a verb to be referring to a hypothetical situation.
I get that you want to promote XMPP but accusing others of corruption is not how to do it, unless you have solid proof of it. Do you have any sources suggesting Signal has sold data?
A bunch of the complaints sound like the same complaints I've heard from many companies. But it also sounds like a shit place to work, with some arrogantly poor leadership decisions.
Pretty predictable stuff from spez. If I were one of Reddit's seemingly innumerable VP's, I'd be questioning if my total compensation package is worth much anymore.
the members of parliament in the camp of President Emmanuel Macron inserted an amendment limiting the use of remote spying to “when justified by the nature and seriousness of the crime” and “for a strictly proportional duration.” They noted that a judge must approve any use of the provision, while the total duration of the surveillance cannot exceed six months.
Oh okay, required judge approval, time limits and serious crimes only is something at least...
They said sensitive professions, including doctors, journalists, lawyers, judges and MPs, would not be legitimate targets.
Ah, yes. So none of the ruling class then have to be concerned then, their positions will always be deemed somehow "too sensitive" for the provision to apply.
Another helpful tool in white collar crime for those with existing resources, and blue collar criminals can continue to be made an example of to convince everyone that the justice system is functioning well. I hope this article is just overstating the actual issues for fearmongering, for the French people's sake.
I just did some napkin maths for my previous place. The rent has increased 28-33% over a decade (I think 33%, but I'm not 100% sure i remember the correct rent from when i moved in). Inner west Sydney, location with good public transport access. Knowing that they have the same dodgy cunt property manager and real estate, I can just about guarantee almost no work has been done to justify a rent increase at all.
I have inherited a US$4 / 3.6€ toaster from a previous housemate. I told myself I'll replace it when it dies, but it's been nearly 12 years. That Sunbeam is much prettier than my plastic sweatshop junk and I'm a little jealous of it.
I think I'm so used to planned obsolescence in tech that I greatly underestimated how hard it is to fuck up building a toaster. Mine doesn't toast evenly, sure. But how perfectly even do I really need my toast to be?
I'm too much of a fan of timed power cut-off devices to go that route, and my doctors would probably also not be a fan. I can totally believe it makes for excellent and delicious toast though. Especially with the good butter.
Fox may have forked over $787 million to avoid going to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit over false 2020 election claims, but the Rupert Murdoch-owned company is far from free of the fallout.
a petition has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission to deny the broadcast license renewal of Fox Corp-owned Philadelphia TV station FOX 29 over its parent company’s “misdeeds.” Led in part by former Fox Broadcasting Company executive Preston Padden, the petition from The Media and Democracy Project cites the bracing revelations out of the Dominion case and Fox News’ trumpeting of Trump’s Stop the Steal efforts as perpetuating “false news about the 2020 election.”
Just wanted to highlight this bit for proper specificity, the title reads like it's for all of Fox.
It's so culturally ingrained in the US. I used to look at the delivery driver subreddits sometimes. So many complaints from the US posters about individual customers not tipping, but almost no complaints about companies not paying people properly. Compare with other countries subreddits where those services operate, and the criticism is almost entirely of the company policies.
Red Scare propaganda was and continues to be hugely effective in the US.
From the article, a few drivers were concerned that mandating benefits and hourly wages would require the companies to implement work scheduling and eliminate the driver's time and commitment flexibility. This is the consequence DoorDash is also implicitly threatening.
Which, is... a valid concern from the perspective that companies will always do what is in their best interest rather than employee interests. But wages and benefits have no actual dependency on scheduling even if it's a common implementation. So they're basically just scared of any change which might affect their current precarious income, understandably. And DoorDash are obviously financially short-sightedly invested in drivers staying scared and exploitable.
I don't consider what a company wants to be a true dependency. It's a strong and valid desire to prevent unnecessary financial loss, but it's not a requirement with only one possible solution.
If gig SaaS companies are innovative enough to come up with a way to allow remote commitment flexibility in the first place, they're creative enough to come up with ways of preventing drivers abusing that system without scheduling them in fixed time blocks in this day and age. Threatening a schedule is just the easy way out and a scary enough threat to drivers to get them to side with DoorDash.
The robo-debt royal commission found former prime minister Scott Morrison allowed cabinet to be misled over the welfare crackdown’s lawfulness and gave untrue evidence to the inquiry.
(Commissioner)Holmes said Morrison failed to meet his ministerial responsibility to ensure cabinet was informed about what the proposal actually entailed...
...Morrison’s evidence that the use of income averaging ... was an established practice was “untrue” and was inconsistent with other evidence he had given...
...accused ... Alan Tudge of an “abuse of power” for pursuing welfare recipients in the media to deflect from mounting commentary over the scheme’s issues...
... Christian Porter “could not rationally have been satisfied of the legality of the scheme” and ... Stuart Robert went “well beyond supporting government policy” as a cabinet minister in defending the scheme despite knowing its flaws.
I'm no law person, but none of those sound chargable as crimes except maybe giving knowingly untrue evidence. I assume that's somehow unchargable too for some special politician privilege reason.
...Kathryn Campbell ... chose to stay silent about robo-debt’s unlawfulness “knowing that Mr Morrison wanted to pursue the proposal”.
This might be a crime? Either way it sounds like there are few if any real criminal charges coming for anyone responsible. Civil suits might be different but...
the scheme ended up costing the public more than it was designed to reap after the Commonwealth settled a class action for $1.8 billion in the Federal Court...
... taxpayers funded more than $2.5 million in legal costs for eight former Coalition ministers who gave evidence
Oh, of course. It's just us who are punished for sure. How surprising. At what point do we see politicians facing actual consequences instead of just tapping public money?
I understand there are sealed criminal and civil referrals, but I am not at all hopeful they will amount to anything based on this article.
It seemed strange that Twitter posted this update on its business blog until the company mentioned that rate limiting has had a "minimal" effect on advertising. Many pointed out that limiting the number of tweets users could read per day would make it harder for advertisers to reach users and for Twitter to make money....
"Any advance notice on these actions would have allowed bad actors to alter their behavior to evade detection."
Alternately: Everything we do must be top secret, and it's definitely not because we're totally making it up as we go with zero actual planning or testing. We pinky swear.
I guess it's almost an improvement on their poop emoji default non-reply. It looks like this problem was big enough for them to do active damage control; Musk must have been real pissed off.
In our backyard, we don’t have to worry about it because our backyard is fenced, and the dogs keep a tight perimeter. However, out front I’ve recently been spooking cats hiding in the bushes beneath our bird feeders....
Additional to moving and/or securing the food source, there are a bunch of very pleasant odours cats hate that are harmless and plant-based. Lavender, citrus, mints, etc. Too strong for cat noses.
Oh, Mr. Darcy. In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love your spotted toebeans and dazzling white whiskers.
Simpler Times (lemmy.best)
Some system load graphs of last 24h (lemmy.world)
For those who find it interesting, enjoy!
Signal is just a company selling privacy
Signal is a centralized app, run by a company. If they are offered enough money or legal threat they will sell out or close....
Inside Reddit's path to an IPO, where employees see 'thrash' from constant pivots and say more managers may leave amid a flattening (www.businessinsider.com)
Without Paywall: https://archive.fo/L402K
France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phone camera, microphone, spy on people. The bill allows the geolocation of crime suspects, covering laptops, cars and other connected devices. (gazettengr.com)
How much has rent increased around Australia? (www.sbs.com.au)
The thrill of getting a new toaster for your wedding anniversary (lemmy.world)
Fox Faces FCC License Threat Over False Election Claims & Jan. 6 Attack (deadline.com)
Fox may have forked over $787 million to avoid going to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit over false 2020 election claims, but the Rupert Murdoch-owned company is far from free of the fallout.
DoorDash, UberEats, and Grubhub sue New York City over a new $18 an hour minimum wage for delivery driver (www.businessinsider.com)
Some drivers at DoorDash and Grubhub supported the New York City pay bump, but others say it will actually mean less pay and freedom.
Morrison’s robo-debt defence based on falsehoods (www.theage.com.au)
The robo-debt royal commission found former prime minister Scott Morrison allowed cabinet to be misled over the welfare crackdown’s lawfulness and gave untrue evidence to the inquiry.
Johnathan's cell becomes very focused and will not be contained when it registers cabbage soup is availible. (lemmy.world)
Twitter says it couldn't tell people about rate limiting in advance | Engadget (www.engadget.com)
It seemed strange that Twitter posted this update on its business blog until the company mentioned that rate limiting has had a "minimal" effect on advertising. Many pointed out that limiting the number of tweets users could read per day would make it harder for advertisers to reach users and for Twitter to make money....
Fell at the first hurdle
OC Baby macaque getting groomed by its mother in Jigokudani, Japan.
What is the best way to harass free roaming cats that stalk our bird feeders?
In our backyard, we don’t have to worry about it because our backyard is fenced, and the dogs keep a tight perimeter. However, out front I’ve recently been spooking cats hiding in the bushes beneath our bird feeders....
Dali (feddit.nl)
Mr. Darcy and his favorite blanket (lemmy.world)
Cocoa (lemmy.world)
Meet him.