bencollier49

That casts the "wearing a dead fish" thing mentioned elsewhere in a darker hue.

If they had figure for home working vs in-office, that could really be something worth reading.

As it stands, I'm inclined to agree with others who have said there are just too many hidden variables here.

Yes, that was basically my point. There has also been some fairly fevered speculation about epigenetics being responsible for some types of instinct - even "cross-generational memories" and the like.

An interesting test of some of the claims about epigenetics...

Police in the UK recommend leaving your car keys somewhere obvious downstairs in your house for similar reasons.

Do you have a link to that Android app? Can't find it and I suppose I ought to prevent the chance of my being tracked by someone for some reason.

That said, this abrogates most of the security functions of the tags, doesn't it?

Just writing their name in reverse would probably work, and be less time consuming.

IIRC VGA was at a000h and text at b800h.

This is pretty funny. We're going to run the entire gamut of different verification technologies for them all to become compromised, forcing us to return to in-person transactions for everything.

Time to start investing in closed bank branches.

To add to the above, early medieval fasting rules in Christianity were brutal, arguably much tougher than comparable rules from other major religions at the same time. Then we got decadent.

"Noon" is at lunchtime now because the ninth hour (Nones, Noon, 3pm) prayers, after which one could eat, got moved inexorably earlier to cater to the whims of impious monks.

And incidentally, because it's interesting, fasting and veganism without corresponding prayer was/is seen as Satanic, "The fast of the devils", because "fallen angels neither eat nor pray".

Well my comment above is kind of pedantic and tangential, but I do think it's an interesting point.

I'd not seen that part of it before. I think the trick word here is "manifestly", and some sources seem to indicate that this means that the people would have to have expressly given consent for onward processing.

For example: https://iapp.org/news/a/publicly-available-data-under-gdpr-m...

Also Article 9 seems to be restricted to non-processable data about sensitive matters.

Anyhow, it's definitely a good example of how convoluted the language around GDPR can get, and how much of a minefield it is to try to follow it.

The usual caveat applies, I'm not a lawyer.

Sorry to be that person, but I think this is probably a good example of something which is covered by the GDPR. OP has built profiles and is storing information about people, which makes them a data controller under the GDPR, and subject to its extraterritoriality provisions, as some of these users will be EU/UK citizens. I don't believe the exemption for personal use applies, as the data is being published.

If I remember correctly, they're now supposed to contact each person individually, explain why they're storing their data, and obtain their consent.

In practice, the chances of someone making a complaint and the issue being enforced are extremely low.

Good point.

They probably heard the term and thought it was cool. But it must be enormously frustrating to people who are involving in making this stuff.

That said, it is possible that this could prevent Black Midi (the genre) from becoming a fad, and thus make the "scene" healthier. Sort of like a password to get into the club.

Yep, the subject is almost completely unresearchable as a result. It's rather similar to the situation with the "BBC Micro Bit" which horribly polluted the search space for the original BBC Micro computer.

This would appear to be a pre-digital example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2gVhBxwRqg

An advanced persistent threat. A sophisticated targeted attack.

The DLR (Docklands Light Railway) is autonomous, but it's a pretty slow light rail system.

I think that automation is possible because it was built de novo and doesn't interface with the rest of the rail network.

Ah, but it won't work on the internet once ISPs are forced to use remote attestation to prove you're using a government approved device.

> A good start might be adding a CODE button to web browsers

That's a brilliant idea.

I'd like to know whether the police have ever been brought in for a scenario like this. It may not seem as clear cut as regular financial fraud, but the end goal is to further one's career, which results in monetary gain. As such, this does seem to fall within most countries' definition of fraud. For example, from the UK:

Fraud by false representation

(1) A person is in breach of this section if he—

(a) dishonestly makes a false representation, and

(b) intends, by making the representation—

(i) to make a gain for himself or another

I've always thought that was the most plausible of the dystopias, and it's the most terrifying, because there's literally no way of avoiding becoming a target of the state (or whoever it might be assuming state-like functions).

To be honest this is where something like the GDPR does do important work. In this case, Twitter have formed an opinion about this user (which they may have shared more widely). It is important to be able to find out what that opinion is and have it corrected if it is in error.

Is the RCA 1802 still produced, or do all these designs use old stock?

Metabolism and stress hormones both seem to play a role. It's going to be a very complex thing - the best treatment for a lot of brain conditions is just exercise.

Interesting, I just looked and certainly in FF it now is. I have a distinct memory of locally cached files returning a 3xx in the past, though.

Do you not get access to the response code as well? That would be simpler.

Well the law is written that way, and I don't think it's completely unreasonable (at least to the life of the originator). Just seems like the IA have been bold as brass here.

Also, the term "abandonware" is hugely overused. There are tonnes of shareware premium versions on there where it's super easy to contact the creators. I've never failed to do so.

To be honest I love their computer games archive, but it boggles my mind that it's allowed to exist.