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I tried Airvpn but the MacOS client is beyond trash.

And the website just gives 2005 amateur PHP coder vibes. Not just the design. The session expiry is seems very long - I hadn't visited for a few days and I'm still logged in. I'd be surprised if it wasn't infinite.

> On the return from my first trip to South Africa I carried 12 bottles of wine in my luggage.

Totally understandable! Amazing wine - I didn't want to leave Constantia. But I picked myself up and dragged myself to Stellenbosch !

And at the end of the trip, I didn't want to return home. Such an incredible country that still holds a very special place in my heart

It's the most versatile. It's more smart, hides sweat/stains, less noticeable if still damp etc. So if you're min-maxing it seems like an obvious choice.

Though I agree a colourful linen shirt for example (pink, yellow) or a merino pullover wouldn't break your back

Back when you could bring the more fun stuff back from Europe (meat, cheese etc) my big suitcase would be well over half empty on the way out. Quite a bit heavier on the way back ;)

Shoes are always what get me. Wearing the same pair 2 days in a row isn't great for bacteria etc. Plus wanting sandals/flip-flops for the beach. Proper boots for any kind of hiking. Then I feel awkward particularly in Europe in the evening going to restaurants in trainers, so a pair of smart shoes is useful.

Not saying I always take that entire combo, but almost always more than 1 pair.

They do plenty of creepy surveillance if your vehicle is flagged on the central database (eg for having been near a protest)

https://www.burtoncopeland.com/news/police-are-watching-your...

Also highly likely doing deep analysis of /every/ journey as predictive policing

"We can use ANPR on investigations or we can use it looking forward in a proactive, intelligence way. Things like building up the lifestyle of criminals - where they are going to be at certain times. We seek to link the criminal to the vehicle through intelligence. Vehicles moving on the roads are open to police scrutiny at any time. The Road Traffic Act gives us the right to stop vehicles at any time for any purpose" - Frank Whiteley, Chief Constable of Hertfordshire and Chair of the ACPO ANPR Steering Group" ( source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number-plate_recogni... )

Of course when he said "criminals" he meant "criminals and also innocent people"

Currys? They're so well-known for immediately and always saying "talk to the manufacturer" it must be in their training manual right at the top

I've had very good luck with it the past 10 years. A few petrol stations in deep rural Spain didn't accept it, but that's all I can remember recently :-) They also have fantastic customer service

> Aren't the English already forced to give cops their phone passwords and face jail time if they refuse to?

Similar to France too right?:

> The French Court of Cassation has ruled that people who are suspected or accused of a crime are obliged to reveal the passcode of their mobile phone to the investigative authorities. The Court found that a mobile phone passcode can be considered a “secret decryption agreement of a means of cryptology” (convention de déchiffrement d’un moyen de cryptologie). Refusing to hand over the passcode of a mobile phone is punishable by a fine of up to 270,000 EUR or three years’ imprisonment

https://www.fairtrials.org/articles/news/french-court-rules-...

You work for Cloudflare, so is your comment more a "we're no different" statement than genuine curiosity about their opinion?

> Please explain why Oracle ID would be better than one of the existing governmental/nonprofit systems. Genuinely curious.

I would, if I held that position. I'm explaining my idiotic government's opinion, not mine. Though I totally didn't make that clear.

Co-branded (eg Amex KLM) and business cards were/are exempt from the interchange fee cap regulation.

Though Amex are currently in dispute with the Netherlands who believe the caps do apply to them. I don't think a final judgement has been made yet.

Because the UK gov doesn't want a system like theirs.

You don't need to keep Europsplaining to Brits. We aren't all idiots. We know you have ID cards etc and we know about Estonia.

Also if we reject one your ideas, it's not always because we misunderstood it - we can understand it AND think it's a bad idea. I know that often hurts the egos of Germans, the French and the Dutch ;(!

It's funny because it's often Europeans not understanding British politics...the irony ;)

Exactly. They're middle class sounding enough (sufficiently middle class). That's what's funny

And nobody said there anything wrong with being middle class.

> someone sufficiently middle-class.

The accuracy of this made me chuckle out loud!

> fully charged battery.

Yup. Look at train tickets in England. For now it's a convenience but you'll notice the law hasn't kept up with the push to have tickets on phones: the law still says you must produce on demand a ticket when requested. So if your battery runs out or your phone crashes or the app glitches or you've annoyed the "safety" department of Google/Apple... it's entirely your problem

A moody ticket inspector is under no obligation really to give you a few minutes to sort it out

Other than finding it bizarre has it actually negatively affected your life? I'm not talking 10 minutes of extra admin once a year hah

What are those positives you allude to?

We're likely getting Oracle digital ID. The UK gov of course is going to contract it out

No, both parties.

Yes the idea is to get ahead of things you are opposed to instead of waiting for it to be law already, so you can try to prevent or shape it

> The parents have been getting a free pass all this time

I totally agree but the UK government – particular Labour – doesn't want people to take responsibility really, because that would take from their own 'power'. There's nothing the UK loves more than a stupid population hooked on benefits and devoid of education, critical thinking and financial freedom.

> The UK is threatening to do something nobody else has really done before.

And what is that exactly?

There was a fair bit of pain in 2014 when ISPs proxied non-https Imgur to do IWF filtering (and broke it). Yet here we are!

Isn't De Cecco pretty mid? It's found in every supermarket in the UK for example

Eye-talians probably downvoting this LOL. Confused by a bit of basic Italian

it's nonna* though ;)

You can feel when it's done by stirring it. It's not rocket science. After 10-20 times cooking pasta this method can be second nature

Ok but it's a UK domain talking about an activity in the UK

So point blank refusal to listen to someone's concerns? Very on brand for the society we live in today. As long as something is legal, it's fine right.

Also not sure why you assumed there was any situation to be "defused". Weird. I guess you may be the type I referred to in my last paragraph

The law is not a moral compass

We Brits don't speak up enough in general. An e.g. German would have no qualms about going up to the person filming and making their concerns known. That's exactly why it's become normalised

Also many people just flip out even about the most reasonable of requests.