tchaffee

I have zero problem saying your startup or small business doesn't deserve to collect my personal info if you can't protect it.

Doing your accounting, paying taxes, and following labor laws are also burdens on small businesses. Not every small business is profitable enough to manage those things and that's ok.

Mismanagement could help those funds disappear pretty quickly. It's rare that any kind of organization or business needs no governance.

You're giving a business definition of a few responsibilities for an executive and then saying it's a poor fit. Now try giving an NGO definition of an executive to see if it's a better fit and if they have any significant responsibilities.

Non-profits shut down all the time. If you're concerned about a lasting impact you'll pay for a talented executive team.

You're moving the goal posts. Your claim was that all posts are globally public. That's wrong.

But to play along, what happens to the data depends on where it is stored. If the data center is in the US then the government can get a court order to seize that data. Which is not the same as in some other countries, is it?

I would be happy. I'm not an executive so I don't get executive pay. The executive salaries at Wikimedia seem low compared to what you can earn at a similarly sized business.

Can EU governments force companies to turn over data? If not, then you are talking about what EU governments do secretly. That's a different topic.

Do you collect and store personal information for this website?

I bet you could find a dozen or more websites summarizing your legal obligations if you wanted to create one web page.

Since the context was Facebook, I was speaking about what businesses should do. And especially large businesses. As far as I've heard, the EU isn't chasing folks who run a small website.

That's true but the evidence points to companies changing policy to avoid increasing fines and the risk of being banned entirely.

Facebook posts can be made for only friends to see. Other social media has similar controls.

Facebook also has private messaging.

As a start you'd need to read the details of GDPR laws. And probably hire a lawyer.

Facebook is not the government so even if what you say is true, it's really off-topic. Being protected from businesses violating your privacy is a good thing.

I never made any such claim that it would be impossible. Your initial claim is still wrong.

It can be with medical assistance.

And on it goes. Nephew really wants to say goodbye but has to finish studying for finals so a week turns into a month. For those who enjoy life, these decisions are easy in theory just like losing weight. And much harder than imagined when attempted to carry out.

To be more accurate, the EU is requiring all storage and processing to be in a country which doesn't violate EU privacy laws. That's reasonable and flexible.

That's wrong. A data center in the US can be forced to hand the data over to the government. And that's not the only protection you lose.

They broke a law that violates basic human rights. Privacy is important to EU citizens, and unlike the US they largely enjoy that right thanks to laws which are enforced.

Nothing to do with taxes.

It wasn't implied. Instead you are wrongly inferring. Now imagine you live in the area and drive by the farms. You could always tell by the smell which farmers were trying to cash in on organic crops.

> upper management

I other words, elite. Nothing to do with the middle.

> It might work out for some and hit it big, or the market can go belly up and leave you in ruin

No different from living in a house you buy. Except what I recommended is a little safer. If you lose your local job because the local economy collapses, you're now stuck with a house you cannot sell, cannot rent, and that ties you to the area. Ouch!

With a rental far away, if that economy collapses it's already a small mortgage so no big deal. If your local economy collapses, you can move out of your local expensive rental and look for work elsewhere. Or even move into the cheap rental investment you just bought if that economy is doing well. Buying far away spreads your risk and is safer than buying to live in near your work.

It's not high risk. It does not depend on prices going up. It depends on renters paying most or all of your mortgage.

It just runs itself if you get good renters. That's where you put all the time and effort upfront.

Yes it has some risk. All investments do. I answered the question about how you get on the property ladder if you can't afford local prices. There might be other ways too.

I doubt it. I said "far away" meaning buy in a low cost of living area. Especially one that is popular and growing. Although it's convenient to live in your first property investment, it's not a requirement. Rent near work as cheaply as possible but very likely in a neighborhood where you can't afford to buy. And buy somewhere else.

You're surrounded by the intellectuals who aren't clever enough to figure out how to surround themselves with brilliant people without paying the SF premium.

> I spend an inordinate amount of mental energy calculating how we can jump into the property ladder as quickly and safely as possible

You buy a cheap house far away from where you work, and rent it to someone. Let them pay your mortgage and before you know it, you've got enough equity to put towards another house. Rinse and repeat.

One of the reasons I almost never visit Facebook anymore is I don't trust them with my personal data. And even after being fined $5 billion - the largest privacy fine by far in history - they never come clean and admit any wrongdoing.

I will stay far away from whatever Zuck accomplishes with generative AI.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/07/...

You're right. My mistake was reading the capacity numbers.

The many fictional worlds of my nephew. I use them for entertainment and they are an excellent fit.

Good communication has long been known as difficult to achieve. I could easily infer answers. But by asking questions with "obvious" answers I regularly uncover miscommunication. Try it.

That's wrong. 34% of Ontario's power comes from nuclear energy.

Or just as effective.

The Ford Foundation was founded in 1936 and is now worth $16 billion.

The Rockefeller Foundation was started in 1913. By the end of 2016, assets were tallied at $4.1 billion with annual grants of $173 million.