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@briankrebs@infosec.exchange A normal company would sack a CEO who consistently fails to deliver on their timeframe. They would also seriously question a CEO who loses money in a growing market. Global demand for EVs has gone through the roof and yet Tesla lost money.

@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange There models to hold companies criminaly liable in other jurisdictions. Under the Australian, which has its flaws, companies can be criminally prosecuted for many offences. My understanding is subsequent to a conviction directors can be held personally liable, unless the responsibility can be pinned elsewhere. One key element is the law needs to be technology neutral. However, I doubt the corporate protection policies of the US would make this difficult. But then the US Supreme Court did rule companies are people in regards to political donations.

@ChrisMayLA6 In Australia there's clear evidence that on average for-profit childcare centres provide lower quality, less safe services. A simple explanation is th e profit margin is achieved through reducing staff costs. Methods include paying minimum rates and gaming staffing regulations. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/03/19/what-is-going-wrong-with-childcare-in-australia.html

@ChrisMayLA6 I also like the ability to edit. And like you, I generally find the environment to be civil. However, I think we aren't from a demographic that is a common target of trolling etc, so not a good judge of how civil the environment actually is.

@AkaSci@fosstodon.org The sweeping statement "the the conditions that justifiedthe law no longer exist" reads as a political/policy statement which is the jurisdiction of Congress and not a legal test. Or maybe the US Supreme Court thinks it is a lawmaking body rather than a court of law.

@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk Yep, there's too much reliance on US products and services. Diversity of supply improves competition and resilience. In the banking sector, the US supplies nearly all of the card solutions, plus many of the interchange services. In the international sector Swift (US owned) dominates, China is developing an alternative. I think Europe should step up to the plate to develop global alternatives to Swift and Mastercard and Visa

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social I wonder how many voters who supported right wing parties in part due to fears of "cancel culture" are noticing that its the right wing parties are cancelling their critics. Its time people on the centre and the left point out who is doing the cancelling and censoring their critics.

@JenYetAgain@beige.party There's a (good) Australian podcast called "what the duck". You can guess what she was trying to type.

@cmconseils@mastodon.social I have come across sensible restaurants who offer both QR codes for ordering and paying, and waiters who provide the same service, all at the same cost

@clmerle@mstdn.social Yep, so true. The old mantra of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is the way to go. Remember, its reduce first, and recycle as a last resort.

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us I don't understand why people support Farage. Aside from his politics, he has consistently shown himself to be grifter and attention seeker.

@aral Well, extrapolating from an Israeli Minister's comments last year, its a war crime if an Israeli hospital is hit (that's what he said), not if a Lebanese, Gazan or Iranian hospital is hit.

@ChrisMayLA6 I definitely don't trust businesses that have as a foundation large scale IP theft. Firstly, why should I reward vendor who isn't rewarding their suppliers. Secondly, what else are they hiding, or should they be trusted on any claim they make.

@kibcol1049 I beg to differ. The internet is very good at connecting people with niche interests and thought processes. So, problem is connecting 1 idiot from each village creates a very large crowd.

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Sounds like a clear conflict of interest. If so, he has no credibility

@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange Need? Need for what? For selling to to others?

@janellecshane@wandering.shop We know what happens when people lack critical thinking skills, so Tech Bros developed LLMs that lack critical thinking skills 🤔

@Fonant@social.vivaldi.net @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us He certainly fits the stereotype of an entitled racist xenophobic idiot who could only find "work" in the colonies where the locals ignored the Englishman nominally in charge.

@trib@aus.social Great prank, sadly, of the press club pursues it, trespass and possibly criminal damage of stuff are the options

@mattblaze@federate.social The key message I got from the reaction of locksmiths is that one must question the whole industry's professionalism. How could they continue to use master key systems with known security flaws for over a hundred years.

@Willow Another response is to refuse to supply any sex or gender information on the basis its not necessary to deliver the service.

@Daojoan@mastodon.social From my experience, open plan offices were pushed by extroverts or those who wanted to reduce office space.

@linuxgnome@todon.eu So expressing a peaceful political view, outside of work, is a reason for dismissal? If so, no longer a free democratic country

@Brokar @ChrisMayLA6 Yep, private hospitals and aged care homes also reject complex cases or people with high care needs.

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us One Australian state used to have a very good prisoner release program. It covered a range of services including housing and support to get a job. It reduced parol offences, reoffending etc, and saved the government money. Despite this it was canned.

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us Bizarrely, in this case, cancelling the program resulted in community harm. But, reducing crime is seen as a weakness compared to policies that result in increased crime.

@alterelefant@mastodontech.de @cmconseils@mastodon.social A valid view. Another way of looking at it, some people don't want use QR codes to order and pay, while others want to minimise interactions with people, but all want the food offerings.

@ChrisMayLA6 They are all similar situations where territorial waters meet and where the ard agreements to allow freedom of shipping.

@MrLee What it misses is not all land uses are exclusive uses of the land. Eg. Solar panels can be placed on suitable roofs, or on grazing land (a number of studies indicate this increases productivity).

@MatWright@mastodon.social Forget climate change, its economic stupidity.

@mbeddedDev@fosstodon.org My simplistic theory on UI design do consumer products is if a person familiar with computers cannot use the basic normal features of product without reading a manual or search the UI fails.

@Qldaah Hopefully its a win win for Australian farmers and Indonesia.

@darius@friend.camp @evangreer@mastodon.online Yet another organisation with the word liberty or freedom in their title who believe in the exact opposite

@Strandjunker@mstdn.social I can see an attack coming, all in Trump's words.

@ChrisMayLA6 By your logic France and Britain, or Denmark and Sweden, or ... could also impose shipping tolls. Apart from a war, the same logic applies.

@troberts@theblower.au I know bits of the site are complex, but they paid a shit load of money for a shit product that doesn't meet the needs of BOM clients with complex and diverse weather and climate needs.