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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

The problem is, you don't know if it'll bounce till you try.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You don't know why you don't ask women if they're pregnant?

[–] [email protected] 76 points 8 months ago (2 children)

When they sacked Clarkson for hitting a producer, I was like: But he also punched Morgan, shouldn't he, like, get one free for that?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago

Sure does! But nothing will happen, you're essentially a 100% safe running pump and dump schemes as long as you only rip off poor people.

Check out Coffeezilla's yt channel, there's loads of obvious fraudsters out there, nothing ever happens to them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Deutsche Bahn tried it with that reasoning. They're currently being sued by digitalcourage.org and I'm confident they'll lose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well, the authorities may be sluggish at best, but still your stance on this seems rather uninformed.

You should read up on noyb.eu 's work, and the lawsuits they fought. The max. fines for GDPR-violations is 4% of a company's worldwide annual turnover, that's something companies are taking very seriously, I know because I deal with it on a daily basis.

There's still going to be companies who try to bend the law to their will, but they keep losing in front of courts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It isn't. Just as declaring yourself a sovereign citizen isn't a loophole for whatever idiots claim it's a loophole for, declaring illegitimate use legitimate isn't a loophole.

Actual examples for legitimate use: Storing someone's address if he wants to send you something, using someone's IP-address to serve him data while he's on your site.... If it's necessary it's legitimate.

Deutsche Bahn is being sued right now just because of this, here's the initiative that is suing them: https://digitalcourage.de/

Send a few bucks their way instead of spreading false information on the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Tis is not not ok, actually. I'm a software dev for a European company. I'm briefed by our lawyers.

"Legitimate use" isn't just a phrase from cookie law, it has a very specific meaning.

What's legitimate use? Well, any data I necessarily have to store for our business relation I can store. For as long as I need it. For example: You want me to send you something? Gonna need to store your address. After I sent the package I don't have any need for your address any more so I'd need your explicit consent to store it longer.

Another example for what is considered personal data: IP addresses. Which I store for as long as you watch my site, so that would be another example for a legitimate reason to store personal data.

Still I don't get why they display this banner. To my knowledge it's not necessary to inform the user about storage for legitimate reasons.

All that said, there's plenty of examples of companies illegitimately storing personal data, google is a good example they were sued only yesterday (fitbit)