pparkkin
Re:The Hardest Places in the World to Visit
on Sunday September 06, 2015 @08:11PM (#10179588)
According to this[1], that would be Finland, Sweden, Germany, and UK.
I remember they used to provide the full list too, but now that seems to be behind a registration process, which I don't wish to go through.
[1] https://www.henleyglobal.com/international-visa-restrictions...
Re:Banksy Dismaland Show Revealed at Weston's Tropicana
on Thursday August 20, 2015 @11:37PM (#10095863)
There's a term for this: recuperation[1]. The opposite of which is détournement[2].
Banksy's art seems to me to be a good example of the dialectic between the two.
Re:European Court Strikes Down Law Allowing Users to Rip Their Own CDs
on Saturday June 20, 2015 @01:38AM (#9749133)
From the linked text.
The government's choices are now to remove the private copying exception—making personal copying illegal again, or to supply additional evidence that copyright owners suffer no or minimal “harm” from personal copying, or else to begin imposing a new tax on users to compensate the industry for that “harm”.
Which sounds to me like UK has the option to start collecting a similar surcharge to compensate for the right to make private copies of works. They are not required to ban private copying completely.
Re:My Struggle with the Last Great Taboo: Admitting My Salary
on Thursday May 21, 2015 @02:24AM (#9581227)
I think what she's referring to is a situation of information asymmetry, which puts the employee in a position of less power in the negotiation.
Of course it's up to you to negotiate for yourself. That's pretty obvious. But if the other party holds more power, you're negotiating at a disadvantage. And the way I understood the article, that is what she meant by being "suckered". Being put at a disadvantage when negotiating for something important to her.
Re:Peter Sunde: 'I went to jail for my cause. What did you do?'
on Thursday December 11, 2014 @09:30AM (#8734859)
Fair enough. I can see how someone would not think they are information.
In this case we can use the word "culture" instead of "information", and the original point still stands. And I am sure we can all agree that TV and movies are culture.
Re:Microsoft Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs
on Thursday July 17, 2014 @09:14AM (#8047292)
Some countries' legislation requires a company to express intent to let people go before being able to go ahead with it. Also some of the legalities may make it impossible to know beforehand who specifically will be let go when the time comes.
Look into co-determination in Finland for an example. Finland of course is also a big part of the news from Microsoft today.