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I remember using a hex editor (Copy II+ Sector Editor?) to max out both characters and items in the Apple version of Ultima III & IV. The glory days of green and amber
Re:I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets on Friday October 16, 2026 @08:57PM (#50126742)
> My experience is that people don't typically change their behavior.

Probably a good thing that you aren't in the therapy business

Once-upon-a-time reddit was the cool new alternative to digg
Re:Why is Google still serving dodgy ads? on Sunday September 13, 2026 @03:00PM (#49687442)
Money
Re:ChatGPT Is Throwing 404 on Thursday September 03, 2026 @11:28AM (#49551620)
Attention all planets of the Solar Federation We have assumed control
Gotta say that I agree with @evnm's reply on the original post that timestamps are fundamental to microblogging and maintaining a timeline. I love the philosophy behind textlog but I do disagree with this particular aspect; seems like something the author of a note/post should have choice and control of.
MS's core product is and always has been Office, specifically Excel. Windows is simply the delivery method
Re:I Won't Buy You a Coffee on Friday June 12, 2026 @07:38PM (#48510663)
Well that's 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back
Re:Thunderbird Littering My Home on Monday June 08, 2026 @11:23PM (#48455960)
I've used Evolution for years but lately it's started choking on gmail OAuth support. The solution appears to be installing Gnome keychain support, which then messes with KDE Wallet. For now I'm just using the web and the mobile app
He wasn't lying, someone got into my account here. The mods got after it pretty quickly, kudos to them, definitely appreciated.
Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @12:09PM (#47491441)
>It was not rude but a reasonable assumption. Let's revisit what we discussed:

Yeah, variations of "did you even read the link" are rude. Yours was perhaps particularly aggressive.

>But in the link you could clearly see that the court dismissed the EAW on charges of rebellion. If Spain had only issued the EAW based on this charge, or if Spain had issued two separate EAW for the separate charges, this is clearly showing what I was claiming.

"Another important advantage of the EAW compared to extradition proceedings is that for 32 categories of offences, there is no verification on whether the act constitutes a criminal offence in both countries. The only requirement is that the offence needs to be punishable by a maximum period of at least 3 years of imprisonment in the issuing Member State."

The dual criminality check does not apply to most crimes. It did apply in the basically unique case of "rebellion", but the EAW largely did away with dual criminality checks.

>It is not given that the court would have found the charges valid and there are all legal means available to challenge the court's decision.

There are no meaningful legal means to challenge the validity of the charges in the EAW process, the entire point of the process is to skip that. You get to challenge the validity of the charges after you've been extradited and brought in front of the courts of the requesting country.

>But even if he had been extradited due to the charges of misusing public funds, whatever is wrong with that?

Specifically in Puigdemonts case I do not wish him extradited as I doubt he would be treated respectfully in Spain. But his case is obviously one-of-a-kind.

>There are extradition treaties between many countries and that would be an absolutely valid case for extradition, if the charges make sense in the local jurisdiction. Should every criminal be safe as soon as they are crossing a border?

EAW is completely different from regular extradition treaties.

>The important thing is that a court is checking the charges and that there is legal recourse, before any extradition.

The whole purpose of EAW has been to get rid of as much legal recourse as possible, and over time various CJEU decisions have been further eroding practices some national courts had established.

>you failed to make me understand why I should

You'll probably receive better replies in the future if you avoid the unnecessary personal attacks.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:29AM (#47490857)
What you're missing is the erosion of the ability of the executing states to say things like "hey this is sketchy, we think this crime might not have happened", "hey the police department in this particular city is notoriously untrustworthy", or "hey this prosecutor is widely known in the local press to be corrupt and owns a collection of ferraris".

Now foreign authorities are trusted by default and significant parts of their reasoning are not subject to review, that's bad.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:15AM (#47490671)
boo hoo

who do you work for that this upsets you so much?

Oh great, I might have to click "New Identity" in Tor Browser.
Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:09AM (#47490586)
ECHR decisions are (supposed to be) legally binding. If they're not obeyed, that's not a good look for rule of law in Europe.

ECHR decisions are certainly not mere recommendations.

>It can recommend changes to the national law, but it cannot force any state to do so

ECHR can simply invalidate national law.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:05AM (#47490533)
>Sorry, but you should really read the links:

That's rather rude of you, I did in fact read the entire text of the link.

I hate citing wikipedia, but if you'll skip forward a few lines, you'll find this nugget:

"On 12 July 2018 the higher court in Schleswig-Holstein confirmed that Puigdemont could not be extradited by the crime of rebellion, but may still be extradited based on charges of misuse of public funds"

Puigdemont would have almost certainly ended up extradited, but he would enjoy the EAW protections which would presumably not be desirable for the Spanish government.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @11:01AM (#47490488)
Are you sure "the press" doesn't just refer to physical printing presses there?
Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:51AM (#47490351)
>Generally speaking, I trust EU countries criminal systems more then USA one. USA one is too procedure oriented - like for example with this rule.

Those procedures are written in blood

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:49AM (#47490317)
EU is not a single uniform blob. There are neighbourhoods where you have to worry about being shot, and there are neighbourhoods where people leave their keys inside their cars.

So, with the police? YMMV.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:44AM (#47490268)
"Subject to review" means little more than "is the form filled correctly?", it certainly does not mean second-guessing by the courts in the executing state.

Like, yeah, your EIO will be rejected if you don't tick any of the crime-category boxes in the form.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:39AM (#47490198)
>EIOs are subject to a dual criminality requirement

Dual criminality requirement only applies to non-Annex D crimes. Which is... not many crimes. You seem awfully confident for someone so ill-informed.

>And of course, we all know this is not happening

How would you know that it isn't happening? EIOs are not public!

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:31AM (#47490098)
Depends on how you interpret the ECHR.

Does it allow blocking half the internet during football games?

It almost certainly does not: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-115705%...

AFAIU this is common because lower courts often deliberately choose to not try to interpret ECHR, leaving that for appeals courts.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:26AM (#47490025)
>The wiki article you've linked ("List of killings by law enforcement officers in Germany") sums to 552 people over the last 100 years

I think we can probably agree that this number is not very accurate.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:17AM (#47489886)
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Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:08AM (#47489784)
Germany agreed to extradite Puigdemont, Spain did not want him. Perhaps because they wouldn't have been able to prosecute him for rebellion?

Rebellion is not one of the EAW listed offenses, so it would require German approval. Same is not true for most crimes.

Italy? I assume the prosecutor there told the Spanish there's no way the Rebellion will stick, and the Spanish told the Italians to just drop it.

I assume they'll keep him listed on the SIS in case they get a hit in some friendlier jurisdiction.

>Usually LE in European countries will not respect warrants from another country if it does not make sense in the local jurisdiction as well.

This is incorrect and goes explicitly against the intent of the relevant frameworks.

Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @10:02AM (#47489701)
Which would be perfectly fine if your local jurisdiction could still properly review those foreign requests.
Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @09:49AM (#47489512)
Do you feel the random EAW case described by this London law firm is also a theoretical concern? https://greatjames.co.uk/martin-henley-secures-the-dismissal...
Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @09:46AM (#47489485)
Oh no, that's totally up to you. If you're happy with the courts in your country not being able to review the requests sent from Hungary, that's cool. Without transparent judicial review, how could we even know if the cases are concerning?
Re:Migrating to the EU on Monday March 23, 2026 @09:36AM (#47489356)
Having been personally touched by this, I see this as an entirely practical and not ideological issue.

It's harder for me to worry about the NSA than people who have already negatively impacted me in the past.

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