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- Comment on As a US citizen who was born in the UK, how risky is it to leave and reenter the US right now? 5 days ago:
If it’s the same case I saw, he was gay. So, not exactly not a minority.
- Comment on Chinese electronics company Anker starts raising prices on Amazon 6 days ago:
I’ve had a bunch of anker products. All have been reasonably priced with high build quality. Not all Chinese brands are trash. People who like high quality electronics from non Chinese companies are about to find out where they are manufactured.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 week ago:
Yep, ive applied for visas in many countries and loved in multiple, long term. You follow the rules or risk being deported. I’ve friends that were deported, and friends that took advantage of amnesties when they were available.
I know there are au pair visas in some countries to allow similar work with few restrictions and payment in kind. However, I think they mainly include child care.
What all those who think she shouldn’t have to follow the vis rules aren’t aware of is that she’s likely undercutting those that followed the rules and also that human trafficking takes advantage of people in arrangements like these and use your visa breach as leverage. Less commonly for people from countries like the UK, but it can happen to anyone.
It’s fine to hate on the oppressive state of America at the moment but those in breach of their visa conditions are not the best martyrs for a cause. The ones unfairly prosecuted for non visa breaches, like ethnicity and sexual orientation are what we need to fight.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 week ago:
If it wasn’t me, the owner who did it, but it was someone on the payroll, like a manager. If they were on holidays, and had to do it as it’s their responsibility, is it now considered work?
Of course it’s work. It’s spending your time, doing a task for a business.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 week ago:
If they are a friend. If you’re doing so as a trade, then it’s not a courtesy, it’s a transaction.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 week ago:
It’s not work because you’re depriving someone of the job, it’s work because you are doing a task for a benefit. It’s just a non cash benefit.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 week ago:
Lol, you clearly have never done payroll. Payslips need to be generated timesheets entered and payments need to be authorized. Not all staff work full time or work on a fixed schedule, so set and forget a standing bank order is not viable. I would imagine that’s the case for most companies and businesses that employ hourly paid employees. Salried positions are generally in offices but even then they can vary.
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 1 week ago:
She was doing work for a benefit. It wasn’t cash, but it had value. If that wasn’t work, and therefore not taxable, everyone would just switch to getting paid in services and benefits that aren’t cash.
She was treated extremely harshly but she was working illegally. There are lots of digital nomads that do similar. They work in places where they are staying on a tourist visa, it’s illegal. I run a small business. When I am away on holidays overseas, my staff need to be paid. I log in and pay them while away. Technically that is in breach of my visa for most countries, I’d say.
- Comment on Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code. 1 week ago:
I acknowledge your sacrifice.
- Comment on John Oliver faces defamation lawsuit from US healthcare medical director 2 weeks ago:
Not disgraceful. Supervised neglect. And that is assault.
- Comment on Celebrate 50 years of Microsoft with the company's original source code. 2 weeks ago:
Because, while they did so in a scummy wayz they revolutionized home computing and office computing.
- Comment on Which shows have you watched this week? 2 weeks ago:
Haha, I find shondas shows have great concepts and set ups but fail for me on the execution. I haven’t tried bridgerton but all the others start very strong with intrigue and jeapordy, then become soapy and drawn out with no character growth. The opposite of Buffy for me, which I also love. Buffy has a ridiculous concept and fabulous writing. The tone is similar, though, I agree with the campiness.
It didn’t occur to me until your comment that I’ve thought similar about her other shows. Ryan Murphy is similar for me. Great concepts, good characters but it devolves into soapy face that’s not funny or engaging the longer it goes on. That’s true of many shows but I think they lean into commercialism so much that’s it’s particularly noticable in their shows. I think Murphy tried to address it by doing anthology type shows.
- Comment on Which shows have you watched this week? 2 weeks ago:
I’m enjoying it but I’m finding it silly, and not in a fun way. Sometimes it’s fun silly, but often not. There is no jeapordy for any characters. Nobody is really a suspect. You could dip in and out of episodes and be no worse off, which is odd for a whodunnit mystery. It’s witty in parts and engaging and cinematography and acting is good, but it’s a swing and a miss for me. At least they took a swing, though. It’s more original than most US tv, as it’s less linear or procedural.
- Comment on Emmy Predictions: Lead Actor (Drama) — Noah Wyle Has Never Won an Emmy. ‘The Pitt’ Can Finally Change That 2 weeks ago:
Likely if nominated, he’ll win based on the Pitt combined with er being seen favourably in hindsight and not being awarded for it. The Pitt is good and he’s good in it, so it’s not undeserved. Although it’s an ensemble cast, he’s the heart of it and there are some other great performances.
- Comment on What are some of the most well-acted, engaging, complex or interesting antagonists or villains you've watched in TV? 2 weeks ago:
Spike in Buffy
Angel in Buffy
Dexter in Dexter
Both sides in the wire
Tony soprano
The joker in batman:tas
The Borg in Star Trek
Q in Star Trek tng.
Lupus in house
- Comment on What is an underrated romantic comedy TV show? 3 weeks ago:
Most of Sharon Horgans stuff is good. She has an acerbic wit.
- Comment on Issues 23/3/25 3 weeks ago:
I noticed something was up. I’d seen some meta posts about other instances updating so I wondered if it was a bug or federation issue but obviously not.
- Comment on I'm So Proud To Be Deported From The USA - Dorset Eye 4 weeks ago:
Gosh, who hasn’t made disparaging comments about Trump online. No way of book a flight to the USA if I might be stopped at the border.
It’s getting pretty crazy, pretty quickly, as expected.
- Comment on why was 1995 video games console very pixel art graphics but music was high quality and images were great??, 1 month ago:
With old games, it was a case of the quality of processing and speed of processing on consumer grade devices. Look at Toy Story, released in the 90s. It looks dated and less well animated than a current video game. Each frame took hours to process and a current video game does it on the fly.
Analogue sound can and has been recorded for many decades. The mp3 codec existed in the 90s as did other formats. Recording high quality video and sound was very doable. Mixing was less easy than now, but still possible. Images could also be stored lossless. Video was broadcast at low definition. Many of the recording were only made in that low definition format. That’s why old video looks dated. Some were recorded in better quality for the dvd or bluray market. They appear better.
- Comment on Why isn't the Albanese government boasting about falling inflation? 1 month ago:
Yes, but the expectation that prices go down when inflation is controlled is not correct. Inflation under control is just rises that are small. We also don’t want inflation, or the economy is pretty screwed.
- Comment on Google continues pulling the plug on Manifest v2 • The Register 1 month ago:
The point is that under offering users the ability to have all network requests altered is not secure. The user needs to authorize it and there are valid reasons to do so, but there are also bad actors, that will misuse that. I am pretty security conscious, but I can’t tell you which extensions have which permissions on which devices I use, between Firefox, chrome, safari on windows 10,11, android, iOS and opensuse. Placing all the responsibility on the user just removes it from where it should be, which is privacy focused code.
- Comment on Google continues pulling the plug on Manifest v2 • The Register 1 month ago:
Yes, but other extensions are not and can access the same permissions. They can even steal the unlock origin source code to do so.
- Comment on Australian super funds to make direct pitch to Trump administration in US showcase 1 month ago:
Wow, if my super fund was involved in political machinations, I’d want to move funds. Trump doesn’t want investment in America. He wants bribes.
- Comment on Erasure 1 month ago:
It’s also now. Now is the time. The best time was before. The next best time is now.
- Comment on Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them allegedly bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients. 2 months ago:
Being stupid is the least bad of their qualities. Bigotry and racism are a tad higher up the list.
- Comment on PlayStation Network Currently Suffering Major Outage 2 months ago:
It’s back up for me in Australia.
- Comment on what are “female jocks” called? 2 months ago:
Cheerleaders if you mean like a subculture clique?
- Comment on moove on 2 months ago:
Cattle grid in ireland
- Comment on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Devs Just Removed DRM From Their Failed Game 2 months ago:
It was free on ps+ and I haven’t played it.
- Comment on Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them? 2 months ago:
You can burn to death, though.