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Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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scott_w wrote: post #149
mlinhares wrote: post #82

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That happens all over the place, conservatives pass a time bomb bill, they lose control of congress/house, time bomb is about to become effective, they now fight to overturn it and place the blame on the current ruling folks.

This isn’t one of those cases. It was a well intentioned Bill that passed with Labour’s support but was very badly planned and written. Hell, it wouldn’t even have helped counter the misinformation being spread last summer and this summer to try and instigate more race riots!

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Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by userbinator »

arrowsmith wrote: post #143
0xbadcafebee wrote: post #94

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I think it's fun when the elected government doesn't do what the people who elected them want. Like a middle finger to democracy.

"Alexa, summarise the last 15+ years of UK politics in two sentences."

s/UK//

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by DonHopkins »

Waterluvian wrote: post #126
MiddleEndian wrote: post #116

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lol on a much lighter note, for many years I used to use 111-111-1111 as a general phone number for CVS card discounts. It stopped working several years ago though.

As a Canadian I was lost and confused when visiting the States (in the before time) and a gas pump asked for my zip code. So I put in the one and only zip code I know. I bet you can guess.

Ubow Tubu Wobun Thrube Fubor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHjMEwZt5OE

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by dmurray »

jesterson wrote: post #127
djoldman wrote: post #105

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How easily can a burner be used? Are sim cards easily swapped?

There is no such thing as "burner". Phone number is very hard to get and requires ID verification and sorts

It's very easy to get. As a visitor, I got one in the airport for $20. "ID verification" is stretching it, but like so many things in China it requires the vendor to take a photo of your ID, and unusually also to take a photo of you and submit it to the telecom website.

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by k1t »

averageRoyalty wrote: post #61
travisgriggs wrote: post #28

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I wish there was a modern day version of "Yes, [Prime] Minister" for this kind of stuff. It's like the episodes could write themselves by the week.

In Australia we have a show called "Utopia" that does fill this gap reasonably well. Australian politics are close enough to the UK that it'd probably translate well enough to be enjoyable. I've heard many government workers say that it's funny but they can't watch it, as it's so accurate it's depressing.

Just seconding a vote for Utopia (2014), and also its (better!) predecessor The Hollowmen (2008).

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by DonHopkins »

FabHK wrote: post #88
arrowsmith wrote: post #42

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The generated images are very obviously AI fakes. I don't think anyone is going to be seriously fooled by this. > I would pre-populate the list so when entering a new postcode, it doesn't stall waiting for AI. It looks like it already works like this? It was slow the first time I searched for my postcode, subsequent times have been very fast.

> I don't think anyone is going to be seriously fooled by this. Do you think porn sites are more interested in a) correctly preventing unauthorized people from accessing their site, or b) selling as many subscriptions as they can while nominally complying with the law?

The AI should generate nude photos festooned in kink accessories, brown noses, pearl necklaces, and dripping facials.

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by scott_w »

arrowsmith wrote: post #158
scott_w wrote: post #150

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I mean, the last 15 years were mostly Tories and the public kept voting them in. I’m glad I’m not a politician because I have no sympathy for Brexit voters who voted Tory in 2019, claim “I know what a voted for,” and now complain about how much poorer and full of immigrants the country now is. It was all there in the 2019 Conservative manifesto they voted for!

Wtf are you talking about? The Conservatives promised to reduce immigration in 2019. Instead they increased it to its highest ever levels by far, hence why they got thrown out of office. Have you ever met or spoken to a Conservative voter in your entire life?

They promised a policy (Brexit) in a form that would replace immigration from European countries with immigration from non-white countries.

In fact, the Tories did NOT promise to reduce immigration. They promised 2 things that are guaranteed to increase immigration:

- 50,000 extra nurses (including foreign recruitment)

- A points-based system, you can find articles talking about how this increases immigration

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50524262

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by codedokode »

ethagnawl wrote: post #141
MiddleEndian wrote: post #116

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lol on a much lighter note, for many years I used to use 111-111-1111 as a general phone number for CVS card discounts. It stopped working several years ago though.

This reminds me: I've noticed that Starbucks now requires a few pieces of information to use their WiFi network. One is email and they are doing some sort of validation which will reject emails like whoopsileanedonxxxxxxxx@aol.com but will accept other, legit AOL emails. How are they deciding what is/not a valid email? Are they using a compiled list of emails that have been seen in the wild? What if it's a brand new…

They can connect to a mail server and pretend that they are going to send a message and the server would reject the invalid recipient email.

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by aembleton »

ethagnawl wrote: post #141
MiddleEndian wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lol on a much lighter note, for many years I used to use 111-111-1111 as a general phone number for CVS card discounts. It stopped working several years ago though.

This reminds me: I've noticed that Starbucks now requires a few pieces of information to use their WiFi network. One is email and they are doing some sort of validation which will reject emails like whoopsileanedonxxxxxxxx@aol.com but will accept other, legit AOL emails. How are they deciding what is/not a valid email? Are they using a compiled list of emails that have been seen in the wild? What if it's a brand new…

Use *@example.com, it usually works.
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