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> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons > We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact webmaster@bakersfield.com or call (661) 395-7500. Another reason to support article 11, 13 or 17.
Reminds me of the whole Vinod Khosla drama up in NorCal [1]. Seems like muscling in on access to a beautiful view / beach and trying to gatekeep it is a common pastime for more than one wealthy Californian.
1: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/technology/california-bea...
Of course, you could also allow camps on private property with provisions to meet basic health and conditions.
Both these measures would undermine the scarcity of housing itself, which goes against the interests of both landlords and homeowners. So I doubt either will happen soon.
> 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons > We recognize you are attempting to access this website from a country belonging to the European Economic Area (EEA) including the EU which enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and therefore access cannot be granted at this time. For any issues, contact webmaster@bakersfield.com or call (661) 395-7500. Another reason to support article 11, 13 or 17.
How could those possibly solve the problem? They won't remove the cost of complying with GDPR. [Edit: sorry, I didn't get the sarcasm :) ]
Living in Berkeley/Oakland area I'm torn on this one we have a growing problem with tent encampments (in SF too) I don't know if this is anything but a cosmetic solution but its an interesting tact allowing people to overnight in vehicles.
Here it is on the wayback machine for EU users getting a 451 error. https://web.archive.org/web/20190322180054/https://www.baker...
1) They are targetting EU users and serving to EU users and thus the block is pointless
2) They aren't targetting EU users and thus the block is pointlessLiving in Berkeley/Oakland area I'm torn on this one we have a growing problem with tent encampments (in SF too) I don't know if this is anything but a cosmetic solution but its an interesting tact allowing people to overnight in vehicles.
It seems like an organized approach to homelessness that allowed vehicle camping but put systematic restrictions on it could be fairly effective. There could even be something like a "white list" where people could apply for a camping permit and have it revoked for bad behavior. Of course, you could also allow camps on private property with provisions to meet basic health and conditions. Both these measures would und…
I had imagined at one point having parking garages constructed for this very purpose to be used as homeless shelters.
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How could those possibly solve the problem? They won't remove the cost of complying with GDPR. [Edit: sorry, I didn't get the sarcasm :) ]
It was sarcasm, all 3 articles once implemented on EU scale will make web even worse than GDPR made it.
One big problem with tech regulation right now, particular that which involves the internet, is that the old farts making the rules are barely skilled enough to send emails. Not only do they have no concept of how they're ruining things, but they don't have to suffer the consequences.
Imagine if every time they changed the channel on their TV, they had to stop and drive a cursor to _somewhere_ on the screen to find the correct button to press to get past the popup and watch the channel they were hoping to watch.