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Copyright is the root of the problem. More regulation could be a solution, sure, but is it really what we want?
> but is it really what we want? What we want is results. Whatever mechanism is most efficient at producing those results should be used. > Copyright is the root of the problem. If you sell me a device that relies on copyrighted software for operation then you must also grant me a limited non-transferable license tied to that specific device to modify that software however I please. Perhaps DMCAs anti tampering provi…
I think so, yeah. But IMO even copyright as a whole brings more problems than it solves nowadays.
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It literally doesn't. And why would Europeans use venmo? That type of app arose in the USA specifically, to work around not having a convenient way to send money from one bank account to another - much like bulletproof school backpacks, it solves a uniquely American problem.
As an Australian we have payid to transfer free and instantly between banks instead of needing a 3rd party app but I think he's right that if you are relying on IBAN and needing to do an individual bank transfer then it's not ideal. It should be as easy as possible to donate, imo it would be better even setting up a basic kofi or buy me a coffee account, or I see the Ukrainians using paypal all the time. It should be…
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> This really has to stop. "We", the totally homogeneous group of software professionals could make this stop. "We" don't.
If you want to have a say in how software works, then you have to control how companies run. If Technical folk are not on the Boards or have controlling share in an org, or don't know how to get into such positions then they have very little to no say in how anything works. There are countless examples were technical people object and get replaced, sidelined or fired, cuz they are totally unprepared in how to win suc…
Looks like train manufacturers are taking a page out of the playbooks of many other companies today. The practice of manufacturers remotely disabling products after the time of purchase (for whatever reason) is becoming a scourge in many other product areas. The device's manufacturer should have no say about how a product is used once money is handed over in exchange for it. This really has to stop. Regulatory agenci…
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If you want to have a say in how software works, then you have to control how companies run. If Technical folk are not on the Boards or have controlling share in an org, or don't know how to get into such positions then they have very little to no say in how anything works. There are countless examples were technical people object and get replaced, sidelined or fired, cuz they are totally unprepared in how to win suc…
You speak like working at a company exists in a vacuum. It doesn't. You are (generally, in Western society) free to stop working for that company. If everyone refuses to write the code, then the company won't have that code. Easily said than done, of course, because life has many pressures. But I dislike this "oh can't do anything about it individually, let's give up and double down on unethical behaviour" attitude (…
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What can you do after you find where the money is flowing?
I am not familiar with Polish law about corruption or lobbying but if some politicians are getting money, that is a starting point.
I just donated 133,7€ and will gladly do it again if further legal costs arise. Please consider also making a generous donation and post about it in this thread. What Newag is doing here is absolutely vile. They want to charge 20.000€ per train to “reactivate” them after they have been serviced at third party workshops. We must not let them win and set a precedent. I highly encourage everyone to watch the previous pr…
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It literally doesn't. And why would Europeans use venmo? That type of app arose in the USA specifically, to work around not having a convenient way to send money from one bank account to another - much like bulletproof school backpacks, it solves a uniquely American problem.
As an Australian we have payid to transfer free and instantly between banks instead of needing a 3rd party app but I think he's right that if you are relying on IBAN and needing to do an individual bank transfer then it's not ideal. It should be as easy as possible to donate, imo it would be better even setting up a basic kofi or buy me a coffee account, or I see the Ukrainians using paypal all the time. It should be…
That... is what SEPA is, but built into the european banking system directly.
> I think he's right that if you are relying on IBAN and needing to do an individual bank transfer then it's not ideal.
It's not ideal that you can do a simple transfer by inputting the recipient's IBAN and an amount and be done with literally no third party involved? What?
> imo it would be better even setting up a basic kofi or buy me a coffee account, or I see the Ukrainians using paypal all the time.
You think it's easier to require setting up a third party account, adding your card to it, getting the card authorised, and doing the payment that way, with fees.
Than putting 20 digits in your own bank's application and pressing "send"?
> It should be a 3 click payment not a bank transfer requiring copying and pasting IBAN numbers and bank account numbers etc
It's a SEPA transfer, it's super common and nothing very complicated. There is no bank account number involved: the BIC is the bank's own identifier, and while it was commonly required 10 years ago it's been optional for a long time, my bank's application doesn't even have a field for that anymore.
There's a standard format for qrcode SEPA called EPC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPC_QR_code), however the amount is fixed which is not always desirable e.g.
- qrcode for a 133.70€ donation https://epc-qr.eu/?bname=CCC%20eV&iban=DE41%202001%200020%20...
- qrcode for a 13.30€ donation https://epc-qr.eu/?bname=CCC%20eV&iban=DE41%202001%200020%20...
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I don't suppose they have any other published, easier methods? I spent almost an hour trying to jump through the fiery, spinning hoops being dangled by my bank website only to finally at the end be given an "It looks like this part of our site isn't working. Please try again later." Thank you, bank /s For anyone else wanting to try their hand and weather the gauntlet, I found slightly more detail of their published b…
For Europeans, this is an extremely easy method and the normal way to send money electronically. The information provided is all that's needed. If you're trying to send from America, it's still the normal way to send a payment to Europe so see how your bank sends international payments.
It’s not; SWIFT is, and that requires additional information not shown there (although some of it is encoded in the IBAN if you know how to decode it).