I am not whole-hog microplastics phobic, but indeed it makes sense to open the bags before using them, and transfer the tea to a non-plastic infuser, if readily available. That did not occur to me; thanks for the tip! From there, I can only think of a reuse like containing small items for ultrasonic cleaning -- in avoiding ingestion of microplastics.
Nonsense. Reusing what you already have enables avoiding buying new. It’s the whole point of reuse.
I would like to see the complaint, which I heard was like 80 pages.
What stands out for me was going to a commune to simply ask for a permit to reserve street parking in front of the house for workers. Commune staff pointed to a sign with a QR code. Not even a kiosk. I’m like, WTF, how do I pay cash? ¯\(ツ)/¯ (said the commune worker). I could have written down the URL and then visited it from a public library, but cash payers are wholly excluded, hard and fast.
There are some government forms that /require/ an email address. No email → no service.
I could probably add about 80 or so pages to whatever that complaint says, with a focus on situations of cash refusal which discriminates against the unbanked.
Worth noting that there is a Techno Critique Club that I believe meets every Thursday at 18h30 at Rue de l’Association 20.
Should people jailed years ago for smoking/selling marijuana be kept in jail after marijuana becomes legal in a country?
To be a comparable analogy, it would have to be the flip of that. Where we decide to remove the right to smoke mj and then prosecute past users. A real world example would be in the US where the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade then started prosecutions of those who had abortions before the overturn.
Anyway, the ethics aren’t so interesting to discuss. I am just looking for info about how to counter the EU refusing to protect a liberty because (the Commission hopes) we might lose the liberty in the future anyway.
(edit) well, I should say I don’t mean to dismiss the ethical discussion. I don’t suppose it’s realistic to expect a law expert to bring insight here anyway.
In the US they revised sentences of drug offenders because you had situations like a black man doing 20 years for posession of a joint. And while they were doing absurd amounts of time, the policy got smarter (more lenient). Then at the same time prisons were ram-packed with those who had minor drug offenses and there was also a need to free up their rooms because they could not build prisons fast enough. So if they were to decide /not/ to revise sentences to match modern leniency, that would have been reckless for a number of reasons. It makes sense to prioritise the prison space for offenders who are most needed off the street.
Thanks for the suggestion. I might go that route but I generally try to avoid non-vegan options. I can’t avoid cheddar without making a notable compromise, but I use almond milk instead of dairy. I’ve seen evaporated milk sold in cans. So I suppose I would use ¼ of a can, then try to find a use for the rest of it before it spoils.
How can you be so naive as to think money in the bank is yours? That’s not /your/ money in the bank. It’s the bank’s money. There is an IOU from the bank to you.
Same with cash money. It’s no longer backed by gold reserves. It’s backed by nothing. All you have is /trust/; just like gift cards. Have look at what’s printed on US dollar banknotes. It’s spelled out for you.
You can exchange your pesos to euros. Can you do the same with your pokemon cards?
Of course. Just as I bought the gift cards with euros, the person on the other side of the transaction received euros for the gift cards. I could play either role depending on what I am starting with.
Of course gift cards are money. You can’t buy a burger in Germany with Mexican pesos either. But Mexican pesos don’t cease to be money on the basis that it’s not usable everywhere for everything.
Note as well you may be able to buy a burger at the Ikea cafeteria using an Ikea gift card. Haven’t tried it, but nonetheless it would be a shitty test for deciding whether to call it money.
PlayStation gift card, Nintendo gift card, Spotify gift card, etc. The sky is the limit.
That’s money. They exist to buy stuff. And when it expires, it’s money expiring. It’s of course a swindle.
You cannot spend a cake, it still has a point though.
indeed, because a cake is not money. Unlike gift cards, which function strictly as money.
Edit: “phone credit” Is it a for a real company, or for a burner kind of phone?
Not sure what you’re trying to ask but burner phones were banned in Belgium around ~10 years ago. All GSM cards must be registered to a gov-issued ID.
Why would you want a gift card that is not money? If you can’t spend it, what’s the point?
Can an EU citizen file a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom?
Did you eventually get your answer?
I don’t have a concrete answer so I did not respond when I first saw your post. When there is a cross-border scenario within the EU, data subjects have the right to choose whether to file locally or in the remote country. And generally if two SAs are working together on the case, the data subject can designate which country is the lead supervisory authority. I don’t imagine that this aspect would change when the UK is involved as the UK’s GDPR closely mirrors the EU one.
I’m confused by the relationship between your 1st and 2nd sentence. Your 1st sentence is about making a long stop and your 2nd is about taking an indirect route.
An SNCB worker told me the EU law which allows people to stop at a station along their route and take a break and return to the itinerary has been eliminated. So we no longer have that right under EU law but you seem to be saying Belgium gives passengers the right to stop when travelling within Belgium, correct?
About the app… I have no clue. Google maps with public transport option on?
I should clarify that I would never download an app from Google playstore or use Google Maps (or any google service). I was asking for tools (or “apps”) that can be run using a browser (most websites are actually javascript apps these days). And I would be open to f-droid apps or other free software.
Anyway, since the EU law was dropped my hunt for a resource that lets me pin a waypoint but not the destination is somewhat moot. Although perhaps still interesting in light of the Belgian law you mention.
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