They'll still need to be done at some point, but now we have more choice on when we want to do it, and not just between 8PM and 8 AM or only on weekends, as it was the case before.

We passed a ton of orders for valuable goods that were processed by small companies who used amazon as an alternative storefront to boost their sales. Communication was finnicky but everything went fine.

Then we also order a ton of cheap, little convenient stuff that we could have ordered on aliexpress but went to amazon for faster delivery. It was a lot more hit or miss, with pure junk coming in from tjmes to times.

We never hit the level of scam described in the article, but we'd also pay a lot more attention on where it’s coming from before forking 7k.

Small steps yet, but they could be getting there.

For instance if there is 2 or 3 alternative services, and you want to explore one of them to have a better idea of the trade-offs. Setting up an account and making “real” requests will be your benchmark.

Actually, even for a service with a decent chance to commit to it, there will still be an exploration phase to get an estimate for the implementation cost. Depending on how much the devs struggle to just try the API, the project could get more or less reprioritized for lower hanging fruits.

It has a strong (and also protected) agriculture sector, from memory they're in the 10 largest in the world, and having consummers buying these products is a big deal. McDonalds is fine, but they also definitely need restaurants serving steaks with blue cheese sauce with a small glass of wine.

Language protection also had an incredible effect on the entertainment industry that was seriously struggling before (also due to how strongly it was enforced, notably with the 40% rule)

Not in a "guns don't kill people way", but because I think smarphone helped spread society's worse effects on girls, but they were already in a very shitty position, and we can't just get back to the status quo before the smarphones and social networks.

We can of course also work on reducing sns negative impacts, but I think it will also be a bad, long and thorny way before seeing improvements.

It's also why cities are taking back whole roads from cars when they can, as it's so hard to preserve a middle ground in a lot of areas.

I recently discovered the motorcycle airbag monthly subscriptions. I kind of see it as sign.

Cars getting hacked when running around you won’t be a risk you can ignore. Your town’s critical services car systems getting compromised won’t be something you turn a blind eye to either.

As usual, apart from engaging in local committees there is little we can do from the outside, but we’ll definitely be the ones paying the price at the end.

> Mailchimp may in principle be subject to data access by US intelligence services on the basis of the US legal provision FISA702 (50 U.S.C. § 1881)

It might not be just a matter of where the data is stored, but also who can get access to it. From my reading, any US based conpany would be affected.

This feels like a super huge impact that would have made more waves, but the ruling also seems recent. And perhaps there will be more twists and turns yet ?

This looks like a pretry fresh ruling judging from the date of the article, good to know.

On the face of it they seem to have support for the required stuff: https://mailchimp.com/gdpr/

You still need to manually save each document where you want it, instead of the app doing it automically in batch at every scan. With dedicated scan apps I never need to think about it, just scan and I know it's been done.

The scanning part is only the beginning, the phone -> network pipeline needs to be automatic and reliable, and Apple will do nothing for third party synching.

Perhaps a Shortcut pipeline could do it ? If it still gave enough flexibility about batch scanning etc. ?

For instance low elevation areas are usually weak to tsunami, river areas can also flood, and former swamp and artificial terrain can liquify under seisms. There are hazard maps detailing the risks, and avoiding riskier areas will usually cost a bunch.

Buildings also get more expensive depending on their level of resistance against earthquakes.

Sizeable seisms are not that rare (way more than “once in a lifetime” kind of event), so you might still be spending a decent amount of money to try to have a better chance at surviving them.