> This is a good point to me as a parent -- in a world where this becomes a precious toy, it would be a serious risk of emotional pain if the child experienced this scenario like the death of a pet or friend.
We've already seen this exact scenario play out with "Moxie" a few months ago:
> I saw a story about a senator that actually cares giving an impassioned speech for hours on end. Remember the times when that actually happened.
You are talking about the Cory Booker speech? I don't see any indication that this is an April fool's joke if that's what you're implying. Otherwise I don't understand what you mean.
My VPN Provider decided it's a good opportunity to prank me in the middle of the night, my time.
Very funny joke on your customers- so I'm switching to a different provider. It's cuz obviously I don't have a sense of humor. Life is short and all that.
I'd rather not go into detail, but in short they sent an official email from their real noreply address, "signed" by their CEO, saying my data has been compromised.
This is an absolutely excellent way to learn, I am surprised at just how effective it was. I'd love a "manual" mode that let me discard countries/mark them to stay in rotation.
It’s true that sometimes people repeat mistakes of the past by iterating on a fundamentally bad idea.
But sometimes the idea wasn’t bad. The mistake of the past could have been in execution of the idea or tech limitations.
When any new VR product is released, I could post a link to the article for the Nintendo Virtual Boy and make a snarky remark about how successful that was. That doesn’t really add anything though.
I fully agree. The original request can be read either either with a neutral/oblivious tone or a negative demanding tone. This is the wrong way to ask someone to do free work for you regardless if it's reasonable or not, and the issue is compounded by highlighting the financial aspect.
The followup email proves that taking a negative reading of the original request is the more reasonable read of the writer's intention.
It carries a criminal prison sentence and a fine. And there’s a big push by the UAE government to go after, and prosecute employers who break this law.
I don’t know why people in Western countries, always without fail, mention this whenever the UAE comes up.
Imagine every time the US was mentioned, a person always pointed out how some private companies in the US treated their employees poorly and abusively (which I’m sure happens). It would be absurd.
You're spot on, as an Israeli I wanted to thank you for highlighting this. There are individuals in every country who perform illegal acts, that should not reflect on the country as a whole. Shukran ya habibi.
In Israel we have a lot of love for the UAE. Together, we're already sharing agra-tech, water-tech, and finance. Israel is looking forward to learning about some of the construction methods being pioneered in building up the desert. This is an unbelievably warm peace.
What you're referring to happens in Saudi Arabia and Qatar (and used to happen until the mid 2000s in the UAE, when a Federal decree was passed which stated the criminal sentence explicitly).
Saudi Arabia and Qatar haven't abolished the practice.
