The difficulty with Telco provided email addresses is that you lose them when you change telephone or internet company. I understand the US market is pretty restrictive in terms of options but much of Europe has real competition.
Posts by zappahey
19 publicly visible posts • joined 1 Nov 2014
Too big to live, too loved to die: Big Tech's billion dollar curse of the free
Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users
Braking news: Cops slammed for spamming Waze to slow drivers down
California asks people not to charge EVs during heatwave
'This is the new normal,' Microsoft tells US workers: Work from home until further notice
Activist millionaires protest outside Jeff Bezos' homes to support tax rises for the rich
Very little helps: Tesco flashes ancient Windows desktop on Scan-As-You-Shop device
"Funny you say that, the Polish and Lithuanians I work with all voted out of the EU."
Funny you say that, as EU citizens were not given the vote in the referendum.
In which case they must have been naturalised citizens and thus British, or you're running your own special line of what, in the current parlance, is known as fake news.
How to lose a UK contractor in 10 days: Make them commit after upcoming IR35 tax upheaval, apparently
Attention all British .eu owners: Buy dotcom domains and prepare to sue, says UK govt
Re: Wow, it's almost...
We don't vote for a Prime Minister, that is the position awarded to a person nominated and elected by the MPs that we elected. I would hate to see a system where people pay £3 to be allowed to vote for a leader.
That's not true, the PM is typically the leader of the majority party in parliament. In both of the largest parties, the final decision on the leader is taken by the party membership. I understand that it costs a lot more than £3 to be a member of the Conservative party. Or was that your point? Only the wealthier should choose?
Julian Assange to UK court: Put an end to my unwarranted Ecuadorean couch-surf
"Lets say they dedicate 6 officers to cover always having 2 staking it out at any one time on 8 hour shifts,"
You're looking at 10 people just to cover working hours for two full time posts 24/7/365 on 8 hour shifts and that's before you allow for sickness and training, so probably closer to 12. Though it still doesn't get close to £11M.
Proposed Brit law to ban b**tards brandishing bots to bulk-buy tickets
Re: Promoters culpable?
"It would be ridiculously easy to stop bots from buying tickets from a web site, a simple captcha would probably suffice. I wonder why they don't bother"
Not even remotely sufficient. There's a great freakonomics podcast on the topic of ticket touts.
freakonomics.com/podcast/live-event-ticket-market-screwed/