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Chris Quinn wrote: In the UK employers are required by law to ensure that you have the right to work in the country.
Seems reasonable however, as you expressed it, that requirement begins when the work begins.
Not during an interview.
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The location is NL, just down the road from where I'm staying this week.
airbnb are not hosts; they're a web-site.
If a host asks to see my passport (and they often do), I show it to them.
I do not give them a digital copy that they can do whatever the Hell they like with.
A web-site is not allowed to demand copies of such private and important documents -- and they're certainly not allowed to store a copy without my express permission.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So, where are you now? Did you manage to get your money back?
I am curious because I am going to make a new Airbnb order soon, just to know what surprises to expect.
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I had to pay more than double for a place that's less convenient.
I haven't seen my money return.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The entire "gig economy" is morally corrupt and you shouldn't be using any of it.
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I'm a specialist.
My time, skills, and life would be wasted, staying at one company for decades.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: I'm a specialist.
My time, skills, and life would be wasted, staying at one company for decades.
Maybe I can't read as well as I thought, but I think he means the Gig Economy in terms of Airbnb, Uber, Airtasker, Deliveroo....
Companies that pay the workers elephant all and are just shite overall. Not your right to work as a contractor as you see fit.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You could be right.
I assumed it was a reference to the short-term-contract thing, which is kinda my livelihood.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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That's exactly what I mean, I thought it was pretty obvious. It's not just that they're treating their workers poorly, it's that it is taking business away from more professional enterprises and offering a poorer service in return but as many people only care about the price they're willing to ignore all of the negatives just so save a few bucks.
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So the EU is into this big privacy frenzy (as in GDPR) and yet they allow you to be asked to hand over extremely sensitive documents?
The only rational that makes this acceptable (in the EU) is that it's not a US owned company demanding a violation of your privacy and identity - so it's basically OK.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: So the EU is into this big privacy frenzy (as in GDPR) and yet they allow you to be asked to hand over extremely sensitive documents?
Since when did arrogant web-site owners have a clue about responsible or legal behaviour?
The nasty part is that they are forcing users to hand over private/confidential/sensitive information, or their bookings are cancelled.
I've been on to "my pal at the Ministry", and a file on their behaviour has been opened.
I was already in the sh1ttiest of moods, so they really picked the wrong day.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Airbnb article: How does it work when Airbnb asks for an ID?
https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1237/how-does-it-work-when-airbnb-asks-for-an-id[^]
They explain, why they may do this: Some hosts require their guests to provide a government ID in order to book their place or experience.
On the other hand: The photo of your ID will never be shared with your host.
It doesn't make sense together (at least, for me).
And finally: You can, however, remove the photo of your ID 90 days after you complete your most recent booking. Well, at least this.
I have read the whole article and I really don't like what I see.
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The number of times they used the phrase "community of trust" in their e-mails demanding my passport was enough for me to have sincere doubts about their honesty.
Reading their verbiage was more horrifying than reassuring.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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40. Lacking chip, clue rests here (5)
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39. Conviction of canine parent? (5)
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Yup 
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IDE of the Year - Visual Studio Code (19.08%)
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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It's coming along but not sure about the IDE of the year?
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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Small poll, many choices including Eclipse and EMACS.
Nice site you have, I just set a Pi 3 up as a router/VPN to put a surveillance camera on line for testing.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I just use the VS 2017 editor, it has everything I need for coding. For other stuff I use Notepad++, it's good for a liteweight editor.
I do use Visual Studio Code but I find it confusing and frustd up reverting back to VS.
Thanks for the kind words, am still working on it but I like what I have so far.
Pi's are amazing devices...hope to see an article spun out of yuour experiences setting up the Pi.
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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Mike Hankey wrote: I just use the VS 2017 editor, it has everything I need for coding. For other stuff I use Notepad++
??? linux has neither
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Ah as the title suggests...blind in one eye and can't see out of the other.
ABout the only development I do on Linux is for the Pi and for that I just use the editor that comes with it. I have used Eclipsr on the PC linked to the Pi and this works fairly well.
Got my site back up after my time in the woods!
JaxCoder.com
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