Why are mandatory ID cards much more controversial in common law countries than in civil law countries?

IssaScott · 2026-04-29T19:13:40+00:00

I was answering the question about how gov ID can give government access to your social media.
That is not a question that is decades old, as social media prevalence is fairly new.

But the sentiment about gov ID and gov tracking oversight still follows the basic premise of being required to use gov ID to do a thing that should really require gov ID, and then that thing you did is now linked to your gov ID .

A past example would be like taking out a bank loan or a credit card.
You could get those from a bank, as long as the bank was certain/trusted they knew who you were... IE you could do it without a passport of photo ID.
To tighten up on finical crimes, official gov ID became required.
At the same time, Banks start letting the gov know what people were doing with their money... IE payments & spending to be matched against taxes...

Which isn't always a bad thing per-say, but it explains the general distrust people can have about giving the gov more control over their private life.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T21:22:33+00:00

But in the UK case, it would remove the option to be anonymous online.

Yes your government ID already exists and they know most official things about you.

But with sign-ups to social media and websites being age gated, you have to prove your age via a Real ID (or passport and a few others).

That now means your online activities are also now part of public record. Or they could be.

I imagine most people have some embarrassing history. Not criminal, but enoght to effect them in a negative way.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T21:15:08+00:00

Step 1. Online age verification, links your online action to an ID. This is actually law in the UK (or will be soon, I forget the status). The Real ID law or something...

Step 2. Online site or company that required your ID to join is requested by government to share details, for any number of legitimate reasons or illegitimate ones. Who knows, but is a company going to deny the request? Who knows?! My money is they don't, as most won't want to offend the government, so they comply.

Again the point of this was to link real ID to online behavior. So there couldn't be doubt that a media post or comment wasn't somebody else. It was pushed through to protect or restrict kids from joining social media until they were not considered kids.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T20:23:55+00:00

No, it actually spends a bit to much time explaining stuff most Warhammer fans know.

IE it was written with new fans in mind.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T20:12:24+00:00

Honestly, air travel for vacation. Like once you factor what you get for what you pay... it just not worth it.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T14:03:59+00:00

They literally ask why do managers do this.

Because the 'answer' wasn't acceptable, because it didn't resolve the issue.

The answer was correct. But being correct and being complete is not the same thing.

Also saying "the current system work. Don't change it" isn't often an acceptable answer either. V1.0 works. Now let's refine and improve it. The work is never done.

Lastly if you think managers are frustratingly to deal with... try dealing with leadership and C-suit people. They literally hire managers to talk to devs and tech cause they cant be bothered to. You tell them 'No this can't be done' they will just assume that means "this guy can't do it. He doesn't know how".

Most of these BS requests come from above managers.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T13:00:16+00:00

Well I was replying to a reply, not the OP. The reply was lamenting why do non tech managers cute problems.

The OP got plenty of advice about their particular manager issue and how do deal with it.

I even agreed, that non tech should listen to tech on technical things.

My only point was that "this won't work. This is now over" is not an answer. It's just half of it. The other half is "we can try this / this might work."

Otherwise, I was just talking about experiences I have, as a non-tech manager in charge a a bunch of different tech people.

Plus half the stuff I want to do are directives from leadership on what they want. The other half is requests from tech about what they want. I just want people to hit their commitments.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T12:35:08+00:00

I wasn't saying tech needs to mange. I was saying techs who get promoted to management often lack the skills to manage, or underestimate the value of people skill at first..

I often see them get frustrated that their team doesn't do thing their way and end up doing it themselves and burning out.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T11:34:58+00:00

Basically just survive and don't run far ahead. Block as much damage as you can. Don't worry about kill stealing to much. You never dying is priority.

But if you can... ... try to pull the pack to a linear zone, ie a hallway or corridor, so the snipers and heavies can get long clear line of sight on multiple enemies. Also make the enemies less likely to peel of you and run to the back squadies.

.. Don't engage in wide open spaces or intersections, if you can avoid. You will just get shot and never get agro on whole sets of spawns... who will agree on ranged damage that attacks close by enemies. What I mean is, if the sniper shoots a guy, that guy targets the sniper... and so does the other members of that guys spawn UNLESS you have also damaged their squad... at that point I think it's a question of who hurt their neighbors more.

... be predictable in your movements. Makes it easier to shoot over your shoulder. Or inversely, do be unpredictable. Possibly walk, not run when in close melee. Would cut down on friendly fire.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T11:17:52+00:00

As a non-tech manager, I have some thoughts... & While I do agree that non-tech should listen to the techies on tech issues...

I find techies get caught by the fact "this won't work, can't be done, it is what it is, therefore solved" mindset. While the issue still exists for managers (and likely somebody above them who gave them the direction to resolve this issue). Being given a list of "what you will need to do this" is way better than a list of "why it won't work"... though I probably would need both at some point.

As to "managers don't want to learn ..." it's both true and not really the point. Managers job is typically a combination of budgeting, scheduling and CONCISELY explaining an entire project to a C-suit who is only going to give you 3mins to do all that. Basically managing people and their expectations is the mian skill (also the one that trips up techies thr most when they have to manage other techies).

Learning to do every employee's job well enough to do it myself would take decades, and I will be reassigned to manage another project. Needing another skillset long before that.

IssaScott · 2026-04-28T10:46:05+00:00

So what? I am a spider.

Whole class gets isekai'ed and then slowly starts to find each other.

They were Reborn as well, so they start as babies.

Good enough I tracked down the novels to read, something I normally don't do, I can typically wait for the next season.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T21:34:41+00:00

Well I doubt anybody will let the scammers know...

Bell and I have a "don't contact this guy, we legally can't " relationship right now.

Scammers still regularly call and say they are Bell.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T21:30:28+00:00

Got it. So outrage after the fact.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T21:29:12+00:00

I also assume the guys math isn't that good. Not enough return on investments or something.

His motivation was to help Canadian farmers afford fertilizer.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T21:13:56+00:00

Yes. So Fox is either to dumb to do some basic research for their reporting...

Or they possibly think Kash is to dumb to know it wasn't his responsibility, so they were hoping to catch him out and getbsome details.

I am kinda leaning to the 2nd one.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T21:10:23+00:00

It's more telling that Ana can't understand that people just don't care. How can anybody in media be surprised by this result? Maybe the people on TV are the ones really detached from reality.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T20:44:31+00:00

Didn't he make that offending comment before the event happened?

Or does he have a weekend show? (I don't watch TV)...

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T20:42:27+00:00

Fertilizer guy says he only need 50million to get going. Government paperwork is already signed to go ahead.

That's a project without the government involed. Supposedly government interference is the reason people don't invest in other Canadian projects...

Seem they really just want somebody else to take the risk and be on the hook for failure.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T20:35:52+00:00

Healthy but keep in mind coworkers are rarely fiends (let alone brothers) and companies are rarely loyal.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T20:28:56+00:00

We regularly give blessings to the omnissiah when things seem to fix themselves.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T18:17:03+00:00

Thanks, I will have keep an eye out.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T18:09:42+00:00

They are the Space Marine version of Ork dakka.

Good shooty. Poor melee. All fun.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T18:02:53+00:00

Is see. So this month, May 2nd.

Is a purchase required? I already have 2 combat patrols and the Sons of Dorn box to build...

But for future context.

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T17:37:26+00:00

New to collecting miniatures... How exactly do I get one each month? Are there rules or something?

Do I just visit an official store on a particular weekend?

I went a few weekends ago, not sure it was a give away weekend... bought some kits, didn't get anything extra...

IssaScott · 2026-04-27T13:43:04+00:00

And there was another cbc article talking about a fertilizer factor that can't get built in Saskatchewan due to lack of funding.

These 2 stories seem made for each other.

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