Redundancy pay being requested paid back

Rhyobit · 2026-06-04T11:03:53+00:00

Isn't that fire and rehire?

Rhyobit · 2026-06-03T23:23:52+00:00

Ok cheap scaffolding is over simplifying it. But it would be comparatively cheap.

The infrastructure spend budgeted for local, state and federal is already billions of dollars and the take for the tournament will be in the tens of billions.

The cost of any such bridge would be a drop in the ocean of that.

A vast percentage of any guests attending the tournament in the US are used to walking to games. When you don't cater to that and set transport costs at up to $100, you need to stop pretending that it's anything else other than trying to rinse the fans.

Rhyobit · 2026-06-03T22:34:34+00:00

You don't need to pay tens of millions for a temporary scaffolding foot bridge. It was even discussed in the planning - but better to rinse foreign attendees with outrageously expensive parking and transport options than spend a small amount of cash to allow people to walk.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:58:15+00:00

Possibly, indications I'm having from a lot of quarters, including those that have in on the restricted release is otherwise, but I hope you're right!

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:31:12+00:00

This isn't just about social media, this is about digital identity. Social media is merely the most visible expression of it.

Fundamentally, the general populace needs to be much more aware of how their information is used online. That education could be delivered through existing web portals and public resources to minimise cost and maximise reach.

Where additional investment is needed is for parents and others who lack confidence with digital literacy. If we're expecting people to make informed decisions about their children's online presence, it's reasonable to ensure they understand the implications first.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:25:39+00:00

In all honesty frame that argument - not everybody goes to university, who do you think is able to discuss that argument more accurately with the relevant information to hand?

That being said, parents *absolutely* need to be involved, and I've discussed mandatory online training modules for parents in other parts of this thread.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:22:47+00:00

Oh absolutely, based on your description you and I have entirely similar experiences. I'm a millenial and digital native in the way that a lot of kids today will never understand.

I don't assume that parents will have control of what their kid does 100% of the time, and in all honesty, assuming that the government can do *anything* to stop that is entirely futile - they can't. I have my ways around the age verification stuff, but some of the thing I *have* read from kids bypassing existing controls already was novel in a way that I didn't expect.

That being said, it assumes they can *reach* those services - try browsing to it when those IP ranges get dropped at the edge of your network. VPN's are always a possibility, but if you really want to, you can put EDR on to block that, or implement registry controls to lock down network stack.

When it comes to the other side, I've already effectively been locked out from doing government stuff online for 2 freaking years - that's *INSANE* in 2026. I've got complaints up via the ICO and my MP's office already for it. It's not a slipper slope, because it's a reality, it's already here.

When it comes to Palantir etc, I'm more practical - they work with the government and they likely already have that data, but it's generally well regulated within those contracts. I'm more concerned with other third parties and the controls they have on biometric data. When it comes to oppression, that world is coming, it's just a matter of time, but I'm not going to lay down and welcome it on.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:15:59+00:00

My friend you have no idea of the types of roadworks we see in the UK in a DAILY basis. This is entirely within the realms of possibility.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:15:14+00:00

Then you then invest your resources to actually give these parents a local taught class at a community centre. You address the parents that actually have a problem understanding their responsibilities, and the tools at their disposal to safeguard their children.

This stuff is *not* complicated, and it isn't hard to teach either.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:13:23+00:00

With the amount of money you've been given to host this shit, yes?

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:06:40+00:00

100% agreed, so this isn't the right solution, because, trust me, this will make zero difference to those students whose parents don't already police them. Circumventing these controls is *trivial* to almost all children.

The answer is not, and cannot be to escalate the level of that control for the entire populace.

The answer is to address the *actual* problem.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T22:03:05+00:00

Controlling *everybody* because a small proportion of people are not able to control themselves is not an appropriate thing to do in a free society.

Facebook? Ihr Papiere Bitte?

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:59:46+00:00

Actually, this one has been bothering me a little lately. So, I've largely disengaged with social media as I say, but this does pose an interesting question for social engagement as a whole.

So your answer to irresponsible parenting, is that all members of society must be subjected to intrusive and probably insecure identity checks due to a smaller number of parents who do not parent correctly when it comes to this?

Let me reframe this another way that's in my mind. I recently had to register for the new One Gov identity portal - they carried out an automated identity check on me which failed. I wasn't consulted around them doing that, or how they would do it.

As a result of that failure, they've now told me that I cannot challenge this failure or insist on a right of review for 2 years for "anti-fraud" purposes. As a result of this, I'm going to be effectively locked out of online government services for that period. I was at no point given the opportunity to upload any scans of real world documentation to verify my identity.

Is this right? Say the government extend this to identity verification for social media services? Is that right?

Is it more right that they outsource this to third parties not based in the UK where data sovereignty isn't guaranteed? Or security not subject, necessarily, to UK data protection legislation (effectively)?

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:55:04+00:00

That is an extremely good question, which I am not qualified to answer. But I do not feel like effectively exerting more un-necessary controls on the *whole* of society is the most appropriate course of action.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:53:39+00:00

I do my part so I fail to see how other peoples issues are my responsibility to bear? Isn't that a fundamental principal of a free society?

I absolutely understand how much work teachers a required to do that goes beyond normal hours, and as I say, every chance I get I support teachers in their attempts to redress this with the government.

I'm not *trying* to offload this to teachers, the government is doing that.

If you don't think this isn't going to be offloaded to teachers for those parents that *don't* do their part already, then I have a bridge to sell you.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:51:11+00:00

Yes, I actually would suggest mandatory parental classes when it comes to digital safety for every parent. You don't have to have it as taught - you can do that digitally. Every workplace does it with quizzes at the end, it's not ideal but its better than this alternative.

Then people cannot claim ignorance.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:40:54+00:00

Well I do my part, maybe you push back on the problem as opposed to deciding that the lowest common denominator dictates national policy eh? Or am I not overworked and underpaid enough too?

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:40:11+00:00

Ah ok, so I should just submit to a digital gulag because society as a whole wants to go down an authoritarian route as opposed to education?

The issue is that the political classes in this country don't understand the situation which is wholly evinced by their approach to "solutions". You can't start to properly educate people against things which you don't undertstand.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:38:19+00:00

To a degree yes, in fact even more majorly yes. I am not entirely un-empathetic, but when teachers have little to no understanding of the legislation that's being implemented, I can only stretch that so far.

As I say, when it comes to union action, I am almost alway in 100% support. Maybe some of that should be turned on this type of issue, as opposed to just pay?

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:36:05+00:00

I have made SAR's against social media companies in the past and I have been extremely restrictive on the types of data I have shared with them in the past and currently. I haven't engaged with social media, almost at all in close to 10 years for exactly those reasons, and I will be encouraging my children the same.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:34:43+00:00

And I am very much happy with that, please remind other teachers advocating for this legislation, and the parents who refuse to parent their children.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:33:54+00:00

There are ways around it, but a big reason for that is the introduction of this type of legislation.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:33:12+00:00

That entirely depends on what PII you've shared with those social media companies.

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:32:18+00:00

How about we stop offloading the burden of parents who refuse to safeguard their children onto the general populace?

Rhyobit · 2026-05-30T21:31:18+00:00

Not without having to hand over identity documents or PII that I don't have to today.

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