Links van 12 oktober 2017 tot 13 oktober 2017

Debunking Jimbo: Slippery Google tries to evade European privacy • The Register
2014 ondertussen al. Time flies. "Google’s latest celebrity recruit, Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales, recently gave an extraordinary performance on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. We want to share with you what he said – verbatim – with expert commentary. It’s about the decision of a top European court that Google cannot be exempt from the Continent's privacy and data protection laws."

Rechter razend op instelling die jongen naar huis stuurt | Antwerpen | Regio | HLN
De tweede jongen moest op bevel van de jeugdrechter terugkeren naar Dennenhof. “De politie heeft mijn zoon rond 17 uur afgezet in Dennenhof”, zegt de mama van de zestienjarige. Onmiddellijk nadat de politie was vertrokken, is hij door de opvoeder buitengezet. Die heeft zijn zak met kleding uit het raam van de eerste verdieping gegooid en gezegd: “Pak uw fiets en rij naar huis.” Dan heeft die opvoeder mij gewaarschuwd dat mijn zoon onderweg was.”

In embarrassing display, Trump flubs test on how money works | MSNBC
Yesterday afternoon in Harrisburg, during a speech on taxes, he pushed a related point: “Very proudly, just in the stock market alone, we have increased our economic worth by $5.2 trillion, that’s right, since Election Day. $5.2 trillion. Think about that, that’s a quarter of the $20 trillion that we owe.” This is gibberish. They’re the remarks of someone who doesn’t know what the national debt is. Or how the nation’s finances work. Or even how money works.

Former Republican member of congress: ‘Trump is unhinged. We are waiting to get tax bill through before impeachment’ | The Independent
'He’s not listening to anyone. Not a soul. He’s got the nuclear codes and, well, it scares the hell out of me. It’s starting to scare all of them'

Restoring Original Visual Studio Code Icon
A lot of people don’t like the New Visual Studio Code (aka VS Code or just Code) icon and they prefer the old icon better. I am one of these people.