The CodeProject Insider Daily Developer News Newsletter - Missing Last 3 Days
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I have always enjoyed reading the The CodeProject Insider Daily Developer News newsletter but for some reason I am not receiving them for the last 3 days. A friend of mine has not received his either. Has this newsletter been discontinued? If not how do I tell your site to send me the last 3 days of newsletters? Thanks... John P.S. I am sorry if this is not the right forum but I could not see a better place to post the question.
You can thank the Canadian government[^]. All Canadian subscribers who have not explicitly opted in for newsletters are no longer able to get newsletters anymore. By explicitly the government means "The recipient gave a positive or explicit indication of consent to receive commercial electronic messages". In particular companies based in Canada that send out emails cannot pre-check[^] a "sure, send me your newsletters" checkbox. ie standard practice everywhere on the web except Canada. It's also retroactive, meaning that those that signed up pre 1 July, 2014 can no longer be considered to have provided consent. Over the weekend I'm going to add a button with an unchecked checkbox for our Canadian readers to check in order to explicitly say "sure, send me the newsletters". Until then you should be able to go to your profile, uncheck a newsletter, hit save, then recheck it and save and you've provided "explicit consent" and we can send emails again. The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness. (sorry if I seem jaded and exhausted by all of this but it's been a bit of a busy week trying to deal with the Canadian government)
cheers Chris Maunder
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You can thank the Canadian government[^]. All Canadian subscribers who have not explicitly opted in for newsletters are no longer able to get newsletters anymore. By explicitly the government means "The recipient gave a positive or explicit indication of consent to receive commercial electronic messages". In particular companies based in Canada that send out emails cannot pre-check[^] a "sure, send me your newsletters" checkbox. ie standard practice everywhere on the web except Canada. It's also retroactive, meaning that those that signed up pre 1 July, 2014 can no longer be considered to have provided consent. Over the weekend I'm going to add a button with an unchecked checkbox for our Canadian readers to check in order to explicitly say "sure, send me the newsletters". Until then you should be able to go to your profile, uncheck a newsletter, hit save, then recheck it and save and you've provided "explicit consent" and we can send emails again. The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness. (sorry if I seem jaded and exhausted by all of this but it's been a bit of a busy week trying to deal with the Canadian government)
cheers Chris Maunder
With that, and several other recent news stories from there, I say Canada is going due South at around the speed of sound.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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You can thank the Canadian government[^]. All Canadian subscribers who have not explicitly opted in for newsletters are no longer able to get newsletters anymore. By explicitly the government means "The recipient gave a positive or explicit indication of consent to receive commercial electronic messages". In particular companies based in Canada that send out emails cannot pre-check[^] a "sure, send me your newsletters" checkbox. ie standard practice everywhere on the web except Canada. It's also retroactive, meaning that those that signed up pre 1 July, 2014 can no longer be considered to have provided consent. Over the weekend I'm going to add a button with an unchecked checkbox for our Canadian readers to check in order to explicitly say "sure, send me the newsletters". Until then you should be able to go to your profile, uncheck a newsletter, hit save, then recheck it and save and you've provided "explicit consent" and we can send emails again. The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness. (sorry if I seem jaded and exhausted by all of this but it's been a bit of a busy week trying to deal with the Canadian government)
cheers Chris Maunder
Hi Chris, I don't recall getting any warning from CodeProject about a need to resubscribe. Also how do I get those Daily (not Weekly) articles that I missed? I sympathize with the mess this has created for yourself and others at CodeProject. Thanks, John
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With that, and several other recent news stories from there, I say Canada is going due South at around the speed of sound.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
Having lived here for over 15 years now I have my own comments on the state of Canada, but I'm curious as to which bits you feel are a bit of a worry.
cheers Chris Maunder
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With that, and several other recent news stories from there, I say Canada is going due South at around the speed of sound.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism. Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I still say we should get North Dakota to invade and liberate Canada! :laugh: :laugh:
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
Yep. About half of the Souix should be more than enough...
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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You can thank the Canadian government[^]. All Canadian subscribers who have not explicitly opted in for newsletters are no longer able to get newsletters anymore. By explicitly the government means "The recipient gave a positive or explicit indication of consent to receive commercial electronic messages". In particular companies based in Canada that send out emails cannot pre-check[^] a "sure, send me your newsletters" checkbox. ie standard practice everywhere on the web except Canada. It's also retroactive, meaning that those that signed up pre 1 July, 2014 can no longer be considered to have provided consent. Over the weekend I'm going to add a button with an unchecked checkbox for our Canadian readers to check in order to explicitly say "sure, send me the newsletters". Until then you should be able to go to your profile, uncheck a newsletter, hit save, then recheck it and save and you've provided "explicit consent" and we can send emails again. The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness. (sorry if I seem jaded and exhausted by all of this but it's been a bit of a busy week trying to deal with the Canadian government)
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
... for our Canadian readers ...
I'm guessing it was easier to make everyone tick the box? If not, there's something wrong with your "Canadian reader" detection script. :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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You can thank the Canadian government[^]. All Canadian subscribers who have not explicitly opted in for newsletters are no longer able to get newsletters anymore. By explicitly the government means "The recipient gave a positive or explicit indication of consent to receive commercial electronic messages". In particular companies based in Canada that send out emails cannot pre-check[^] a "sure, send me your newsletters" checkbox. ie standard practice everywhere on the web except Canada. It's also retroactive, meaning that those that signed up pre 1 July, 2014 can no longer be considered to have provided consent. Over the weekend I'm going to add a button with an unchecked checkbox for our Canadian readers to check in order to explicitly say "sure, send me the newsletters". Until then you should be able to go to your profile, uncheck a newsletter, hit save, then recheck it and save and you've provided "explicit consent" and we can send emails again. The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness. (sorry if I seem jaded and exhausted by all of this but it's been a bit of a busy week trying to deal with the Canadian government)
cheers Chris Maunder
The law is suspended for now.
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The sections that deal with the private right of action, meant to come into force in July 2017, have been suspended
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You can thank the Canadian government[^]. All Canadian subscribers who have not explicitly opted in for newsletters are no longer able to get newsletters anymore. By explicitly the government means "The recipient gave a positive or explicit indication of consent to receive commercial electronic messages". In particular companies based in Canada that send out emails cannot pre-check[^] a "sure, send me your newsletters" checkbox. ie standard practice everywhere on the web except Canada. It's also retroactive, meaning that those that signed up pre 1 July, 2014 can no longer be considered to have provided consent. Over the weekend I'm going to add a button with an unchecked checkbox for our Canadian readers to check in order to explicitly say "sure, send me the newsletters". Until then you should be able to go to your profile, uncheck a newsletter, hit save, then recheck it and save and you've provided "explicit consent" and we can send emails again. The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness. (sorry if I seem jaded and exhausted by all of this but it's been a bit of a busy week trying to deal with the Canadian government)
cheers Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote:
The purpose of all of this? To make a point that the government of Canada is cracking down hard on spammers. Except it hasn't actually made a dent in the amount of spam we get in Canada. It's our version of the "this site uses cookies" warning silliness.
And except that it's probably going to catch a lot more businesses by surprise and generate fine revenue for your govt. The cookie warning stupidity was major tech news, and was sufficiently obnoxious that anyone using the web would've seen it and be able to go "why?!?!" and find out about the stupid new law. OTOH the newsletter checkbox change isn't going to be in anyone's face; meaning lots of people won't know about it until the enforcement process begins. :doh:
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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The law is suspended for now.
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The sections that deal with the private right of action, meant to come into force in July 2017, have been suspended
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Oh I love it.
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The Government of Canada is suspending the implementation of certain provisions
So I get to spend my day working out which provisions and then rolling back the bits of the code that dealt with this so the rest of my adopted home's recipients can actually get the newsletters they asked for. :doh: [Edit: A quick skim seems to show suspension is against the part that would allow people to sue on the basis of a claim to be "affected" by any act or omission that violated CASL. This was essentially an opening for litigation trolls to go to town on anyone and everyone who sends emails. Even so, "there is no indication that the CRTC will lighten up its enforcement against those who try to comply with the spirit of the legislation, but can’t get the technical details right.". Awesome. So: do your very, very best to implement a loosely drafted law aimed at making the government look good instead of actually making a difference. No matter how hard you try, if you slip up we'll still get you.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
... for our Canadian readers ...
I'm guessing it was easier to make everyone tick the box? If not, there's something wrong with your "Canadian reader" detection script. :rolleyes:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Richard Deeming wrote:
there's something wrong with your "Canadian reader" detection script
You're being affected?
cheers Chris Maunder
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Richard Deeming wrote:
there's something wrong with your "Canadian reader" detection script
You're being affected?
cheers Chris Maunder
I was asked to tick the box, and I've never even visited that continent! :laugh:
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Oh I love it.
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The Government of Canada is suspending the implementation of certain provisions
So I get to spend my day working out which provisions and then rolling back the bits of the code that dealt with this so the rest of my adopted home's recipients can actually get the newsletters they asked for. :doh: [Edit: A quick skim seems to show suspension is against the part that would allow people to sue on the basis of a claim to be "affected" by any act or omission that violated CASL. This was essentially an opening for litigation trolls to go to town on anyone and everyone who sends emails. Even so, "there is no indication that the CRTC will lighten up its enforcement against those who try to comply with the spirit of the legislation, but can’t get the technical details right.". Awesome. So: do your very, very best to implement a loosely drafted law aimed at making the government look good instead of actually making a difference. No matter how hard you try, if you slip up we'll still get you.
cheers Chris Maunder
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No matter how hard you try, if you slip up we'll still get you.
:laugh:
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Richard Deeming wrote:
there's something wrong with your "Canadian reader" detection script
You're being affected?
cheers Chris Maunder
