Tyler Cowen links today to “fifty-two matters I found out in 2018” from Tom Whitwell—which looks like it’s coming a little early inside the year, but something—so I took a look at it. Some of them I knew, some I didn’t. Here’s one from Marcel Freinbichler written after new European privacy guidelines came into effect:

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Because of #GDPR, USA Today determined to run a separate internet site model for EU users, with all of the tracking scripts and commercials eliminated. The website seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the net, maybe without all of the junk!?
five.2MB → 500KB

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They went from a load time of extra than forty-five seconds to 3 seconds, from 124 (!) JavaScript documents to zero, and from a total of more than 500 requests to 34.

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And here’s one from Brian Krebs about those occasional books you notice on Amazon that are astronomically priced. I usually figured they had been artifacts of some set of rules screwup; however, apparently, it’s more sinister than that, as a creator named Patrick Reames observed out when he found a faux ebook posted underneath his name:

“Based on what I ought to see from the ‘sneak peek’ characteristic, the e-book changed into nothing more than a computer-generated ‘story’ without a structure, chapters or paragraphs — handiest strains of textual content with a carriage return after each sentence,” Reames stated in an interview with KrebsOnSecurity.

The impersonator priced the book at $555, and it was posted to more than one Amazon website in distinct nations….Reames said he suspects a person has been shopping for the e-book the uses stolen credit and/or debit cards and pocketing the 60 percent that Amazon gives to authors. At $555 a pop, it might handiest take approximately 70 sales over 3 months to rack up the [$24,000] that Amazon stated he made.

“This e-book could be very not going to ever sell on its very own, much less sell enough copies in 12 weeks to generate that stage of revenue,” Reames said. “As such, I count on it became used for cash laundering, in addition to tax fraud/evasion through the usage of my Social Security number. Amazon refuses to issue a corrected 1099 or provide me with any records I can use to decide in which or how they were remitting the royalties.”

Internet scams are so ingenious.

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Article 1 (thirteen) of Law No. Thirteen of 2003 on Manpower (“Manpower Law”) defines Foreign Workers (“Expatriates”) as visa holders of overseas citizenship who come to Indonesia if you want to work within Indonesia’s territory. Expatriates are foreign workers who stay outdoor their native country and settle abroad, e.G. In Indonesia. Employers looking to lease Expatriates to work with them in Indonesia should make sure that the Expatriates have received a complete set of Expatriate Work Permits as stipulated using the Ministry of Manpower in Indonesia.

In this article, we can complicate on 4 (4) vital matters that all Employers hiring and/or within the system of hiring Expatriates should understand and apprehend:

1. Who may be a Sponsor for a Work Visa?

Only the following entities are allowed to be a sponsor for the Expatriates in Indonesia:

• Government Institutions, International Bodies, Foreign State’s Representatives;
• Representative Offices of overseas chambers, overseas groups, or foreign information;
• Foreign Direct Investment Companies (Penanaman Modal Asing or PMA);
• Legal entities that are installed based totally on Indonesia’s laws or foreign commercial enterprise entities which might be registered in the legal group in Indonesia (i.e., Foreign Representative Office);
• Social, spiritual, instructional, and cultural institutions; and
• Entertainment organizer (impresario) commercial enterprise offerings.

Entities inside the shape of civil association, company, limited partnership, business partnerships, and individual men and women are prohibited from employing and/or act because the sponsor for Expatriates until stipulated in any other case by way of the Laws and Regulations.

DKP-TKA Payment Obligation for Employers / Sponsors

Employers or sponsors are required to pay Expertise and Skill Development Fund (“DKP-TKA”) in the amount of USD a hundred/month (USD 1200/12 months) for each Expatriate employed to work in Indonesia. DKP-TKA is paid incomplete at the start of the Working Permit utility system in Indonesia Rupiah (IDR) for the employment duration that has been permitted with the aid of the Minister of Manpower.

The following employers or sponsors are not required to pay DKP-TKA:

• Government Agencies/Institutions;
• International Agencies (e.G. WHO, ILO, UNICEF, etc.);
• Representatives of Foreign Countries;
• Social Institutions; and
• Religious Institutions.

2. Prohibited Positions for Expatriates

The following are the motives why Expatriates work in Indonesia:

• As the Owner of the sponsoring employer (Investor/Shareholders) and/or to behave as a member of the Board of Executives inside the agency (i.e., President Director/ Director);
• As Experts on sure abilities, for the switch of information to Indonesians.

Please be knowledgeable that Indonesia Law regulates the Expatriates are not allowed to maintain certain positions in Indonesia. These prohibited positions are mainly within Human Resources Development (HRD), the Personnel Director, Human Resources Manager, and HRD-associated Supervisors. The full list of prohibited positions for expatriates is stipulated within the Minister of Manpower Decree No. 40 of 2012 (“Manpower Decree No. 40/2012”).

Other than the prohibited positions listed on Manpower Decree No. Forty/2012, there are different positions prohibited for Expatriates whose paintings ensure fields, including within the Oil and Gas Industry.

Prohibition for Expatriates to hold Multiple Positions

According to article forty, one of Minister of Manpower Decree No. 16 of 2015 (“Manpower Decree No. 16/2015”), Employers are not allowed to double submit Expatriates in a couple of positions, which include:

• Employ Expatriates for twin positions, whether or not each position are in the equal employer or different organizations;
• Employ Expatriates who’re presently employed using other Employers.

Exempted from the double-posting prohibition are Expatriates who paintings as participants of the Board of Directors or Commissioners.

3. The Procedures to Obtain the Work Permits

Every agency that employs Expatriates is under a duty to achieve written permission from the Ministry of Manpower (“Work Permits”). The following are the Procedures to attain the Work Permits in Indonesia:

Permits to be held by the Sponsor Company:

• Foreign Workers Recruitment Plan (Rencana Penggunaan Tenaga Kerja Asing or “RPTKA”);
• Telex Vitas;
• Foreign Worker Recruitment Permit (Izin Memperkerjakan Tenaga Kerja Asing or “IMTA”);