In other news today...
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@DogsB said in In other news today...:
And people wonder why I've doubled down on tap water.
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The constant low level of cocaine entering the River Thames is enough to give Londonâs aquatic fauna a proper case of the jitters, according to research from Kings College London and collaborators in Naples.
Interesting, so what was the actual data in the two (actually non-collaborative and separate) studies?
Water level QOD 0.6 ng/L
The skeletal muscle of silver eels exposed to 20âŻngâŻL
And journalists wonder why people consider them one rung above parking wardens...
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@DogsB
You might say that the newspapers think they have the buggy whip hand
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
A full 3-5cm of it.
As a Canadian, here is my reaction
[RollEyes1.gif]As an Arizonan I scoff as well.
Yes, 3-5cm is hardly arousing.
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@topspin In Montreal last weekend, everything was normal
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@Zecc said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
A full 3-5cm of it.
As a Canadian, here is my reaction
[RollEyes1.gif]As an Arizonan I scoff as well.
Yes, 3-5cm is hardly arousing.
Never forget.
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Netflix increases the lead on the streaming market and is now the top streaming service in all countries but Finland
When asked whether the Netflix users would stop watching content on Netflix if the company were to add commercials into its streaming service, more than half â and in some countries up to two thirds â confirm that they would do this.
I would do the same
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@TimeBandit truly, ads don't pay?
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Update!
@PJH said in In other news today...:
The cops compelled DNA samples only after the facility discovered it could not legally force its employees to undergo DNA testing or voluntarily conduct the testing itself under federal law.
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From the stating-the-obvious department
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However, 15% of all Windows 7 users and 9% of all Windows 10 users worldwide are running older and no longer supported versions of their product, for example, the Windows 7 Release to Manufacturing version from 2009 or the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update from early 2017. Running out-of-date operating systems puts them at risk from vulnerabilities and other significant security issues.
Windows 10 forced updates doesn't seem to work reliably
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Windows 10 forced updates doesn't seem to work reliably
Presumably these are the people who disabled Windows Update rather than just leaving it to its own devices.
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
Presumably these are the people who disabled Windows Update
People using @pie_flavor's
GUIregistry edit
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
Presumably these are the people who disabled Windows Update
People using @pie_flavor's
GUIregistry editThat would be the spyware that installed the registry hack so it could keep spying!
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
That would be the spyware that installed the registry hack so it could keep spying!
Windows 10 can update itself and the spying part still work
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@boomzilla That's one hell of a annoying pop up
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@TimeBandit quoted in In other news today...:
Running out-of-date operating systems puts them at risk from vulnerabilities and other significant security issues.
That may be so, but it gets kind of annoying when you need to install an update every 3 picoseconds, and all of them are buggy to the point of
deleting your fileskeeping some of your files where you left them. The âjust keep things up-to-dateâ mantraâ isnât cutting it.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
That may be so, but it gets kind of annoying when you need to install an update every 3 picoseconds, and all of them are buggy to the point of deleting your fileskeeping some of your files where you left them. The âjust keep things up-to-dateâ mantraâ isnât cutting it.
I don't have any of theses issues and I'm up-to-date.
Oh, wait... I don't run Windows 10
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Yet another reason to be happy that I have never downloaded any PHP package manager.
Filed under: Simply avoiding PHP is sufficient reason for happiness.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Even if installing the sign wasn't an error, fining someone for doing something that wasn't illegal when she did it, and the future illegality of which could not reasonably be anticipated, is the definition of ex post facto.
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Air taxi is finally real.
At least, if you're not going anywhere
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Even if installing the sign wasn't an error, fining someone for doing something that wasn't illegal when she did it, and the future illegality of which could not reasonably be anticipated, is the definition of ex post facto.
I would hope that the usual procedure is to place a temporary no parking sign with from / to dates a couple of days in advance...
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
Even if installing the sign wasn't an error, fining someone for doing something that wasn't illegal when she did it, and the future illegality of which could not reasonably be anticipated, is the definition of ex post facto.
I recall a case like that being in the paper here last year or so. The fine got thrown out.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Even if installing the sign wasn't an error, fining someone for doing something that wasn't illegal when she did it, and the future illegality of which could not reasonably be anticipated, is the definition of ex post facto.
The way it's handled over here is that such signs only become "really" valid until a few days have passed. Judges have ruled in similar cases that you're required to check up on your car every few days if you're parking in a public space.
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@Rhywden
In NYC, hours identify as days
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
In NYC, hours identify as days
So minute steaks are important there as part of the slow food movement?
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
New York Minute
Isn't that defined as the time between the light going green and the cab behind you honking?
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https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/She-scammed-dozens-into-giving-up-their-savings-13548083.php
For four years, Williams claimed she had purchased Austrian software that would allow doctors to remotely examine and talk with patients and needed cash to pay taxes and fees on the product.
And she got over $5M!
According to court documents and the evidence at trial, Keisha L. Williams, 43, solicited over $5.4 million from more than 50 victims by telling them that she had paid a lot of money for a certain healthcare-related software overseas in Austria; that the software was being held in âescrowâ because she still owed taxes, attorneyâs fees, and other debt associated with the purchase; and that if they would just give her a short-term loan to get this software out of escrow and bring it to the United States, the software would be a huge success and everyone would be quickly repaid, with interest.
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Tim Cook: Our sales have been dropping recently, how can we make our phones hot again?
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@HardwareGeek heyheyhey. Fat shaming thread is
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@PleegWat said in In other news today...:
@Zecc said in In other news today...:
New York Minute
Isn't that defined as the time between the light going green and the cab behind you honking?
You must be thinking of the New York second; it's the shortest measurable amount of time.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Even if installing the sign wasn't an error, fining someone for doing something that wasn't illegal when she did it, and the future illegality of which could not reasonably be anticipated, is the definition of ex post facto.
She's not being fined for parking it there. She's being fined because her car was parked there.
That said, "there was no sign saying that it would ever be illegal for my car to be parked there when I did it" should be a pretty good defense, just like "my car was stolen and someone else parked it there" would be.
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@TimeBandit Meanwhile in Firefox-land:
Did they finally realize how creepy it was that screenshots got uploaded to the Internet when you didn't want it to?
Ummm, no.
According to notes from a Mozilla meeting that took place this week, the backend servers of the Screenshot utility are being shut down.
The servers being shut down is a matter related to Mozilla dropping the Test Pilot program, where the Screenshot tool was also initially developed since in 2016, before being rolled out to all users between Firefox 56 (September 2017) and Firefox 59 (March 2018).
With the Test Pilot being wound down, the server shutdown is scheduled for the second half of 2019, however, the Screenshot utility will remain in Firefox and continue to work, albeit without the server upload capability.
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Put more money on it and it will speed things up
It's totally possible to put humans on Mars by 2020.
But if you want them to be alive when they get there, that's another story
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In other news two weeks ago...
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Such an easy mistake to make. I confuse pigeons for bombs all the time. I still have PTSD from that time I visited the reflecting pool at the National Mall.
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
Well, I guess things went pear-shaped for them, didn't they?
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Put more money on it and it will speed things up
Well, that fits right in with BossResourceHandling 101. Project's behind? Throw more people at it!