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The flight to Dalaman in Turkey was redirected back to Stansted Airport on 22 June.
It would have been more entertaining if they had diverted to Stansaid Airport instead.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Android is not vulnerable
On Android the tracking is done by Google, no need for bluetooth.
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I don't think this was posted anywhere: https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-fires-up-starhopper-raptor-third-time-ever/
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How can this not be a bait and switch scam?
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Oh man, now the car's all muddy again...
EDIT: Here's the original tweet with a video:
Also, the interesting bit is that this has apparently happened before, though a couple of years ago.
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I think we should try to introduce "photoboober" as word of the year:
Also, this "outrage" is why we can't have nice things
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
has a half-life of only 461 milliseconds. Dump a bunch of that in water
Good luck with that.
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That would only occur if he was selling ginger beer.
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@JBert quoted in In other news today...:
A driver accidentally slammed on the gas
And proceeded to do so for the next 2 seconds over a distance of ~10m.
This person shouldn't drive.
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
This personMost people shouldn't drive.We have a whole thread about that.
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So pollution (probably primarily agricultural) is applying a massive stressor, and temperature-induced bleaching is appling the coup de grâce? I could well believe that; it sounds extremely plausible given what we know of how the world works. It's analogous to how a forest fire might have a careless match as the immediate cause, but the real cause is the decades of mismanagement that resulted in the buildup of large amounts of (non-native) flammable materials.
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
This person shouldn't drive.
I think their discussions with their insurance company may result in that conclusion being reached.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
@Zecc said in In other news today...:
This personMost people shouldn't drive.We have a whole thread about that.
Indeed we do. I mean, there could have been a kid in that car, and the alarm didn't go off when it plunged into the river
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
We've had paper traffic cop ‘statues’ around the streets since a couple of years already. Made and placed by official authorities. I think it's on decline already as the shock effect has worn off a bit.
They are just paper cutouts, so a bit lower quality than this though.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
Textbook companies are one of the biggest scams out there, along with the rest of academic publishing.
But textbook companies only rip off the readers (students), academic publishing in journals rips off the readers, authors, and reviewers.
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Christian missionaries Fanny Alida Beerepoot and her brother Rembertus Cornelis Beerepoot faced the Supreme Court of Tasmania on Wednesday [...]
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"If you can't find me a passage in scripture or gospel that says 'thou shall not pay tax' then can you see I have difficulty finding a starting point?" Associate Justice Holt asked.
How is that relevant? I mean, even if that sentence was literally in the bible like that.
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@topspin Well he didn't say "if that sentence was in the Bible then I'd have ruled in your favour."
I think he meant something along the lines that it's not even necessary to discuss whether Christian law forbidding something means the Commonwealth of Australia must either not do it or allow citizens to refuse it, because Christian law doesn't forbid this.
In actual fact the Bible not only doesn't forbid paying tax; it specifically says - directly from the mouth of Jesus, no less - that it is allowable to pay taxes.
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"Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."
Check mate atheists!
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@CarrieVS said in In other news today...:
@topspin Well he didn't say "if that sentence was in the Bible then I'd have ruled in your favour."
I think he meant something along the lines that it's not even necessary to discuss whether Christian law forbidding something means the Commonwealth of Australia must either not do it or allow citizens to refuse it, because Christian law doesn't forbid this.
In actual fact the Bible not only doesn't forbid paying tax; it specifically says - directly from the mouth of Jesus, no less - that it is allowable to pay taxes.
Here in the US, that question from the judge would have been a facial error that could end up with the conviction being overturned on 1A grounds. Specifically, you don't have to show evidence that "Christian Law" forbids something to claim religious accommodations. Instead the question hinges on whether you, personally, sincerely believe that your religion, as understood by you, forbids something. On the flip side, without that question being asked, tax law passes on the "Neutral Law of General Applicability" standard. A few religious groups have partial exemptions from certain parts (Social Security taxes and the Amish, for example), but they're limited.
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@MrL I ate that dressing already. Checkmate Caesar.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@MrL I ate that dressing already. Checkmate Caesar.
There's a verb in polish, which means 'to give back', but also 'to vomit'. Can't make that joke in english :(
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
not on taxation grounds, but on grounds that it's insurance, which is a no-no for some Amish groups
The link on Wikipedia to "Top Ten FAQ (about the Amish)" which should explain this is broken.
Can you give a short explanation what's evil about insurance? I assume their religious reasons are older than any contemporary "The Commies" or "The Jews" nonsense.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
not on taxation grounds, but on grounds that it's insurance, which is a no-no for some Amish groups
The link on Wikipedia to "Top Ten FAQ (about the Amish)" which should explain this is broken.
Can you give a short explanation what's evil about insurance? I assume their religious reasons are older than any contemporary "The Commies" or "The Jews" nonsense.
No clue as to the details. That was just a resource I found said. Yeah, it's older. Like 1800's old. Possibly related to gambling concerns? Because really, insurance and gambling look alike, if you squint a bit
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
insurance and gambling look alike, if you squint a bit
I cannot help but quote the following:
Flames were racing along the rooftops on either side of the street. All around him people were hurling possessions from windows and dragging horses from smoking stables. Another explosion in the white-hot volcano that was the Drum sent a whole marble mantelpiece scything overhead.
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“It’ll be a blow for old Broadman,” Twoflower continued. “Still, he was wise. I’ve still got the rhinu he paid as his first premium.”
Rincewind didn’t know the meaning of the word premium, but his mind was working fast.
“You inn-sewered the Drum?” he said. “You bet Broadman it wouldn’t catch fire?”
“Oh yes. Standard valuation. Two hundred rhinu. Why do you ask?”
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@aitap said in In other news today...:
@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
insurance and gambling look alike, if you squint a bit
I cannot help but quote the following:
Flames were racing along the rooftops on either side of the street. All around him people were hurling possessions from windows and dragging horses from smoking stables. Another explosion in the white-hot volcano that was the Drum sent a whole marble mantelpiece scything overhead.
<...>
“It’ll be a blow for old Broadman,” Twoflower continued. “Still, he was wise. I’ve still got the rhinu he paid as his first premium.”
Rincewind didn’t know the meaning of the word premium, but his mind was working fast.
“You inn-sewered the Drum?” he said. “You bet Broadman it wouldn’t catch fire?”
“Oh yes. Standard valuation. Two hundred rhinu. Why do you ask?”And so, within a day after discovering insurance, Ankh-Morpork discovered insurance fraud.,
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@Benjamin-Hall
Firstly, let me say I'm not familiar with the law/constitution in Australia as it relates to such things (or indeed almost any part of it) and I'm not saying that that is or isn't a correct interpretation, just what it appears to me that the judge meant.Secondly, does it make any difference that they appear to be claiming, not that they should be exempt from the law because of their religion, but that Australia's law and constitution is founded on Christian law and as such shouldn't require them to pay this tax?
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@CarrieVS said in In other news today...:
@Benjamin-Hall
Firstly, let me say I'm not familiar with the law/constitution in Australia as it relates to such things (or indeed almost any part of it) and I'm not saying that that is or isn't a correct interpretation, just what it appears to me that the judge meant.Secondly, does it make any difference that they appear to be claiming, not that they should be exempt from the law because of their religion, but that Australia's law and constitution is founded on Christian law and as such shouldn't require them to pay this tax?
I'm not taking a stance on either side. Just saying that that argument in any form would be a patent non-starter in the US. And that the judge's question for any reason would be a big no-no in the US.
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OFFS!
Basically an entire nation hacked.
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Monday:
Yesterday:
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
Because really, insurance and gambling look alike, if you squint a bit
Anything looks alike, if you squint that hard.
Thanks anyway.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
The judge's question for any reason would be a big no-no in the US.
That seems exceedingly illogical in this very specific circumstances. But in the US what they appear to have been trying to argue would be a non-starter for an entirely different reason so the situation where what you're saying would result in complete absurdity would be unreachable. So I guess it doesn't matter.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@Zecc said in In other news today...:
This person shouldn't drive.
I think their discussions with their insurance company may result in that conclusion being reached.
Well, the insurance company will reach that conclusion. (And drop them.) That doesn't imply anything about the driver's continued behavior...
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
I think it's on decline already as the shock effect has worn off a bit.
They need to randomly move them around...
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Also, have actual officers occasionally be in those places.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@Benjamin-Hall said in In other news today...:
Because really, insurance and gambling look alike, if you squint a bit
Anything looks alike, if you squint that hard.
Thanks anyway.Not that hard. Buying insurance is betting that some event will happen. The seller is the house who (supposedly) has an understanding of the underlying probability involved and makes sure the bets from everyone they sell to are enough to cover the likely cost of the expected events.
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@boomzilla You gamble because you want to win. You're not insuring your car because you want to be in a car crash. Unless you're going for fraud, as mentioned above, which is of course a crime.
If everything involving statistics looks alike, vaccines are gambling too.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla You gamble because you want to win. You're not insuring your car because you want to be in a car crash. Unless you're going for fraud, as mentioned above, which is of course a crime.
Look, I didn't say that the two were identical, just that you don't have to squint very hard to see some strong similarities. You're pointing out different motivations, but the actions still have a lot in common.
If everything involving statistics looks alike, vaccines are gambling too.
Now this is some hard squinting. Much harder than for insurance.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Now this is some hard squinting. Much harder than for insurance.
You're betting that the very minor problems caused by vaccines are made up for by reduced risk of severe illnesses.
For me both are squiting pretty hard. YMMV.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Now this is some hard squinting. Much harder than for insurance.
You're betting that the very minor problems caused by vaccines are made up for by reduced risk of severe illnesses.
For me both are squiting pretty hard. YMMV.
Many many many miles of variance there, yes.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@MrL I ate that dressing already. Checkmate Caesar.
My tummy doesn't agree with that dressing.
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#TimelySecurity
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@izzion If only there were some word associated with procrastination that would be fitting in this situation.
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@hungrier welcome to 2019, we use emoji instead of words
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After 10 months of winter, the snow is gone and summer's finally here!
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"It's unlikely that many people toss an edible or a roach on the side of the trail. It also makes sense from the level of toxicity we see," Dolginow said.
Yeah, no, nobody would ever toss a roach on the trail. It must be that they're smoking so much that it gets into their digestive system and there's enough THC in the shit that a dog can eat it and get high.
Filed under: How can you even tell if a dog is high?, r/highdogs