In other news today...
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Lark said she thinks a car in front of her might have hit the turtle first, sending it flying into their vehicle.
The driver in front:
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Scammers gotta scam.
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Meanwhile, in Australia...
The pair from Sydney, Australia, made their apologies and left the startled victim's bedside as soon as they realised their mistake.
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@dcon Even rapider and more unscheduled than I expected
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From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
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@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
it doesn't infect humans
2020: Hold my beer.
Holy cow, my mother just mentioned that their hospital had a case of "Hasenpest" this week (literally "rabbit pest", correctly "rabbit fever" or Tularemia). Okay, that isn't really related, but it sounds so superficially, so that was kind of eerie.
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@PleegWat That had some really cool angles from different cameras.
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Have we seen this totally organic news item here yet?
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This is why I occasionally read YT comments:
This is a reference to this, apparently:
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
Looks like @Polygeekery was there, and we all know his fondness of Musk.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
it doesn't infect humans
2020: Hold my beer.
Holy cow, my mother just mentioned that their hospital had a case of "Hasenpest" this week (literally "rabbit pest", correctly "rabbit fever" or Tularemia). Okay, that isn't really related, but it sounds so superficially, so that was kind of eerie.
Isn't it more like rabbit plague?
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
it doesn't infect humans
2020: Hold my beer.
Holy cow, my mother just mentioned that their hospital had a case of "Hasenpest" this week (literally "rabbit pest", correctly "rabbit fever" or Tularemia). Okay, that isn't really related, but it sounds so superficially, so that was kind of eerie.
Isn't it more like rabbit plague?
Yup, false friends. You’re right.
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
it doesn't infect humans
2020: Hold my beer.
Holy cow, my mother just mentioned that their hospital had a case of "Hasenpest" this week (literally "rabbit pest", correctly "rabbit fever" or Tularemia). Okay, that isn't really related, but it sounds so superficially, so that was kind of eerie.
Isn't it more like rabbit plague?
Bunny pox!
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@Mason_Wheeler said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
it doesn't infect humans
2020: Hold my beer.
Holy cow, my mother just mentioned that their hospital had a case of "Hasenpest" this week (literally "rabbit pest", correctly "rabbit fever" or Tularemia). Okay, that isn't really related, but it sounds so superficially, so that was kind of eerie.
Isn't it more like rabbit plague?
Bunny pox!That might be even better translation, because Hase(n) = Hare (obviously, the word is almost the same) but most germans (to my surprise) do not differentiate between those two animals.
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
@Mason_Wheeler said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
From the "how are we supposed to have any fun" files:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
it doesn't infect humans
2020: Hold my beer.
Holy cow, my mother just mentioned that their hospital had a case of "Hasenpest" this week (literally "rabbit pest", correctly "rabbit fever" or Tularemia). Okay, that isn't really related, but it sounds so superficially, so that was kind of eerie.
Isn't it more like rabbit plague?
Bunny pox!That might be even better translation, because Hase(n) = Hare (obviously, the word is almost the same) but most germans (to my surprise) do not differentiate between those two animals.
Meanwhile, around here we've got both rabbits and jackrabbits. Jackrabbits are in fact hares, not rabbits.
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
That might be even better translation, because Hase(n) = Hare (obviously, the word is almost the same) but most germans (to my surprise) do not differentiate between those two animals.
I think they do, but the translations are getting mixed up. For two reasons:
- In central Europe wild ones are always hares, wild rabbits are not heard of, so if the translator does not know they are a thing in other places, they may simply translate rabbit as hare, because it does not make sense otherwise.
- Some species may be called something rabbit in English, but the equivalent of hare in other languages, with the later being closer to the actual taxonomy (English names of species is a mess and often don't match the actual genera – as is the case with the jackrabbit).
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
- Some species may be called something rabbit in English, but the equivalent of hare in other languages, with the later being closer to the actual taxonomy (English names of species is a mess and often don't match the actual genera – as is the case with the jackrabbit).
Such as the strawberry, which isn't a berry, but a banana is. Or the watermelon, which isn't a melon, but a cucumber is.
(A jackrabbit isn't a rabbit, but to complete the analogy we need the name of something that's not thought of as a rabbit but is one.)
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
That might be even better translation, because Hase(n) = Hare (obviously, the word is almost the same) but most germans (to my surprise) do not differentiate between those two animals.
I think they do, but the translations are getting mixed up. For two reasons:
- In central Europe wild ones are always hares, wild rabbits are not heard of, so if the translator does not know they are a thing in other places, they may simply translate rabbit as hare, because it does not make sense otherwise.
Actually, no, that is not the case: "Hase" is routinely used for the domestic animal kept for meat/fur or as a pet! Just google for Hasenstall or Hasenkäfig.
That's the surprising part, because while rabbits can be wild, hares cannot be domesticated (well, for sensible interpretation of domesticated, anyway). So calling wild bunny "rabbit" might make sense, but calling pet rabbit "hare" is so weird.
But maybe I'm just too... IT-minded...
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in In other news today...:
But maybe I'm just too... IT-minded...
You're in the right place on the internet if that's so…
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@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
@Bulb said in In other news today...:
- Some species may be called something rabbit in English, but the equivalent of hare in other languages, with the later being closer to the actual taxonomy (English names of species is a mess and often don't match the actual genera – as is the case with the jackrabbit).
Such as the strawberry, which isn't a berry, but a banana is. Or the watermelon, which isn't a melon, but a cucumber is.
(A jackrabbit isn't a rabbit, but to complete the analogy we need the name of something that's not thought of as a rabbit but is one.)
Quoth Wikipedia:
Five leporid species with "hare" in their common names are not considered true hares: the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), and four species known as red rock hares (comprising Pronolagus). Conversely, jackrabbits are hares, rather than rabbits.
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So long as it's actually edible this time and not a lookalike poison...
Edit: wait, it's just CO2? Dafuq?
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Microsoft is still it's old self
https://medium.com/@keivan/the-day-appget-died-e9a5c96c8b22
It got caught with pants down, but won't apologyse
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@TimeBandit
Earlier this week on WTDWTF:haven't seen much of [Embrace, extend, and extinguish] from Microsoft since the 2010s.
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Reader warning: This is a biased news source, read at your own discretion.
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OMG! That means Pence is President!
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In case you were getting bored...
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@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
Reader warning: This is a biased news source, read at your own discretion.
Interesting. They’re quite obviously “breaking” copyright en masse, but I have no idea if they do so legally under some exception. If they aren’t, they should get one.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So long as it's actually edible this time and not a lookalike poison...
Edit: wait, it's just CO2? Dafuq?
There was a fad a couple of decades ago in Sweden where some restaurants made ice cream at the tables using liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze it.
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So long as it's actually edible this time and not a lookalike poison...
Edit: wait, it's just CO2? Dafuq?
There was a fad a couple of decades ago in Sweden where some restaurants made ice cream at the tables using liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze it.
There's an ice cream parlor near where I live that specializes in that trick.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So long as it's actually edible this time and not a lookalike poison...
Edit: wait, it's just CO2? Dafuq?
There was a fad a couple of decades ago in Sweden where some restaurants made ice cream at the tables using liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze it.
There's an ice cream parlor near where I live that specializes in that trick.
I did it at home once. My husband’s freak out was impressive and amusing.
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@M_Adams We used to do it as students a few times. I wish I could get some LN2 somewhere reasonably easily these days.
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@Carnage said in In other news today...:
There was a fad a couple of decades ago in Sweden where some restaurants made ice cream at the tables using liquid nitrogen to instantly freeze it.
At one of our dog shows, the local college physics dept came out to help (setting bars, building courses, etc). In the middle of the day, we paused and they put on their show. Ended with ice cream. Since that was a hot day, it really hit the spot!
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Intel CEO thinks benchmarks are unnecessary.
Nope, totally got nothing to do with AMD kicking their ass in every market segment nowadays...
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@da-Doctah said in In other news today...:
And if the President dies and then the VP also dies before the lights are turned back on, it throws an exception.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So long as it's actually edible this time and not a lookalike poison...
Edit: wait, it's just CO2? Dafuq?
AIUI it's some special device with nozzles
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@Dragoon That illustration deserves its own post
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@Tsaukpaetra said in In other news today...:
@Dragoon said in In other news today...:
So long as it's actually edible this time and not a lookalike poison...
Edit: wait, it's just CO2? Dafuq?
AIUI it's some special device with nozzles
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There's also the Belgian hare, a breed of domestic rabbit bred to resemble a hare.
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@CarrieVS said in In other news today...:
There's also the Belgian hare, a breed of domestic rabbit bred to resemble a hare.
I read that as
There's also the Belgian
harehereYes, we have one of those.