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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
@dragoon said in In other news today...:
From the article:
And the field test used on the tea leaves turned out to have a 70 percent false positive rate.
Rolling a dice would probably be more accurate than this test.
They're probably more concerned about its false negative rate.
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Subtitle: Timothy McTighe caught performing sex act on himself in his car while his wife shopped at Asda in Brighton Marina
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During filming, British actor Jason Isaacs, who portrays the ship Discovery's captain Gabriel Lorca, ad-libbed the line "for God's sakes", only for the episode's writer to stop filming and correct him.
"Wait, I can't say 'God'?" Isaacs is reported to have asked. "I thought I could say 'God' or 'damn' but not 'goddamn.'"
Kirsten Beyer, the episode's writer, then explained to Isaacs that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry specifically set his creation in a future where religion no longer exists.
"How about 'for f — 's sake'?" Isaac replied. "Can I say that?"
"You can say that before you can say 'God,'" Beyer joked.
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@pjh
"I had to touch myself, officer, my leg was numb"
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@perverted_vixen said in In other news today...: the flight pattern would be highly irregular and quite possibly discontinuous.
You mean like a wormhole?
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
Probably to the surprise of exactly nobody:
I saw a preview for it, and while the premise looked somewhat amusing, not enough to make a feature length film. It kind of felt like trying to imitate the success of Inside Out.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@rhywden said in In other news today...:
Probably to the surprise of exactly nobody:
I saw a preview for it, and while the premise looked somewhat amusing, not enough to make a feature length film. It kind of felt like trying to imitate the success of Inside Out.
but with emoji. And somehow they roped in Patrick Stewart into that piece of .
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@arantor said in In other news today...:
And somehow they roped in Patrick Stewart into that piece of .
I think at the stage of career he's in, he's not worried about being taken seriously anymore. Hence he's had a recurring spot on American Dad, was a cat on Family Guy once, narrated Ted, and lent his voice to poop.
At the end of the day, he's still going to be remembered most as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS starship Enterprise.
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@raceprouk it's one thing to not worry about being taken seriously, and it's another thing to be Sir Patrick Stewart, but at the same time, literally voicing seems like a slightly tragic note for a man of his capabilities.
But yes, he's going to be Jean-Luc Picard, as well as Professor X, and all around damn fine actor.
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@arantor said in In other news today...:
literally voicing seems like a slightly tragic note for a man of his capabilities.
I'm put in mind of Kelly Ripa who came on Letterman's show once to talk about appearing in the animated Fly Me to the Moon, and her gushing about getting one of her kids to do the voice of her character's child.
Great, I thought to myself. You got your child a role as a maggot.
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@chozang said in In other news today...:
@perverted_vixen said in In other news today...: the flight pattern would be highly irregular and quite possibly discontinuous.
You mean like a wormhole?
something like that.
you ever watch Benny Hill?
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@timebandit said in In other news today...:
@dragoon We're at war against plants
Been for a while, no? 🚬🌴 (<- for lack of a better looking leaf in Unicode)
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
Also, at least in Germany, in case of insolvency all the valuable assets are thrown into a big pot and then everyone who's owed money gets paid from that, based on a priority list. Wages are on top of that list, bankers and investors come after that.
You mean bankruptcy in this point, no? I don't know German law, but expect the Czech one to be similar. That is, the company first declares insolvency and then the court decides how to resolve it and there are several options: bankruptcy, when the company is sold off, restructuring, where the company sells of just parts or secures additional investors and some other options including simply cancelling it if manages to secure or sell off enough active debt to become solvent again.
… though of course in either case the priorities are the same.
@dreikin said in In other news today...:
I like this. US law should be like that.
Czech law has additional clause that if a company is declared insolvent, the unemployment office will pay two month of overdue wages to the employees immediately (effectively buying off that debt and entering it in the insolvency themselves). Helps especially as the insolvency can easily take years (the insolvency administrator has to audit the company, the creditor committee has to approve the resolution, the court has to approve the resolution, some time trying to find an investor…).
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@dragoon said in In other news today...:
But hey, at least we will prevent autism.
Jenny McCarthy causes autism
Gosh, I hope my autism wasn't caused by Jenny McCarthy!
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
Even when studies are held up in peer review, they often release press releases that get quoted almost verbatim
And speaking of reporting, this happens far too many times:
"We found the consumption of excessive amounts of sodium chloride increases your cancer risk by 1.3%."
"SALT WILL GIVE YOU CANCER AND YOU WILL DIE"And without mentioning that "excessive" means something like 1 or 2% of body weight.
That would be somewhat lethal. The LD50 for sodium chloride is roughly 12 grams per kilogram of bodyweight (i.e. 1.2%)
Did you know that dying actually reduces your chance of getting cancer in the future?
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@ben_lubar said in In other news today...:
@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@dragoon said in In other news today...:
But hey, at least we will prevent autism.
Jenny McCarthy causes autism
Gosh, I hope my autism wasn't caused by Jenny McCarthy!
Unless you ate or licked any Jenny McCarthy chances are low
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@ben_lubar said in In other news today...:
@rhywden said in In other news today...:
@benjamin-hall said in In other news today...:
@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
Even when studies are held up in peer review, they often release press releases that get quoted almost verbatim
And speaking of reporting, this happens far too many times:
"We found the consumption of excessive amounts of sodium chloride increases your cancer risk by 1.3%."
"SALT WILL GIVE YOU CANCER AND YOU WILL DIE"And without mentioning that "excessive" means something like 1 or 2% of body weight.
That would be somewhat lethal. The LD50 for sodium chloride is roughly 12 grams per kilogram of bodyweight (i.e. 1.2%)
Did you know that dying actually reduces your chance of getting cancer in the future?
Dying also reduces the chance of sex, and that gives me a sad
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@luhmann It's not necrophilia for 20 minutes, because there has to be some amnesty time otherwise having sex with someone as they die would be necrophilia.
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@bulb Yeah, I shortened it a bit - an insolvency doesn't have to mean an actual stop of business but I applied it to this case.
And, yeah, in Germany the unemployment office will also cover three months (though it's capped to ~4500€) of wages.
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
It's not necrophilia for 20 minutes
Don't flatter yourself ... 5 minutes is more then enough time
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Well then.
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
Someone's invented a battery for humans?
@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
It's the only time I'd actually support the death penalty.
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
Put whatever remains you can find on the electric chair, then you get
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@luhmann said in In other news today...:
@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
It's not necrophilia for 20 minutes
Don't flatter yourself ... 5 minutes is more then enough time
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
Well then.
Did you know you can produce water from electricity too? It's true!
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status: looks like Google is testing in prod.
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@jaloopa said in In other news today...:
@luhmann It's not necrophilia for 20 minutes, because there has to be some amnesty time otherwise having sex with someone as they die would be necrophilia.
And le petit mort could lead to charges for necrophilia with a minor!
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@raceprouk said in In other news today...:
It's the only time I'd actually support the death penalty.
Reminds me of that quote from "To the Bone": "If you die … I'll kill you!"
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Eugenics is alive and kicking!
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
"Insolvenzverschleppung" (roughly translated as: declaring insolvency too late)
I'm curious. When is "too late"? I would think it's hard to predict when someone is going to become insolvent until they actually are. And if they declare insolvency or impending insolvency before actually being insolvent, the declaration itself could reduce confidence by investors with the result that the entity actually does become insolvent if they were only on the verge, but still might have pulled out of it, or becomes insolvent faster than without the declaration.
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@brisingraerowing said in In other news today...:
If they're caught before blowing themselves up, they could be subjected to capital punishment.
Or, it might be considered a posthumous punishment. I understand that in some places, the classification can have effects on other things, such as whether the bomber's family can receive government support, or perhaps more relevantly, it allows those who aided a bomber to also be charged as an accessory and subjected to a greater range of the scale of punishment.
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@laoc said in In other news today...:
Eugenics is alive and kicking!
In a deeply conservative section of the US, of course.
White County, TN
Presidential Elections Results Year 2016
Republican 78.1% 7,671
Democratic 18.8% 1,845
Third Parties 3.1% 309And not even a first for TN - maybe this was the inspiration
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@darkmatter said in In other news today...:
In a deeply conservative section of the US, of course.
They're secretly leftists, you know.
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@djls45 said in In other news today...:
@rhywden said in In other news today...:
"Insolvenzverschleppung" (roughly translated as: declaring insolvency too late)
I'm curious. When is "too late"? I would think it's hard to predict when someone is going to become insolvent until they actually are. And if they declare insolvency or impending insolvency before actually being insolvent, the declaration itself could reduce confidence by investors with the result that the entity actually does become insolvent if they were only on the verge, but still might have pulled out of it, or becomes insolvent faster than without the declaration.
It's actually rather easy: The moment you can't pay something you should have to pay (i.e. wages, bills or the rates on a credit) or if your debts exceed your assets then you need to declare insolvency. That does not need to lead to a dissolution of the company and it actually frees you from some constraints.
It's something your accountants should monitor. And, no, hoping that you're able to turn the ship around with this life-saving deal does not count.
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@rhywden Ok, so it's the point at which the business actually becomes insolvent. How long is the "grace" period for declaring insolvency? If I can't pay a bill "right now", but I'm supposed to be receiving a contract payout (that would easily cover that debt) from another party in a week, or a month, or 3 months, do I still need to declare insolvency?
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@djls45 said in In other news today...:
@rhywden Ok, so it's the point at which the business actually becomes insolvent. How long is the "grace" period for declaring insolvency? If I can't pay a bill "right now", but I'm supposed to be receiving a contract payout (that would easily cover that debt) from another party in a week, or a month, or 3 months, do I still need to declare insolvency?
You've got 3 weeks to solve the problem :)
One caveat: You'll still run afoul of this law if you take more than 3 weeks to solve the problem and don't declare it, yet manage to solve it nonetheless. The three weeks are a hard limit. You are required to declare insolvency after the 3 weeks have passed, regardless of the general outlook or projections.
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@laoc said in In other news today...:
Eugenics is alive and kicking!
Wow, for just 30 days reduction?
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@laoc said in In other news today...:
@darkmatter said in In other news today...:
In a deeply conservative section of the US, of course.
They're secretly leftists, you know.
Never go full @Rhywden.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Wow, for just 30 days reduction?
Yeah, that sure doesn't seem worth it.
Plus, my understanding is vasectomies are reversible (not 100% success rate, but close). So that's something that's probably not worth the government paying for. I suppose anything more invasive would be bad for PR.
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@heterodox said in In other news today...:
Plus, my understanding is vasectomies are reversible (not 100% success rate, but close). So that's something that's probably not worth the government paying for.
That's true, but if you're the kind of person who accepts such a deal the odds of you having the resources to pay for that are pretty low. Recovery is not exactly fun, either.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
That's true, but if you're the kind of person who accepts such a deal the odds of you having the resources to pay for that are pretty low. Recovery is not exactly fun, either.
This is true. As a hypothetical, I was thinking of drug dealers who might go right back to selling drugs, gaining back resources immediately to pay for the reversal. But I suppose if you have those resources, they'd be better spent on a lawyer who could get a lot more than 30 days knocked off. (Better call Saul.)
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@rhywden said in In other news today...:
It's actually rather easy: The moment you can't pay something you should have to pay (i.e. wages, bills or the rates on a credit) or if your debts exceed your assets then you need to declare insolvency.
That second part seems to imply that if you have assets of $5,000, and you take out a loan for more than $5,000 in order to expand your business, then you're immediately insolvent. Surely that can't be the intended purpose of the law?
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@masonwheeler said in In other news today...:
@rhywden said in In other news today...:
It's actually rather easy: The moment you can't pay something you should have to pay (i.e. wages, bills or the rates on a credit) or if your debts exceed your assets then you need to declare insolvency.
That second part seems to imply that if you have assets of $5,000, and you take out a loan for more than $5,000 in order to expand your business, then you're immediately insolvent. Surely that can't be the intended purpose of the law?
I just looked it up and "Überschuldung" (translated as: too much debt) includes projected income among the assets.
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