Today in reading the headlines...
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@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
No fair providing only a picture of an excerpt of the article! How are we supposed to violate the letter of the thread's name now?
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@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
No fair providing only a picture of an excerpt of the article! How are we supposed to violate the letter of the thread's name now?
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@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
No fair providing only a picture of an excerpt of the article! How are we supposed to violate the letter of the thread's name now?
I did read all of the article that was visible. to follow the link that @Arantor just posted.
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@HardwareGeek it’s the same article, just the web version which got a slightly different title to the print edition.
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@Arantor the law firm blaming the judge for making a "bad decision" when it's their incompetence that filed for the wrong couple is amazing.
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@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
law firm ... incompetence ... amazing
Lawyers. You think you hate them enough, but...
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@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@Arantor the law firm blaming the judge for making a "bad decision" when it's their incompetence that filed for the wrong couple is amazing.
Well, the law firm made a mistake, went to the judge to get it undone, judge said no. That’s the mistake, they thought the rules didn’t apply to them. But, lawyers.
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@HardwareGeek said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
law firm ... incompetence ... amazing
Lawyers. You think you hate them enough, but...
My hatred of lawyers compares favourably - but only just - with AM’s view of humanity.
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@Zecc I mean, didn’t they Czech they were dealing with the right person?
(Yes yes, puns thread is , I know)
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@Arantor said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@Zecc I mean, didn’t they Czech they were dealing with the right person?
(Yes yes, puns thread is , I know)
Straying off topic, writing Limericks and now terrible puns. Have you no shame?
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That little known province of Germany is kicking off again.
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@Arantor said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@Zecc I mean, didn’t they Czech they were dealing with the right person?
(Yes yes, puns thread is , I know)
Straying off topic, writing Limericks and now terrible puns. Have you no shame?
I post here, so no.
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
That little known province of Germany is kicking off again.
I said to myself, “Surely the purity of this thread will be maintained against AI written drivel, right?”
But here I am, left with nothing but my Padme face and a broken dream.
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@izzion it's a website about gaming on Linux, it's all fiction anyway
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If they’re not delivering tungsten rods, I’m not interested.
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[The founders] met when they sat next to each other at a Boston University freshman matriculation ceremony.
Uh, oh. @GuyWhoKilledBear's Law invoked.
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@HardwareGeek said in Today in reading the headlines...:
[The founders] met when they sat next to each other at a Boston University freshman matriculation ceremony.
Uh, oh. @GuyWhoKilledBear's Law invoked.
Stop reading the article!
Fucking why?
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Stop reading the article!
No.
Fucking why?
If you're trying to channel @Tsaukpaetra, the question is who and/or how, not why.
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Fucking why?
Because someone, probably a millennial, has seen the relative success of the likes of The Last of Us and gone 'I loved Golden Axe as a kid, maybe I can convince someone to make a TV series of it'.
Never mind that the two properties that seem to have been successful in jumping to TV are TLOU and Fallout, two properties with deep narrative arcs and things to actually dig into.
Golden Axe is, uh, less than detailed in its story.
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@Arantor said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Golden Axe is, uh, less than detailed in its story.
And the only notable things in there are the beefcake character models in less than properly clothed conditions. Which I doubt will be allowed to continue in a show version.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@Arantor said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Golden Axe is, uh, less than detailed in its story.
And the only notable things in there are the beefcake character models in less than properly clothed conditions. Which I doubt will be allowed to continue in a show version.
At least not without age verification in Texas.
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I wonder what @Benjamin-Hall and @Rhywden think of this.
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@Zerosquare said in Today in reading the headlines...:
I wonder what @Benjamin-Hall and @Rhywden think of this.
It might also be proof of stairwell grading methods, since papers at the bottom of the stack would be more likely to fall earlier due to hand waving
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@Zerosquare I did notice that there were order-dependent effects on test grading, but
- I didn't grade alphabetically but in order of receipt.
- The effects weren't always negative. In fact, I found myself naturally being harder on the first few until I settled into a rhythm. I then tried to go back and regrade the earlier, harsher ones to adjust.
So
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Today in reading the headlines...:
The effects weren't always negative. In fact, I found myself naturally being harder on the first few until I settled into a rhythm.
a.k.a., the “Oh my god, I can’t believe they’re all this terrible” approach
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@kazitor one class in university, the professor had a lecture where he announced the results of the test (I don't remember why there was a lecture after the test, maybe that professor was giving another class or it was a partial test, whatever).
He first put up a slide with everyone's score, ranging roughly from 2 to 8 (on a scale from 0 to 20 where 20 is "perfect"), meaning everyone had failed (<10).
Then after leaving the class sigh and moan for a few seconds, he said "for [random fake reason I don't remember], I've decided to adjust a bit the scores" and he showed a second slide where the scores were basically the previous, time 2 or 2.5 (so basically most of the class passed, which was the norm).
We all nervously laughed at the "joke" and how the professor was kind to us but rumours were that he pulled a similar trick every year and no one, professor included, ever questioned whether, since this happened every year, the fault was with the professor rather than the students...
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@Zerosquare said in Today in reading the headlines...:
I wonder what @Benjamin-Hall and @Rhywden think of this.
They should instead order it by hash map key!
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Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
I guess even Rick Astley has to give you up these days.
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@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
I guess even Rick Astley has to give you up these days.
Who had Rick Astley letting you down on their 2024 bingo card?
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@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
I guess even Rick Astley has to give you up these days.
Who had Rick Astley letting you down on their 2024 bingo card?
As long as he doesn't start doing laps around a Dairy Queen throwing ice cream at us, I think we're good.
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@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
I guess even Rick Astley has to give you up these days.
Technically it's not him letting people down though.
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@Arantor said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
I guess even Rick Astley has to give you up these days.
Technically it's not him letting people down though.
We're no strangers to ...
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@loopback0 said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@Arantor said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@izzion said in Today in reading the headlines...:
@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Rickrolling Rockerfella Rickrolls Revelers!
I guess even Rick Astley has to give you up these days.
Technically it's not him letting people down though.
We're no strangers to ...
You know the in-jokes and so do I.
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It could be sunny today but don’t forget your umbrella because there might rain, cats and dogs, sleet or snow too.
I might change back my avatar. I think some of the in-jokes have broken down.
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It’s rural Ireland! They live on Guinness! Ipas are overrated hipster muck!
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
Ipas are overrated hipster muck!
Well they are yes.
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@DogsB Today in :
International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres
I.e., housing for asylum seekers. One of the centres had been a nursing home for elderly people with dementia, before they were kicked out to make room for the asylum seekers.
I won't comment further, because that's territory.
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@DogsB said in Today in reading the headlines...:
It’s rural Ireland! They live on Guinness! Ipas are overrated hipster muck!
I prefer the headlines the old guy brought us.
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While I’ve no problems strapping Geminis into a trebuchet and shooting them into orbit, what have the Germans got against Tauruses?
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@DogsB would you be interested in some over-priced magnets and healing crystals I have for sale?
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I wouldn’t think it too hard. Fucking Swifties will show up and burn your house to the ground.
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@DogsB the real question that the headline doesn't get at: we might be facing Taylor Swift fatigue but is that better or worse than Apple Swift fatigue?