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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Not only are we the most inter-related family in America, we also are the population of the most inter-related city in America. Thankfully my wife is from a very different gene pool.

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      • RojoLocoR
        RojoLoco @wirestyle22
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        @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @RojoLoco Genetic diversity is needed for a species to advance though. That means everyone is valuable.

        I'm certainly not suggesting this be decided along lines of location, ethnicity, nationality, or anything else like that. Genetic diversity can be achieved by taking the best and brightest from all countries and all races.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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          @RojoLoco said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @RojoLoco Genetic diversity is needed for a species to advance though. That means everyone is valuable.

          I'm certainly not suggesting this be decided along lines of location, ethnicity, nationality, or anything else like that. Genetic diversity can be achieved by taking the best and brightest from all countries and all races.

          Given that DNA researches claim that racial diversity in the gene pool is so small that you can't even really find it (maybe they make that stuff up for political reasons, though) it would suggest that smart people might be more related to each other genetically than people of the same family or race to each other.

          Now there is an interesting conundrum.

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          • travisdh1T
            travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Not only are we the most inter-related family in America, we also are the population of the most inter-related city in America. Thankfully my wife is from a very different gene pool.

            Before my wife passed away, I told everyone I had to marry a Texas girl because I'm related to everyone born in the county. One of those jokes that made everyone laugh till they actually thought about it.... yeah, I could tell how quickly they picked up on things by how long it took them to stop laughing the first time I used that line around them.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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              @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Not only are we the most inter-related family in America, we also are the population of the most inter-related city in America. Thankfully my wife is from a very different gene pool.

              Before my wife passed away, I told everyone I had to marry a Texas girl because I'm related to everyone born in the county. One of those jokes that made everyone laugh till they actually thought about it.... yeah, I could tell how quickly they picked up on things by how long it took them to stop laughing the first time I used that line around them.

              Yeah.. given that we are likely related, we share the same problem there.

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              • thwrT
                thwr @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                Not only are we the most inter-related family in America, we also are the population of the most inter-related city in America. Thankfully my wife is from a very different gene pool.

                Before my wife passed away, I told everyone I had to marry a Texas girl because I'm related to everyone born in the county. One of those jokes that made everyone laugh till they actually thought about it.... yeah, I could tell how quickly they picked up on things by how long it took them to stop laughing the first time I used that line around them.

                Yeah.. given that we are likely related, we share the same problem there.

                @travisdh1 : sorry to hear.

                @scottalanmiller : Thats... no, don't want to think about that 😉

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                • travisdh1T
                  travisdh1 @thwr
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                  @thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @scottalanmiller : Thats... no, don't want to think about that 😉

                  Miller, Hershberger, Yoder, Beachy and a few others I'm forgetting at the moment, all inner-related, and constitutes the vast majority of the population around here.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                    @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @scottalanmiller : Thats... no, don't want to think about that 😉

                    Miller, Hershberger, Yoder, Beachy and a few others I'm forgetting at the moment, all inner-related, and constitutes the vast majority of the population around here.

                    Yup. Obviously my name is Miller. I'm from the Beachy Amish. Yoder is the biggest name in the family, Miller is a lesser branch. Hershberger sounds familiar but I'm not sure how close I have one in the tree.

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                    • wirestyle22W
                      wirestyle22
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                      I wish I had popcorn

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        My father in law makes popcorn every night in his full commercial popcorn machine. He's very into popcorn. Almost everyone in the family has a full size popcorn machine except for us, the homeless branch. He has a commercial snow cone machine too. And my sister in law has a commercial cotton candy machine.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          • wirestyle22W
                            wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            My father in law makes popcorn every night in his full commercial popcorn machine. He's very into popcorn. Almost everyone in the family has a full size popcorn machine except for us, the homeless branch. He has a commercial snow cone machine too. And my sister in law has a commercial cotton candy machine.

                            So by everyone in the family you mean @travisdh1 as well I assume

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
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                              @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              My father in law makes popcorn every night in his full commercial popcorn machine. He's very into popcorn. Almost everyone in the family has a full size popcorn machine except for us, the homeless branch. He has a commercial snow cone machine too. And my sister in law has a commercial cotton candy machine.

                              So by everyone in the family you mean @travisdh1 as well I assume

                              LMAO

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                US election: Trump 'encourages Russia to hack Clinton emails'
                                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36907541

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                                • tonyshowoffT
                                  tonyshowoff @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  US election: Trump 'encourages Russia to hack Clinton emails'
                                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36907541

                                  starts hacking

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @tonyshowoff
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                                    @tonyshowoff said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    US election: Trump 'encourages Russia to hack Clinton emails'
                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36907541

                                    starts hacking

                                    Get moving, Trump is eagerly awaiting his orders.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Errr "Information"

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Girl dies after elephant throws stone in Morocco zoo
                                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36914884

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                                        • coliverC
                                          coliver
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                                          http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/broadband-industry-tries-again-to-kill-net-neutrality-and-title-ii/

                                          I guess they have to fight the ruling but still just seems like a waste of time.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            Clinton campaign 'hacked' along with other Democratic groups
                                            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36927523

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