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    • KellyK
      Kelly @JaredBusch
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      @JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

      'Th' sound to vanish from English language by 2066 because of multiculturalism, say linguists

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/09/28/th-sound-to-vanish-from-english-language-by-2066-because-of-mult/

      ‘TH’ stopping – the dental consonants ‘th’ will be replaced by ‘d’ meaning ‘this’ or ‘that’ will become ‘dis’ and ‘dat’

      ‘TH’ fronting – Words which begin with a ‘th’ sound will be lost so ‘thin’ will become ‘fin’ and ‘think’ will change to ‘fink’

      Sound softening – hardly anyone says ‘syoot’ for ‘suit’ anymore and the trend will continue with the sharp corners knocked off words

      Yod dropping - words like ‘cute’ or ‘beauty’ will become ‘coot’ and ‘booty.’

      Consonant smushing – ‘W’ and ‘r’ are already similar for many southern English speakers but the letters could completely collapse into one sound. Words with ‘ch’ and ‘j’ could also become indistinguishable.

      Glottal stop – the slight linguistic trip which turns ‘butter’ into ‘bu’er’ in dialects like Cockney and Geordie will become more prevalent across the country.

      Emojis – happy face, sad face, or wink will become part of language and facial expressions.

      That isn't a future event for a large part of the British Isles, particularly the "th".

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!

        Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150

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        • coliverC
          coliver
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          http://www.npr.org/2016/10/07/496996886/matt-drudge-suggests-government-may-be-lying-about-hurricane-matthew?

          This, apparently, is a thing.

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

            British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!

            Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150

            @dominica heard from a difference source that it dipped to as low as $1.13 pushing it BELOW the Euro for a moment.

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            • thwrT
              thwr
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              Crazy world...

              Youtube Video

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

                Crazy world...

                Youtube Video

                I wonder who forgot their duffel bag and had it blown up?

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                • thwrT
                  thwr @travisdh1
                  last edited by thwr

                  @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  Crazy world...

                  Youtube Video

                  I wonder who forgot their duffel bag and had it blown up?

                  Uhm? That was about some stupid dumbass who had a "few hundred gramms" of high explosive material in his apartment. And he didn't plan to build fireworks from it.

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

                    @thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Crazy world...

                    Youtube Video

                    I wonder who forgot their duffel bag and had it blown up?

                    Sorry, missed that with the bag at the train station.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!

                      Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150

                      @dominica heard from a difference source that it dipped to as low as $1.13 pushing it BELOW the Euro for a moment.

                      So other than big banks/stock brokers with access to instant trading stuff, I'm assuming that almost no one had access to those prices in real life

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        British Pound hit $1.18 this morning!!

                        Flash crash sees the pound gyrate in Asian trading
                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37582150

                        @dominica heard from a difference source that it dipped to as low as $1.13 pushing it BELOW the Euro for a moment.

                        So other than big banks/stock brokers with access to instant trading stuff, I'm assuming that almost no one had access to those prices in real life

                        Anyone can get an FX trading account and get those prices. Doesn't require anything special.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          My roommate's mom does FX trading sometimes. You can just pick up a book to learn how and get software and an account with a brokerage to do it. No different than trading in stocks or bonds or whatever. As long as you are trading for yourself and not getting paid to do it, there aren't any limitations.

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                          • art_of_shredA
                            art_of_shred Banned
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                            Not sure if I saw someone post this here or not, but it's pretty funny... and then I find out that the guy is a friend of a close friend of mine. Priceless.

                            http://myfox8.com/2016/10/17/new-york-man-on-lsd-rescues-neighbors-dog-from-imaginary-house-fire/

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
                              last edited by

                              @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              Not sure if I saw someone post this here or not, but it's pretty funny... and then I find out that the guy is a friend of a close friend of mine. Priceless.

                              http://myfox8.com/2016/10/17/new-york-man-on-lsd-rescues-neighbors-dog-from-imaginary-house-fire/

                              LOL, that is truly awesome.

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                              • RojoLocoR
                                RojoLoco @art_of_shred
                                last edited by

                                @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                Not sure if I saw someone post this here or not, but it's pretty funny... and then I find out that the guy is a friend of a close friend of mine. Priceless.

                                http://myfox8.com/2016/10/17/new-york-man-on-lsd-rescues-neighbors-dog-from-imaginary-house-fire/

                                I hope the family was grateful for his "efforts".

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  He should be in some trouble and should fix things that he broke, but he was TRYING to do something good. Hopefully that counts for something. Nothing malicious there. Just a dumbass.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    https://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/63738566.jpg

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                                    • art_of_shredA
                                      art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      He should be in some trouble and should fix things that he broke, but he was TRYING to do something good. Hopefully that counts for something. Nothing malicious there. Just a dumbass.

                                      well, he is in court today for his numerous other unresolved drug-related charges and whatnot. So, he probably won't get into any more trouble for this than he is likely already in.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        This is in the town right next to me...

                                        Baby Lynlee 'born twice' after life-saving tumour surgery
                                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37750038

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                                        • thanksajdotcomT
                                          thanksajdotcom
                                          last edited by

                                          Heart-implant patients might be at risk of having their devices hacked

                                          http://www.reuters.com/article/us-st-jude-medical-cyber-muddywaters-idUSKCN12O1O1

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                                            last edited by

                                            @thanksajdotcom said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            Heart-implant patients might be at risk of having their devices hacked

                                            http://www.reuters.com/article/us-st-jude-medical-cyber-muddywaters-idUSKCN12O1O1

                                            Seems like either they are or are not at risk. Hard to believe that there is such a concept as "might be at risk."

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