Non-IT News Thread
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?
Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol
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@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?
Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol
What, you think the people in the houses actually own the land? I can almost guarantee that they've all purchased a piece of property that is land use and not ownership. Otherwise, government couldn't tax it.
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@travisdh1 The idea that a tax lexy of a few hundred dollars could go unnoticed and result in this means no one tried to contact said residents.
Then again, as wealthy people are generally even more stingy, they likely would have fought the $300 fee in court.
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@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 The idea that a tax lexy of a few hundred dollars could go unnoticed and result in this means no one tried to contact said residents.
Then again, as wealthy people are generally even more stingy, they likely would have fought the $300 fee in court.
Residents didn't own the street as it was, so they were not the ones to be contacted. The HOA that owned the street didn't update their tax records and had the tax info sent to their old address without forwarding.
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@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?
Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol
It was, they send the tax statements regularly. They have records of it. That the place that they sent it to had been abandoned was the HOA's problem.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@bigbear said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Wealthy San Francisco residents lose private street over tax bill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40861145While I love the premise of sticking it to rich folk, this kind of stuff is why I hate local government. Those who can, do. Those who can't, govern?
Certainly some type of notice had to have been given to someone. Why am I so intrigued by this? lol
What, you think the people in the houses actually own the land? I can almost guarantee that they've all purchased a piece of property that is land use and not ownership. Otherwise, government couldn't tax it.
HOA owned it. HOA was incompetent.
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/innodisk-booth-fire-flash-memory-summit,35184.html
InnoDisk booth has a fire at the flash summit.
"Flash fire" anyone? Too soon?
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@scottalanmiller I saw that, and thought "Fire Sale!"
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It went with blazing speed!
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Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40907084I always wondered about fruitcake. What is it really made of? Antifreeze?
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40907084I always wondered about fruitcake. What is it really made of? Antifreeze?
Apparently not, it's been frozen all these years.
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Yup, so this is in the news.
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MOre great news for Samsung...
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Perseid meteor shower set to peak at weekend
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Saudi singer arrested for dabbing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40886288 -
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/12/goldfish_carp_oxygen_ethanol/
Goldfish turn to booze... smart fish.
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Rats take out London Internet...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/11/rodents_destroy_internet_in_south_london/
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Mainichi Shimbun reporters visited the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on July 27.
Video is subtitled.
For reference about the various radiation readings mean, XKCD released a very good graphic shortly after the meltdown back in 2013.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png
