Non-IT News Thread
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Google DeepMind: AI becomes more alien
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Misco UK chops majority of workforce, pulls down shutters
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/19/misco_uk_chops_majority_of_workforce_pulls_down_shutters/ -
Alarm over decline in flying insects
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@scottalanmiller When i was a kid, in the fall my friends and i would get our wiffle bats and go outside during dusk time. There would be hundreds of flying ants or termites, and we would just smack them for a while. They dont exist anymore from what i can tell when i go back home.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller When i was a kid, in the fall my friends and i would get our wiffle bats and go outside during dusk time. There would be hundreds of flying ants or termites, and we would just smack them for a while. They dont exist anymore from what i can tell when i go back home.
I've definitely noticed a drop in "things flying around." It's nothing like it was when I was a kid.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller When i was a kid, in the fall my friends and i would get our wiffle bats and go outside during dusk time. There would be hundreds of flying ants or termites, and we would just smack them for a while. They dont exist anymore from what i can tell when i go back home.
I've definitely noticed a drop in "things flying around." It's nothing like it was when I was a kid.
I would agree - while my car still has lots of bug splatters, it's a fraction of what it was 20 years ago.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller When i was a kid, in the fall my friends and i would get our wiffle bats and go outside during dusk time. There would be hundreds of flying ants or termites, and we would just smack them for a while. They dont exist anymore from what i can tell when i go back home.
I've definitely noticed a drop in "things flying around." It's nothing like it was when I was a kid.
I would agree - while my car still has lots of bug splatters, it's a fraction of what it was 20 years ago.
Even five years ago. Driving from TX to NY used to always mean scraping the windshield clean a few times on the way. Now, barely a thing.
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And living in Central America... zero mosquitos. Bugs in the air are rare.
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Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein hints at Frankfurt move
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Trump says he will allow scheduled release of JFK files
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Macron's dog Nemo filmed peeing on Elysée fireplace
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HyperLoop maybe coming to Maryland.
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Did they think he was a zombie?
Rio police shoot dead Spanish tourist on favela tour
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Did they think he was a zombie?
Rio police shoot dead Spanish tourist on favela tour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-41727225If it wasn't then, it is now.
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Amazon cannabis delivery: Orlando couple shocked by find
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Fats Domino has passed away at 89.
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US sailors rescued after five months adrift in Pacific
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41772323
