Non-IT News Thread
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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
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do you know that amazon had a bug in their system
According to The Guardian, at approximately 7:00pm Friday night in London (1:00pm EST, 11:00am PST), Repricer Express--an automated service many third party Amazon sellers use to keep their prices competitive against each other--malfunctioned. Subsequently, it marked thousands of toys, clothes, cell phones, furniture and numerous other items for one penny, and many users dashed to cash out on the ultimate bargain sale.
Though the glitch only lasted for about an hour, many sellers were horrified to find Amazon users had ordered thousands of their products marked at a fraction of their cost.
According to Doherty, Amazon is not holding the sellers to forfeit such incredible losses to those who only paid one penny, and will not penalize them either. Amazon has since cancelled most of the orders.
