Non-IT News Thread

scottalanmiller

@scottalanmiller The only link ive clicked on that has been banned by my watchguard in a long time.

Your WatchGuard bans TheChive? That is one huge website. They are so big that they have a television channel here.

momurda

@scottalanmiller Yea never bothered to look what category it is under. But it gets blocked everytime i click a link someone posts a link.

black3dynamite

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/06/total-war-warhammer-ii-linux

Obsolesce

The Dangers of Distracted Parenting
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/the-dangers-of-distracted-parenting/561752/

Obsolesce

Trump Retreats on Separating Families, Signing Order to Detain Them Together
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/trump-immigration-children-executive-order.html

NerdyDad

Burger King trying to get Russian World Cup players laid with free whoppers for life

JaredBusch

@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

Burger King trying to get Russian World Cup players laid with free whoppers for life

They already apologized for that one.

scottalanmiller

http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Report-Bourbon-barrel-storage-facility-collapses-in-Bardstown-486268611.html

black3dynamite

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/06/turok-linux-remastered

scottalanmiller

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/06/turok-linux-remastered

I feel like they could have done a bit to update that a bit more.

scottalanmiller

Arizona Uber crash driver was 'watching TV' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44574290

black3dynamite

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44575014

scottalanmiller

Gosport hospital deaths: Prescribed painkillers 'shortened 456 lives' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-44547788

Another 200 suspected. But there is an issue with records.

JaredBusch

Japanese forced sterilization program from 1948

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180624/p2a/00m/0na/001000c

nadnerB

Here's something that's causing a bit of controversy down here:
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/lions-confirm-star-suffered-brain-bleed-after-sickening-hit/news-story/3e0425469830ed6f2fdac53375adf5fd

Poor fella, was out cold before he hit the deck. It hurts just to watch.
Youtube Video

scottalanmiller

@nadnerb the real controversy should be over how there is even a controversy!

JaredBusch

Trust the porn industry to ensure that no one is left out of their profit margins.

Pornhub adds closed captions for viewers with hearing loss
More than 1,000 videos, across all genres, now come with subtitles.

NerdyDad

@jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

Trust the porn industry to ensure that no one is left out of their profit margins.

Pornhub adds closed captions for viewers with hearing loss
More than 1,000 videos, across all genres, now come with subtitles.

I'm sure the deaf is going there for only the theatrical aspects, of course. The need the closed captions so that they can tell when somebody is moaning.

scottalanmiller

Joe Jackson: Patriarch of Jackson family dies aged 89 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44633980

RojoLoco

@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

Joe Jackson: Patriarch of Jackson family dies aged 89 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44633980

Wow. I wonder who #3 will be this round. Vinnie Paul (drummer from Pantera) died a couple of weeks ago.