Non-IT News Thread
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Up to three bombings and 28 dead, 60 injured at Ataturk. And @Jaguar is trapped in Amsterdam having JUST missed being at Ataturk for this. He was trying to get an earlier flight and could not get one and would have been there. But now he is stuck in Amsterdam unable to get back home.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Up to three bombings and 28 dead, 60 injured at Ataturk. And @Jaguar is trapped in Amsterdam having JUST missed being at Ataturk for this. He was trying to get an earlier flight and could not get one and would have been there. But now he is stuck in Amsterdam unable to get back home.
Suppose there's occasions to be glad you missed a flight. Worse places to be suck too all things considered.
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He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.
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@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.
Not having his laptop meant that he couldn't rent a long term place and work from Europe, so not getting back home means he was burning his vacation / holiday time stuck in a hotel sitting by the phone waiting to hear if they got him a flight. If he had had his laptop, he could have used the time as work time and it would not have been too costly of a problem.
He got lucky, some Dutch friends managed to get him a flight back to Atlanta. he should be there tonight.
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
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Time to shut down the post and fire 50,000 slackers who can't do their jobs.
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Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@thwr said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
He didn't bring his laptop with him, which really sucks now.
This would be my very last problem in such a case. Better celebrate an additional birthday per year.
Not having his laptop meant that he couldn't rent a long term place and work from Europe, so not getting back home means he was burning his vacation / holiday time stuck in a hotel sitting by the phone waiting to hear if they got him a flight. If he had had his laptop, he could have used the time as work time and it would not have been too costly of a problem.
He got lucky, some Dutch friends managed to get him a flight back to Atlanta. he should be there tonight.
Considering the cost difference, just buy a computer there and go to work.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
But they effectively stop all spam mail. that's worth a lot. And when do consumers need to mail things? Very rarely. So often it is done for no good reason today. I see it as a benefit.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
But they effectively stop all spam mail. that's worth a lot. And when do consumers need to mail things? Very rarely. So often it is done for no good reason today. I see it as a benefit.
Stopping mailed spam is worth zero to me. The amount of effort to throw away junk postal mail is easily out weighted by the savings I get from letter postage from USPS.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
But they effectively stop all spam mail. that's worth a lot. And when do consumers need to mail things? Very rarely. So often it is done for no good reason today. I see it as a benefit.
Stopping mailed spam is worth zero to me. The amount of effort to throw away junk postal mail is easily out weighted by the savings I get from letter postage from USPS.
I get zero from the later. I would seriously rather that the service did not exist.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Let FedEx and UPS handle this stuff. No need for government mail delivery in this day and age.
While I like the idea, they are still often 2-3 times more expensive for consumers than USPS is.
But they effectively stop all spam mail. that's worth a lot. And when do consumers need to mail things? Very rarely. So often it is done for no good reason today. I see it as a benefit.
Stopping mailed spam is worth zero to me. The amount of effort to throw away junk postal mail is easily out weighted by the savings I get from letter postage from USPS.
I get zero from the later. I would seriously rather that the service did not exist.
I do a fare amount of trading through the mail. Most of that trading is one to two patches. They are typically under one ounce and cost me a first class stamp. That same envelope would cost me like $5 with UPS, or like 7-8 times as much.
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Beautiful pictures of bare dies
http://www.righto.com/2016/06/inside-tiny-rfid-chip-that-runs-san.html
Modern RFID chip sitting on a 1983 Intel 8051. Click on the below pic to enlarge, it's gorgeous
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@MattSpeller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Beautiful pictures of bare dies
http://www.righto.com/2016/06/inside-tiny-rfid-chip-that-runs-san.html
Modern RFID chip sitting on a 1983 Intel 8051. Click on the below pic to enlarge, it's gorgeous
GAH ILLUMINATI ZIONIST PLOT!
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It's election time in Australia. the twitter tag #ausvotes now also includes a sausage sizzle emoji (on election day aka the democracy sausage) instead of a ballot box emoji.
Also, #democracysausage is trending
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Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36710768
