Afghanistan's economic woes could fuel a refugee crisis impacting neighbouring countries, Turkey and Europe, the International Monetary Fund has said.
The economy will contract by up to 30% this year - which could push millions into poverty and cause a humanitarian crisis, the fund warned. The IMF said Afghanistan's neighbours would be further hit because they rely on its funds for trade. Bordering Tajikistan has said it can't afford to take in many more refugees. With foreign assets frozen and most non-humanitarian aid halted, inflows of cash to Afghanistan have all but dried up. In its regional economic outlook, the fund said: "A large influx of refugees could put a burden on public resources in refugee-hosting countries, fuel labour market pressures, and lead to social tensions, underscoring the need for assistance from the international community."

Google has unveiled its latest smartphone, containing the tech giant's first self-designed computer chip.
The Pixel 6 contains Google's "Tensor" processor, which it says enables new phone features powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning. It is also the first phone in the series with a "Pro" model, designed to compete at the high end of the market. "The whole goal when we started was to reach this point," said Rick Osterloh, Google's head of devices. "Really, this is our original vision that we're finally able to get to after building a lot of capabilities both in technology and in product development capabilities," he told the BBC.

@jaredbusch said in What Are You Watching Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Watching Now:

@dashrender said in What Are You Watching Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Watching Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Watching Now:

Watching Blue Origin launch

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Successful Launch and return.

uh what?

In total, it's an eleven min flight. Blue Origin hasn't completed an orbital flight yet I don't believe.

But Blue Origin has at least made it to the Kármán Line. Unlike Virgin.

Rueters article said 106km.
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Captain Kirk made it. Now Captain Picard needs a go.

Last night we finished "Nancy Drew and the Haunting of Castle Malloy"

Nica Breakfast Burrito

The Nica Breakfast Burrito ;)

Welcome @fsalazar from NTG Bolivia.

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

@scottalanmiller said in Weekend Plans:

We are packing LIKE CRAZY. Too much to do to take a load to storage today. But we are loading the van and I'll take it tomorrow. We are down to one car because Paul already sold his, and he has to deal with tons of emergency COVID tests and things (emergency because of travel stuff, not because of having COVID) that require the only vehicle. He leaves Monday morning.

I'll be off to Houston tomorrow with a load for the storage unit. We are in the home stretch now!

We have someone over working in the yard today getting as much as possible ready.

Dominica is busily painting the dining room today.

With the move, will the house be sold?

Yup, hope to have it on the market this week.

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

@jaredbusch said in I can't even:

@scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

He, more than Curtis, is actively malicious in every answer he gives.

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Yeah, what's considered allowable maliciousness in some of those posts is pretty extreme.

Such inconsistency... I got booted by them just for calling out sales dick posts.

El Salvador down to $34, but getting scarier to travel.

I'm listening to a fresh, vinyl copy of Buena Vista Social Club 25th Anniversary special edition with all the extra stuff. Good shit.

Now drinking some 12 year old Flor de Caña. Yum. Just straight on the rocks.

@dustinb3403 Sure, let me just get some rainbow unicorn farts sent their way and everything will be good.....

A committee that advises the Federal Communications Commission on consumer-related matters now includes a representative of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies against municipal broadband, net neutrality, and other consumer protection measures.

Holy cow, I just realized that we've been using MC since Dec, 2018. That's 27 months ago!

@obsolesce said in DuoLingo Challenge:

I thought about paying for DuoLingo because I can't stand the ads all the time and lack of freedom.

But lately I have been doing a lot on Anki. There's some really great decks in there. I also paired it with Mango which has been great as well. Another one that is great is Beelingual when you want to start doing more reading.

TL;DR

Anki
Mango
Beelingual

My DuoLingo stopped showing ads a while ago. No idea why.

@dustinb3403 said in What does your desk look like?:

Yeah I agree with Scott here, an employee is someone you hired after the business is in place, not a founder etc.

That has nothing to do with what @Dashrender said.

@BRRABill it's been a full year since hte last follow up on this thread. How about an update after another year of use?

Happy birthday @travisdh1