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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22 @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

      Shanghai creates public credit score

      http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/03/507983933/whats-your-public-credit-score-the-shanghai-government-can-tell-you

      Seriously scary.

      Or very cool. Ever read Daemon and Freedom? It all depends on the people using the tech.

      nope, you already failed.. you said people.

      but users are people. oh.

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      • travisdh1T
        travisdh1 @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

        Shanghai creates public credit score

        http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/03/507983933/whats-your-public-credit-score-the-shanghai-government-can-tell-you

        Seriously scary.

        Or very cool. Ever read Daemon and Freedom? It all depends on the people using the tech.

        nope, you already failed.. you said people.

        Don't worry to much, the creator is a programmer and kills lots of people, just not his own users.

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        • travisdh1T
          travisdh1 @wirestyle22
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          @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

          Shanghai creates public credit score

          http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/03/507983933/whats-your-public-credit-score-the-shanghai-government-can-tell-you

          Seriously scary.

          Or very cool. Ever read Daemon and Freedom? It all depends on the people using the tech.

          https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-TM-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451231899 ??

          Yes.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            Man's front door bricked up as he sleeps
            http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38502720

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            • RojoLocoR
              RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

              Man's front door bricked up as he sleeps
              http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38502720

              Good prank.

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              • Son of Jor-ElS
                Son of Jor-El
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                A little light reading. What jumps out at me is there are zero modern day QB's that are in the list. Rules now enforced make it so easy on the receivers. That's why when I see QB records fall, it's like watching HRs in the steroid era.

                http://football-players.pointafter.com/stories/21428/most-unreliable-quarterbacks-nfl-history?utm_medium=cm&utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=rt.cm.ob.dt.11234#1-Jim-Hart

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  Brooklyn train derailment at a station. No info yet.

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                  • wirestyle22W
                    wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Brooklyn train derailment at a station. No info yet.

                    Reached out to my brother to make sure he is okay

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      Here it is:

                      http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/nyregion/lirr-derailment-atlantic-terminal-brooklyn.html

                      A Long Island Rail Road train crashed at a major transportation hub in Brooklyn during the morning rush on Wednesday, injuring over 100 people and disrupting the commute for thousands of people, the authorities said.

                      Officials said the train rammed into a bumper as it pulled into the Atlantic Terminal station in Downtown Brooklyn around 8 a.m., knocking at least the front two cars off the tracks.

                      Donette Smith, 55, who was on the train, said people had begun to stand in the aisle as the train moved into the station. Then an “extremely hard” jolt sent everyone falling to the floor. “People just went flying,” she said. “Bodies were everywhere. It was very scary.”

                      The passengers emerged to find the station filled with smoke. “I couldn’t see,” Ms. Smith said.

                      People removed from the train on stretchers, and one person had a bloody mouth, she said.

                      Fire Department officials said the crash could have been far worse. One rail of Track 6, on which the train was traveling, sliced through the floor of a train car, they said. And the train crashed into what the officials characterized as a small waiting room or workroom beyond the track, causing substantial damage to the room.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/04/long-island-rail-road-train-derails-at-atlantic-terminal-in-brooklyn-ny.html

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                        • Son of Jor-ElS
                          Son of Jor-El
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                          And he was mentally disabled.

                          http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

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                          • wirestyle22W
                            wirestyle22 @Son of Jor-El
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                            @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            And he was mentally disabled.

                            http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

                            This kind of stuff gets me really angry and upset. I worked with the developmentally disabled for years.

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                            • dafyreD
                              dafyre @wirestyle22
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                              @wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              And he was mentally disabled.

                              http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

                              This kind of stuff gets me really angry and upset. I worked with the developmentally disabled for years.

                              Yeah. This makes me sad to be a human.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Son of Jor-El
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                                @Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                And he was mentally disabled.

                                http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

                                Yeah, just horrible.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  There has just been a shooting at Ft. Lauderdale Airport.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    Looks like this is still ongoing.....

                                    Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Multiple people shot dead by Florida gunman
                                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38535699

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                                    • FiyaFlyF
                                      FiyaFly @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      Looks like this is still ongoing.....

                                      Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: Multiple people shot dead by Florida gunman
                                      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38535699

                                      Damn...

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
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                                        Pioneer Cabin Tree in California felled by storms
                                        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38561877

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          China crackdown sends Bitcoin sliding
                                          http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38591929

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                                          • Son of Jor-ElS
                                            Son of Jor-El
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                                            I know Amazon is big, but when I read this, I was like "woah!".

                                            http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-to-create-100000-full-time-jobs-in-the-us-2017-1

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