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    • NerdyDadN
      NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:

      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

      European Union orders review of daylight saving time

      When Ben Franklin proposed it, it was actually as a joke. https://gizmodo.com/ben-franklins-daylight-saving-time-proposal-was-writte-1456363759

      When our country adopted it, it was in 1918 when it was adopted. Which I don't get because electricity was beginning to spread wildly and the need for more daylight wasn't really true. Get rid of it I say.

      Yeah, there has never been a legit excuse for it.

      "Well, they did it for the farmers." -Farmers work by the sun. The sun comes up, they go out to work. The sun goes down, they go home and go to bed. They don't care about "the official time".

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
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        @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

        European Union orders review of daylight saving time

        When Ben Franklin proposed it, it was actually as a joke. https://gizmodo.com/ben-franklins-daylight-saving-time-proposal-was-writte-1456363759

        When our country adopted it, it was in 1918 when it was adopted. Which I don't get because electricity was beginning to spread wildly and the need for more daylight wasn't really true. Get rid of it I say.

        Yeah, there has never been a legit excuse for it.

        "Well, they did it for the farmers." -Farmers work by the sun. The sun comes up, they go out to work. The sun goes down, they go home and go to bed. They don't care about "the official time".

        Yeah, no farmer EVER works by a clock. That's insane.

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        • mlnewsM
          mlnews
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          Eurostar to connect London and Amsterdam in April

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            mlnews
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            Tinder for frogs needed.

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              mlnews
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              #MeToo tag used by woman with multiple accusations of being the harasser, not the harassed. This will give a very different context to the hashtag.

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                mlnews
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                Facebook testing the downvote button.

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                  mlnews
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                  School principal imprisoned for nine years for taking students nude photos from their confiscated cell phones and publishing them online!

                  Real question... only nine years?

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @mlnews
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                    @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    School principal imprisoned for nine years for taking students nude photos from their confiscated cell phones and publishing them online!

                    Real question... only nine years?

                    That's really bad.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @coliver
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                      @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      School principal imprisoned for nine years for taking students nude photos from their confiscated cell phones and publishing them online!

                      Real question... only nine years?

                      That's really bad.

                      Not only is it bad, its a matter of WTF was this perv thinking. . . And to the next point . . (as has been tested / is being tested in court) can a minor be charged with creating/distributing child pornography. . .

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                      • coliverC
                        coliver
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                        I didn't read the article but not only is that against child pornography laws. It also goes against any number of state and federal privacy laws, as well as digital intrusion and digital espionage (although that may only be for state actors) laws.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @coliver
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                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          I didn't read the article but not only is that against child pornography laws. It also goes against any number of state and federal privacy laws, as well as digital intrusion and digital espionage (although that may only be for state actors) laws.

                          And specifically using a position of state mandated authority as a means of exploiting children!

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @DustinB3403
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                            @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            (as has been tested / is being tested in court) can a minor be charged with creating/distributing child pornography. . .

                            Yeah, this is a disaster.

                            The laws are no where close to keeping up. Not really a surprise.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Syria has shot down an Israeli fighter jet.

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                                scottalanmiller
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                                Cape Town finally sees rain!

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  EU finds daylight savings time to be.... well just stupid.

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                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/proposed-nasa-budget-takes-one-small-step-toward-the-moon/

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Bitcoin mining using more energy than homes in Iceland.

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                                      • NerdyDadN
                                        NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        EU finds daylight savings time to be.... well just stupid.

                                        Finally, somebody sees it. Now the question is, are they going to do something about it? If so, will America follow suit? Probably not.

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                                        • ObsolesceO
                                          Obsolesce @NerdyDad
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                                          @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          will America follow suit?

                                          lol no

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @Obsolesce
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                                            @tim_g said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            will America follow suit?

                                            lol no

                                            Sadly... Now if we as citizens just said screw it and stopped following this bad practice it would go away...

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