Non-IT News Thread

[mlnews]

Corbyn fires Smith for recommending another Brexit referendum - a necessity given the knowledge now that the first one had tampering.

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Pro Leave chief tries to head off news as Brexit push linked to Cambridge Analytica and Facebook.

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Interesting medical news: The Wobbly Head Woman

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Huge cracks open in Kenyan Rift Valley.

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More and more news reports coming out against Vote Leave.

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Medical students expose that they are not being taught about nutrition - one of the most fundamental components of healthcare.

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Quantas just completed the first non-stop commercial flight from Australia to the UK.

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Mark Zuckerberg apologizes.... by newspaper?

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The BBC has seen evidence suggesting that Cambridge Analytica's parent company boasted of interfering with elections.

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Herring may be a big winner from pollution.

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Oh look, Corbyn caught up in anti-semitism row just a day after he fires someone for wanting some semblance of democracy.

[coliver]

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/feds-pushing-new-plan-for-encrypted-mobile-device-unlocks-via-court-order/#p3

So the same thing they have been trying to do for the last decade? How is this proposal any different?

[nadnerB]

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/feds-pushing-new-plan-for-encrypted-mobile-device-unlocks-via-court-order/#p3

So the same thing they have been trying to do for the last decade? How is this proposal any different?

Different font?

[dafyre]

@nadnerb said in Non-IT News Thread:

@coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/feds-pushing-new-plan-for-encrypted-mobile-device-unlocks-via-court-order/#p3

So the same thing they have been trying to do for the last decade? How is this proposal any different?

Different font?

Bonus points to them if they send it out in Comic Sans.

[black3dynamite]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/25/american-family-vacationing-in-mexico-died-from-gas-asphyxiation-officials-say/

[scottalanmiller]

@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/25/american-family-vacationing-in-mexico-died-from-gas-asphyxiation-officials-say/

That is so sad

[mlnews]

US joines EU in expelling Russian diplomats.

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Uber leaving markets such as SE Asia as they are losing $1bn a quarter.

[DustinB3403]

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Uber leaving markets such as SE Asia as they are losing $1bn a quarter.

I can't begin to understand how a business spends 1-billion a quarter for something as simple as ride-sharing. . .

What kind of opex is occurring here?!

[Kelly]

@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

Uber leaving markets such as SE Asia as they are losing $1bn a quarter.

I can't begin to understand how a business spends 1-billion a quarter for something as simple as ride-sharing. . .

What kind of opex is occurring here?!

Bribes most likely, but written down as something else.