Non-IT News Thread
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Amazon defeated Rekognition revolt by a large margin
An attempted shareholder revolt over Amazon's sale of facial recognition technology to the police mustered less than 3% of votes cast at the firm's annual general meeting.
The tally was revealed in a corporate filing.
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Sebastian Kurz, Austrian chancellor, loses confidence vote
Austria's parliament has voted to remove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his government from office in a special parliamentary session.
His previous coalition ally, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), backed the motions brought by the opposition Social Democrats (SPÖ).
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Oklahoma tornado: Two killed and several injured in El Reno
At least two people have been killed after a tornado tore through the city of El Reno in Oklahoma, destroying a hotel and damaging a mobile home park, officials said.
The tornado struck the south-east of El Reno at about 22:30 local time (03:30 GMT) on Saturday.
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Colorado: Boulders 'the size of a building' hit US road
A section of highway in the US state of Colorado has been totally destroyed by two boulders "the size of a building", officials say.
The road was hit by a slide "consisting of dirt, rock and two huge boulders", the Colorado Department of Transportation said.
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Japan attack: Child among three dead in Kawasaki stabbing
A knife-wielding man has attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in the Japanese city of Kawasaki near Tokyo.
At least 18 people were injured in a residential area. Two of them, an 11-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man, have died.
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Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
Screw all of that, just burn me after I'm gone. Not that that's better, it's just done with quicker.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
Screw all of that, just burn me after I'm gone. Not that that's better, it's just done with quicker.
At least with a cremation, assuming the ashes aren't stored in an urn everything "goes back to nature".
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
Screw all of that, just burn me after I'm gone. Not that that's better, it's just done with quicker.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
Screw all of that, just burn me after I'm gone. Not that that's better, it's just done with quicker.
At least with a cremation, assuming the ashes aren't stored in an urn everything "goes back to nature".
We'll all be plant food anyway... bury me, burn me... It's not like I'll be needing my body after I'm dead.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Washington Governor signs bill to allow composting human bodies
Recompose is spearheading a greener green burial.
This week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill to allow the composting of human remains within the state.While I don't disagree with this, the entire idea of burials is also just weird, at least from a modern perspective of pumping people full of chemicals to preserve the body and then putting a really expensive box in the ground inside of another larger concrete box.
Screw all of that, just burn me after I'm gone. Not that that's better, it's just done with quicker.
At least with a cremation, assuming the ashes aren't stored in an urn everything "goes back to nature".
We'll all be plant food anyway... bury me, burn me... It's not like I'll be needing my body after I'm dead.
All the legal rigamarole with being buried means your body is around a long time. Even without reading the article that started us down this conversation, it can only be an improvement.
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Ohio's Dayton rocked by storms and tornadoes
Millions of people have been left without power in the US state of Ohio after severe storms and tornadoes hit the region.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ohio's Dayton rocked by storms and tornadoes
Millions of people have been left without power in the US state of Ohio after severe storms and tornadoes hit the region.
Glad we got back before the storms hit. That's just a mess!
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Ohio's Dayton rocked by storms and tornadoes
Millions of people have been left without power in the US state of Ohio after severe storms and tornadoes hit the region.
Glad we got back before the storms hit. That's just a mess!
I got some friends who may be close to that. Getting wifey to check on them now. I don't know how close they were to it.
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Leech smuggling: Canada fines man after 4,700 carried on plane
A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada.
Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last October. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Leech smuggling: Canada fines man after 4,700 carried on plane
A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada.
Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last October.Fun. . . now let me go and throw up my lunch . .
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Leech smuggling: Canada fines man after 4,700 carried on plane
A man has been fined C$15,000 ($11,000; £8,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of leeches in his carry-on luggage on a flight from Russia to Canada.
Ippolit Bodounov was detained at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last October.Bound for the US for the latest in high tech medicine.
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Nusrat Jahan Rafi: 16 charged in Bangladesh for burning girl alive
Sixteen people have been charged in Bangladesh over the shocking murder of a teenager who was burned to death after reporting sexual harassment.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, was doused with kerosene and set on fire on the roof of her Islamic school on 6 April, days after filing a complaint.
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Robert Mueller: Charging Trump was not an option
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has said charging President Donald Trump with a crime was not an option, in his first comments on the Russia inquiry.
He reiterated that his report did not exonerate the president and that legal guidelines prevent the indictment of a sitting president.
