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Grey Fox posted:House bill does this, the version the Senate passed does not Right, I forgot that bit. I got out of grad school in 2009 (and out of the USA in 2012) so I'm personally in the clear, but I have a lot of friends who are going to be profoundly hosed by that if it becomes a reality. I was talking to someone who JUST got out a few months ago, though, and we were all "hey good news is the job market may get a lot less competitive in a couple years if nobody can afford to get a Ph.D. any more". Gallows humor, but it's all we've got these days.
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The Tampa Bay Police Department hired a fake sign language interpreter for a news conference.quote:"Fifty-one hours ago, zero 12 22 (indecipherable) murder three minutes in 14 weeks ago in old (indecipherable) murder four five 55,000 plea 10 arrest murder bush (indecipherable) three age 24." If only there was a way to do a cursory check on Ms. Derlyn Roberts oh wait i just googled her name   whoops
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Trig Discipline posted:Right, I forgot that bit. I got out of grad school in 2009 (and out of the USA in 2012) so I'm personally in the clear, but I have a lot of friends who are going to be profoundly hosed by that if it becomes a reality. I was talking to someone who JUST got out a few months ago, though, and we were all "hey good news is the job market may get a lot less competitive in a couple years if nobody can afford to get a Ph.D. any more". Gallows humor, but it's all we've got these days. Don't get excited about PhD availability in the gutter. We'll just keep importing them like before. At least that's what my place of employment does. The number of homegrown grads is small compared to foreign grads coming in.
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Dillbag posted:The Tampa Bay Police Department hired a fake sign language interpreter for a news conference. Huh, was the guy from Nelson Mandela's funeral not available?
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Don't act like a big puppy when you have to get a shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T73MrS-oTYg&t=55s
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BovineFury posted:Don't act like a big puppy when you have to get a shot. I notice (s)he made a beeline to the vet techs after the owner wasn't reacting the way they wanted. Vet techs, you're rewarding the behavior and making it worse!  A little later is my favorite. Mastiff Rodeo!
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This reminds me of a story I heard about a leader of a church youth group. He took the kids out to a lake to demonstrate how one would fish with a net the way that Jesus and the apostles would have done in their time. Unbeknownst to him, it was super illegal without the correct licensing and he got caught by game and fish and got levied a fantastically huge fine. Oops!
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Fail army best fails of the year (so far) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDhVJfEFxik Fail army, "watch out johnny!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxZmWuib_Bk
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Mama duck and ducklings don't even look back.  "
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They just couldn't help themselves, could they? They couldn't just say, "We can't comment on this issue." Dillbag posted:The Tampa Bay Police Department hired a fake sign language interpreter for a news conference. How does this keep happening? Applicant: I can totally do sign language. I've been doing sign language for, like, fifty years. Everyone at my house does sign language. [Waves hands in random circles, makes potentially rude gestures] Interviewer: You're hired. Interviewer's brain: Heh, heh. She has no idea I couldn't read what she was saying.
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Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:How does this keep happening? Because people keep not checking for job-relevant certification.
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Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:They just couldn't help themselves, could they? They couldn't just say, "We can't comment on this issue." I surprised the deaf haven't gone to the internet wondering about the sudden outbreak in glossolalia.
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Maleh-Vor posted:He wanted to go to a broccoli farm. This kid is the best. Millions of people have gone to the circus, but how many kids can say they've stood in a field of nothing but broccoli as far as the eye can see? Chicks dig guys who've had cool life experiences like that.
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Humphreys posted:
I'm sorry for bringing up cricket again but what happened when there was a no ball ruling there? The score they had to get went down by a bunch, is that a penalty?
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Aerdan posted:Because people keep not checking for job-relevant certification. I figured something like that had to exist. It's both hilarious and a little disturbing that this particular weird thing seems to keep happening. Proteus Jones posted:I surprised the deaf haven't gone to the internet wondering about the sudden outbreak in glossolalia. "She's speaking in hands!"
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Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:"She's speaking in hands!" Holy poo poo.
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canyoneer posted:This reminds me of a story I heard about a leader of a church youth group. He took the kids out to a lake to demonstrate how one would fish with a net the way that Jesus and the apostles would have done in their time. He was probably using gill nets. They are very illegal so gently caress that guy.
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Renegret posted:idiot play stupid games win stupid prizes
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Punxsutawney is famous for their yearly Groundhog Day ritual in the USA, but there are several other towns that have notable groundhogs trotted out for the special day. One of them is Jimmy from the town of Sun Prairie. In 2015, the mayor of the town held a speech after Jimmy gave his forecast. For some reason, Jimmy was held up near the mayor's face during it. Groundhogs are cat-sized, naturally aggressive, and have teeth like this:  So the inevitable happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZdIYAHtYNE&t=27s
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Mizuti posted:Punxsutawney is famous for their yearly Groundhog Day ritual in the USA, but there are several other towns that have notable groundhogs trotted out for the special day. One of them is Jimmy from the town of Sun Prairie. In 2015, the mayor of the town held a speech after Jimmy gave his forecast. For some reason, Jimmy was held up near the mayor's face during it. Eh, just do it differently next time.
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Wow, the vet reaction video.. starting at 3m37s, if the cat wasn't white, I would have thought I filmed it. That is exactly how my cat reacts when at the vet. It takes 3-4 people to hold her down. The neck trick doesn't work on her.
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stevewm posted:Wow, the vet reaction video.. starting at 3m37s, if the cat wasn't white, I would have thought I filmed it. My female Maine Coon had to be sedated. In fact there was a MUST SEDATE in her file since she took a (small) chunk out of a vet tech when she was 3 years old. Maine Coons can do some serious damage when they get pissed off. Plus that amount of stress just isn't good for the animal, in general. Proteus Jones has a new favorite as of 03:05 on Dec 5, 2017 |
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Trig Discipline posted:They removed exemptions for tuition waivers (and fellowships?), which will cause grad students to have to pay hefty taxes on money they literally never had. It will make grad school far more expensive and probably keep some people from going at all. Don't be surprised. The uneducated are far easier to manipulate.
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Proteus Jones posted:My female Maine Coon had to be sedated. In fact there was a MUST SEDATE in her file since she took a (small) chunk out of a vet tech when she was 3 years old. Coons can do some serious damage when they get pissed off. Plus that amount of stress just isn't good for the animal, in general. this poo poo makes me glad my cat is awesome. When he's in a cat carrier he makes the most pitiful noises, but once he's out and allowed to chill on the vet table he doesn't care. He'll even just lay there and let the vet pet him. Half the time he had to get shots, he didn't even realize until she'd already jabbed him. He does not appreciate getting a thermometer up the rear end though. Nor does he like having his claws trimmed, it's taken a while but he finally puts up with it just because he gets treats afterwards.
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MNIMWA posted:I'm sorry for bringing up cricket again but what happened when there was a no ball ruling there? The score they had to get went down by a bunch, is that a penalty?
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Proteus Jones posted:My female Maine Coon had to be sedated. In fact there was a MUST SEDATE in her file since she took a (small) chunk out of a vet tech when she was 3 years old. Coons can do some serious damage when they get pissed off. Plus that amount of stress just isn't good for the animal, in general. i'm just imagining that third sentence being taken out of context
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Sagebrush posted:i'm just imagining that third sentence being taken out of context  Fixed. Totally didn't even see that.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sage-hill-rock-hit-parking-lot-1.4431931quote:Drivers can't seem to stop hitting a giant rock in a suburban parking lot, despite it being an inanimate object surrounded by yellow-painted curbs. 
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I had to click to make sure that wasn’t where I used to live in NC. There was a huge Best Buy parking lot with a rock that size in one of the medians near the exit to another giant parking lot. One day there was a car fully upside down 30 feet from it and no other explanation.
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/4/16732952/winklevoss-twins-bitcoin-billionaires-surge The Winklevoss twins (of Facebook lawsuit fame) now have a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin. I'm still not sure how they are supposed to spend it. I guess they can buy a ton of poo poo on Overstock and Newegg. But yeah investing $11 million into Bitcoin in the early days is either the smartest or dumbest thing the twins have ever done.
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Mu Zeta posted:https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/4/16732952/winklevoss-twins-bitcoin-billionaires-surge My understanding, unless it's changed in the last handful of years, is that these companies/websites don't even touch Bitcoin. There's a middle-man processor that takes the Buttcoins and hands them USD. Is that still true?
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Croccers posted:My understanding, unless it's changed in the last handful of years, is that these companies/websites don't even touch Bitcoin. There's a middle-man processor that takes the Buttcoins and hands them USD. Is that still true? Every major company that accepts bitcoins uses a bitcoin exchange to turn it into real money, yes.
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Are people buying Bitcoin in such amounts that it's actually possible to offload $1 billion worth and turn it into cash in a reasonable timeframe? Also, would selling a billion dollars of Bitcoin cause it to noticeably depreciate in value?
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According to a guy at work who is really into cryptocurrencies but also seems somewhat realistic about them (at least to the extent that those two statements are compatible), you could -- with the market in the state it is right now -- convert about $10,000 worth of bitcoin into USD per day without running into problems. He says that none of the marketplaces or w/e they're called have enough USD available to cover much more than that. So no, the Winkelvosses aren't going to be able to turn that into real money any time soon, unless they find an extremely stupid billionaire who's willing to pay enormous amounts of real money for fake internet money. I wonder if they've hit up Notch?
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