Non-IT News Thread
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Calais, Maine: 22-Year-Old Man Dies After Setting Off Firework on His Head, Police Say
During a 4th of July backyard celebration, Devon Staples placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head, set it off and died instantly, a spokesman for Maine's Department of Public Safety said.
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@mlnews said:
Calais, Maine: 22-Year-Old Man Dies After Setting Off Firework on His Head, Police Say
During a 4th of July backyard celebration, Devon Staples placed a fireworks mortar tube on his head, set it off and died instantly, a spokesman for Maine's Department of Public Safety said.
Darwin at work!
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Indeed. That guy was not likely to be a heavily positive donator to the gene pool in the long run.
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The gene pool has been known to be self chlorinating.
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If I were @g-jacobse, I would build a swimming pool and put up signs calling it the Gene Pool.
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Then if people pissed him off he could forcibly remove them from the Gene Pool.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Then if people pissed him off he could forcibly remove them from the Gene Pool.
LOL... Which is why generally no one wants to play in my yard.
get off my grass
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He could give stress reduction classes by the pool and call it Gene Therapy.
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@StrongBad that's a Gene-ius idea!
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@scottalanmiller said:
Then if people pissed him off he could forcibly remove them from the Gene Pool.
If you could have any super-power, what would you choose?
A: The ability to forcibly remove people from the gene pool.
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Walt Disney World Removes Statue of Bill Cosby
With the recent revelations that Bill Cosby has had come out about him, Disney is seeking to distance themselves from the Cosby train wreck and is busing removing any memory of him from their parks.
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Cosby May Still Face Rape or Sexual Assault Charges
Not all of his accusations fall outside of the statute of limitations. With the recent court documents released, cases may now move forward.
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Time Warner Slapped with $230,000 Fine for RoboCalls
This is a good one. TW wouldn't stop calling the wrong person with an auto-dialer, which constitutes harassment. This is a good case for why robocallers are just way too dangerous to be using.
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Sometimes it feels nice to know that stupidity is common no matter where you may live. I won't bother translating as it should be pretty obvious what this is about.
https://mvd.ru/upload/site1/folder_page/006/158/477/Selfie2015.pdf
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I'm just waiting for a bill collector to try and sue me of an unpaid bill... My voicemail informs them to send a text message to the number they called. If their robot doesn't leave a message, it ain't my fault.
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@dafyre said:
I'm just waiting for a bill collector to try and sue me of an unpaid bill... My voicemail informs them to send a text message to the number they called. If their robot doesn't leave a message, it ain't my fault.
Use a PBX at home. No bill collector will even bother trying to reach you. No sales people. It's pretty handy.
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I had considered setting one up... However, I need the Voicemail to Text offered by Google Voice... I may try it if you know of a voice to text plugin for any of them...
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@dafyre said:
I had considered setting one up... However, I need the Voicemail to Text offered by Google Voice... I may try it if you know of a voice to text plugin for any of them...
There is a voice to text plugin for Asterisk, or used to be. I have not used it and have not looked at it in a very long time so I cannot comment on it, but you might be able to use that natively.
