Non-IT News Thread
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
The train station in Brussels that we used in 2012 was just bombed. No details yet. Evacuation underway.
From the reports so far, sounds like the only dead person is the bomber. They evacuated before it went off.
That's good news at least, except for the damage to the train station.
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Holy crap! what the hell? So many attacks in a short time..
Perhaps I'm only just now listening, and there have always been this many.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Holy crap! what the hell? So many attacks in a short time..
Perhaps I'm only just now listening, and there have always been this many.
It's not just you. It seems there's been a real rash of it in the last week or two.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
Holy crap! what the hell? So many attacks in a short time..
Perhaps I'm only just now listening, and there have always been this many.
Ramadan is nearly over.
ISIS has been calling for attacks during Ramadan the last few years.
and
https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/isis-calls-for-more-attacks-during-ramadan/530061/
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I thought it ended like two days ago.
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Karen Handel wins. :). Time for some sleep.
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Exploding cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Exploding cream dispenser kills French fitness blogger
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40362094So many places I want to go with that one, none of them appropriate.
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https://arstechnica.com/?p=1122599
Viking toilet discovery
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Quantum entanglement communications gets a little closer...
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Camden flats: Hundreds of homes evacuated over fire risk fears
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China landslide leaves 100 missing in Sichuan
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WTF
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Google hit with record EU fine over Shopping service
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Google hit with record EU fine over Shopping service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40406542Been working from the hotel lobby while I wait to go to a meeting and heard about this on the newsfeed they have playing on the TV.
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Even a fine that large represents only about 2.5% of 1 year of revenue. Wont even make a dent in bonus checks.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
Even a fine that large represents only about 2.5% of 1 year of revenue. Wont even make a dent in bonus checks.
But the fine comes from profit, not revenue. It's a huge deal.
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It is only ~12% of their profit last year. Not really significant IMO. Certainly they will probably change their behavior in the short term. But these fines should be a majority of profits for a year. Or a personal fine totalling 2.5B against the board and Csuite. Otherwise what is the point? No lesson learned, no thinking about consequences in the future, theyll just do it again because it only takes them a month to absorb the highest fine ever dished out.
