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  1. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    Reminds me of the Futurama suicide booths.
    7 points
  2. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    I'm sure a boardroom patted themselves on the back really good over this.
    5 points
  3. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    Agreed! The world needs more porta potties.
    3 points
  4. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    Reminded me of the suicide booths on Futurama.
    2 points
  5. The light turned yellow...

    The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing and stopped at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman behind him was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects. He said, ''I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, giving the guy in front of you the finger and cursing at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' licence plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally ...... I assumed you had stolen the car.''
    2 points
  6. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    Or had the servants do so
    2 points
  7. Media Player Classic - Home Cinema 1.9.12

    Fork with original name will always be unofficial.
    2 points
  8. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    Why do these polls always have 'refuse' as the only option to not get the jab? What about people that can't get one due to medical conditions or those of us that CHOSE to wait a bit longer for actual approval? Nothing against you all but I'm not keen on getting ANY drug without approval and long term testing. I'll just stay home, get my groceries put in my trunk and wait until we get full approval and a year or two of history.
    2 points
  9. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    i saw the same movie before🤩 your DNA is changed and now you have a SuperPower...
    2 points
  10. UK police mistake illegal bitcoin mine for cannabis farm

    What the hell are you talking about...
    2 points
  11. That's what made it illegal - the fact they were stealing electricity. So electricity theft... Did they also steal electricity for some illegal tea brewing? It's intentionally poor grammer for a clickbait headline.
    2 points
  12. The WHO escalated their message according to the evidence presented. You can read through the timeline here: https://www.who.int/news/item/29-06-2020-covidtimeline" rel="external nofollow">https://www.who.int/news/item/29-06-2020-covidtimeline WHO categorically protected china from being accused of spreading the virus and also played part in nomenclature politics and abolished its old age practice of calling virus names from place of origin. WHO was kept in dark about this virus by china as china knew about the virus way before the news came into the public. Still WHO didn't even take any serious note about it as many people can spread the virus in meantime considering a number of institutions there educates foreign nationals. WHO has faulted multiple times handling this thing.
    2 points
  13. It was because Trump was trying to run with that theory, and we all know what social media's stance was regarding him...
    2 points
  14. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    Is this satire or reality? I CAN'T TELL ANYMORE
    1 point
  15. Amazon offers 'wellness chambers' to workers, memes follow

    Is it larger on the inside?
    1 point
  16. Amazon UK is discounting the Echo Buds by a hefty £65

    I don't like ear buds, they always fall out, sure I have never tried cordless ones, but to be honest I would not want to pay that price and find out I have the same problem with them. The other thing is I would be scared of losing one. Good old headphones are far better., also I don't think I would want Alexa in my ear.
    1 point
  17. Amazon UK is discounting the Echo Buds by a hefty £65

    Yeah it looks like it, I will update.
    1 point
  18. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    I'm diabetic, have asthma, and am over weight and, with the exception of the things I mentioned (asthma flare up on first dose, and being generally 'sick' for 2 days after the second dose) I have had zero reaction to it and I even had asked my doctor to fill out the paperwork so I could get the vaccine earlier, but he never got the message (online portal system is kind of wacky)
    1 point
  19. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    I work in Healthcare, so got the Pfizer. I call the two shots "Distemper and Rabies" by P-fizer (I actually say the "P" for fun". A bit of a sore shoulder, and didn't grow the 3rd arm my pharmacist said I could grow. That part was disappointing
    1 point
  20. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    Who are you waiting to approve? FDA already approved both of them months ago. This was in december
    1 point
  21. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    I've had two doses of Astra Zeneca, the first shot gave me severe chills for about 12 hrs, then I was fatigued for a couple of hrs, The second shot gave me a fever and swollen glands for about 12 hrs, I still think getting a dose of the vax is better than getting a dose of the covid.
    1 point
  22. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    I also already got my 2 Pfizer vaccine doses many months ago. So has the rest of my family. All is well.
    1 point
  23. I live a few miles from here and know the estate well. Growing of illegal cannabis farms is a particular problem in this area and the aerial thermal scans from police drones or helicopters picked up the heat coming from this building. I know a guy who had his back garden shed raided by police for the same reason, suspecting he was growing cannabis. He was doing exactly the same and just mining with several computers in his shed. The difference was he was paying his electricity bill so it didn't make the national/international news.
    1 point
  24. Far Cry 6 gameplay trailer shows off its new guerilla tactics

    Because it is.
    1 point
  25. Far Cry 6 gameplay trailer shows off its new guerilla tactics

    Dont forget classic Ubisoft 'Radio Tower' missions.
    1 point
  26. Far Cry 6 gameplay trailer shows off its new guerilla tactics

    LOL the Macarena gun though....!! Far cry is probably the only game I've loved every installment of, so can't wait.
    1 point
  27. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    Already got my 2 Phiffer (sp?) shots a month ago. All is well.
    1 point
  28. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    I have heard many stories like yours and the J&J one, which makes me glad I didn't get it, I was very close to getting it on the day I was going to get my first dose because a pop up location opened really close by, but I already had my other one scheduled so I did not want to do the J&J
    1 point
  29. Are you getting vaccinated, or have been?

    My wife and I got the Moderna - first shot we had no reaction whatsoever, but we had heard that many reacted badly after the second dose. For us, we were mildly sick for the second day after it, but it passed. My arm was a little sorer after the second one.
    1 point
  30. Just guessing, but I think that 99% portable will still be 720p. Not only because on such a small display it doesn't matter, but also because of backwards compatibility with the base Switch. Docked will be pushed to 1080p with a 2160p upscaler. higher resolution = you'll need bigger battery life why people want that kind of thing, i don't buy portable console to have 1 hour battery life 720p is more than enough, having something more powerhungry for when it's docked doesn't worth it if you'll sacrifice the portability aspect of the PORTABLE console Seriously if anyone is serious about switch on the go, they are going carry a battery pack around or power adapter. So the shorter battery life is really not an issue.
    1 point
  31. You can pick up the Space Grey 2021 Apple iPad Pro at $50 off

    Must not be selling very well.
    1 point
  32. Because any thing that had to do with Trump was cool to hate on. Not just cool, but correct too. The man was a psychopath bent on tearing America apart. But hey, that's just my opinion. If you think Trump did harm to America, then you must really think Biden is a spawn of satan...
    1 point
  33. Samsung announces Galaxy Tab S7 FE with 12.4-inch display

    screen aspect ratio should be 3:2 or 4:3 for tablet.
    1 point
  34. Surface Duo gets May update with more stability improvements

    I've been thinking about buying it when it became available in Europe, then I saw a 1500€ price tag and changed my mind.
    1 point
  35. Except that this is PRECISELY how 99% of diseases make the NATURAL jump from animals to people (and even back again). from https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27...be-investigated-expert-says" rel="external nofollow">https://www.npr.org/2021/05/27...be-investigated-expert-says "On why natural transmission from animals to humans is still the dominant theory for the origins of COVID-19" "This is really 99% of the time the source of emerging infectious diseases, whether you talk about HIV or Zika or Ebola, the original SARS, MERS. I mean, you keep going and going. But all of these have been the result of zoonotic spillovers — so, spillover of viruses from animals into humans. And this is what we've seen with the prior coronaviruses so probabilistically, it's far more likely that this would be a spillover event as well." So, what you have said is just rightwing conspiracy nonsense drivel. The experts have now told you otherwise. Stop peddling the crapola. And the more people invade the wildlife habitat for their own gain, the more likely this is going to happen again. And again... What virus comes next, and how soon after this pandemic, is just everybody's guess and for the people who study all this their fear.... We should (again) invest heavily in 'warning posts' and international, combined research, like we did after SARS and MERS. But people's interests and memory are fickle creatures, so we tend to forget what happened and complain about costs. And social media are the worst in providing information, it traps people in bubbles and unfortunately only fuels their misconceptions.
    1 point
  36. Because any thing that had to do with Trump was cool to hate on. Not just cool, but correct too. The man was a psychopath bent on tearing America apart. But hey, that's just my opinion. What you say about Trump is exactly what the left generally does. they destroy everything they touch. there is a reason why a lot of common people like Trump because they can see he's for the USA unlike the godless left. just look at all of the leftist run cities which are pretty much full of crime and they want open borders and, as usual, gas prices are on the rise again which was no surprise. the common person just gets screwed with the left in power, especially in fairly recent memory where they have went off the rails and we all know the 2020 election was not legitimate either. the left will call it a conspiracy theory but if they had nothing to hide why would they be interfering with the audits etc. the media is corrupt (which are largely left) along with social media censoring conservatives as they fear us because the truth is on our side. the left is getting to have more in common with the hammer and sickle than they do the USA which is why people are so divided right now as those on the right see the left is not headed in a positive direction and those on the left are brainwashed by the media etc to think the left is the good guys when the exact opposite is true. but like I have said before, someone who can't see the basic big picture through the lens of Christianity is a lot more likely to be blind and go with the flow of whatever is popular in the world at any given time regardless if it's moral or not and the left sides with disorder over order with abortion being a very basic test of morality as look at how each political party labels the issue... 'pro-life' vs 'pro-choice'. one (pro-life) tells the issue like it truly is, while the other (pro-choice) sugar coats a immoral/evil act under the guise of a choice. someone who finds life to be disposable at it's most innocent stage, in a mothers womb, inevitably goes off the rails after enough time passes and that's the case with the modern left where disorder is praised and order is rejected etc.
    1 point
  37. Facebook will no longer remove posts claiming Covid-19 was man-made

    so it's only a conspiracy theory until biden wants to investigate it? come on facebook.... It's still a conspiracy, but they are allowing conversion about it again because it's news. It's a conspiracy theory, not a proven conspiracy.
    1 point
  38. Trump was right all along - its a shame that people didn't believe it then but we all know the media was out to get him and they got what they wanted.
    1 point
  39. It's amazing the divide politically in this thread, with the same information that is interpreted in different ways, mostly from talking heads on the brainwash networks. Our education system has failed us. Nobody can think for themselves and has to get their talking points from cable tabloid segments.
    1 point
  40. make websites, not accounts.
    1 point
  41. It's such an embarrassing backflip for the global media but as they operate on their own opinion they'll never admit to the mistake
    1 point
  42. Because any thing that had to do with Trump was cool to hate on. Not just cool, but correct too. The man was a psychopath bent on tearing America apart. But hey, that's just my opinion.
    1 point
  43. Facebook will no longer remove posts claiming Covid-19 was man-made

    I think there are a few reasons why it matters. First, the truth would put a stop to a lot of conspiracy theories. Most importantly, it would give an opportunity for lessons to be learned so that this doesn't happen again. Personally, I don't care where it originated from. I did not enjoy that the pandemic was used as a political weapon, and I want to see the world get passed it and never go through it again.
    1 point
  44. I'll only say that I think it was man-made.
    1 point
  45. Because any thing that had to do with Trump was cool to hate on.
    1 point
  46. I am pretty sure its wrong and even if it was a lab leak, I doubt it was a man-made virus. Most probably they were studying it and someone got the virus. That person then transferred the virus outside the lab and it spread out. But I know conspiracy theorist will have a field day. How can you be so naïve? CCP loves you already. Viruses just don’t randomly infect people that easily in a lab unless manipulated with “Gain of Function”. I am not saying they created it with the intention of unleashing on the world but it was created for purposes best known to them. Cure cancer/HIV or even as Bio warfare. That no one will know. The fact you're invoking the spectre of the Communist Party of China (CPC, btw) proves you have political reasons behind your reasoning to pin this on a lab, rather than a desire to find out the truth of the matter.
    1 point
  47. A lot of people are confusing the idea of "escaped from a lab" and "man made". It is possible, through some gain-of-function research, that a coronavirus was being modified and it escaped due to an accident. That would be a man-made virus that leaked. Ignoring the accident, this type of research was documented and published by the presumed leak location. It is also possible that while studying a coronavirus, that it escaped, without any man-made modifications. And it is still also possible that an unmodified coronavirus was intentionally released (man-made or not). And it is finally still possible that it really was just bad luck and the virus jumped from a bat in a wet market. All four hold some merit especially in light of the origin and the original discrediting of it really only served to help the country of origin. Separately, the fact that this was as a conspiracy theory a year ago, triggering account bans and censorship, and is now returning is exactly why entrusting social media companies with this type of information control is absolutely crazy. They did not know the truth then, and they do not know the truth now and the same is inherently true for all of the things that they have taken it upon themselves to peddle. It makes me extremely happy to not have social media accounts and more people need to get off these platforms to bring back control and rational conversations.
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  49. Upgrading gaming notebook with new SSD and RAM

    the rest of your post is spot on but I will mention one thing. You can get an m.2 to USB3 adapter then you can just clone the current drive over to the new and swap them here's an example https://www.amazon.com/SSK-Aluminum-Enclosure-Adapter-External/dp/B07MNFH1PX/
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  50. Upgrading gaming notebook with new SSD and RAM

    Only 256GB? (I looked at the wrong spec sheet!), then that SSD upgrade totally makes sense 👍 Make sure you get one with no heatsink (or make sure that it can be removed) to be able to fit inside the laptop. And also note that you will not get the full PCIe Gen 4 speeds you quoted for either of the drives as that laptop is limited to PCIe Gen 3, so you are looking for a maximum of 3000-3500 for both reads and writes, still much faster of course than the one you have but as you said real world performance differens will be neglectable in Windows and everyday usage unless you do a lot of large files copying everyday (files larger than 1GB). Game loading will be noticable faster though so definitely go for it! You will need an external drive to copy the data you need from the old drive as this laptop will not take an extra M2 drive. For RAM yes I agree with you, that is ideal (but also most expensive), the alternative I mentioned worked fine for me for many laptops, but your milage might differ so go with what you are comfortable with :)
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