Non-IT News Thread
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US man held for sending flashing tweet to epileptic writer
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Archbishop in Sicily bans mafia from being godfathers
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Chuck Berry just passed away.
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Indian engineer named Saddam Hussain cannot get a job
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
US man held for sending flashing tweet to epileptic writer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39315393He did much more than send a tweet.
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Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
*blinks tears from eyes, starts unpacking*
Is it as bad as places like NYC or not quite that bad?
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
but their minimum wage is also higher
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@NattNatt said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
but their minimum wage is also higher
LOL, and won't pay for you to do ANYTHING, nor is it available as a non-citizen
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206*starts packing*
It's a beautiful country. I've spent a week there, we love it. But boy is it expensive.
*blinks tears from eyes, starts unpacking*
Is it as bad as places like NYC or not quite that bad?
LOL, it's so far beyond that.
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NYC... I know how to get a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan for under $1,000 / mo and how to get breakfast for $1.50
Norway.... apartment is $1,000 a week and coffee is $7
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206
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@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206They have on their happy faces... Can't you tell?
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Son-of-Jor-El said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39325206They have on their happy faces... Can't you tell?
Oh I can tell!!!
That band right there may have the most messed up story in the history of metal.
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Electronics banned on some US flights from Middle East
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electronics banned on some US flights from Middle East
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39333424TL:DR
Direct flights to US only, screening in some of these places are to ineffectual, and the idea is additional screening at say Germany would catch any thing.
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Finally a valid use for the Apple Watch.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Electronics banned on some US flights from Middle East
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39333424TL:DR
Direct flights to US only, screening in some of these places are to ineffectual, and the idea is additional screening at say Germany would catch any thing.
Hopefully Turkey is not included in that. Highest security at any airport that I know, so seems unlikely.
