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[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (6 children)

If it is a religion, then it is a very fragmented one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

What will be released first? Elder Scroll 6 vs new Windows scroll bar?

 

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah I should have said higher dimensions.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Ok your wife is the docking station then.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

It would not be Mama Mia without the original Abba songs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Apple and Samsung want to have a word with you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Someone has to make a wireless charger with a nipple on it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

If we live in a computer simulation, then yes the creator could be made out of atoms. They just need to make a computer that simulates whatever physics they like.

But in a purely physical world that we understand, I think this question is too hard to answer. If they are in the 4th dimension and being able to manipulate space and time, or even the laws of nature, then anything is possible.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 7 months ago (27 children)

French Fries are from Belgium English muffins are invented in the USA Singaporean Noodles are invented in Hong Kong

Wuhan virus? Most likely from Wuhan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Anyone remember Geocities?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Thanks. I find the terms too vague. It isn't obvious what Active vs Hot vs Scaled are. I am going to give it a try.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Most IT departments have the mindset of avoiding troubles instead of making things easy for users. They don't want to get blamed for security incidents. They want things to be predictable and within control.

They sacrifice a lot of user convenience doing that. On the other hand, IT giants are enshittificating IT services.

 

Sept. 8, 2000 -- A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city did not discriminate against Robert Jordan because the same standards were applied to everyone who took the test.

“This kind of puts an official face on discrimination in America against people of a certain class,” Jordan said today from his Waterford home. “I maintain you have no more control over your basic intelligence than your eye color or your gender or anything else.”

He said he does not plan to take any further legal action.

Jordan, a 49-year-old college graduate, took the exam in 1996 and scored 33 points, the equivalent of an IQ of 125. But New London police interviewed only candidates who scored 20 to 27, on the theory that those who scored too high could get bored with police work and leave soon after undergoing costly training.

Most Cops Just Above Normal The average score nationally for police officers is 21 to 22, the equivalent of an IQ of 104, or just a little above average.

Jordan alleged his rejection from the police force was discrimination. He sued the city, saying his civil rights were violated because he was denied equal protection under the law.

But the U.S. District Court found that New London had “shown a rational basis for the policy.” In a ruling dated Aug. 23, the 2nd Circuit agreed. The court said the policy might be unwise but was a rational way to reduce job turnover.

Jordan has worked as a prison guard since he took the test.

 

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