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    • JaredBusch
      JaredBusch last edited by

      Well, that is one way to work on Japan's population issue.....
      https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/20/587297870/japanese-baby-factory-man-gains-custody-of-13-surrogate-children

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      • scottalanmiller
        scottalanmiller last edited by

        Billy Graham just died at 99.

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        • dafyre
          dafyre @scottalanmiller last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

          Billy Graham just died at 99.

          😞 Also... wow. I thought he had died a few years ago, lol.

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller @dafyre last edited by

            @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            Billy Graham just died at 99.

            😞 Also... wow. I thought he had died a few years ago, lol.

            Like....20?

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            • scottalanmiller
              scottalanmiller last edited by

              Virgin Hyperloop One to build a hyperloop in India.

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              • dafyre
                dafyre @scottalanmiller last edited by

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                Billy Graham just died at 99.

                😞 Also... wow. I thought he had died a few years ago, lol.

                Like....20?

                Give or take 5, ha ha.

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                • PenguinWrangler
                  PenguinWrangler @scottalanmiller last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/17/digital-nomads-are-hiring-and-firing-their-governments/

                  There is something to be said for putting down roots. To actually invest your time into a community. I would not want that lifestyle. I love traveling, but I love coming back to where I call home.

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                  • PenguinWrangler
                    PenguinWrangler @dafyre last edited by

                    @dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Billy Graham just died at 99.

                    😞 Also... wow. I thought he had died a few years ago, lol.

                    My Grandfather got to meet him years ago, I believe it was in the 1970s. They were about the same age. Billy Graham has not been doing well, healthwise, for a while.

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                    • dbeato
                      dbeato @scottalanmiller last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      Billy Graham just died at 99.

                      https://www.npr.org/2018/02/21/136224476/americas-pastor-billy-graham-dies-at-99?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180221

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                      • Fredtx
                        Fredtx @scottalanmiller last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        Billy Graham just died at 99.

                        A great servant who made a huge impact to the world.

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                        • scottalanmiller
                          scottalanmiller last edited by

                          Explosion, likely a grenade, just thrown into the US embassy grounds in Podgorica Montenegro.

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                          • Obsolesce
                            Obsolesce @scottalanmiller last edited by

                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            Explosion, likely a grenade, just thrown into the US embassy grounds in Podgorica Montenegro.

                            https://www.rferl.org/a/montenegro-confirms-suicide-attack-us-embassy-podgorica-/29055917.html

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                            • JaredBusch
                              JaredBusch @Fredtx last edited by

                              @fredtx said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              Billy Graham just died at 99.

                              A great servant who made a huge impact to the world.

                              Made a huge impact, yes. The type of impact is debatable.
                              A great Servant? Fuck no.

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                              • PenguinWrangler
                                PenguinWrangler @JaredBusch last edited by

                                @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                @fredtx said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                Billy Graham just died at 99.

                                A great servant who made a huge impact to the world.

                                Made a huge impact, yes. The type of impact is debatable.
                                A great Servant? Fuck no.

                                Starting hospitals in impoverished countries that accept people of all faiths, running orphanages, helping in refugee camps, helping subsistence farmers learn how to start growing enough food to actually start making income, rescuing children and women from the sex slave industry, just to name a few things. That isn't being a servant at all. Of course, people will hear a religious message through these but they don't have to convert to take advantage of these ministries. So yes I do believe he was a great servant. Was he perfect, no. But I will most likely say that we will just have to agree to disagree on this.

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                                • black3dynamite
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                                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nra-lashes-out-at-boycott-movement-as-united-delta-and-other-corporations-cut-ties/ar-BBJx07h?ocid=spartandhp

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller last edited by

                                    https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/26/entertainment/kevin-smith-heart-attack/index.html

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                                    • StrongBad
                                      StrongBad last edited by

                                      Interesting NPR article on Peer Review in the scientific community.

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                                      • Obsolesce
                                        Obsolesce last edited by

                                        Amsterdam supermarket opens world's 1st plastic-free aisle

                                        http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-wednesday-edition-1.4555711/amsterdam-supermarket-opens-world-s-1st-plastic-free-aisle-1.4555714

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                                        • momurda
                                          momurda @Obsolesce last edited by

                                          @tim_g This is good. I hate plastic containers(all, but especially for food) and avoid them when possible. Sometimes though when i go to the butcher shop and ask for no plastic the clerk refuses to give me stuff wrapped just in paper and will always wrap in a plastic bag then in butcher paper.
                                          Luckily though i live in an area where recycling is taken seriously and most plastics with a number can be recycled. And plant based plastics that are biodegradable are a thing now for food containers, which is great.

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                                          • Obsolesce
                                            Obsolesce @momurda last edited by

                                            @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @tim_g This is good. I hate plastic containers(all, but especially for food) and avoid them when possible. Sometimes though when i go to the butcher shop and ask for no plastic the clerk refuses to give me stuff wrapped just in paper and will always wrap in a plastic bag then in butcher paper.
                                            Luckily though i live in an area where recycling is taken seriously and most plastics with a number can be recycled. And plant based plastics that are biodegradable are a thing now for food containers, which is great.

                                            You still have to be careful with paper. Much of it is still coated in the same crap that makes plastic so bad! For example, common kitchen papertowels, napkins, paper plates, etc...

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