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xkcd

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xkcd #2867: DateTime

We use datediff in sql and let God handle the rest.

"Oh but they're in different time zones" "Oh did you account for if one is in day light savings and other isn't" "Aren't some of these dates stored in UTC and some local?"

Are all problems I do not care about.

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Please Wake up.

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Don't worry, medical care is now government funded in the real world! The taxes you paid prior to falling into a coma covered you.

This is in no way a ploy to get you to wake up so we can put you in the medical work camp because you owe us 17 million dollars.

With love, Kind and gentle Medical industries inc*

*A fully owned subsidy of Nestlé

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Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree

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Happened to my mum!

She said she felt like someone was following her as she kept seeing a new car outside and she didn't know who it belonged to.

My sister who lives with her said she was crazy.

Surprise surprise, few months later she gets a letter with pictures of her sometimes leaving the house saying they did an investigation.

Since the pictures were mostly her limping heavily to take her service dog out to go to the bathroom it was fine.

But yeah its no joke, but makes sense. My mom has been on disability near 10 years, that's 400k+ in benefits paid out. Paying 2k for a private investigator only has to work a small percentage of the time to save money.

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New record set for world's hottest day - as scientist warns milestone is a 'death sentence'

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I mean nonviolent protests DO work.

Non-disruptive DOES NOT work though.

MLK Jr didn't peacefully sit in a park. They ran boycotts, sit ins, shut down streets, trespassed into white only areas, and drove businesses insane.

If MLK Jr was your enemy you were going to have a miserable time when he rolled into town.

Ghandi had people illegally burn documents and basically smuggled salt against all regulations.

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Future Insight – The Jenkins

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So you're supposed to do 50-30-20 Meaning 50% on needs 30% on wants 20% investing

You might be thinking "Ericbomb, how does one keep their needs below 50%, when the median rent in the US is $2,000, and median household income after taxes/withholdings is near 40k?"

Wonderful question!

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Games that force you to make hard choices

If you like randomly made stories, you can try Rimworld.

You will quickly find yourself asking very difficult questions. Is taking on the cripple something you can afford to do? Is using medicine on a less valuable colonist smart? Do you let some of your colonists starve, or start a war with friendly neighbors? Cannibalism will make your neighbors hate you and some of your colonists might rebel over it, but that's better than some of them starving... right?

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Mastery of HTML

Okay but that is adorable and true XD

The old internet taught us so many random skills. I couldn't type on a keyboard for jack until I got into MMO's back in the day, because it was pre voice comms. So I learned to type faster so I would struggle less XD