[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by subego 

IIUC, it’s not for damages, which is certainly what I think of when I hear “sue”.

Not exactly the best optics though.

I was considering this. I imagine some bean counter realized the damages for 1000 people will far exceed whatever the cost of the negative PR is.

Capitalism.

[subego]

This is Lake Shore Drive. It doesn’t look populated, but there’s city on the other side of those trees.

[andi*pandi]

sometimes I think you need to post the story with the picture.

[subego]

The pic, and that it happened is the most interesting bit. Plane lost power.

http://abc7chicago.com/small-plane-l...uries/3834885/

[...deleted...]

[The Final Dakar]

A Japanese medical university lowered women’s test scores because it was a “necessary evil”

[reader50]

^^ The above might not belong here. It may warrant a thread to call its' own.

• Cheating on tests. By the school rather than the students.
• Gender discrimination.
• Do these test scores become part of a student's permanent record? If so, falsification of official records. Which could affect them at any other school they apply to. A legal injury, grounds for a class-action lawsuit.
• Excluding students on fears of what they might do in the future, when the students are innocent today. (prejudge -> prejudice)
• Applying a quota without announcing it - Japanese law violation. For 7 years running.
• As lots of people had to know, and none reported it, we may have conspiracy charges.
• Accepting bribes to let unqualified person(s) in.

Quite an accomplished list for a university. Took years of work.

[The Final Dakar]

I guess I just saw the summary of the reasoning and thought: That's ridiculous

[subego]

More pixels:

https://gfycat.com/EnragedFickleCommongonolek

[...deleted...]

[reader50]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

A Japanese medical university lowered women’s test scores because it was a “necessary evil”

The Guardian has done their story on this.

Studies show the share of female doctors who have passed the national medical exam has plateaued at around 30% for more than 20 years, leading some experts to suspect that other medical schools also discriminate against women.

The education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters he planned to examine the entrance procedures of all medical schools.

This story could get a lot bigger. If those suspicions are true, a lot of people could be resigning and/or going to jail.

[...deleted...]

[mindwaves]

I absolutely hate logging out of gmail and still having my username "logged in." I have to further remove my username. I do so even on my own computer. When I am logged out, I want to really logged out, not half way!

[The Final Dakar]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

I've been seeing a steady bleed for months. I knew I should have dumped by Tesla stock at $350 last week.

Musk probably manipulating the stock by tweeting he's thinking about going private nets me that and then-some. Gonna be a fund drama to watch unfold.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

Gonna be a fund drama to watch unfold.

Freudian typo.

[The Final Dakar]

I caught it after I posted and was also amused. Anyway I'm officially out. No more brain cycles wasted watching it ping pong.

[reader50]

Want a smooth ride, even if you bought square tires on a sale?



Yes, it rides smoothly. No bumps for the rider - the axle heights remain constant. Click the picture for the article.

If you are near Saint Paul, MN, stop by Macalester college. The bike can be ridden by the public.

[Laminar]

[...deleted...]

[mindwaves]

Sitting in Starbucks watching a guy sitting next to me randomly hitting his iPhone with the palm of his hand every so often, as if to try to fix the iPhone. Sorry, but the iPhone is completely non-mechanical and different from the audio cassette players of yore, which maybe requires a careful knock on the corner for it to work properly. Seriously stupid.

[subego]

Probably just stupid, but solid state devices can benefit from some old-fashioned percussive maintenance. If a connection has become dislodged, a good whack can relodge it.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by And.reg 

An amusing read:
Man holds frog hostage in standoff with deputy

I could sense the last line in the article was coming, but I still laughed.

[subego]

Stefán Karl Stefánsson is in my autocorrect.

[...deleted...]

[The Final Dakar]

http://hiphop-n-more.com/2018/08/son...thumous-album/

Michael Jackson fans around the world will feel a major sense of victory as Sony Music has conceded finally in court that they released three fake tracks sung by an impersonator. These songs, ‘Breaking News’, ‘Keep Your Head Up’ and ‘Monster’ appeared on the late legend’s first posthumous album, Micheal in 2010. It debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 228k.

Interestingly, Serova also said in the court that Sony Music and the Cascio brothers had been trying to delete evidence of any misdoing and make sure the media didn’t take up the issue on a big level. That’s the reason why this story has hardly been reported so far. As MJ enthusiast Damien Shields reports, on December 7, 2016, lawyers for Sony Music and the estate finally conceded that the songs might actually be forgeries. They said that Sony and the Estate had taken Porte and Cascio at their word and failed to make their own investigation.

[Jawbone54]

Originally Posted by And.reg 

Thai man punches a female Apple salesperson in the face following a dispute over an alleged faulty Face ID scanner

Hard to be surprised over a story like this anymore, isn't it?

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

http://hiphop-n-more.com/2018/08/son...thumous-album/

That's a staggering confession. It seems every large company is a collective of scumbags.

[The Final Dakar]

It sounds like they lied to Sony, but I'm not sure.

What's weird is, would three songs really be a deal breaker on releasing an album?

[...deleted...]

[subego]

Does nobody use tinfoil anymore?

[andi*pandi]

surely all those fancy metal straws we're supposed to be buying would do the job.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by andi*pandi 

surely all those fancy metal straws we're supposed to be buying would do the job.

Can't wait for the first person to kill themselves using metal straws.

Class action lawsuit hilarity ensues.

-t

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by The Final Dakar 

It sounds like they lied to Sony, but I'm not sure.

What's weird is, would three songs really be a deal breaker on releasing an album?

Three songs is the difference between releasing an EP and releasing an album.

Do you have any idea what the royalty payout would be for the producers of three songs on the first posthumous Michael Jackson album?

[subego]

[...deleted...]

[subego]

In what sense? To hammer on the stock price?

[Waragainstsleep]

He did hint at going private. Lower stock price makes it easier.

[subego]

I don’t see a way he can tank the price enough for it to matter without getting fired and/or charged with securities fraud.

[Waragainstsleep]

Maybe its more a "Leave me alone or I'll trash the value of your shares" deal.

[subego]

He’s going to lower the stock price by acting like an idiot, so the board will leave him alone to keep the stock price up?

Wat

[reader50]

Musk needs a vacation. SpaceX is executing well, with BFR development coming along. Tesla still needs attention, but letting the CEO melt down due to stress and overwork will not help.

He should take a month off. Off-grid if need be, to cut the stress. It's good for his health, and good for his companies.

[subego]

This is a very long gif, but it’s worth it to stay to the end.

[...deleted...]

[reader50]

A French school posted a picture for recruiting purposes. In order to appeal to prospective American students, their ad agency turned three students black. And added two more black people to the picture. The original pic had only white people.

Spotting them all will take a little work - the guardian does not show the exact same pic before manipulation. Instead one taken up to a minute off from the same set.

Speaking as an American, I do not find this particularly appealing.

[mindwaves]

I was about to post that. I do see the people who have been digitally altered but I do not see the two black people who have been added.

Edit: never mind, I see them now.

[mindwaves]

Man fakes having Down syndrome.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...er/1306857002/

I think he was able to pull it off because he kind of does look like he does have Down syndrome with that stare.

[electrode17]

Wait, I thought Down Syndrome is physically evident? That man is insane.

[...deleted...]

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by And.reg 

How do I get my Title changed from "The Mighty" to "The Mighty Pain in the Ass"?

None for you. You suck at being a pain in the ass. Do better

-t

[subego]

Now I want to change my location to “that pain in your ass”.

[...deleted...]