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hamper653··on Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister
Or are they?
hamper653··on Woman stranded in Spain after UK's eVisa system mistakes her for twin sister
Not every word in a conversation needs to be useful.
hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
There can’t be evidence if there is neither a crime nor an investigation.
hamper653··on The Remote Work Challenge: Lessons from 5 Cities
> yards, large homes, greater privacy than apartments provide

Really? You don’t even have hedges around your yards.

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
But did they? Was there an actual investigation going on?
hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> At this point, people should buy a burner phone when going to/from the US.

At this point? This has been standard practice for a while now.

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> He was charged for destroying evidence, not refusing a search

Evidence with regard to which investigation?

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
It has been standard practice for some time now in some European companies.
hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> if anything

That’s the crux of the matter, isn’t it? If there was no suspicion whatsoever, hence no investigation, then he couldn’t possibly obstruct it.

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> destruction of records in federal investigations

There was a federal investigation going on?

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> even if they had no reason for suspicion

Are you sure about that?

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> knowingly

Did he know he was suspected of something? Was he suspected of something?

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
> when it comes to the authorities thinking you did something wrong

Did they though? Was there an actual investigation going on?

hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
Evidence of what?
hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
Obstruction to what though?
hamper653··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
There is a difference between exploding a bomb and deleting your data. One is a crime.
hamper653··on Early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells in mice
> Let me explain: if an event or behaviour affects a person, it means that there must be a physical record of it.

That record needn’t be inside individual brain cells.

hamper653··on Nearly 1,400 live streams from Japan
1,400 live streams.......... :|

1,400 live streams, Japan... :D

hamper653··on Why the Ocean Cleanup hasn't solved the plastic pollution crisis
Soviet Union did a fair amount of damage to the environment being a capitalist country.
hamper653··on The weekend is 100 years old
I would like F to be inserted in the middle of the weekend, not at the end of it.
hamper653··on Sticky wage norms and the real wage cost of unexpected inflation
The American president: The laughing stock of the world.
hamper653··on 2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at UNESCO site in Turkey
> A distinctly Western European perspective.

Well, "civilisation" is a Western European word for a Western European concept.

hamper653··on The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
Is it though? Desiring such an end state sounds pretty stupid to me.
hamper653··on The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
But not-very-bright evil people can’t?
hamper653··on The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
Indeed.
hamper653··on HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons
Bezos doesn’t mind you thinking that the system is flawed and rigged and incentives bad behaviour.

Bezos is happy as long as you don’t abolish private property.

hamper653··on The federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding
I mean, Americans have consistently elected these people, haven’t they? This is easy to mask as "evil", but…
hamper653··on The weekend is 100 years old
In French. "End of week" would be "fin de semaine" but we don’t say that, we say "weekend". Which is understood as these two days when most people don’t work.

If anything, "fin de semaine" would refer to the last working days before the weekend.

hamper653··on HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons
Bezos doesn’t want you to abolish private property.

If you believe it possible to build a company that serves real humans rather than the accumulation of capital and the extractive nature of corporations, you will try that instead.

hamper653··on HackEurope 2026: A short rant on AI and hackathons
Yeah, and these ♥genuinely-caring♥ capitalists always end up either bankrupt, or Bezos.

> I don’t believe that.

Of course not. Bezos is spending a lot to make sure you don’t.

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