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orionion··on Yahoo to lay off more than 20% of staff as it shrinks ad biz
First they deleted all my old "Yahoo Groups" files.

Then I had a prolonged illness where I couldn't use my old Yahoo e-mail accounts.

They deleted my e-mails. ALL of them.

Now "THEY" are being deleted.

Maybe there is a just universe after all...

orionion··on Apple’s 2½ year old iPhone 12 is 6% faster than the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Don't confuse Amazon "Fire" performance with a "real" Android device. Amazon is subpar in my experience, and is several (many) generations behind.

>Amazon began referring to the Android derivative as Fire OS with its third iteration of Fire tablets. Unlike previous Fire models, whose operating system was described as "based on" Android, Fire OS 3.0 was described as "compatible with" Android.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_OS

orionion··on Social Media Is Entering Its Flop Era
>Instagram is dying, Twitter's imploding and TikTok is for a certain kind of person. Where does that leave us now?
orionion··on Elon uses the FAA PIA privacy program for a private plane ID
Elon Musk is a DoD contractor. We are at proxy war with Russia. It should have been private long ago.

SpaceX goes full defense contractor with national security-focused Starshield

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33873511

orionion··on I Had Salmon Every Day for a Week–Here’s What Happened
>Eating salmon every day might sound excessive, but it turned out to be the all-in-one diet supplement one health reporter needed.
orionion··on Beyond Meat is struggling, and the plant-based meat industry worries
The Bizarre Truth About “Natural Flavors” https://branchbasics.com/blogs/food/the-bizarre-truth-about-...
orionion··on How to download your tweets in case Twitter shuts down permanently
As much as "cut and paste" news media outlets use twitter for "news" they should of pooled their money and bought it when they had the chance!
orionion··on $477M FTX ‘hack’ was a Bahamian government asset seizure
The Bahamian government is overseen by "The Firm"...

>The Crown and the Police Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_Bahamas#The_Cr...

The national police force of the Bahamas is known as "The Royal Bahamas Police Force".

>The St. Edward's Crown appears on the Bahamian Police's badges and rank insignia, which illustrates the monarchy as the locus of authority.

>Every member of the Royal Bahamas Police Force has to swear allegiance to the monarch of the Bahamas, on taking office.

("Monarch of the Bahamas" aka King Charles III of Great Britain.)

I can imagine many levels of royal induced pressure being applied here.

orionion··on J. Edgar Hoover, Public Enemy No. 1
>The truth is, no one knows because there is no reliable evidence that Hoover was gay.

>The Soviet KGB began spreading disinformation about J Edgar Hoover's sexual proclivities in the 1960s. These included claims that Hoover was a gay cross-dresser. The fact is that in the well-regarded history book, The Sword And The Shield - The Mitrokhin Archive And The Secret History Of The KGB, authors Christopher Andrew and Vasili Mitrokhin, point out that like the CIA, the FBI was a major target of KGB disinformation operations and that, until his death in 1972, many of these measures were directed against J Edgar Hoover.

https://petievich.com/the-truth-about-j-edgar/

orionion··on The fall of Sam Bankman-Fried is crypto’s Enron moment
FTX was claiming it was FDIC insured???

From August 2022:

Crypto firm FTX gets warning from FDIC to stop ‘misleading’ consumers about deposit protection

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/19/crypto-firm-ftx-receives-cea...

orionion··on Ask HN: How did the CFTC and SEC miss FTX and Alameda?
> Trust and Security

> FTX and FTX US follow the same security standards and neither site has ever been hacked. Both platforms encourage two-factor authentication (2FA), and both practice cold storage of user funds.

> The only difference is that FTX has an insurance fund for users that is funded through their trading fees. If a hack were to occur, FTX can reimburse affected users. FTX US doesn’t have insurance in that manner, crypto lost through a hack isn’t covered, but USD deposits are FDIC insured. Because the original FTX has a more comprehensive insurance fund for users, it gets the edge here.

Don't worry... He's going to jail...

orionion··on L’Oréal suspends advertising spending on Twitter
>Interesting so they support Amber Heard by her being a spokes person for L’Oréal...

Maybe they are positioning the company to buy out Depends...

https://www.depend.com/en-us/

orionion··on Viking runes found in Oklahoma?
Most likely scratched by a Norwegian Blue Parrot... blown far off his normal migratory route... the sad text recounts extreme pining for the fjords...
orionion··on Jewish Calendar Demystified (2007)
"Pope" comes from the Latin Pontifex Maximus". Julius Caesar (100 - 44 BCE) was a Roman Pontifex Maximus, Gregory VIII (1572 - 1585 CE was a Catholic Pontifex Maximus.

And keeping track of calendars was part of their job!!

>The Pontifices were in charge of the Roman calendar and determined when intercalary months needed to be added to synchronize the calendar to the seasons. Since the Pontifices were often politicians, and because a Roman magistrate's term of office corresponded with a calendar year, this power was prone to abuse: a Pontifex could lengthen a year in which he or one of his political allies was in office, or refuse to lengthen one in which his opponents were in power. A Pontifex with other political responsibilities, especially away from Rome, might also have been simply distracted from his calendrical duties as chief priest. This caused the calendar to become out of step with the seasons; for example, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon in January 49 BC actually took place in mid-autumn.

Under his authority as pontifex maximus, Julius Caesar introduced the calendar reform that created the Julian calendar, with a fault of less than a day per century, and which remained the standard till the Gregorian reform in the 16th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontifex_maximus#Roman_Republi...

orionion··on Driver dies when Tesla catches fire in crash on I-75
>The car veered onto the shoulder and into a ditch before hitting a tree. The car caught fire; the driver was unable to get out and died at the scene. The man has not yet been identified.
orionion··on Ask HN: Why do people add * over letters in offensive words?
It may come from "G*d"

Why Write "G‑d" Instead of "G-o-d"?

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/486809/jewish...

orionion··on Apple's VP of procurement exiting after off-color comment in viral TikTok video
>He added that he has a "hell of a dental plan."

Obviously he's an anti-dentite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yada_Yada

orionion··on Treasury Department helps expand internet access to Iranians amid gov. crackdown
>“The U.S. government will continue to identify those opportunities to support the Iranian people’s right and ability to communicate freely and without fear of government reprisal,” the Treasury official said.

What if they violate Facebook or Twitter censorship rules?

orionion··on DirecTV changes Dak Prescott’s jersey color from blue to purple at NFL’s request
Purple? So he's a Viking now?
orionion··on San Francisco’s famous sourdough was once gross
Sourdough bread & diabetes: is sourdough the best bread for people with diabetes?

https://www.sourdough.co.uk/sourdough-bread-diabetes/

orionion··on Upcyling a 40-year-old Tandy Model 100 Portable Computer
Spent many hours with Model 100/102 cousin the Olivetti M-10

https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=475

orionion··on Nearly half of America’s overweight people don’t realize they’re overweight
Plastic Might Be Making You Obese https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-09-11/plasti...
orionion··on South Park famed Casa Bonita display items up for sale
Casa Bonita renovation: Photos, documents reveal $12 million plans

https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/casa-bonit...

orionion··on King Charles the III, the new monarch
He gets to (must) sign an endless stream of documents like Acts of Parliament and Royal Decrees etc.

Under the Constitution, before a bill can enter into law it must be passed by Parliament and then signed by the Monarch and countersigned by the responsible minister or state secretary.

orionion··on Boy Scouts to exit bankruptcy after $2.46B U.S. sex abuse settlement approved
>The biggest change in the amended plan was the removal of a $250 million settlement payment from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which Silverstein refused to approve. Silverstein said that part of that settlement proposal went too far in attempting to protect the Mormon church from abuse claims that were only loosely connected to scouting activities.
orionion··on [dead]
Her vile words about the Queen were slammed by thousands online, including billionaire Bezos.

Jeff Bezos said: 'This is someone supposedly working to make the world better? I don't think so. Wow.'

Journalist Piers Morgan also added: 'You vile disgusting moron.'

orionion··on Does Using “The” in a brand name improve it?
Worked wonders for Ohio State University.

Sorry... "The" Ohio State University. https://www.osu.edu

orionion··on Russia’s Soldiers Sabotaging the Russian Army
Ukraine crisis: Russian oil turns to Asia as sanctions bite https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60783874

China and India together buy over 2 million barrels of oil a day. ~ $5 billion a month / 60 billion a year. Plenty of cash.

orionion··on Seitan: Alternative to soybean-based foods such as tofu, sometimes used as meat
Warning: NOT gluten free.
orionion··on US Drought Monitor
It's not just burgers and steaks.

Dairy cows turn alfalfa into milk and we turn milk into butter, cheese, yogurt, kefir, cream, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, ice cream, whey, casein, pudding, flan, caramel, crema, etc.

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