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Buckle up buttercups, here comes a Star Citizen thread. I haven't done one of these in awhile.
So, you remember how every year since 2014, during their CitizenCon, anniversary and holiday streams (all take place in Q4), CIG has used all sorts of bullshot presentations to scam gullible backers? Well, it's happened again. And this year it's even more blatant.
To understand what they've done this time around, you have to appreciate the fact that they have insurmountable tech challenges due to the fact that for 7 yrs they've raised almost $200m based pure hype alone.
A thread of images from a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861.
Here is George Washington (with bow and arrow) pictured alongside the Goddess of America. 1/
Here is George Washington (with bow and arrow) pictured alongside the Goddess of America. 1/
Here is Christopher Columbus (seated at center) reporting his discovery of America to Queen Isabella of Spain.
So far, kinda normal, but wait for it.... 2/
So far, kinda normal, but wait for it.... 2/
Now it's the American Revolution. Here is George Washington defending his wife "Carol" from a British official named "Asura" (same characters as the Buddhist deity). 3/
1. Something happened at the Capitol Tuesday to reaffirm my long-held view that liberals should stop believing what conservatives say liberals believe.
2. One of the biggest obstacles in the history of American liberalism has been this tendency among liberals to accept as true things liberalism’s enemies say about it and them.
3. Newly elected members of the US Congress arrived for orientation. @Ocasio2018 spoke at a sit-in featuring about 200 people outside Nancy Pelosi’s office.
1) All of you rat bastards on the Hill better hope this doesn't mean what it looks like 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂@CarrollQuigley1 @BenKTallmadge @wynterklaus @almostjingo
dcd.uscourts.gov/news/standing-…
dcd.uscourts.gov/news/standing-…
2) NOT RR - Meet the U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu, District of Columbia
Ms. Liu locked up a Rothschild and does not play
justice.gov/usao-dc/meet-u…
Ms. Liu locked up a Rothschild and does not play
justice.gov/usao-dc/meet-u…
3) 07/21/17 @POTUS met with US attorney nominee (JESSIE K. LIU) before her selection: report
thehill.com/blogs/blog-bri…
thehill.com/blogs/blog-bri…
1) Everybody is freaking out over the Dems because since Election Day they've stolen 2 Senate seats & 9 House Seats and it looks like they're going to steal 7 more House seats.
This all has to happen. I know it's like in Top Gun when Maverick says "I'm letting them get closer."
This all has to happen. I know it's like in Top Gun when Maverick says "I'm letting them get closer."
2) Remember, it's a clear as the nose on our faces that they're cheating. Everybody knows they're cheating. Every Democrat voter who has an IQ over 90 knows they're cheating.
The real question is: Why are they being allowed to cheat?
The real question is: Why are they being allowed to cheat?
3) First, what did @POTUS tell them before the Election and what will he soon remind them of when DHS starts the crackdown?
My Mum lost her password for 23andme. Instead of getting a new one, she ordered another spit kit, gave another sample, and had another DNA test!
Today, she rings me: baffled, but excited and happy, that they’ve found a twin she didn’t know about!
#DNA
Today, she rings me: baffled, but excited and happy, that they’ve found a twin she didn’t know about!
#DNA
Guys, her father was a FRS.
I am beginning to think she got Nana’s arty genes.
I am beginning to think she got Nana’s arty genes.
Geneticists. I apologise if she’s fucked up your data.
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Technology
Automotive blockchain platform opens new opportunities for connected vehicles
#blockchain #vehicles #connectedvehicles #IoT #BlockletTVA
smart2zero.com/news/automotiv…
#blockchain #vehicles #connectedvehicles #IoT #BlockletTVA
smart2zero.com/news/automotiv…
IBM, Seagate partner on blockchain anti-counterfeiting project
#blockchain #security #technology #harddrive
smart2zero.com/news/ibm-seaga…
#blockchain #security #technology #harddrive
smart2zero.com/news/ibm-seaga…
SpaceChain blockchain-based satellite network a step closer to reality
#blockchain #satellite #networks #opensource
smart2zero.com/news/blockchai…
#blockchain #satellite #networks #opensource
smart2zero.com/news/blockchai…
Morning. We are in court 26 at the Rolls Building for Day 6 of the Bates v Post Office common issues trial. Post Office representatives will be cross examined (xe’d) by Patrick Green QC (PG). First up, I think, is Nick Beal. #postofficetrial
Yesterday’s write up of proceedings is here: postofficetrial.com/2018/11/day-5-…
And today’s rather grouchy secret email has been sent to subscribers. Subscribe for daily secrets on postofficetrial.com
And today’s rather grouchy secret email has been sent to subscribers. Subscribe for daily secrets on postofficetrial.com
Here is yesterday’s write up by the @ft on.ft.com/2PuCxd3
Mr Beal has been sworn in. He is the Head of Agents’ Development and Renumeration at Post Office.
#postofficetrial
Mr Beal has been sworn in. He is the Head of Agents’ Development and Renumeration at Post Office.
#postofficetrial
1) Another day, another story that goes like this. Organization is training developers in testing. Sounds like a pretty good idea at first, although most developers are already pretty good at the kind of testing that developers need to do, especially when they collaborate.
2) Turns out that developers are being trained in higher-level integration and system testing—the kind of deep testing that requires more domain knowledge and a substantial shift from the developer mindset. Hmm. Why are they getting this training? Because the testers were canned.
3) And why were the testers canned? Because they had been told "We have to do more automated testing! We have to automate all the testing!" Which means that the testers were being asked to do programming. And, though this may be a surprise, the testers weren't great at that.
Science and Space
Today it begins. Gigi and I are at the cancer center for her 1st chemotherapy treatment. It will take 8 hours, but the entire process takes 10 or 11 hours with lab work and consultations. Two days ago she had surgery to put a port under her skin for the frequent needles. /1
2/ Yesterday met with a surgeon about the multiple required surgeries. It is happening so quickly, it hasn't felt real. Gigi says the same.
But now it is real. She just finished lab work and we walked to the chemo center. Gigi was taken to the room. They'll call me, shortly.
But now it is real. She just finished lab work and we walked to the chemo center. Gigi was taken to the room. They'll call me, shortly.
3/ But Gigi is VERY encouraged. Running that marathon was vital. I dont think I mentioned it before, but Gigi got FIRST PLACE for her age group! She was worried she couldn't even finish. Her only goal was to finish, but she got first place. 🙏 (I need an emoji smiling with tears)
Vamos a hacerlo bien. Estoy estudiando este artículo: The Uninhabitable Earth, de @dwallacewells en @NYMag para mi próxima novela. Va sobre los desastrosos efectos (no tan lejanos) del cambio climático. Voy a ir comentándolo sobre la marcha en este HILO nymag.com/intelligencer/…
«The science says climate change threatens nearly every aspect of human life on this planet, and that inaction will hasten the problems» / La ciencia dice que el cambio climático amenaza casi cada aspecto de la vida humana en este planeta, y esa deriva acelerará los problemas.
«we have, trapped in Arctic permafrost, twice as much carbon as is currently wrecking the atmosphere of the planet, all of it scheduled to be released at a date that keeps getting moved up, partially in the form of a gas that multiplies its warming power 86 times over» Trad. ⬇️
Theresa May has destroyed any chance of a decent Brexit.
How badly I feel for the people of the UK today! They got sold down a river.
Theresa should never have been the one to lead the negotiations. She never even believed in Brexit.
The UK won’t be great again.
How badly I feel for the people of the UK today! They got sold down a river.
Theresa should never have been the one to lead the negotiations. She never even believed in Brexit.
The UK won’t be great again.
Given the #Brexit deal on the table, the UK would be far better off leaving without a deal.
It astounds me that with all the problems they have, they keep electing the same government to lead them.
You’ve got great people like @Nigel_Farage who could’ve done a REAL job!
It astounds me that with all the problems they have, they keep electing the same government to lead them.
You’ve got great people like @Nigel_Farage who could’ve done a REAL job!
I don’t understand how a Prime Minister can lose 16 Cabinet Members within the space of a year and continue to govern.
These are people quitting on her. Not her firing them!
This woman needs to step aside. They’ve made a mockery of #Brexit and taken it up the rear from the EU!
These are people quitting on her. Not her firing them!
This woman needs to step aside. They’ve made a mockery of #Brexit and taken it up the rear from the EU!
Culture and Books
I've changed my position on stockpiling for Br*xit. If you're going to do it, do it NOW so the stores have time to recover and replenish. Don't leave it til March and contribute to potential crisis. I've cleared out my outhouse out. I have no confidence in this Government.
I've been hungry before and I genuinely fear going hungry again. I may be being irrational, paranoid, but that's what trauma does to a person. It changes your boundaries of what you can tolerate. Hair triggers can set recovery back months, years. I'm so genuinely frightened.
And I've been keeping a lid on it but I'm genuinely petrified of what happens come March 29th. I've _written an entire book on cooking from tins_ for god's sake. This Govt has proven themselves again and again to be not only incompetent but also selfish, careless, shambolic...
RBI & North Block have been at loggerheads many times in the past:
1) First Governor of RBI - Sir Osborne Smith (1935-37) resigned before the completion of his term as his outlook on exchange rate & other policy issues differed with that of the Govt. He never signed any notes.
1) First Governor of RBI - Sir Osborne Smith (1935-37) resigned before the completion of his term as his outlook on exchange rate & other policy issues differed with that of the Govt. He never signed any notes.
2. Sir Benegal Rama Rau, the longest serving Governor of the Bank from 1949-57, resigned in the middle of January 1957 before his second term expired due to differences with the then Finance Minister.
3. Mr. P Chidambaram and Dr. Y.V Reddy differed over FDI in Private Sector Banks.
Also, Reddy wanted a ban on Participatory Notes in India that encourages easy entry of foreign money.
Also, Reddy wanted a ban on Participatory Notes in India that encourages easy entry of foreign money.
NY TV debut 11/15/48 from 8:30 to 9:45 pm on WCBS' "Film Theatre of the Air.'' Nigh, whose directing career went back to 1914 including important films at Warners and MGM, directs rare PRC family film from 1943. Copyright expired 1971.
11/15/53 at 11:15 pm on WCBS' "The Late Show.'' Due partly to Hollywood union contracts, there were many UK films on TV at this point. One of the higher-profile titles, 1947 Boulting Brothers political drama had been around since 1949.
NY TV debut 11/15/58 from 5 to 6:25 pm on WRCA's "Movie Four.'' A couple of days earlier, French producers unsuccessfully sought injunction to block Channel 4's owner, NBC, TV distributor Flamingo Telefilm Sales and theatrical distributor GFD from broadcasting Tati's 1953 comedy.
Politics
NEW: The Trump administration is planning to announce in the State of the Union a plan to shift more veterans’ health care to the private sector.
propublica.org/article/trump-…
propublica.org/article/trump-…
The administration’s plan could cost ~$13.9B to $32.1B over 5 years, and send as many as 55% of veterans to private doctors, up from about 38% now.
propublica.org/article/trump-…
propublica.org/article/trump-…
@4letfreedomring @amrollins49 @putolile @ChuckGrassley @realDonaldTrump Yes RUSSIANS. Have you even read the indictments? It a joke and has nothing to do with trump. While I do not like trump as a person this is becoming criminal in the governments power. Do you know how many crooks surround/ed Obama? It’s Washington
@4letfreedomring @amrollins49 @putolile @ChuckGrassley @realDonaldTrump how come Hillary can collude PAY millions 2 other countries “spy’s” to dig up dirt on trump but heaven forbid trumps team does it? Every election does OP research. Since you’re concerned, I’m sure you’re distraught over obama admin interfering in other countries fair elections
@4letfreedomring @amrollins49 @putolile @ChuckGrassley @realDonaldTrump And the fact that America’s Presidents, FBI, top officials,CIA, and top officials (otherwise known as the deep state) has done disgusting things to interfere with tons of other countries democratic process just to put in power certain people! You people make me sick.The hypocrisy
How much lying did Donald Trump do in the run-up to the midterms?
He made 815 false claims in one month. EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN.
It took him 286 days to make his first 815 false claims. He just did it in 31.
thestar.com/news/world/ana…
He made 815 false claims in one month. EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTEEN.
It took him 286 days to make his first 815 false claims. He just did it in 31.
thestar.com/news/world/ana…
Trump made more false claims in the two months leading up to the midterms, 1,176, than he did in all of 2017, 1,011. Here is a chart showing just how extreme this period was:
The three most dishonest days of Trump's presidency were the three days prior to the midterms. The record: 74 false claims the day before the midterms.