[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

A standard would reduce the barrier to entry, which would increase competition. Can't have that.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Guess I didn't realize it's hitting humans on Long Island pretty well.

https://www.cdc.gov/west-nile-virus/data-maps/current-year-data.html

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 43 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"... is now recovering at home ... is expected to make a full recovery ..."

To save you a click. (There's not much more in the article.)

Unfortunately, the article doesn't mention where he got it. Was he visiting some lab or did he get bit someplace some locals should be taking precautions?

(He's retired, but I don't know if he still has a presence in the industry or not, giving talks and doing visits.)

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Fox" could be confused with "box", so it goes with "Foxtrot".

Also, keep in mind that everything is a product of its time.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

This Experian FAQ article indicates "thin file" is about number of credit accounts, not amount of interest.

https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/what-is-a-thin-credit-file-and-how-will-it-impact-your-life/

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My thought on that is that they needed a new location so their image didn't just look like a modified version of another of the victim's public images, so NK searched for a stock photo for a professional looking location. Ars has just located the stock image they started from.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

My guess would be that they needed to get a mid-point between existing photos of the guy whose identity they stole and the guy that would show up in the video interviews.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I think it's that the parent company took out huge loans to buy Redbox. And that's the streaming service they setup has ongoing costs and overhead, like licencing. And the loans they took out to make their own content.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 months ago

Anybody else spend way too long trying to figure out why there were umlauts over the "n" in the second panel? 🤦🏻

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

The actress was born in Cleveland, Ohio. So there's that.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

Are you sure that's not 7931 you're looking at?

7931 are the four corners, so it'd be an easy pattern.

[-] Philippe23@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 months ago

The 5th circuit is a treasured location to forum shop to get the outcome the plantiffs are looking for.

https://prospect.org/justice/2024-04-15-americas-fifth-circuit-problem/

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The Upper Hand (danbydraws.com)

From the original artist's site: https://danbydraws.com/

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complacency rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/691347

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