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Bruce, not what I meant. I literally meant, the world would be in a situation like 2009 or worse now, *regardless* of covid, because no lessons had been learnt from the 2008-2009 crash. All the warning signs were there for those who are experts in those areas (I sure as heck had never heard about inverse yield curves until reading some articles by people who predicted 2009, and that was back in 2012). And the "problem" is, any lessons that could have been learnt from the GFC 2020 is swept under the carpet because of covid covering everything that is wrong in the financial world atm.

Without going into detail about the linked to stuff, I wonder how many people here realize how close the world was to a major financial crisis when when covid hit? It sort of obfuscated that the inverse yield curve had popped all the safety valves and was screaming 'red alert!' a year and a half ago, major financial crisis, probably hitting harder than the 2008-9 bubble crash, within the next year (that was in 2018). Sadly covid may now prevent people from dealing with the underlying structural issues in the economy, because covid will get all the blame for the current situation. Just saying, without covid, the situation would likely very much be the same as it is now. Just without face masks and social distancing. This happened in 2018... (the last time it happened was in 2007 and I think most people remember the years following the GFC) https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimcollins/2018/12/04/the-yield-curve-just-inverted-sort-of-and-that-is-a-sell-signal-for-stocks/?sh=111427a83eaa

One interesting twist to the whole thing is, the company that Facebook refuses to pay is Murdoch's Newscorp. The same people who runs Fox News. I couldn't care less about Facebook, they could crash and burn for all I care, no need for it. But I like Murdoch even less. I guess I understand how Americans felt when it was a choice between Clinton and Trump. In this case, the world would be better off without either 😂

Fear not. No cost is too high for the Texas crusaders in their epic struggle against sustainable energy On a serious note, @Darkpriestgot it right a bit further above, the solution is to diversify and not put all your eggs in one basket. Avoiding single points of failure in your system is sort of a mantra today in the airline industry (except Boeing).

An oldie but goodie...

The temperatures seems less regulated

Sorry to disappoint 🤐 Didn't know the guy you linked to. Maybe not a big loss not knowing him either. And no, I didn't know any better either when watching the movie, but I know now it's not the German beer ordering technique that stands out, but the British. Most other West European spies would have gotten away with it I suppose 🤔

It was just a scene from Inglorious Bastards that sprang to mind https://www.businessinsider.com.au/order-a-beer-like-a-german-2014-3

Uh huh... how do you order 3 drinks again?

So was Stalin and Beria. Makes you wonder if there is something in the water... 🤔

I remember when her and Boris Vallejo's posters/prints decorated my wall Edit: All I have these days are a few signed Clyde Caldwell prints I bought from his site.

Similar story (same subject, Israeli vaccination results), but for those who are less fluent in German https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56069460

For those who are not into omens for 2021 and all that stuff.... Meteor lights up Melbourne skies https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-56068503

What's that heating thing you people are talking about? 🤔

More like an infomercial... a few of my favourite youtube channels for military history. Just linking a single video from each channel. Check out their channels for other videos if their areas of expertise is of interest. Drachinifels: Everything you thought you wanted to know about naval warfare and then some. Mostly covering WWI and WWII, but also a few notably wooden ships encounters and Pre-WWI ship engagements. Guides for specific ships and their history as well as his drydock series which is sometimes hour long episodes of Q&A about all things naval warfare. Mark Felton: British historian. If you thought you knew everything about WWII, think again. You are not even in pre-school yet compared to this guy BazBattles: Covering a lot of famous and completely unknown battles throughout history. From ancient Egypt to Napoleonic wars. Aften with a slightly humorous touch in the animated parts without it becoming actually silly.

A bit late, but... the Australian take on Q Anon 😛

Serious question. How would you tackle the issue of there simply not being enough jobs for people in the future? Increasing automatization of tasks (less need for people to perform the tasks) and a world population that is now not just too large, but way too large to be sustainable? Short of committing mass murder, genocide and forced sterilization of large numbers of people that is?

Back in Denmark (mind you, that was almost 20 years ago, it may have changed), it used to be a proportional thing. They would look at the household income overall and number of kids etc. Calculate a pro rata amount. You get a special monthly subsidy per kid (regardless of your financial status), so having more or less kids was supposed to be less of a factor. You could also get subsidies for rent etc. if you're a low income family, renting an apartment. It was way more granular than just UBI or not. At least it used to be. If you were out of a job, the first stop would usually be the unions where most Danes I knew at the time had unemployment insurance, covering a percentage of your normal salary for a period of time (80% up to fixed limit, whichever was lower, for 2 years iirc). You could get those insurances without being part of a union too I think. Memory a bit fuzzy here. Never had the insurance, was never a member of a union.

Ooh, pretty lights! 😎 They just don't make bands like this anymore 😔

I know. I remember one of those old Danish shipping companies, Maersk (https://www.maersk.com/), getting hit by ransomware attack a few years ago. The old guy is tough as nails and told the hackers **** you. We'll rebuild our systems. Even if the cost of doing so was $200 million. Mind you, the old guy running the family business can afford it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/leemathews/2017/08/16/notpetya-ransomware-attack-cost-shipping-giant-maersk-over-200-million/?sh=1277cda54f9a

A bit more on the above... Cyberpunk 2077 makers CD Projekt hit by ransomware hack https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55994787 "The perpetrators claim to have stolen source code for several of the firm's games which they said they would leak unless a payment was made. But the Polish games company said it would not negotiate. In a statement on Twitter, CD Projekt Red posted a copy of the ransom note which said the hackers had copied code from Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent, and Witcher 3, including an unreleased version of the latter. “We have also dumped all of your documents relating to accounting, administration legal, HR, investor relations and more!” the note added. "Dumping" means copying the information to an external source. “If we will not come to an agreement, then your source codes will be sold or leaked online and your documents will be sent to our contacts in gaming journalism,” read the note, giving a deadline of 48 hours."

Till Lindemann (from his own projects, when not doing stuff with Rammstein). Platz Einz (Number One, First Spot, multiple possible translations, but in this case, It's referring to the top spot on the charts). Yes, this *is* the censored version. Visit porn sites for the uncensored version.

I know they say the pen is mightier than the sword... but sentencing what was a 16-17 year old girl for doing stenography?