Even more oddities spotted in the news

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Recent immigrants to Canada think Canada accepts too many immigrants

1 in 4 newcomers struggle to work in their area of expertise, CBC survey finds

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We all knew (or should have known by now) that it's possible to run a program inside a PDF file.

The Register: They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file

Monochrome, but it works.

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HP wizards, eat your hearts out

[Bob Schroeck]

AI Just Reimagined The Harry Potter Cast As If They Were Disney Characters, And I Can’t Unsee Draco Malfoy As Peter Pan

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Gotta steal 'em all? Game store thieves target Pokemon cards

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Alternative Rock Band the pillows Officially Disband After 35 Years

Probably best known in North America for their work on the FLCL soundtrack.

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Well, they've convicted the person who flew a drone into a firefighting aircraft during last month's Palisades wildfire. He pled guilty, so he won't be going to jail, but he has to pay for the repairs to the aircraft and perform 150 hours of community service. (No word on whether that service includes cleaning up the damage done by the fire while the water bomber was on the ground being repaired instead of fighting the fire.)

Some background about the drone pilot, courtesy of The Register:

Not only is he one of the founders of game developer Treyarch, which was acquired by Activision and became one of the studios behind the Call of Duty franchise, but he's also the president of Skydance Interactive, a Skydance Media subsidiary that develops VR apps and video games for the media giant. Oh - and Akemann also holds a PhD in mathematics from UC Berkeley.

So, not some random teenager who was too stupid to realize what he was doing.

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2032 - Rocks Fall, everybody dies?


Surely it can be diverted? We can shorten those odds a lot.

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2032 - Rocks Fall, everybody dies?


Surely it can be diverted? We can shorten those odds a lot.

That would give the Space Force something to do...

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Patriotic Ontario pilot creates massive maple leaf in the sky to send message to U.S. (CBC.ca)

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"'Grease and rags' sewer fatberg halts Bryan Adams concert"

Also America is seemingly ending production of new pennies. It’s probably about time.

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Also America is seemingly ending production of new pennies. It’s probably about time.

Yeah, more than time. "A penny saved is a dime's space wasted" has been true for practical purposes since the mid nineties at the latest.

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Less acid rain has actually posed problems for Maritime corn crops

Because the soil doesn't have enough sulphur in it for high-quality corn.

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We all knew (or should have known by now) that it's possible to run a program inside a PDF file.

The Register: They've only gone and made Doom run in a PDF file

Monochrome, but it works.

Because that wasn't enough of a challenge: DOOM in a PDF on Linux