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>Reminds me of the Gimli Glider This was a very Canadian accident, in that they ran out of fuel halfway through their cross-country flight because of (in the end) conversion errors…

Just a couple of warnings. /s

Biden's party has racked up a series of electoral wins in recent years

Harshest punishments for those whose actions cost lives and badly jeopardized security, analysts say

Airline's claim that online helper was responsible for its own actions was 'remarkable': small claims court

General thought brought about by TFA, not commenting specifically on TFA. Lately I've been wondering about contemporary expressions of opinion. When I was much younger these was a …

> some indication that a vehicle is driving autonomously is useful information to everyone around them I'm genuinely curious - what are you thinking when you say this? I don't know…

>You were contacted after my intervention and a refund arrived along with a 20% voucher nearly three weeks after it was first promised. Voucher ? So you have to spend more money on…

Alas, no, not so much. This is a very frequent flyer; you have to damn near tackle writers (literally and metaphorically) to stop them from using an apostrophe in the possessive fo…

Came to the comments to see if anything was known about him post-escape. My google-fu fails me in finding any info regarding capture. Maybe his is still at large? He apparently esc…

was on track to run out of money in a matter of weeks (from TFA) != it ran out of money, it failed, there is nothing left (your comment) I appreciate you were focused on the exec c…

That article has an odd cadence to it. Makes it tougher to grok for me ....

>It's a startup, it ran out of money, it failed, there is nothing left It may not be that clear cut ... From the article: The startup, valued by investors last year at $3.8 billion…

I was shooting for 1280 surnames, but the comment length limit fixed that. Which I am grateful for in general :-) Anyway, I surmised I would give away just about all my karma on th…

It's obviously the result of Roll Call: SMITH Here! JOHNSON Here! WILLIAMS Here! BROWN Here! JONES Here! GARCIA Here! MILLER Here! DAVIS Here! RODRIGUEZ Here! MARTINEZ Here! HERNAN…

>Saying "I can eat glass, it does not hurt me", however, ensures that the speaker "will be viewed as an insane native, and treated with dignity and respect". Well, I'm not sure whe…

> Defendants don't have an absolute First Amendment right to free speech? Who'd have thought? I believe you're in on that joke, but nonetheless (in case someone isn't): no, they do…

Which brings to mind the old chestnut: The optimist believes the glass is half full. The pessimist believes the glass is half empty. The engineer says the glass is twice as large a…

Spelled 'Colour' correctly as the band would have it, too. w00t!

Here's a shout out to David Harris, author of Pegasus Mail. IME, he's an engaged and responsive developer who gave folks enterprise e-mail when most enterprises didn't yet realise …

Shout out to Brave - my browser for a year now. The search results aren't great , but they're interesting .

Wait until yesterday. Then you'll really get hammered. :)