You just know someone in the chain wanted to be able to say, ‘we were the first’, then they got fact checked and had to add in that qualifier of commercially available ground station.

Surely any rational individual already acknowledges that subject as lunacy. The segment of people that after seeing the joke would fall victim to the conspiracy is bound to be smaller than the segment that find it mildly amusing.

Strikes me as fishy that the finance ministry went to court with Apple to say ‘no don’t pay tax’.

If they don’t want the tax, have the cheque made out to the EU.

Funny how I even typed December and it didn’t click in my head it was a different season.

Writing when tired isn’t a recipe for well thought comments evidently.

I was curious about what happens to the roads at these temperatures and turns out, they melt.

Oddly, this article seems to say last December nearly tipped 50, so not really sure what to believe about record setting. Either way, it’s not good.

This is a contributing factor to why we transitioned from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’. It isn’t about getting hotter - it’s about how the effects will be wildly inconsistent across the globe, both in terms of geographic region and severity.

I didn’t format my comment to show it was a quote from Ron Johnson as Jerboa crashes time to time when adding a link to text, and I ignored formatting altogether the third time I tried to make the comment. I’ve edited it to include what should have been there in the first place.

My client crashed twice when trying to add a link in to my comment, and then I’m frustration I neglected to add it when it when I wrote it the third time. I have edited the comment to reflect the fact that it’s a direct quote from a climate denying senator. Apologies.

You are right and I agree with you. I quickly wrote that comment and I doing so failed to get across my sarcastic quoting of Republican senator Ron Johnson. I have edited the comment with the appropriate correction.

If you take a look at geologic time, we’ve had huge climate swings… I think it’s far more likely that it’s just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.

• Renowned idiot Ron Johnson ®, 2010

While the bill doesn’t set specific guidelines for the range, it must be a “good faith” reflection of what the employer plans to pay.

Without iron clad requirements, a position that generally gets $20-25 will be listed with the range of $15-30 and, surprise surprise, the interview will reveal the wage is $17.

I’d say this’ll end up in court when and the company will argue they scale the wage by experience and therefore operated in “good faith”.

The bill would also require those same employers to share the pay range whenever an employee is getting promoted or transferred to a new position — and it gives workers the right to request info on their current job’s salary range at any point.

Not sure what right this provides that the right to discuss compensation doesn’t.

From what I’ve gleaned from other articles I found, enforcement of anything in this bill falls to the Attorney General. This is an important detail as the bill does not include a private right of action on behalf of aggrieved employees or applicants.

The penalties, once again, are just a cost of doing business:

Second offenses are subject to a fine of not more than $500.

Third offenses are subject to a fine of not more than $1,000.

Fourth or subsequent offenses are subject to civil fines of $7,500 to $25,000 per violation, depending on the circumstances.

Should the stars align and a company is found to be in violation,

The new law specifically states that violations are not subject to treble damages under the Massachusetts Wage Act.

Even in the laws told to protect the people, we must ensure to protect the businesses.

What a prime example of how climate disasters will not be equal or evenly distributed.

A nation that puts out less than 3 tonnes of CO2 emissions per capita gets devastated while the powers that be in a nation outputting five times the emissions per capita sit and twiddle their thumbs, parroting whataboutisms.

Last I heard, there were proposals already put forward that would quintuple the current natural gas supply. Even though it’s more expensive than renewables.

The companies that got natural gas off the ground in the first place might not see a return on that investment for another decade or two. There’s a reason every year demand for natural gas has been going up.

Back around the housing collapse, natural gas was being touted as a “bridge fuel” that could get us away from filthy coal and serve as a temporary energy source until we got renewables up to speed. Funnily enough, what’s been built doesn’t seem like much of a bridge because there’s no plan for ramping down natural gas.

Colour me shocked.

Based on your other comments, I’m going to wish you well and hope tomorrow you have a better day. Cheers.

I don’t see that norimee’s initial comment was edited. I do see that your reply to them has been.

I’ve read the root comment a few times and cannot see what you’re huffing about. They didn’t say anything about the creation of the weapons.

The entire comment revolved around the country’s capability of keeping one in functional condition without an accident occurring, as seems to so often happen.

So long as executives have a fiduciary responsibility to generate returns for the shareholders, they can dust their hands of making decisions that kill customers so long as a profit is made.

Do you live in a city or an are with a lower population? I strap the helmet on in the city or doing some speed, but when we’re out visiting with family in the country or a small town, we usually go without it.

I’ve been using Shokz for a decade now. They’ve replaced a couple sets at no cost. I wear mine every day. Even for the occasional swim.

Listening to podcasts definitely gives longer battery life than listening to music. Though even the odd time I’ve drained the battery in a day, I charge it with a battery pack for fifteen minutes and it’s charged again.

Not many products I’d say are worth every cent, but from the quality to the customer service, Shokz are great.

You’re not alone - what I did remember was completely incorrect. I would have sworn that the cover was burgundy with the title in black lettering. Also I had thought the whole time it was called Big Brother - which was quite the wrench in the machine when it came to searching online. Wrong on both counts. Goes to show how fallable memory is.

My library didn’t have a copy but the author has it available for free on his website in a few different formats. I’m looking forward to reading it - it’s a good deal longer than I’d thought. Thanks again.