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One Championship (an Asian fight promotion) did their last event in an empty arena in Singapore and only streamed it.

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/28725093/one-championshi...

Their email is even down so you can't even contact them anymore except via twitter. Emails to support@robinhood.com are being rejected.

> Associates of the Italian businessman said he has told them he recorded conversations in which Mr. Misra detailed his plans to weaken his SoftBank rivals.

oof I wonder how much disruption this article is causing all them now!

Thanks for the link.

Some cherry picked excerpts from the paper.

> It is improbable that SARS-CoV-2 emerged through laboratory manipulation of an existing SARS-related coronavirus. As noted above, the RBD of SARS-CoV-2 is optimized for human ACE2 receptor binding with an efficient binding solution different to that which would have been predicted. Further, if genetic manipulation had been performed, one would expect that one of the several reverse genetic systems available for betacoronaviruses would have been used. However, this is not the case as the genetic data shows that SARS-CoV-2 is not derived from any previously used virus backbone17. Instead, we propose two scenarios that can plausibly explain the origin of SARS-CoV-2: (i) natural selection in a non-human animal host prior to zoonotic transfer, and (ii) natural selection in humans following zoonotic transfer. We also discuss whether selection during passage in culture could have given rise to the same observed features.

> Although genomic evidence does not support the idea that SARS-CoV-2 is a laboratory construct, it is currently impossible to prove or disprove the other theories of its origin described here, and it is unclear whether future data will help resolve this issue. Identifying the immediate non-human animal source and obtaining virus sequences from it would be the most definitive way of revealing virus origins.

Has the origin of this been discovered/ agreed upon by now?

I don't follow this too closely but I remember discussions on here about the origin. It seemed very contentious at the time because it started in the same city as a research facility so there was questions of it being accidentally released vs appearing organically in the market.

Slightly of-topic, but idk where else to ask about this.

> they all get the same stipend which for many is less than they made in their professional lives

It's weird how much this is being repeated in this thread. It's clear this opinion didn't form on an individual level but rather is directed by the church to their followers to repeat. It's an odd way of justifying position is all.

It's also bizarre that people, especially on here, in this thread, think it's ok for a business to retroactively take away a feature that was already paid for. That price you paid on the used car has those features priced in. This is some weird crabs-in-a-bucket behavior but driven towards protecting a corporation.

Could they maybe be repurposed as transmission towers? They're long but are they strong enough for that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_tower

That's a lot of videos. What are some that yall would recommend starting with?

Another take on what it's like to work there when the copy isn't curated by HR and PR.

https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Riot-Games-Reviews-E247538...

Written 1/24/2020 - 11 days ago,

Pros

- Colleagues who really really care about what they're doing

- The best campus and amenities you're going to see in LA

- Being surrounded by other gamers/people of similar ages and hobbies

- Cool products - a ton of R&D

Cons

- toxic, extremely harmful culture for women/nbs, poc and those who don't play the game with the ol' boys club

- lawsuits galore

- sexual harassment left and right, especially from executives and skip levels

- work/life balance is non-existent, and the great amenities help keep you there. (Lots of divorces happen because of this place.)

- don't expect a title that reflects your actual skillset unless you're sleeping with someone, or are a man who knows how to trade on social currency. Riot likes to hire people who are overqualified and make them battle to the death for promotions

There's also that time the USG tested the effects of bioweapon spreading on San Francisco and other US cities. It's not like countries don't have a history of this.

https://www.businessinsider.com/military-government-secret-e...

It's really unfortunate there are even Iranian athletes who can't get visas to come here and compete.

I've been using Bromite on Android which is Chromium with ad blocking and Google services stripped out.

It's been flawless for me since I installed it. The maintainer is a user on here but I don't remember who.

https://github.com/bromite/bromite

can you ELI5 if this is bad? Should I not be taking Asprin or does that cause inflammation?

The university grade telescope, not sure what the entails, but I'm guessing it isn't hardened for radiation exposure and heat cycles seen in space. You can't use some off the shelf product unfortunately.

Making things survive in space is hard. Working functionally for the lifespan of the telescope is really hard. There's not a lot you can do once it's up there.

Since it's not listed on the site, what are the costs for the services pex offers?

This is entirely off-topic, but if you're going through and downvoting people for posting their favorite podcasts in a thread like this, you should take a break from here, or the internet for a while, it's not that serious.

No but they did promote his manager the next promo cycle. Just normal Amazon things.

Everyone is still doing it, they just aren't transparent about it now.

Off topic: The link for this article is,

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-brass-set-202... ?pu=hackernewsyw3xln&utm_source=hackernews&utm_medium=unlock

How did it end up with utm_source=hackernews in the url? Dang is this something you change or is it user submitted?

What was the original title? This comment chain reads a little confusing now.

One of the things I learned about LDS today from reading reddit threads on this was how much land the church owns not just in the US ( I believe they're the largest land owners in the US) but also abroad.

It's basically a real estate company operating tax free.

One article on their land ownership I found that details some of it. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/30/from-book-to-...

But those laptops are company property right?

Look to the automotive industry then. I owned a shop as a mechanic for several years working on euro cars mainly as well as a lot of track cars. The software in cars has gotten insanely advanced, and yet independent shops are still able to service cars because there's support from 3rd parties on diagnostic equipment from companies like Snap-on who make diagnostic equipment.

Look at the auto enthusiast market for standalone ECUs that have been common for years. ECUs in modern cars are black boxes that are reverse engineered for aftermarket purposes. Software isn't a wall that can't be breached.

I've seen The Master & Margarita mentioned a few times in this thread and for anyone who might pick it up, you'll want to familiarize yourself with popular historical Christian names and events first.

I was not raised Catholic and was a bit lost reading through some of it because I had no idea who some of the characters were or what the references meant. Made for some fun conversations with my girlfriend who read it first and was familiar with all those names and their historical context.

It was a fun book to read though. Got a bit boring for a while but the ending is great so I'm glad I stuck with it.

I don't have a list because I usually look around on here for my next book to read. I see a lot of similar titles after reading through this thread. Some I've read, some I've started and got bored with and a lot I've never heard of.

I just finished reading Siddartha, which is a really short book, but I'd like to read more that are similar to this, any suggestions?

I see Designing Data-Intensive Applications quite a bit in this thread, might have a go at that one too.

Currently I'm reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Standard_Oi... which is fascinating!

All of these people are responding talking about how it doesn't pay the same at Google yet this site is filled with miserable people making hundreds of thousands of dollars and constant threads about it. Perhaps greed isn't as fulfilling in life as actually enjoying one's self and performing a job that has perceived value.

> ensuring there are no URL’s that can be copied and pasted

Google maps does this with addresses. Why can't they just let someone copy the text. I don't understand why it's so purposefully hostile to users.

> When I was there a guy jumped off a building because they wouldn't let him switch off a toxic team

This guy's manager was also promoted in the next promo cycle.

Amazon really makes it clear they're a fucking awful company filled with immoral employees.

I've got a laundry list of Amazon horror stories.

This is actually really common in Western States where billionaires like Ted Turner buy up massive chunks of land surrounding public Access land and then put up fences to keep people out.

Of course it's illegal and they're required to provide an easement but laws don't apply the same to billionaires