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[Syt]

Law change Jan 1st. All "light packaging" (yogurt cups, bubble wrap, shrink wrap, candy wrappers, those foil bags that spices etc. come in, aluminum foils, chips bags, etc.) needs to go into a yellow bin. For Vienna that means that we're supposed to dispose of them in the collection points that are sprinkled very liberally across town (e.g. I have 3 or 4 different spots within 5 minutes of me), as most residential buildings don't have and won't get a dedicated bin for that.

Which would be generally fine with me, but - those containers (previously collecting only plastic bottles/metal cans/drink boxes), have small openings (about 25 cm  - 10 inches), so you can't just collect all the stuff in a (plastic ) bag and then put the whole bag in the bin. You will need to dispose of them in small portions or one by one. They point out you don't have to wash them out before putting them in, but frankly I will rinse anything that may smell after a day or two and will use disposable plastic bags that I can chuck in with the rest of the recycling.

[Eddie Teach]

The other night I asked spotify via my google speaker to play me some laid back music.
Often with this speaker, the only reasons for the existence of are basically playing music and entertaining the boy with random noises on occasion, I will just tell it to play music and not bother with telling it particular artists or playlists- its voice recognition remains quite shit. Particularly annoying/funny is with anything non-English and figuring out the way to say it so the speaker understands, not quite as a ignorant English speaker would say it, not quite the proper native way....

Anyway.
Laid back.
I was listening...and after a few songs noticed it was getting quite samey.
Turns out, oh, there's a band called Laid Back. From Denmark and apparently big in the 80s.
I can't help but wonder whether given their fortunate name they are making bank in the modern age.

I wonder what similar smart speaker fooling names there could be that would make for a good band name.

Another that happens often is Muse. Sometimes spotify hears music as Muse.

Did you ride the white horse?

[Jacob]

Did you ride the white horse?

If so it would be a failure of listening comprehension.

[Admiral Yi]

I headed into my jailbait karaoke joint last night and someone had stolen the mike so they weren't doing.  I sat at the bar to have one and head off.  Sitting there I overhear three girls (one the bartender) talking about frequenting sugardaddy.com.

[Josquius]

I read in the news about a fire at a hotel in Perth. 3 people died.

This feels weird to me. I stayed in that hotel for a night 3 or 4 years ago. Whilst there the fire alarm went off at 4am or some such and everyone had to go outside.

I remember speaking to a staff member who said people were always ignoring the rules and smoking which set it off.

I was there just once 4 years ago... But still can't help but feel a little lucky. Hope they find out what happens and it wasn't related to the smoke alarm trouble.

[The Larch]

It seems that Brazil is having its own January 6th moment...

Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's presidential palace and supreme court

Extremists have refused to accept Lula's victory in presidential election last year

[Maladict]

It seems that Brazil is having its own January 6th moment...

Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's presidential palace and supreme court

Extremists have refused to accept Lula's victory in presidential election last year

I dug up the other thread for this? 

[viper37]

An archivist found an old movie labelled " The Philippines 1942" and had it restored excited at the idea of discovering lost WWII footage.
Link

[Syt]

[garbon]

An archivist found an old movie labelled " The Philippines 1942" and had it restored excited at the idea of discovering lost WWII footage.
Link

[The Brain]

An archivist found an old movie labelled " The Philippines 1942" and had it restored excited at the idea of discovering lost WWII footage.
Link

[Josquius]

Surprised this doesn't happen more often.
Or maybe it just isn't publicised.

[The Larch]

It was already yucky enough without getting to the part about breast milk ice cream. 

[Sheilbh]

Interesting map of lost profits (and tax revenue) from multinationals shifting profits and which countries gain - and how much:
https://missingprofits.world/

[Josquius]

Interesting map of lost profits (and tax revenue) from multinationals shifting profits and which countries gain - and how much:
https://missingprofits.world/

Curious Liechtenstein is on 0% either way.