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  1. Re:Japan? Take it with a pinch of umami. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on The Last Known Person Born in the 19th Century Dies in Japan at 117 (kottke.org)

    Isn't just Japan. Children and other relatives have been collecting dead pensioner checks for ages. Here are some recent examples...

    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-sco...

    https://www.thelocal.it/201609...

    https://www.independent.co.uk/...

  2. Re:And then a hero comes along by PopeRatzo · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Flat-Earther's Steam-Powered Rocket Lofts Him 1,875 Feet Up Into Mojave Desert (latimes.com)

    Hero? Seriously? Look up the word before applying it to a moron like this guy. "Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame" is the name of a hero. To try an apply the word to hughes simply sullies the real Heros of this world.

    Don't be such a drama queen. There can be more than one hero in the world and they can be heroic for many reasons. And if that Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Beltran or whatever his name is was such a hero, whey didn't he just shoot the terrorist through the eye and save everyone? As your favorite president once said, "I like heroes who don't get captured".

    https://www.thelocal.it/201512...

  3. Google will now turn AI lose on tax evasion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Google's AlphaGo AI Beats Lee Se-dol Again, Wins Go Series 4-1 (theverge.com)

    If Google AI you can beat Lee Se-dol at Go, can it beat the IRS and Her Majesty's government at Tax Evasion? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... http://www.theverge.com/2016/1... http://www.thelocal.it/2016021... http://www.bbc.com/news/magazi... http://news.yahoo.com/italy-cl...

  4. Re:Not sure I trust it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers

    http://www.thelocal.it/20151210/man-kills-self-after-losing-100000-in-italy-save-banks-plan

    You may be correct? but the general indication from multiple articles appears to be his SAVINGS were done over, due to a bail in, not some kind of other investment.

    The very article you reference has this:

    The pensioner, a former worker for the energy firm Enel, had banked with Banca Etruria for over fifty years, with most of his life savings tied up in bonds.

    He invested in bonds, apparently did not diversify and got burned. It's sad but not really the fault of the government.

  5. Re:Not sure I trust it. by AbRASiON · · Score: 1 · on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers

    http://www.thelocal.it/20151210/man-kills-self-after-losing-100000-in-italy-save-banks-plan

    You may be correct? but the general indication from multiple articles appears to be his SAVINGS were done over, due to a bail in, not some kind of other investment.

  6. Re:What an asshole by cold+fjord · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on The Single Vigilante Behind Facebook's 'Real Name' Crackdown

    Sometimes that metric is correct. Sometimes government policy and the views of society are corrupt or evil and would strongly disapprove of various good deeds. See:

    Underground Railroad
    Hidden Children In France During the Holocaust*
    Tour de France champ saved Jews in WWII

    Sadly such measures may be needed again in the future to save Jews in Europe.

    Antisemitism on rise across Europe 'in worst times since the Nazis'
    Europe's Alarming New Anti-Semitism