They might’ve done it fraudulently using fake names?
Or they might be able to get that with no collateral if they had a good credit rating, a lot of Chinese international students have very wealthy parents so they could’ve got a good rating over the course of study…
I’m pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there’s a very good reason why they’ve never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.
The problem with gas stoves isn’t the stove itself, but rather the foot in the door with adding a gas supply, which results in gas being used for other purposes on the same premises.
Tbh though I’m not sure it has the same effect for businesses and seems a bit over zealous to me to ban it from restaurants for that reason; but the other reason to ban it from commercial premises would be to reduce fire risk. I used to work in a mall and the number of times the noodle place set off the alarm was quite annoying and probably even more annoying and a waste of time for the fire department 🚒🧑🚒
Standing desks are way less effective than riding an ebike. On an e bike you will end up peddling the whole way, just that hills don’t increase the effort at all, and you get there faster. So it’s less exercise and more like equivalent to using an exercycle.
In announcing changes to the school lunches programme, David Seymour said kids would no longer be served ‘woke’ foods. To clear up any confusion, The Spinoff has compiled a guide to the wokeness levels of some common food items.
Yo ho! (lemmy.world)
When climate damage paralyzed traffic (slrpnk.net)
I don’t know if it is real, but it is funny (lemmy.ml)
Seagliders' 35-minute trips to Auckland closer with $145m deal (www.nzherald.co.nz)
I’m pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there’s a very good reason why they’ve never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I’d love to know what everyone else thinks.
Can electric woks produce great stir-fry? (grist.org)
Game publishers want to end preservation. But we have a chance to stop them. (youtu.be)
Help take action against publishers destroying your games: stopkillinggames.com...
E-Bikes Should Not Require Pedaling, Proposes U.K. Government, Diverging From E.U. (www.forbes.com)
E-bikes could get faster, more powerful and not require pedaling, in a move announced today by UKGOV. Cycling organizations are opposed to the plans.
Jack Dorsey says he quit Bluesky because it was becoming another Twitter (www.businessinsider.com)
E-bikes are good for the environment—but what about your health? (www.nationalgeographic.com)
E-bikes are good for the environment—but what about your health?...
What the hell is the reverse of impostor syndrome called?
I’ve never been a reporter....
Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case (www.theguardian.com)
Group says two women in their 80s took hammer and chisel to protective glass at British Library...
A definitive list of woke and non-woke foods (thespinoff.co.nz)
In announcing changes to the school lunches programme, David Seymour said kids would no longer be served ‘woke’ foods. To clear up any confusion, The Spinoff has compiled a guide to the wokeness levels of some common food items.
Christian posts about how Islam has claimed thousands of lives while forgetting that their religion has done the same thing. (midwest.social)
Microsoft says it needs games like Hi-Fi Rush the day after killing its studio (www.theverge.com)
[MEME] You'd never be late for work (lemmy.world)