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16·4 days agoSo apparently he pocked about 26 million according to this article from Dec 09, 2019:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sami-bebawi-snc-lavalin-1.5383469
The prosecution is trying to prove SNC-Lavalin transferred about $113 million to shell companies used to pay people who helped the company collect money and secure contracts in Libya, beginning in the late 1990s.
What remained in the accounts after the kickbacks were paid was split between Bebawi and Riadh Ben Aissa, a former colleague, the Crown alleges, with Bebawi pocketing $26 million.
So even if he spent some of it, he should have considerably more than $100K.
25·5 days agoFor clarity the platform is called Snowflake.
While numerous cloud storage and SaaS vendors were targeted using the stolen tokens, BleepingComputer has learned that the majority of the data theft attacks targeted the cloud data platform Snowflake.
The headline is not calling the customers snowflakes.
When I grew up there was a company that said “Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti day”.
4·9 days agoIt appears to be trying to walk the role of mediator.
Iran and Oman are reportedly drafting a protocol to monitor ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, citing an official.
A New Route Through Hormuz Sees Three Omani Vessels Slip Past Iranian Waters. The southern coastal route contrasts with the usual northern path running near Iranian waters
These require subscriptions to read in full.
Oman grapples with its national identity as a neutral mediator after Iran’s attacks
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-oman-neutral-mediator-iran-attacks-national-identity/
For Oman, the Strait of Hormuz is a windfall and a burden
The Document Foundation’s official reply came from Italo Vignoli, a founder Collabora lists as having already exited TDF membership.
He has kept it short, confirming that the removals happened, pointing to TDF’s recently adopted Community Bylaws as the basis. Those bylaws include a clause requiring anyone affiliated with a company in an active legal dispute with TDF to step down from membership.
Link to those bylaws from Jan 15
https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/vote-adopt-version-1-of-community-bylaws/13472
Quote from that link [bylaws] above
Members involved in legal claims for endangering the Foundation, eg. by means of putting the charitable status at risk, or misusing TDF’s funds, or by damaging any of TDF’s assets, or by attempting to do any of these must relinquish their membership by means of notification to the MC. If the legal claim, in relation to the mentioned matters, involves a company/organisation then also their affiliated members must relinquish their membership.
Back to the original linked article:
The stated rationale is that past situations saw people put their employer’s interests ahead of the foundation’s, and the clause exists to stop that happening again. The specifics of the legal dispute between TDF and Collabora are not mentioned by either party.
TDF also makes clear that a membership revocation is not a ban from contributing, with the project remaining open to anyone, and expects Collabora to keep contributing “when the time comes.”
So without details, all the article really details is that this happened. The why is murky. It seems the TDF is trying to protect itself, but there’s no description of Collabra or TDFs legal dispute.
https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-weight-change-when-you-fart/527684
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/does-internal-gas-affect-your-weight
https://fartsound.net/blog/does-farting-make-you-weigh-less
“Technically, yes, you do weigh less after farting. When you expel gas from your body, you’re removing mass, which means your weight decreases. However - and this is a big however - the amount is so incredibly tiny that it’s essentially meaningless for weight loss purposes.”
1·14 days agoYou can be bored to death and amused to death, too.
8·15 days agoA pineapple? It’s close to blooming?
https://www.houzz.com/discussions/3787152/pineapple-blooming
Here’s a quote from that article
Galvin says the facial expression is a subtle cue from a digital-native generation raised on screens, fast content and online communication. “For many Gen Zers, constant eye contact doesn’t always signal attentiveness the way it might for older colleagues,” he explains. “What a Boomer or Gen X manager may perceive as checked-out might actually be Gen Z’s version of active listening.”
Sujay Saha, president of Cortico-X agrees. “Gen Z entered the workforce in an era defined by screens, social distancing and remote communication, and companies must now close the experience gap with empathy-focused onboarding and support, not judgment,” he told me.
Forbes has an article from a Ph.D. who claims it’s real.
The ‘Gen Z Stare’: What It Means And Why Employers Can’t Afford To Ignore It
By Bryan Robinson, Ph.D., Senior Contributor. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance.
Jul 16, 2025, 06:43pm EDT Jul 21, 2025, 04:07pm EDT
He was born in 1945 according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_E._Robinson
That puts him in the Silent Generation, as Boomers don’t start until 1946.
If none of us exist, how are you getting upvotes?
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“Hubristic”, but “Cocksure” is more fun to say.
WhatchUSlang - Game #31
I guessed “Cheeky” in 1 try on #WhatchUSlang and my streak is 1! Think you can beat me? 🤔🎉
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#WordGame #DailyChallenge
A shitposter is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he posts precisely when he means to.
In case you lack context, an I-65 sign near Nashville fell onto a semi-truck on Jan. 26. (Photo: TDOT)
I didn’t mean to imply that they had elderly parents, I just meant that is something to consider if they did.
It’s the assumption that what works for me will work for you. Situations change. Markets change. Skill relevancy changes (ask IT workers).
As for university in Romania, I can’t speak to that. What I can say about it in the US is:
“Go to college and get a good job.” sounds great until you go to an elite school for a Sociology degree. Oh, you’ve got a law degree? The firm expects you to work pro-bono to establish yourself. Work for little pay while establishing yourself while paying off student debt.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/biden-is-right-a-lot-of-students-at-elite-schools-have-student-debt/
and not just students at elite schools.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/29/nx-s1-5762975/competing-in-tough-job-market-college-grads-are-asking-is-there-anybody-out-there
https://fortune.com/2026/04/03/experience-creep-jobs-ai-entry-level/
Bottom line: have a couple of career paths/options.