What The Fark 6: FARK OFF!

[Slap Shot]

My Wednesday mornings aren't as interesting as other people's.

But of course Florida.

[Kepler]

My Wednesday mornings aren't as interesting as other people's.

[dxmnkd316]

Iirc, peregrine falcon eyeballs occupy 1/3 of the volume of their skulls. Now THAT is specialization.

Survival. You don't put Helen Keller in a Sr71.




;-)

[LynahFan]

There's some very good nature docs that look at the flight ability of birds of prey. Nature on PBS has a pretty good one. The ability of some to track prey at high speed and turn on a dime without losing speed or site of their target is insane.

Iirc, peregrine falcon eyeballs occupy 1/3 of the volume of their skulls. Now THAT is specialization.

[joecct]

I don't know for a fact he's a Christian conservative, I just know it.

For a second, I thought you meant this guy.

At least he tried it on Orthodox Christmas.

[Proud2baLaker]

What the fark.

There's some very good nature docs that look at the flight ability of birds of prey. Nature on PBS has a pretty good one. The ability of some to track prey at high speed and turn on a dime without losing speed or site of their target is insane.

[Kepler]

What the fark.

[Kepler]

Good. Nuke Silicon Valley.

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos, was found guilty of four of 11 charges of fraud on Monday, in a case that came to symbolize the pitfalls of Silicon Valley’s culture of hustle, hype and greed.

Ms. Holmes, who had once promised to revolutionize health care, was the most prominent executive to field fraud accusations in a generation of high-flying, money-losing start-ups. A jury of eight men and four women took 50 hours over seven days of deliberations to reach a verdict, convicting her of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud by lying to investors to raise money for her company.

Ms. Holmes was found not guilty on four other counts related to defrauding patients who had used Theranos’s blood tests. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on three counts of deceiving investors, for which Judge Edward J. Davila of California’s Northern District said he planned to declare a mistrial.

Each count carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, terms that are likely to be served concurrently. Ms. Holmes, 37, is expected to appeal. A sentencing date is expected to be set at a hearing on the three hung charges next week.

While the verdict was read, Ms. Holmes — who had falsely claimed that Theranos’s blood tests could detect a variety of ailments with just a few drops of blood — sat motionless. Then she gathered her belongings and whispered to her lawyer. She went down the row of family and friends in the court gallery behind her, hugging each one before leaving through a side door.

“It’s been a long case,” Judge Davila told the jury. “We collectively have been through many things.”

Stephanie Hinds, a U.S. attorney, said in a statement that the guilty verdicts reflected Ms. Holmes’s “culpability in this large-scale investor fraud.”

The verdict stands out for its rarity. Few technology executives are charged with fraud and even fewer are convicted. If sentenced to prison, Ms. Holmes would be the most notable female executive to serve time since Martha Stewart did in 2004 after lying to investigators about a stock sale. And Theranos, which dissolved in 2018, is likely to stand as a warning to other Silicon Valley start-ups that stretch the truth to score funding and business deals.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Here’s a sentence I wouldn’t have thought of in a million years

https://twitter.com/tammygolden/stat...852226052?s=21

[Kepler]

I learned two words today: swerf and wehraboo.

[MissThundercat]

Guy fell off his bike and stabbed himself with a sword that was in his background.

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/lo...e-9325272e4960

[Kepler]

Perfect.

[Jimjamesak]

I don't know for a fact he's a Christian conservative, I just know it.

“I’ll take weird Mormon s- for $200 LeVar.”

[Kepler]

Covered in coal? Jesus

Hat tip to Santa.

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I don't know for a fact he's a Christian conservative, I just know it.

Covered in coal? Jesus