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I worked for a billionaire. One time he went to lunch and didn't bring his wallet. When they brought the check, he just signed it and started walking out of the restaurant The server chased after him and said he needed to leave a form of payment and that his signature wouldn't be enough. He responded, with indignation, "Do you know who I am? My signature is more than enough.". That's something no normal person would even think of trying because it's just absurd. easyjimi1974 , cottonbro studio Report …

When the cult singer-songwriter Nick Drake’s third album, Pink Moon, was released in 1972 many of his friends were horrified. Now held to be a stone-cold classic, it is a spare, beautiful sequence of songs, many of which lay bare its 24-year-old author’s inner tumult. Drake’s two previous albums, Five Leaves Left (1969) and Bryter Layter (1971), had sold poorly. Although he was an English singer-guitarist whose unconventional tunings and numinous lyrics set him apart, even in a crowded folk revival field, a chasm had…

Image Source : @ELLAGIRWIN/TWITTER Twitter safety and content moderation executive Ella Irwin A top Twitter executive responsible for the safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform's handling of posts about transgender topics. The departure pointed to a fresh wave of turmoil…

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said she knew that when she spoke out about her views on transgender issues “many folks would be deeply unhappy with me”.Speaking to host Megan Phelps-Roper on the podcast The Witch Trials of JK Rowling, she said that despite assertions she has betrayed the messages in the Harry Potter novels, she believes she is “absolutely upholding the positions that I took in Potter”.The author, who rarely does interviews, spoke to Phelps-Roper about her 2019 tweet in support of Maya Forstater, who…

It’s nice to see another entry into what is quickly turning into the vast world of foldable smartphones.Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoSamsung isn’t the only Android manufacturer conjuring up foldable smartphones. Overseas, OnePlus parent company Oppo has announced it’s launched the Find N2 Flip. The phone technically launched two months ago in China, but is now hitting shelves elsewhere in the world, like Europe and the UK. While it’s not coming to North America officially, curious U.S. customers can import the phone if…

The first song I remember hearing My very early years of one to three years old, I lived in a little village called Crumlin in south Wales. My great auntie, who was in her 90s, used to sing me (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? by Patti Page.The first single I bought I was a huge fan of Kylie Minogue as Charlene in Neighbours, so when she became a pop star, I ran to buy I Should Be So Lucky from Woolworths in the local town of Bargoed, next to the village of Aberbargoed where I lived. I can still picture her on the…

Philips has launched a compact Full HD ultra-short-throw projector called the Screeneo U4 on Indiegogo for folks looking to beam recipe vids on the kitchen wall, play console games in the spare room or gather in the living room for movie night.Like the company's PicoPix Max projector from 2019, Philips is taking the Screeneo U4 to Indiegogo to fund production and engage with target buyers.This latest device is a Full HD ultra-short-throw projector, meaning that it can throw an 80-diagonal-inch image from 12 inches (30.5…

“I think can enjoy the story 100 times more” Should you play Bayonetta 1 and 2 before 3? Well, you don’t have to! But producer Hideki Kamiya thinks you should. We’ve been through this before in the past. As recently as four months ago, Kamiya noted that folks who played the original two games would get more out of the threequel, which is still slated for later this year. Now he’s taken to Twitter this week to reiterate that this is still his stance. Here’s what he says, roughly translated: “Somehow I wanted to say this…