Why, Lenovo, why?! We trusted you! Guh, now I have to go find my old T61 and give it a hug.

The article starts with a picture that suggests it replaces the Esc key. (I can hear your screams of shock and pain from here.)

Yes, the operative words being "your money".

As distinctly opposed to losing banks' customers' money and then a giant pile of taxpayers' money.

Exactly. Just because something is highly improbably does not mean it cannot happen. The occurrence of a statistical outlier does not negate the existence of factors that heavily weigh against it occurring. It just means that anyone who bet on American Pharaoh would (or at least should) have gotten extremely good odds.

We'll need more IPs as soon as the IoT revolution gets underway and we need to assign an IP to every lightbulb.

Yes. It's their way of saying "go fuck yourself".

"The first world has been engaged in a sado-masochistic game of auto-erotic asphyxiation with their own economies(for the benefit of the economic rent-seeking behavior of the top 10 most profitable corporations on the globe) for the past 40+ years."

Best. Comment. Ever.

The summary is misleading; the act will probably pass on Tuesday, and the provisions will be restored. It's depressing how completely dishonest this story is.

Yes it does. Litigants in person in the UK can claim £18 per hour for their time. If you hire legal representatives they can claim for their time

Costs also depend on parties being reasonable; court should be a last resort, so even if you win if you are unreasonable you may not get any costs awarded, or a nominal amount.

Testimony of something you have witnessed is not hearsay, at least not in the UK.

Yep, you've hit it on the head: the fashion world heavily depends on hyperspecific brands. A parent company may own an immense number of outlet identities that aim to cater to a specific submarket. Hot Topic is a good parent company for ThinkGeek because their model is already built around faddish, meme-driven trends (as you said), but the two target audiences have little enough overlap that this will be a substantial diversification to their marketing reach.

It's exhaustingly parodical—and entirely targeted at those who are sick of the book. Jasper Fforde has been hailed as a suitable compatriot to Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Judging by covers, etc.

"Council housed and violent" - police slang from the 90s that made it to mainstream referneces in the UK.

Extending on this, there is at least one book where time travel is invented following the discovery of a recipe for unscrambling eggs.

WEll, not in the UK. If your income is below ~£10k p.a. you will pay no income tax at all.

I imaginme the IRS has a similar level at which under this point you pay no tax to them.