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Submission + - Garmin engineer shot, killed by man yelling "Get out of my country!" (theverge.com) 1

lxw56 writes: Garmin engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was shot and killed at a local bar in Olathe, Kansas, the US headquarters of Garmin. Coworker Alok Madasani was also injured along with bystander Ian Grillot, who attempted to help the men. Details from The Verge:

The suspect in the shooting, Adam Purinton, was drinking at the bar in Olathe, Kansas, at about 7:15PM that night. A witness said he yelled “get out of my country” to two of the victims, reportedly saying the men, believed to originally be from India, were “Middle Eastern.”

In 2015, Garmin employed 2,700 workers in Olathe and has plans to double this number, which the article notes has led to "increasing diversity" in the community.

Submission + - Belgian government phishing test goes off-track

alphadogg writes: An IT security drill went off the tracks in Belgium, prompting a regional government office to apologize to European high-speed train operator Thalys for involving it without warning. Belgium’s Flemish regional government sent a mock phishing email to about 20,000 of its employees to see how they would react. Hilarity and awkwardness ensued, with some employees contacting Thalys directly to complain, and others contacting the cops...

Submission + - Finding an ISIS Training Camp Using Google Earth (bellingcat.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Terrorist organization ISIS has been in the news a lot lately for their hostile activities in Iraq and Syria. They've also been very active online posting propaganda on various social networking sites to try to recruit more members. Frequently, they'll have pictures of themselves in nondescript locations — but even carefully selected images give clues to their real location. Citizen journalists at Bellingcat analyzed a group of these photos, comparing buildings and bridges in the background to images from Google Earth. With very little to go on, they were able to pinpoint the location of a terrorist training camp.

Comment Re:Stopped reading at... (Score 1) 592

Soil organic matter is essential to the soil holding water. The problem with modern fertilizers is the carbon-nitrogen balance. Nitrogen fertilizer also fertilizes soil life, which consumes soil organic matter and eliminates it as CO2. Sustainable farming practices increase soil organic matter, increasing the soil's water-carrying capacity.

Comment Re:Of course, prior to mid 1800s (Score 1) 252

Witch hunts were also common back then. Real ones, where they'd take women who'd committed no crime and burn them at the stake.

That was so much worse than today, when all they do is break into men's houses unannounced, shoot their dogs, and search for hallucinogens, which they consider a reason to steal the house and throw the resident into prison for decades.

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