GroveHillWanderer

Once again, you're giving an example of what you think is woke which completely fails to demonstrate your point. Saying that Hitler was reprehensible and should not be romanticised does not meet any definition of wokeness that I've ever heard. If you think that Adolf Hitler does not deserve to be admonished or shamed, then I don't think it's the AI's opinions on the matter that need to be called into question.

That doesn't mean there's zero risk however. According to all the scientific literature, any mammal can carry rabies. And since rabies is 100% fatal if left untreated, I certainly wouldn't want to take the risk.

You said the AI was displaying "wokeness" in reference to a question about who Dick Cheney shot, when it's obvious that it doesn't have a problem with answering a properly-composed question on the matter. Also, I'm not sure how the fact that the AI won't agree with your views on the world, or won't say what you want it to say, means that it's "woke."

Not sure where you're seeing "wokeness" here. The AI obviously has no problem with, or bias against answering the question completely and accurately, if it's posed in a normal, straightforward manner that it can understand.

It's apparently not pseudoscientific nonsense. According to the article below from PubMed Central: Rabies: The Lethality Since Antiquity

As I already pointed out, if you ask it the more normal, straightforward question of, "How many people did Dick Cheney shoot?" it gives a straightforward answer as to the details of who he shot and when, etc. Framing the question as if it is about Liz Cheney is at a minimum, confusing.

While any death is tragic and to be avoided, as far as I can tell the number of 38 deaths per day is actually lower than the normal daily average. A report on Sky News from a couple of years ago stated the average number of road accident deaths per day in Thailand was 62. Although in the article itself, it said there were around 20,000 deaths per year which is actually 54 deaths per day. Last year, according to the article below, there were an average of 40 road traffic deaths per day. 14,737 lives lost on Thai roads in 2022 Whatever the true figure, the average death toll for these three days is still below it.

I don't think you need to do anything. The message you got is the standard, automatic reply that is generated any time an attempt at an online 90 day report fails. Since you didn't need to do a 90 day report in the first place, there's no need for you to report to immigration.

If by "the allegations" you mean the fact that he received money from a property deal with Harlan Crow and did not declare it, then those are not allegations. They are facts backed up by documents available as matters of public record.

From what I can tell on reading the ProPublica article, we don't know that Thomas only got $15,000 from the sale. It says that Thomas had previously declared his stake in the property as $15,000 but that was before it was sold and it seems to be suggested in the article that Crow may have paid well above market value in the deal, for reasons that are unclear.

You seem to have misunderstood the point being made. That point was contained in the first link, and was that Justice Fortas was forced to resign by revelations that he had taken "a secret retainer from the family foundation of [a] Wall Street financier. " The part about Crow having a collection of Nazi memorabilia was a separate aside, not directly related to the main point raised in the post.

You may have been given some duff information. A subsequent post showing various cans of imported beer available from Villa Market would seem to indicate that canned beers can be imported.

I agree with all those who've referred to Guinness zero - I tried a whole bunch of zero alcohol beers when I was home in the UK last year and Guinness zero was the best-tasting one out of the whole lot. It's also the one that tastes most like its alcoholic counterpart. And, at least for a couple of weeks while I was there and it was on special offer in Morrison's, it was also the cheapest one I could find.

I got a TIN in Hua Hin in 2015, for exactly the same reason. I applied for and was issued a TIN with no problem whatsoever. Getting the refund was a different matter though. The first time I tried, I got a stony-faced guy who insisted that as a retired foreigner I was not entitled to a refund. Nothing I or my wife could say would get him to change his mind. I went back a few days later with a Thai friend who owns a business and often has dealings with the Tax office. We went to the lady he normally deals with there, she couldn't have been more friendly or helpful and processed the refund form straight away. She even filled it out for me and all I had to do was sign it. Whenever I've done refunds since, I always dread running into that guy again but luckily I haven't, and have always been able to get the refunds without any drama.

We have Trane ceiling-mounted AC units and they don't seem to have any problem coping with the heat. I can say for definite that the "blackout" curtains that we had fitted in the bedroom, with a reflective silver lining, make a noticeable difference. You only have to open them during the day, to feel the radiant heat flooding in through the window. We only put the AC on when we actually go to bed at night - the room cools down within five minutes and we have it set to go off automatically at 4:30 am (used to be 2:30 until about the end of last month). The room stays pleasantly cool until morning. In the daytime we don't use AC at all, just floor fans. Our house does have a lot of trees around it providing shade, good thick walls and we usually get a nice breeze from the beach so that helps (though not so much just recently as even the breeze feels hot after about 9 am).

I guess it's hard to convey irony in written text. ????

Yes, you have said this numerous times but I'm a little at a loss as to why. The trial is about to start and the discovery phase is just about over (although see below about Fox's new problems with discovery). The judge has already ruled that there was no fraud or altering of votes by Dominion Voting Systems (he characterized the evidence as "crystal clear" in this regard) so this will not be an issue brought up for debate. Fox's attorneys will only be able to present evidence that goes to the question of whether Fox News acted with malice. And when it comes to anyone being embarrassed due to discovery-related matters, well that shoe is very definitely on Fox's foot. It has now been revealed that Fox's lawyers improperly withheld some discovery documents and as reported in the link below, the judge has said he is: Judge Imposes Sanction on Fox for Withholding Evidence in Defamation Case

It can because the human body perceives temperature differently according to the relative humidity. The perceived temperature depends on a thermodynamic calculation called the Heat Index. The article in the link below explains it in more detail. Heat Index Formula As it states:

Again, you're slightly misrepresenting things by using wording that doesn't quite match what's being used in the lawsuit. As stated in the Reuters article below, what Dominion claims is that: Dominion Vs Fox And if you want proof that they did indeed endorse this notion, then it was provided by none other than the head of that organisation, Rupert Murdoch. When asked under oath in his deposition related to the lawsuit, if Fox News hosts had endorsed these false claims, here's the most relevant (and most damning) part of his answers. Rupert Murdoch says Fox stars 'endorsed' lies about 2020

You just don't get it, do you? Truth as an affirmative defence is not on the table here. The judge has already ruled that the statements by Fox news were completely false so they do not have the option of presenting that defence. You say you don't know what the judge's ruling was but I've already provided a link to it. Did you not read it? Here's what he said (in part): Please note the part where the judge has already ruled that, as a matter of law, "Fox’s behavior constituted defamation per se ..." So when you say that: That's not quite true. This case is not about Fox saying Dominion systems were vulnerable, it's about them claiming that the systems actually altered votes and changed the election result, while knowing this to be false - and on that point, the judge has already ruled that Fox knowingly made such false claims, and that this constitutes defamation per se. So once again, and for the umpteenth time, the only thing the jury will have to decide on is whether Fox News acted with malice or not.

In this defamation lawsuit, Dominion is not claiming that its systems could not be hacked. They may be doing that elsewhere, but if they are it's totally irrelevant and has no bearing whatsoever here. As @placeholder pointed out, the judge has already ruled that as matter of law and of fact, any claims that Dominion systems altered votes is untrue and the only thing left for the jury to consider is whether Fox News acted with actual malice. Fox News’ Claims About Dominion Were False, Judge Rules So just to be clear - once again, whether Dominion's systems could be hacked or not is now totally immaterial to this lawsuit and will not form any part of the jury's deliberations.

I guess it's just yet another example of different offices doing things differently. Although they've never asked for photos of her, only her birth certificate. Also (again unlike requirements mentioned elsewhere) they only want 4 photos of myself and my wife. I should just mention that for me, having come in originally on an O-A visa, the main advantage of a marriage extension (and the only reason I chose it) is to avoid having to change the perfectly good health insurance policy I already have, to get one including outpatient cover which I don't want or need and would almost double my premiums.

What I would say is that if Trump has not been found guilty of a crime yet, it's not for want of trying. Also, that 'yet' is very significant. He's already under indictment for one crime and looks likely to be indicted for at least two more (possibly three) within fairly short order. The first additional indictment will probably be the Mar-a-Lago documents case and there's still the Georgia election tampering and the Jan 6 incitement cases to come after that. Bill Barr says ‘good chance’ Trump will be indicted over Mar-a-Lago documents As Barr points out in that article:

Showing that the Dominion systems had vulnerabilities (if indeed they do) will not help Fox. Dominion is not suing Fox for saying their systems had vulnerabilities and so could have been used to alter the results, they are suing Fox for saying that their systems actually were used to alter votes and rig the election, all the while knowing that these claims weren't true. This case doesn't hinge on whether the Dominion systems had vulnerabilities, it hinges on whether Fox knew what they were saying about the results was untrue, when they said it. So unless Fox can show that they did not knowingly broadcast falsehoods about what the Dominion systems actually did (as opposed to what they might potentially have been able to do) it won't help their case.

That's interesting. Which office is that? In Hua Hin I still have to produce a copy of our daughter's birth certificate every year, and she's 34 already.