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#humour #joke #science #Einstein When he moved to Princeton, Albert Einstein was mistaken for an electrician because of his unkempt hair. He was then asked to fix the contacts of a light bulb socket; Einstein played along and did not reveal his true identity until after he had made the repair, thus causing great embarrassment among the staff at the university center. And that was not the first time he had fun playing with role reversals.
He had already done it years before when he was not yet very well known. His theories had just begun to spread around the world (especially after the first experimental confirmation of general relativity, obtained with the observation of a total eclipse of the Sun in 1919), and for this reason he began to receive numerous invitations to give conferences. However, his image was not yet public knowledge and few were able to recognize him. During one of those trips, one night while he was driving to a little-known location in the United States, he confided his tiredness to the driver. The latter (a man who physically resembled Einstein) confided in him: "I've heard you speak so many times, sir, that I bet I can replace you without anyone noticing." The father of relativity hesitated for a moment but then immediately accepted the proposal, thinking that as an idea it was not a bad one.
When they arrived at the conference venue, Einstein let the driver go ahead and sat in the last seats, at the back of the large hall. Everything went wonderfully, no one noticed the formidable set-up and the driver did very well, even answering some rather technical questions. Until someone in the audience, a rather self-important university professor, stood up and asked a tricky question (which concerned the physics of antiparticles). The real Einstein decided to stand up and confess to the audience in the hall the little scam, convinced that his American driver would not be able to answer. But the latter, after a few seconds of confusion, not at all embarrassed and hesitant, preceded him by saying: "I am surprised at you, Professor, the answer to your question is so easy that even my driver sitting over there could give it... and in fact he will give it." Einstein rushed to answer and when they were out of the room he laughed out loud with the driver, complimenting him on his truly brilliant idea.
🇺🇦 For three years, I have watched the Russia-Ukraine war from afar. But, now I was back to investigate how life was progressing in the country after 1000 ...
Will the NDP deliver for students? Lofty promises, complex realities thegauntlet.ca/2025/04/25/will… As Canada’s next federal election approaches, the New Democratic Party (NDP) is putting forward a platform that appeals to progressive values and youth concerns.
By Vama Saini, April 25 2025— As Canada’s next federal election approaches, the New Democratic Party (NDP) is putting forward a platform that appeals to progressive values and youth concerns.
The Bloc leader says Mark Carney will win. He doesn't seem upset about it nationalpost.com/news/blanchet… Blanchet told reporters he exchanged cell phone numbers with the Liberal leader after the debate
Green Party going to court after being dropped from election debates ctvnews.ca/federal-election-20… The Green Party of Canada says it’s going to court to challenge the Leaders’ Debates Commission’s decision to drop the party from this year’s election debates.
Also ich würde sagen, der Nazi sitzt auf der anderen Seite des Schützengrabens, und zielt gerade auf die Ukrainer …
Die russischen Soldaten spielen genauso die Rolle des nützliche Idioten ihrer Herrschaft wie die ukrainischen. Sie sind einfach Kanonenfutter für die Interessen ihrer Staaten - nicht ihrerer eigenen!
Für Nationalisten gibt es keine Klassengesellschaft sondern nur ein "Wir". Davon haben die Untertanen nichts: auf beiden Seiten des Schützengrabens.
Der Satz "Der Hauptfeind steht im eigenen Land" hat nicht von ungefähr eine Berechtigung. Gilt auch für beide Seiten des Schützengrabens und ist der schärfste Angriff auf den Nationalismus.
**Striking off** and **liquidation** are effective ways to end a business. By choosing the right method, following the steps, and getting professional support, you can close your company cleanly and move on without stress.
Closing a business is a significant step, and the method you choose can affect your finances, timeline, and peace of mind. In Singapore, the two primary options are striking off and liquidation. These paths differ in cost, complexity, and purpose, and choosing the wrong one can result in delays or legal issues.
This guide explains both options to help you make an informed decision.
Striking Off: The Basics
Striking off is a quick and affordable way to dissolve a company. It involves asking ACRA (Singapore’s business regulator) to remove your company from its register.
If everything checks out, the company is struck off in about 4 months
Striking off is efficient, but it’s not an option if the company has outstanding debts or disputes. In such cases, liquidation is required.
Liquidation: The Basics
Liquidation is a formal process to close a company’s operations. It involves liquidating assets, settling debts, and distributing any remaining funds to shareholders.
There are two main types:
Voluntary liquidation: The company opts to close, often due to financial struggles or redundancy
Compulsory liquidation: A court mandates closure, usually over unpaid debts
Liquidation is the right choice when:
The company has debts or assets to resolve
There are disputes among stakeholders
A structured process is needed to meet legal standards
A professional liquidator manages the process, and many firms offering corporate secretarial services assist with the paperwork and compliance.
Striking Off vs. Liquidation: A Comparison
Aspect
Striking Off
Liquidation
Cost
Affordable
More expensive (legal fees, etc.)
Duration
~4–6 months
6 months to over a year
Debts Allowed?
No
Yes (handled by liquidator)
Ideal For
Inactive, clean companies
Companies with debts or disputes
Court Involved?
No
Yes, in compulsory cases
Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Striking Off with Unpaid Debts ACRA won’t allow a strike-off if debts remain. Pay them off or pursue liquidation.
Neglecting Paperwork Both processes require up-to-date records, including tax filings and financial statements. Missing documents can cause delays.
Skipping Professional Help Closing a company involves legal nuances. Secretarial services in Singapore can streamline the process and prevent mistakes.
When to Strike Off
Choose striking off if:
The business is dormant with no activity
All debts and taxes are settled
You want a fast, low-cost exit
There’s no plan to revive the company
It’s a hassle-free way to close a clean business.
When to Liquidate
Opt for liquidation if:
The company has debts or assets to manage
There are legal or stakeholder issues
A formal process is needed for credibility
It’s more involved but ensures everything is handled properly.
Act Sooner Than Later
Procrastinating can increase costs and compliance burdens. Even dormant companies must file annual returns and pay fees. Closing promptly saves time and effort.
Striking off and liquidation are effective ways to end a business. By choosing the right method, following the steps, and getting professional support, you can close your company cleanly and move on without stress.
Being in business in Singapore is associated with numerous roles, including legal and regulatory requirements of which companies must comply to remain legal.
Joana Cotar gibt spannende Einblicke hinter die Kulissen des Bundestags – offen, direkt und ungeschminkt. Wie steht es wirklich um Deutschlands Digitalisieru...
Diese Rede von US-Vizepräsident JD Vance ist nicht weniger als der „Ich bin ein Berliner“-Moment unserer Generation. Er stellt sich auf die Seite des Volkes, gegen die Parteieliten und sie können ihn dafür weder canceln, noch das Haus durchsuchen. Danke!🙏
„Deutschland bringt sich selbst um – da werden Millionen von Migranten ins Land gelassen, die kulturell total inkompatibel sind“, warnt der US-Vizepräsident J. D. Vance in einem Interview mit FoxNews.
Diese Rede von US-Vizepräsident JD Vance ist nicht weniger als der „Ich bin ein Berliner“-Moment unserer Generation. Er stellt sich auf die Seite des Volkes, gegen die Parteieliten und sie können ihn dafür weder canceln, noch das Haus durchsuchen. Danke!🙏
Der erschütternde Mordfall in Bad Nauheim bei Frankfurt ist geklärt: Der türkische Todesschütze (28), der am Karsamstag zwei Männer ermordet hat, ist in Haft. Das Motiv: Blutrache für einen Mord in der Türkei.
"No judicial system can reign in an executive that acts on the basis of absurd interpretations of what courts say. No amount of language, no amount of specification or definition can compete with an executive who will simply give each word, each sentence some crazy interpretation and then litigate his understanding to the highest possible court only to start the process all over again upon being told he is wrong."
An executive branch that asserts that twelve hours notice constitutes meaningful notice to Venezuelans detained per the Alien Enemies Act is an executive branch that can never be contained by the judiciary. #LawFedi
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Macron nous rejoue encore le sketch de l’incompris « c’est pas moi qui fait de la merde, c’est tous les autres qui sont cons » Mais quelle fatigue ce mec…
Il y a les esprits … qui s’embourbent avec brio dans les formes et les mots.Par les agitations de la pensée, ils se lient aux contraintes d’explications.Il y a ceux qui visent directement le sublim…
« Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living GodHave mercy on me, a sinner »The ‘Jesus prayer’ is, from a broader angle, a non-dual experience at the heart of which the …
L’Iran existe depuis 30 siècles, jamais elle ne fut une menace pour l’Occident, sauf depuis qu’on envie ses richesses pétrolières et qu’elle refuse de se plier aux diktats d’un criminel de guerre.
Ultime pilier du Moyen-Orient, pont entre monde arabe et monde indien, l’Iran ne doit pas tomber, car c’est si elle tombe que l’Occident tombera à grand coup de submersion migratoire.
Ich habe dazu zwei einfache Fragen an BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN:
1. Warum haben wir solche Schutzzonen für Frauen vor 2015 noch nicht gebraucht?
2. Sollen wir jetzt in ganz Deutschland eine #Geschlechtertrennung wie in islamischen Ländern einführen, anstatt endlich die illegale Migration in den Griff zu bekommen?
Die Altparteien opfern lieber unsere Art zu leben, als die wahren Probleme im Land anzugehen. Wir als AfD machen da nicht mit. Wir stehen für Ursachen- statt Symptombekämpfung, weil uns unser Land nicht egal ist. 💙
Innerhalb weniger Tage sind bei einer Petition mehr als 15.000 Unterschriften für spezielle Schutzabteile in den Fahrzeugen der Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe zusammengekommen.
Es vergeht kein Tag, an dem sich die #EU-Kommission nicht neue #Schikanen für die 448 Millionen #EU-Bürger ausdenkt. Jetzt sollen #Autos, die älter als zehn Jahre sind, jedes Jahr zum #TÜV müssen. Die Fantasie der Brüsseler #Autokratentruppe ist wirklich unbegrenzt, wenn es darum geht, das Leben der Menschen in #Europa zu erschweren.
Um den Straßenverkehr sicherer zu machen, sollten alle Autos, die älter als zehn Jahre sind, jährlich zur Inspektion. Das fordert zumindest die EU-Kommission. Neu ist der Vorschlag nicht.
My least favorite part of Singapore elections is the xenophobia.
We have ‘interesting’ xenophobia though coz it’s mainly from the Singaporean Chinese population towards those other Chinese people who are ‘not like us’, recent mainland Chinese immigrants who arrived in Singapore.. 20-80 years after our own grandparents did.
A significant number of our politicians were Born In Malaysia but apparently that’s ok, you just can’t go more than 1000 km, those immigrants are not okay, apparently
Whenever you ask one of these assholes to define what it means to be Singaporean Chinese and why a PRC Chinese can’t be accepted they always just end up with.. different food, don’t speak English / Singlish
There’s probably a fair bit of perceived cultural difference of ‘us’ being mainly southern vs mainly northern new Chinese immigrants, but that’s still xenophobia
something I found wryly amusing, the bigots here use the exact same reasonings and justifications for their bigotry as the bigots in Australia. It's just the targets that change.
A friend of a mutual acquaintance (I think), once told me they hated all the immigrants in Singapore because they caused so many problems. That's why they had moved to Melbourne. The friend didn't take kindly when I joked, 'is that why you became a trouble-causing immigrant yourself?'
I suppose Singaporeans should be grateful they haven't got multiple political parties that openly cater to the bigots. At least not yet.
From a trusted source: We received a heads up that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years.
There is credible evidence that such things are being planned for removal, and that their absence would then be used to justify punitive actions, such as terminations or future penalties. 1/n
DOGE + Co. have yanked our chain before, but be safe and download and screenshot anything about your grants and their statuses and compliance for the past decade.
I love it when employers install creepware #surveillance nonsense because they have zero respect for their employees, and end up publishing 21 million internal screenshots to the web instead, leaking their most sensitive information.
This is what happens when you get too close to a SR-71 Blackbird.Russian and Chinese fighter jets approach for a rare, up-close look at an SR-71 Blackbird hi...
I still search in vain for a parallel world that makes more sense. I keep bumping against ignorant. Nonetheless, I remain undeterred. It is there. Maybe not pristine. I wouldn’t want that. I want abundant footsteps. The more, the better.
Being at home day after day, debilitated by severe cough and various secondary and tertiary infections, immune system malfunctioning, unable to do much except waste time on screens, I have gained this insight:
I am extremely well matched to the Lexulous level 8 robot.
Հիշում եմ և պահանջում is a phrase that echoes louder every year on April 24th, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
This is my first time posting about this tragedy, but every child in Los Angeles has grown up knowing of the 1.5 million Armenians systematically exterminated by the Ottoman Empire.
In a time when my own country is increasingly complicit in enabling atrocities abroad, and when my president refused today to call genocide what it is, I am struggling more than ever with navigating the dichotomy of living in the liberal capital of a fascist autocracy.
Հիշում եմ և պահանջում means “I remember and I demand”, and it feels now like something I have to share. Because recognition is not just about the past-- it's about what we tolerate in the present.
History denied is history repeated, and I feel the weight of everything I was taught in history class growing up repeating itself now.
For the lost. For the survivors. For those still fighting to be seen.
Which quint appeals to you more? I like Yotsuba because she's a silly dork but I also like Ichika because she's a sexy fox Both of them have the same face and probably boob size as well
@supersid333 I've read the entire manga only because an IRL friend of mine enjoyed it, and it's an alright series, but nothing really special about it, could of had some more romance after the confession though
So I quit my 50mg Zoloft 2 weeks ago and now this week I've been extremely dizzy. It is making work very difficult, and I am already not in a good place with my boss because he's a dickhead. Today I was probably the rudest I've ever been to him, and now I'm wondering if I need to stay on my Zoloft. I'd rather not be dependent on SSRIs, but every time I've tried going off, I have either quit a job or been fired. I'm just afraid that I'm an actual loony toon.
“I got sick immediately in 2021. I was in the very first batch for first responders. I took the Moderna vaccine January 7th, 2021, and I immediately got sick… My first shot is from the most toxic batc
Ansarallah Launch Missile, Drone Attack on Zionist Targets in Tel Aviv, Haifa
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Wednesday two military operations against vital Zionist targets in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The YAF’s Missile Force carried out a top-tier military operation targeting a vital Zionist site in the occupied Haifa area using a hypersonic ballistic missile, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree said.
He confirmed that the missile successfully reached its target and that the Zionist interception systems failed to stop it, adding that the strike caused widespread fear and panic among settlers, with more than two million Zionists reportedly rushing to shelters.
Meanwhile, the YAF’s UAV Unit carried out another military operation, attacking another vital Zionist site in the occupied Palestinian city of Yafa (Tel Aviv) with a drone of the Yafa type, the spokesperson added.
Saree said the operations were in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their Resistance and in rejection of the genocide in Gaza being committed by Zionists with US support.
The YAF spokesperson reiterated that the Yemeni people will neither retreat nor abandon their religious, moral, and humanitarian duties and will continue their path of Resistance in support of the oppressed Palestinian people until the Israeli war on Gaza ends and the siege imposed on the enclave is lifted.
On Tuesday evening, US aircraft carried out four airstrikes on the al-Salem district in Saada, northern Yemen and US-led strikes targeted Kamaran Island in the Red Sea in western Yemen, in addition to two airstrikes on the al-Salif district.
The bombing came after the YAF announced downing an American MQ-9 drone off the coast of Hajjah province that was conducting “hostile missions” in Yemeni airspace.
Saree said the US drone was shot down with a domestically produced surface-to-air missile, noting that this marks the seventh MQ-9 drone downed in April alone, and the 22nd since the beginning of the YAF’s military operations in support of Gaza.
In the same briefing, Saree mentioned that the YAF forces carried out two military operations targeting the US aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman and USS Carl Vinson, along with their accompanying warships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.
My current cough is very much like the cough I had after weeks of Covid: relentless, like coughing sticky glue. The one thing that seemed to help with that was fresh pineapple, so that's what I juiced today (with the addition of mango and raspberries). Dang it's good.
Haha a few minutes after I posted that I decided to try "eating," which triggered a "Paroxysmal Cough" that had me gagging multiple times over the sink. When that subsided I had some more pineapple juice in lieu of "food." Unfortunately you're not supposed to take antibiotics with pineapple so in a few hours I will have to try some other "food" to swallow my pill with.
Holy crap. Somehow auto-renew was turned off for most of my #domains at #Cloudflare and pretty much all of my domains had #expired and some were in the #redemption #period and others were in the late redemption period.
Let's just say #restoring a domain that is in the late redemption period is FUCKING EXPENSIVE.
Fuck me. But I would have lost everything. My email. Logins. All of my fedi instances. Everything.
Now to figure out how auto-renew got turned off.
And the only reason I knew anything was up was because let's encrypt told me it couldn't renew the cert for one of my rarely used domains.
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