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HR Manager Created 22 Fake Employees with Perfect Attendance to Steal $2.2 Million in Paychecks [ [link removed] ]
I’m a little surprised things like this don’t happen more often. HR people know how everything works, and even if the “Evil Ratio” among HR people is fairly low, there would still be a decent number of them up to no good
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Yeah, let’s invent robots and immediately make them do work for us. Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet
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If you’ve ever found yourself frustrated by the endless gridlock in Washington, you’re not alone. Even when it comes to something as essential as passing a budget, Congress seems to operate on a never-ending cycle of delays, negotiations, and stopgap measures.
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In a small town where everything seems ordinary, Ed Loyce stumbles upon a horrifying sight—a body hanging from a lamppost—only to realize that no one else seems to care
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Detroit man shoots himself in the foot attempting to kill cockroach [ [link removed] ] - I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around this one. The gun seems like overkill to begin with, since he could have just used the foot in question to kill the cockroach. But even if you decided to use the gun, did he think the cockroach would be killed by the bullet but also be bullet-resistant enough to stop it?
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