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climbed 886m mountain today my legs r fucking dying. here's a meme i made to commemorate how fucking cold it was

ID: a photo of a vaguely phallic rock. top and bottom text in impact font reads: "peed on mountain / dick fell off :("

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Highest Grossing Animated Movie By Studio

STATS TIME!

With THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE on its way to likely being Illumination's highest-grossing picture, I thought I'd compile this. Biggest animated movie, worldwide gross-wise, by studio... Countries next to the release year indicate the primary territory where it was financed. (For example, Illumination's movies are animated in France, but largely mapped out in California.)

#1. Pixar Film: INSIDE OUT 2 Year: 2024 - US Worldwide Gross: $1,667m (as of 9/3/2024)

#2. Walt Disney Pictures Film: THE LION KING Year: 2019 - US Worldwide Gross: $1,663m

#3. Walt Disney Animation Studios Film: FROZEN II Year: 2019 - US Worldwide Gross: $1,453m

#4. Illumination Film: THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE Year: 2023 - US Worldwide Gross: $1,361m

#5. DreamWorks Film: SHREK 2 Year: 2004 - US Worldwide Gross: $919m

#6. Blue Sky Film: ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS Year: 2009 - US Worldwide Gross: $886m

#7. Chengdu Coco Cartoon Film: NE ZHA Year: 2019 - China Worldwide Gross: $742m

#8. Sony Pictures Animation Film: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Year: 2023 - US Worldwide Gross: $690m

#9. Ufotable Film: DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA - THE MOVIE: MUGEN TRAIN Year: 2020 - Japan Worldwide Gross: $507m

#10. Warner Animation Group Film: THE LEGO MOVIE Year: 2014 - US Worldwide Gross: $468m

#11. Comix Wave Film Film: YOUR NAME Year: 2016 - Japan Worldwide Gross: $380m

#12. Studio Ghibli Film: SPIRITED AWAY Year: 2001 - Japan Worldwide Gross: $355m

#13. Paramount Animation Film: THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER Year: 2015 - US Worldwide Gross: $325m

#14. Toei Film: ONE PIECE FILM: RED Year: 2022 - Japan Worldwide Gross: $246m

#15. Aardman Film: CHICKEN RUN Year: 2000 - UK Worldwide Gross: $227m

#16. MAPPA Film: JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 Year: 2021 - Japan Worldwide Gross: $196m

#17. OLM, Inc. Film: POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE Year: 1998 - Japan Worldwide Gross: $172m

#18. Laika Film: CORALINE Year: 2009 - US Worldwide Gross: $161m (includes re-issues)

(as of 9/3/2024, subject to change lol)

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[decentralvaccine]

BioNTech Posts $886M Loss

While Pfizer’s German mRNA partner BioNTech has high hopes for its post-COVID future, the company continues to feel the squeeze from the changeover to a seasonal vaccine market.

Overall, BioNTech reported total revenues of €128.7 million for 2024’s second quarter, coming in below a consensus analyst estimate of €134.98 million ($148 million) cited by Investing.com. Notably, BioNTech also logged a net loss of €807.8 million (about $886 million) for the period. Over the same stretch in 2023, BioNTech posted a net loss of €190.4 million, according to a company press release.

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Just another peak with this one. 🥰💚 . . . #Wales #PenYFan #UK #hike #December2022 #Jowaliday (at Pen Y Fan Summit 2907ft (886m)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmBsft6rIpwRyE-rywMZoYwQ_QDHvn5sdVgjS40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Musk’s $886m internet service subsidy at risk as critics cry foul

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission faces pressure from rural internet service providers to deny a planned $886 million subsidy to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for beaming broadband to underserved areas from outer space.

Even before winning a competition for the funds, SpaceX had set up its service and begun launching satellites. More than 1,000 of the Starlink craft are now aloft, providing service to test subscribers. The company says its system “is uniquely positioned to deliver high-quality broadband service to the hardest-to-reach rural Americans.”

But that hasn’t stopped complaints about it winning a competition for subsidies from the FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, in part because the service was being built without the aid and isn’t limited to rural areas. The planned awards to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., as it’s formally known, and to other companies have lawmakers raising questions about the entire $9.2 billion program.

SpaceX is “still in beta testing – not a proven technology,” said Jim Matheson, chief executive officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, which has members that vied for the funding.

The federal program is designed to spur network construction and is “not a research and development experiment for technology that may not be capable of connecting millions of rural Americans with real broadband,” Matheson said at a news conference Thursday

“We’re really calling on the Federal Communications Commission to do its job,” Matheson said. “We want them to actively, and aggressively, and thoughtfully vet” subsidy applications by SpaceX and others. Considerations should include technological capability, he said.

Elon Musk

SpaceX placed 60 more satellites in orbit on Thursday with another batch set for launch from a Florida facility Friday, according to the company’s Twitter feed. Separately, the company defended its service in a filing.

“Starlink’s performance is not theoretical or experimental,” the company said in the filing posted Thursday on the FCC’s website. “Over 10,000 users in the United States and abroad are using the service today.”

SpaceX earlier did not respond to emails requesting comment.

The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund is a centerpiece of federal efforts to connect millions of people without home broadband, many of them in thinly populated areas that are costly to serve — a need underscored by the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund is poised to distribute public money to extend broadband in 49 states over 10 years.

In December, it announced winning bids at auction for 180 companies and bidding groups, most of which provide broadband over more established technologies, such as cable or wireless service.

SpaceX was approved for its plan to provide service to 642,925 locations in 35 states. But consumer advocates say those locations include parts of New York City and airports in Newark and Miami — places that don’t fit the program’s goal of bringing service to rural people beyond the reach of broadband networks.

The decisions were made when Trump administration appointees still controlled the FCC and now the agency is led by Biden appointees who could cut off applicants it considers dubious. Last month, 160 House and Senate members urged the FCC to scrutinize recipients, in part because network construction takes time. “We fear that we will not know whether funds were improperly spent for years to come,” said the lawmakers.

There is a “a need for proper upfront assessment,” Representative Jim Clyburn, of South Carolina, the No. 3 House Democrat, said in an email. He said many applicants claim to be able to deliver faster service to new customers than they are delivering to current subscribers.

Some of the bidders have promised ultra-fast gigabit speeds they haven’t offered before. Others missed earlier deadlines to build subsidized networks, or promised cut-rate network construction.

The review falls to FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who last year said the program was being pushed ahead too fast in a case of “rush-it-out-the-door electioneering” by the Republican chairman, Ajit Pai.

Pai defended the time line, saying while chairman that unserved Americans “cannot afford to wait” for service.

The FCC declined to comment.

Beginning in October, the FCC ran an auction to determine how to split the pot of rural money, which is funded by fees on consumer telephone bills. The agency designated discrete areas without service, and invited bids. The companies that offered to build broadband for the lowest price emerged as winners of subsidies.

Winners announced in December included three promised more than $1 billion in subsidies: cable provider Charter Communications Inc., the Rural Electric Cooperative Consortium made up of 95 co-ops, and a company called LTD Broadband that was the top subsidy winner, claiming $1.3 billion for service in 15 states.

Charter on Monday said it would use its $1.2 billion subsidy in a $5 billion project to deliver fast internet service to more than 1 million unserved homes and businesses across 24 states.

LTD Broadband, which was founded in 2011, offers broadband distributed wirelessly from 2,100 tower sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, according to its website. It said it will fulfill its obligations with fiber connections, which generally offer quicker speeds than wireless.

“We have seen a lot of naysaying from competitors,” Corey Hauer, president of LTD Broadband, said in an email. “We take our obligation very seriously and will not disappoint the rural residents that have been waiting for broadband service.”

SpaceX’s chosen locations include two slivers by the Harlem River in the Bronx. Other spots selected by SpaceX include the terminals at Newark Liberty International Airport and Miami International Airport, according to research by the policy group Free Press.

“The FCC never should have allowed SpaceX to participate,” S. Derek Turner, research director for Free Press, said in an interview. “They will serve those customers who request service with or without the FCC subsidy.”

Free Press calculated that $111 million of Starlink’s subsidy is due to urban deployments. More than $700 million of the overall $9.2 billion in subsidies was awarded for deploying broadband in non-rural areas, the policy group said.

The FCC in announcing the results said the funding would bring broadband to more than 10 million rural Americans.

It might be hard to enforce commitments to build networks, said Blair Levin, an analyst for New Street Research.

“While there is evidence of a policy success,” the FCC “may have to clean up a variety of messes,” Levin said in a note.

Read full article: https://expatimes.com/?p=17707&feed_id=32136

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BBC News: Amazon hit with $886m fine for alleged data breach

BBC News - Amazon hit with $886m fine for alleged data breach

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Pen y Fan

Contents Pen y Fan Packing List FAQ’s Pen y Fan (pronounced Pen-er-van) is the highest peak in South Wales. Located in the Brecon Beacons, the peak reaches 886m above sea level and is approximately 6.5km in length. There are a few routes that people tend to take if starting from the Pont ar Daf car park. One route takes you through Corn Du, the Brecon Beacons second highest peak, whilst the…

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"Feature or bug? The RDOF’s massive waste is a result of Pai’s design

Yet even in terms of fulfilling its own rural-first goals — which has unfortunately been Pai’s sole priority — this latest initiative looks bad. Based on our initial estimates, more than $700 million of the $9.2 billion in subsidies were awarded to ISPs for deployment in non-rural areas. And the level of direct waste is in fact likely higher than this, because the RDOF auction’s design flaws led to granting subsidies in areas that are already served or could be served without subsidies, both in rural and urban areas. We’ll dive into the numbers in greater detail in a forthcoming post.

Pai’s RDOF is a giant reshaping of a Universal Service Fund (USF) subsidy program meant to more rapidly close the rural digital divide. But the agency bungled the implementation by sending so much of this scarce USF money — raised through a regressive fee system that disproportionately impacts the poor — to companies that have no plans to serve rural customers. To make matters even worse, much of the funding the FCC directed to urban areas last week isn’t for projects that help low-income urban communities in any way."

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What do Starlink’s latest Ookla results mean for its RDOF winnings?

https://www.fiercetelecom.com/broadband/what-do-starlinks-latest-ookla-results-mean-its-886m-rdof-winnings Comments

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On this day 10 years ago, 22 April 2012: X'Trapolis 886M arrives into Bell station on a down South Morang service https://railgallery.wongm.com/page/on-this-day?date=2022-04-22

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Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe – TechCrunch

Vivid Money, a financial super app, raises $114M at an $886M valuation to expand in Europe – TechCrunch

Vivid Money, a challenger bank out of Berlin with 500,000 customers, has made a name for itself with a financial one-stop-shop  “super app” that, in addition to basic checking and money management services, also includes stock and cryptocurrency investing. Now, as it gears up to add more services to its platform and expand across all of Europe, the startup has raised €100 million ($114 million),…

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Paneefan summit: the highest peak in Sadern Waaayls. 🤣 . . . #thingsidoforlove #hike2022 #golocal #travelUK #travelWales #PenYFan #Wales #December2022 (at Pen Y Fan Summit 2907ft (886m)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9GHBAIh2GSRw8AY5bXZ5eYQHH6Rz0OeAHRUg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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WH Smith reports full-year online growth though Covid-19 effects mean lower overall sales

WH Smith's high street business reported a trading profit this year. Image: Shutterstock

WH Smith says its online businesses have grown strongly during a year in which the retailer has adapted to a changing trading environment. Group revenues have fallen by 13.2% as its travel business remains hit by the effects of Covid-19 restrictions, but pre-tax losses have more than halved.

  The retailer says it has been building its online business this year through investing in is websites and in expanding fulfilment capacity, while extending online ranges and building customer engagement through social media. It says that its Funky Pigeon stationery website has recorded a “record performance”, while Cult Pens has also performed well.

  Next-day delivery has launched, for orders placed before 9.30pm, seven days a week. Some 65,000 people now follow its WH Smith Facebook page – and a similar number on Twitter – while 66,000 follow Funky Pigeon on Facebook, where almost 18,000 follow Cult Pens.

The stationery-to-technology retailer’s high street business is now profitable again, but its travel business has been hit hard by Covid-19 restrictions. Nonetheless, WH Smith, ranked Top250 in RXUK Top500 research, is planning for growth post-pandemic, and plans to open 100 travel stores over the next three years, while expanding its InMotion technology brand to 30 stores in UK airports. At the same time it has closed 24 high street shops, where leases were “uneconomic”.

  WH Smith today reported revenues of £886m for the year to August 31 2021. That’s down from £1bn a year earlier. Pre-tax losses of £116m, after one-off costs of £65m, more than halved (-53.6%) from £280m last time. WH Smith’s travel business turned in a trading loss of £44m, while its high street business made a profit of £36m in its latest year.

  WH Smith group chief executive Carl Cowling, says the performance is a good one in an “evolving trading environment” – and that having adapted to that change it is now in a good position to return to profit in the current financial year.

  “Despite the challenges of the UK high street, more generally, our High Street business has delivered a resilient and profitable performance,” he says. “Our online businesses have delivered strong growth in the year, including a record performance from funkypigeon.com.”

  WH Smith sells online via both WH Smith, FunkyPigeon and Cult Pens websites and, as of October 31 2021, through 1,711 shops, of which 1,540 were able to trade at that time under existing Covid-19 restrictions.

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Amazon hit with $886m fine for alleged data law breach

Amazon hit with $886m fine for alleged data law breach

The tech giant rejects claims it has broken European Union data protection laws.