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Rare polar bear shot dead by police in Iceland after being thought a threat
  • A rare polar bear that was spotted in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities have said.

    The bear was killed in the north-west tip of the country after police consulted the national environment agency, which declined to have the animal relocated, according to the Westfjords police chief, Helgi Jensson.

    “It’s not something we like to do,” Jensson said. “In this case … the bear was very close to a summer house. There was an old woman in there.”

    The owner, who was alone, was frightened and locked herself upstairs as the bear rummaged through her garbage, Jensson said. She contacted her daughter in Reykjavik, the capital, by satellite link, and called for help.

    She stayed there,” Jensson said, adding that other summer residents in the area had gone home. “She knew the danger.

  • Rare polar bear shot dead by police in Iceland after being thought a threat
  • Do you seriously lack reading comprehension skills? The section of my comment you've pointed out says that I value them equally, not that polar bears are more valuable than humans, and not that humans are more valuable than polar bears. This is why I knew it was pointless to argue with you, because you aren't doing it in good faith. Go protect your imaginary school from the polar bears massing an imminent attack if you want to act like this.

  • Rare polar bear shot dead by police in Iceland after being thought a threat
  • The difference between the two of us is that you think humans are more important than other animals and I don't. If this polar bear killed a few humans in Iceland, I'm not saying those particular humans would deserve it, but we as a species do. This polar bear didn't do anything wrong. It has no capacity to, it was just trying to survive. Maybe instead of destroying anything that may potentially be a threat to humans, we should protect the planet we live on and the habitats of our fellow plants and animals. It's in our own best interests too. No sense arguing about it though, I doubt either of us will change our minds.

  • Rare polar bear shot dead by police in Iceland after being thought a threat
  • So what about humans posing a threat to them? If it's so rare to have them show up in Iceland, what drove a polar bear to do this? From what I understand, with less ice at the poles it has made it harder for polar bears to hunt seals, leaving many of them starving. As we head towards winter, polar bears have to put on fat stores to survive and feed newborn cubs. It's really a shame that so many people talk about "animals" as if we aren't animals too. By your logic, there would be nothing wrong with polar bears rolling into town and eating the species threatening their survival.

  • Never ask
  • The way I understand it, pagers are a one way device. When a message is sent to a pager it is broadcasted by the network for the pager to recieve, but there isn't any sort of confirmation sent back to the tower, so they can't really be tracked. That's why they were in use prior to cellphones. These pagers ran on a AAA battery from what I understand, which wouldn't last very long if it was having to constantly broadcast like a cellphone.

  • US Postal Service electric trucks are finally here and drivers love them
  • So, I was curious and did some digging on the old LLV. Apparently it has a 13.5 gallon tank, and the vehicle is rated at 17mpg, but in actual use it gets more like 8-10mpg. So taking the worst case of 8, that's about 100 mile range, so the NGDV isn't really all that much worse. I'm guessing that's going to cover the majority of routes, with the few outliers being covered by the gas powered versions.

  • My new addition.

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    Up until now, I've never bought a brand new guitar, so I figured I could make up for all those savings and get something nice!

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    Issue with WiFi on fresh Bazzite install

    I'm hoping to get some help here. I finally took the plunge and installed Bazzite to a spare drive, and during the initial installation setup I was able to connect to my wifi. After booting up for the first time I noticed it said no connection. I see the wifi device listed, but I don't see anyway to connect. It doesn't find any networks. I've searched around but haven't found any solutions yet, and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

    I greatly appreciate any help here, and I'm happy to provide any further information if necessary.

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