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July 17

Hunter Biden Laptop

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Why is this portion of Hunter Biden’s bio on Wikipedia permitted…

“… . Since the early months of 2019, Biden and his father have been the subjects of unevidenced claims of corrupt activities in a Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory pushed by then-U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies, concerning Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine and Joe Biden's anti-corruption efforts there on behalf of the United States during the time he was vice president.[1] United States intelligence community…”

Really? “…conspiracy theory pushed by then-U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies…”. How about the NY Post discovery and investigation of Hunter’s laptop? Oh, I see, it was Trump and his allies were the only one pushing the exposure of it’s contents, but they were not part of this country’s media blacklisting of the story.

Joe DiCostanzo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.208.228.49 (talk) 00:27, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you have suggestions to improve an article, start a discussion on that article's talk page. RudolfRed (talk) 00:36, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Orange Julius are they still in busness

2601:641:C101:D900:D009:CA01:69C7:5559 (talk) 04:17, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. See Orange Julius. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:19, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alexuh1

What is the height of Tiktok star Alexuh1, in meters? --5.168.12.91 (talk) 14:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To the nearest meter? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:13, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What are you meaning? I can’t understand... --5.168.12.91 (talk) 15:42, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BB's probably kidding (hint). --84.190.205.4 (talk) 16:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I still don’t understand. I am Italian, not english. --5.168.12.91 (talk) 16:10, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Closer to 1 meter, or closer to 2 meters? There's no Alexuh1 article here, so it's hard to know much detail. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:14, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

OP, please ignore the deliberate contrarianism of the previous respondent, who is prone to this sort of behaviour, and has been for the 16 years I've been responding on these Reference desks. Everybody else understands perfectly well that "in meters" means "expressed in meters and centimeters" (e.g. 1m 65cm) or in meters and decimal fractions of a meter (e.g. 1.65m).

The reason that no-one has given you a sensible answer to your straightforward question is that none of us know or have (yet) been able to find out the answer. It may well be that she has never published the information – and why should she? Bear in mind also that she is only 18 and up till now has most likely still been growing. Once again, apologies for the previous discourtesy shown to you. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.177.31 (talk) 16:43, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For your information, Mr. Negative, I tried to find the info myself, and it seems like she's not saying. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:49, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you can find a picture of her right next to a door, to a brick wall or to a similar object whose height can be otherwise be easily measured I'm sure somebody would be willing to calculate it for you. Or next to some other person whose height is publicly known. 93.87.13.65 (talk) 13:06, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is no standard height for doors or bricks. Also, comparison with a point of known height above ground level only works if that point is equally far from the camera lens as the person whose height is to be estimated since objects appear taller as they get closer to the lens (see Perspective (graphical)). --Lambiam 13:20, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It would at least facilitate a reasonable guess. But we don't know if the OP already has that level of info. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:03, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]