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edc

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Prybar/marlinspike made from an old beryllium copper wrench

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As Peppycito said, they don't make sparks, which is important if you're working somewhere that could have explosive fumes. The lanyard is traditional for sailors' tools to prevent loss as well as dropping it on someone below. Mostly decorative now but it's convenient to be able to let go of the tool if you need both hands for something.

kde

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KDE creates a safe haven for Windows 10 exiles.

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For what it's worth, I just switched from Windows 10 to Fedora KDE Plasma and it's been perfect so far. Only hurdle was windows kept corrupting the flash drive I was trying to make until I figured out the right order to do everything. Now I can make it so that when I close a window it bursts into flames and disintegrates, awesome.

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my glasses are almost unwearable

I've been really happy with the pair of Flexon 609s I got off Amazon for $85 a few years ago. Still good as new after falling asleep in them and dropping them multiple times. Contact them if you aren't sure you're ordering the correct width, they have some listings that don't seem to show up while searching for certain sizes. I'm probably going to get a second pair just because I don't want to go back to my last pair even for the time it takes to replace lenses.