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Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading
My galaxy will let me install but then I get this when I try to run the app:
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Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading
My galaxy will let me install but then I get this when I try to run the app:
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wir suchen dich‼️‼️🗣️📢📢
Knowing the German pronunciation makes it not as funny. But seeing "extra dick burgers" at the store still gives me a chuckle.
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Record number of Americans are leaving the country and renouncing their citizenship for good, report says
This month my wife and I will be celebrating two years in Germany. Germany is not perfect and immigrating to another country is rough but we are much happier, healthier, and secure here. We never want to go back to the US. We are working on permanent residence (visa) and then citizenship.
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Weightlifting shoes?
Just go with a flat sole shoe that doesn't have a lot of padding in the cushion. Converse are popular and I used to wear them but I like wider soled shoes. I got some flat and wide Pumas on clearance and they work great. There are lots of skateboarding shoe varieties that also work great. Just not the really cushiony ones. You don't want your shoes to squish when deadlifting.
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[Vote] Should we defederate from maga.place?
Yes
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Is it just me or is everything updating its TOS agreement right now?
A lot of them have been adding terms about LLMs and using your data for them.
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Modern lies
Recently moved to an area with hard water. Wife and I were noticing more hair loss while showering. Turns out an ingredient "EDTA" can help remove buildup from hard water that damages hair. This is a common ingredient in expensive shampoos but it's also in Head and Shoulders. Wife started using expensive shampoos to help and I switched to Head and Shoulders. She just ended up using my shampoo(much cheaper) and it's been working well for us. Hope this helps others.
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different kinds of cheesecakes
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Luckily there is a rule for that. You just add an "e". Germans will know when they read Kaese that it means Käse(cheese).
ä=ae ö=oe ü=ue
And bonus ß=ss
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Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension
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I love not having to drive anymore. Public transit is sometimes a little longer than driving but it's so low stress and if you do have to drive, the massive public transit infrastructure helps alleviate traffic on the roads and thus speeds things up. Win/win. I realize it's not for everyone but for me it's a huge reduction in stress, anxiety, and the extra walking was a contributing factor to losing 25 lbs in my first year here.
I hate that government stuff is painfully slow here. I lived in one of the big cities before I got a job. I booked an appointment with the immigration office in the middle of January and the earliest they could see me was mid July. 2 Months after my visa expired. It took 2 months to get an appointment for my german driver's license. We're in a smaller city now and it seems a lot faster but I haven't been here long enough to get a good idea of how much faster it is for everything.
Something that I really miss is mexican food. If you are from an area of the US with good mexican food, you'll be missing out on that here. There are some decent taco places around but otherwise I think most "mexican restaurants" here have just seen pictures of mexican food and guessed how to make it. But Döner is awesome and everywhere, so I suppose I traded Burritos for Döner.
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Shows like HarmonQuest?
Faster Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!
Every episode is a one-shot with a different group of level 1 adventurers that culminates in a TPK to a way overpowered boss like a Beholder, Tiamat, etc. How they die and the story that's told is what's important. Lots of cool guest comedians/actors and TTRPG celebs. You can stream it for free on Plex.
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ich🐷🌧iel
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ich🐷🌧iel
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Mindestens kostet ein 0,5L Bier nur 3€. Mit einem Bändchen muss ich mir auch keine Sorgen um Taschendiebe machen. Trotzdem verstehe ich Ihren Standpunkt. Es könnte besser sein.
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Weightlifting shoes?
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It affects stability when squatting, deadlifting, etc. I tend to pick shoes with hard rubber soles as well.
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It improves the morale of the future worker.
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That was not the case with my sister. She has pretty good insurance and had really good care. She ended up making a phone call an hour or two after her premature baby was born to add her to the policy because her now uninsured baby was in the NICU.
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Missed Opportunities
There was an art museum that I went to, I think in Cologne that had prints of basically all the paintings. If you really liked one, you could get a high quality print, photo, postcard, etc.
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Crunch time: Democrats ready for shutdown standoff over Republican health cuts
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This is correct. Budget Reconciliation bypasses the filibuster rules and only needs 51 votes(this includes the VP) to pass(like earlier this year) but the standard budget legislation that happens this time of year does not bypass it and requires super majority of 60 votes to pass.
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Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
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Someone misspoke in a press conference. I edited my post with the corrected info.
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It improves the morale of the future worker.
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She gave birth in a very nice but very small facility so it is plausible that they put pressure on her for billing purposes.
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Village dumbass gets a $3k tariff
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Just a heads up, you can type "cancel" between x and .com.
https://xcancel.com/ZohranKMamdani/status/1857410216733651146?lang=en
This is the new Nitter linking.
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Obamacare tax credits look likely to expire as Trump rules out an extension
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Not always. We have a private insurance plan that is reimbursement on certain things. Public option plans for example, the insurance providers are billed directly by the health care provider.