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"I was just informed you weren't on the morning stand up call this morning" implies that this person wasn't there either.
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"I was just informed you weren't on the morning stand up call this morning" implies that this person wasn't there either.
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Recognize the mother of Wifi
To be fair, I'd be skeptical if you told me Andy Griffith was the father of 3D printing.
Though I'd google it instead of asking for evidence first.
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He found a new friend!
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Can't get up until it moves, that's they rules
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The name of Six Grandfathers represents six ancestral deities of the Native Americans, personified as the six directions (cardinal + up and down.) The US and the Lakota Sioux were at war due to US expansion, but then they made a treaty in 1868 promising the Sioux exclusive use of the Black Hills and Six Grandfathers forever.
Of course, US history being what it is, they had another war in 1876, and seized the land in 1877, because of the gold rush. I couldn't find any mention of bounty hunters, but it was a war.
Mount Rushmore was named after Charles E. Rushmore, but it was named by his guide Bill Challis. Charles asked Bill what the mountain was called, and Bill said it didn't have a name, so he named it Mount Rushmore.
The monument at Mount Rushmore was inspired by a Confederate monument in Stone Mountain, Georgia. They got Gutzon Borglum, the same guy who made the other one, to be the sculptor for Mount Rushmore. Gutzon had ties to the KKK, who had funded the Stone Mountain monument, but wasn't technically a member himself.
The original plan for Mount Rushmore was made by Jonah LeRoy "Doane" Robinson, who wanted it to represent "not only the wild grandeur of its local geography but also the triumph of western civilization over that geography through its anthropomorphic representation." Ouch.
Interestingly, he didn't plan to use presidents initially, but instead Old West characters such as Lewis and Clark, Red Cloud, Sacagawea, John C. Fremont, and Crazy Horse. Gutzon shot that down and opted for presidents instead. So basically if it weren't for that guy, we could have had Native Americans on Mount Rushmore.
I couldn't find any evidence of KKK funding for Mount Rushmore, but it did receive private funding, so that's a possibility. Federal funding only game when Gutzon invited Calvin Coolidge to a dedication ceremony, at which he promised it.
So while the truth was almost as bad, this post isn't entirely accurate. You don't like it when the Republicans spread misinformation. Being a communist is no license to do the same.
Source: Wikipedia.
EDIT: After reading the article and Snopes page linked by ZombiFrancis...
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Buying a dog
All 9 dogs begin barking at the window together.
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The first sign of civilization in a culture
Wholesome, but not a meme.
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How To Sound Wise
This guide is worthless. This guide is funny.
This guide is worthless, but it's funny.
The value in this worthless guide is in its comedy.
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Check your biases
I don't know these guys, so I went and did some research, and it wasn't until I was neck deep in an article on a theory about them being the same person that it finished off saying that the Wikipedia page for Childish Gambino redirects to Donald Glover.
Nice one.
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Superior race
Fixed that for you:
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Problematic
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^ "I will not do the labor of educating you."
EDIT: Ooooooh, right over my head.
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Can confirm. I pedest, and it's more useful for me to know how long it will take to get somewhere than how far away that somewhere is. One effects my time of departure, the other is just a fun fact.
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It's sad how many men don't have friends outside of family and dates.
If that's you, please get friends. If you don't know how, find a hobby where you're likely to interact with other people, and interact with them. Even if it's just smalltalk, that's a start.
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Wasn't there some saying about if you're in a server room, the calmer the "Oops," the worse the problem?
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Echo
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If you want a more accurate translation/explanation of the lyircs: Hast and hasst are homophones. Hast means have and hasst means hate. At the start, it sounds like it's "du hasst mich" (you hate me,) because the alternative doesn't make sense. But then when gefragt is added, the past tense of ask, it becomes "you have asked me."
"Und ich hab nichts gesagt" means "and I said nothing." Nein should be translated to no, but otherwise it's pretty much just wedding vows. That translation is not literal, but that's to be expected for songs.
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Oh well, tried my best.
I think, if Elrond took it by force, he wouldn't be able to drop it in either.
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The more the merrier
This is Luigi slander.
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The new ruler of Great Britain
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I thought the sword in the stone and Excalibur were different weapons, and Excalibur was the replacement for when the other sword broke.
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*Cough Cough...* Chrome... *Chough*...
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I mainly use it for random things that I don't want to influence my recommendations, like clickbait YouTube videos.
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Does Harry Potter only know fifth grade math?
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Logically, that does follow, but we're talking about wizards here.
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Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024
Title is misleading. Manifest V2 will be disabled starting in June 2024 for new versions of Chrome. uBlock Origin will only be disabled if they cannot update to Manifest V3.
There is an implication that Manifest V3 is designed to prevent ad blocking, but if you actually click through the links and read the articles, you'll find:
Improving content filtering support by providing more generous limits in the declarativeNetRequest API for static rulesets and dynamic rules
EDIT: Source
I'm no adblocking expert, and maybe this won't be enough for adblocking to fully work, but it's sounding like it will be, since they conferenced with adblock devs to decide.
Feel free to contradict me, especially if you have evidence. Though I would not appreciate getting downvoted and yelled at for the sole reason of not taking headlines at face value just because they say Google is evil.