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There are two kinds of people.
The top one is wrong because it violates the right hand rule.
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There are two kinds of people.
The top one is wrong because it violates the right hand rule.
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When I was in undergrad, a new friend in my program asked if he could inspect my elbow. I said sure, and he probed my elbow with his fingers thoroughly for a couple of minutes. He then told me it was very well structured.
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Also Bean
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Would you say you became disenchanted with it?
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might be a form of Jevons Paradox
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Why are you comparing the most common screen resolution in 2007 to a 4k monitor today? 4k isn't the most common today. This isn't a fair comparison.
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Woman of my dreams
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The number of subdividing lines on the left are inconsistent between the foot marks.
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Since Pi is infinite and non-repeating, would that mean any finite sequence of non-repeating numbers should appear somewhere in Pi?
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They're not writing in binary. They're defining a base 10 number that is 0.11, followed by a single 0, then 1, then two 0s, then 1, then three 0s, then 1, and so on. The definition ensures that it never repeats, but because it only contains 1 and 0, it would never contain any sequence with the numbers 2 through 9.
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What a steal
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Apple changed the power settings to no longer allow the computer to stay awake with the lid closed unless it's either connected to power or connected to an external display.
Edit: But there is a command line you can use.
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Socialist Momentum Grows As Melat Kiros Wins In Denver | A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent.
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Why does this post start talking about democratic socialism then link to a description of social democracy? Those are not the same thing.
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is this correct?
Yes, but that information is out of date. Milton has weakened from that level.
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Friday Facts #418 - Space Age release date | Factorio
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I played a whole run of the base game without mods on my Steam Deck in handheld mode and found it just fine. It uses the extra buttons on the back quite effectively.
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New Mexico wants Meta to pay $40 billion in penalties for Cambridge Analytica scandal
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It is. This is for just one state (New Mexico).
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I have less than 15 years left to live
My father had it. With his medication, he lasted (with good quality of life) until something else got him. What I'd like to point out though, is what "20 years" means in țhis context. That means it came from a study, right? Some people in that study lived less than that, some more. How old is that study then? Or more specifically, how old are the diagnoses and treatments of the people in that study?
Even if that's very recent study, that means that at least some of the group started their treatment in the 90s or earlier. You'll have more modern treatments based on what's been learned since then, before even considering what will be learned during the long course of time you'll have this. There's more hope than you're allowing yourself here.
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Certain hobbies set off warning bells
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In the book there's an additional interesting scene with Rico and the recruiter: Rico runs in to the recruiter as he's leaving the office. The recruiter does actually have prosthetic legs, and he's walking out the door. Rico asks why he didn't have them on before. The recruiter explains that his job is actually to scare away recruits. He's supposed to show potential recruits his missing legs as a consequence of his service. That way those that aren't really serious about it, those who are doing it because it just seems like a cool idea, don't go through with signing up. He then explains that the government doesn't require him to be a living warning sign in his off-time, so he puts on his legs and goes about his life that way.
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‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately
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Maybe the cyclists don't like the stop signs that the path frustratingly has but the road does not? Around that stop there are two within a few hundred metres, and frequently stopping (or slowing down fot a rolling stop) makes riding slower and more tiring. That's probably not nearly the entire motivation, though.
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Rough date
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Your link does not say that Canada has a higher mortality rate than the US for drunk driving. It says that drunk driving is responsible for a slightly higher percentage of motor vehicle fatalities (34% compared to 31%). Given that the US has three times as many traffic fatalities per capita, this means that the US has almost three times the mortality rate for drunk driving as compared to Canada.
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to unload 100 tons of steel
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This sounds like you're describing "The Handmaid's Tale", which is not what this thread is about.
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Yes, But
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I've used self-checkouts in Canada and in The Netherlands. The ones here in Canada are just like the miserable experience you describe. Especially the weight sensor and the machine complaining. In The Netherlands I never had that issue (even with a second person helping me). I'm convinced companies have just turned the anti-theft settings up to aggravating false-positive levels over here.
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Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?
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At least where I'm from (Canada), bread comes with a clip holding the bag shut, not a twist tie. "Re-using the clip" means the clip the came with the bag. You can see that it's a different shape in the picture. This would be the equivalent of re-using the twist tie, if that's how the bread is packaged where you live.
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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
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Sceptre seems to be the only company makinh consumer-grade dumb TVs.
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Led by the automaker BYD, China has established itself as the main car supplier in Mexico. The US worries China could use Mexico as a “back door” to sidestep tariffs and gain footing in the US market.
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The vast majority of those subsidies (rebates, sales tax exemption, government procurement of EVs) you linked don't seem like they would apply to exported vehicles. This suggests exports would indeed be very price competitive, wouldn't it?