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Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope
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Why are police in the USA so heavily tattooed?
It's an interesting question... until not many years ago, you couldn't even be a police officer in the UK if you had visible tattoos.
I believe the rule now is they can't be "inappropriate" if visible.
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Schools in Florida are testing armed drones as a defense against school shootings
What could possibly go wrong 🤦🏻♂️
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I walked outside and owls were hooting. Why do they hoot?
Usual animal reasons - staking claim to their bit of owlish territory, finding a mate, sounding an alarm...
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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
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This was very much the previous Labour government as well though - attempted ID cards, restricted what you could photograph or film, made it illegal to not disclose a password when asked by police and so and on
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A **great ** pension would be index linked...
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How often do you change your towels?
When they start to bend and crack
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What are things you know because of your personal interests that most people have no idea about ?
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It's probably due to the word batard in French meaning something of a dual nature or dubious origin (and can therefore also be used for our more usual use of the word bastard).
As the bastard, or hand a half, sword is halfway in length between the single handed long sword and the two handed great sword and could be used either way. The French specifically call it an epee batard and IIRC correctly there's a type of French bread called a batard which is like a hybrid of a loaf and a baguette.
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Why in America is .08 the legal limit for drunk driving? How come it's not an even 0.10? Who decided at what level being drunk starts? Then 4 beers of 12oz's is 0.08 why is it that small?
Some countries take it further and anything above a tiny amount (like 0.02) will get you a criminal record... although usually at such small amounts it's just a fine and/or points on your licence, using bans and prison sentences for higher levels (like the US levels you describe).
This to me is the right approach - it's long been proven that even regular drinkers suffer an impact on reaction times and anticipation with even a small amount of alcohol, so it really should be zero tolerance. I can't think of any other situation where you'd be allowed to control a two ton piece of metal at 60+ mph around other people, houses, cars etc without having proper control.
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When Other Games Chased Polygons, Blade Runner Chased Atmosphere
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GOG has it - https://www.gog.com/en/game/blade_runner
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CrankBoy - the original Game Boy game emulator for the Playdate console (my article)
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Cranking...
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Have you ever cried because of a video game?
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Great game with very emotional storytelling.
For those that remember the late TotalBiscuit, it was his favourite game.
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I used to take an antihistamine called loratadine before bed and it started giving me horrendous nightmares, so yes meds can definitely affect dreams. Doc moved me onto a nose spray called Avamys and they went away (and the spray was more affective anyway)
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What’s the first book you remember loving?
Probably a Hardy Boys book, I used to devour those as a pre-teen.
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Why in America is .08 the legal limit for drunk driving? How come it's not an even 0.10? Who decided at what level being drunk starts? Then 4 beers of 12oz's is 0.08 why is it that small?
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What's the practical difference between illegal and criminal in the US? To me, a Brit, they are the same thing.
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Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla
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What's your favorite movie that is in a language which you do not speak?
That trio of French films that came out in the last few years, the two musketeer ones and the third one Count of Monte Cristo... the latter is one of my favourite films, so well made and acted.
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It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"
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How do you find the speed vs Firefox?
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Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope