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This was a promotion with Sapporo when Microsoft launched Windows 95.
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This was a promotion with Sapporo when Microsoft launched Windows 95.
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Mediocre.
I had a brain MRI a couple of years ago and got the same. My brain and your breasts are unremarkable.
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Serial Killers Have Rapidly Declined Since The 1980s
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No. It’s not possible to find light reading about lead.
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Any Suggestions For A 'Modern iPod'?
How about using an older smartphone with the SIM card pulled out? Delete/hide all apps except the one for music and lock down the app store.
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Florida Republican party chair suspended amid rape accusation
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I’m guessing they’re upset because it involves same-gender sex. If they had committed normal white collar crime, like embezzling a million dollars, nothing would have happened to them.
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Kyle Rittenhouse reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on
Ron Paul must be crushed. How will his campaign recover from this devastating blow?
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Why is “Now I Am Become Death” phrased so awkwardly in English?
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Yes. The conjugates for “to be” are: I am, You are, He/she is, etc.
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The Spilhaus Projection - A World Map according to Fish
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Hmm. Aren’t the Great Lakes in North America connected to each other and then to the St. Lawrence River via Lake Ontario, which eventually leads to the Atlantic Ocean? Maybe the map should include those large bodies of water too.
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Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this
Nope. You’re getting some decent conversation out of this so those 30 minutes were definitely put to good use. And that’s a nice photo.
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Trump loses it after former adviser calls him out on Putin stance
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He throws tantrums every few days. It’s his natural self, so he’s not losing anything.
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In his attacks on the ‘childless’ left, JD Vance once hyped a plan to give parents more votes
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Since I’m considered less invested in the community if I don’t have children, I shouldn’t have to pay property taxes, since that money is used to fund public schools. And whatever federal portion of the budget that goes toward public education should be given back to me as well.
Also, does a parent’s extra vote go away when the children reach voting age?
Edit: The more I think about this, the more I like it. I think you’re on the right track, but we need to take this further. You have a greater stake, therefore you should have a larger tax burden as well. You and your family will use more resources than a single person. Roads wear out faster from more driving and increased weight of vehicle. Larger families require larger police and fire departments. Etc., etc. Good idea.
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How do you think society might have changed if the internet hadn't been capitalized on?
That’s hard to answer without qualifying “commercial interests”. I think of banking and other financial institutions as commercial interests, and I like having control of my finances online. I don’t have to wait until the end of the month to see credit card charges (charge notifications that pop up on my phone are nearly instantaneous). I don’t have to make a phone call to my broker to place a stock order.
A lot of people disparage Amazon, but I like the convenience. No more driving to two or three stores to find what I need.
Other commercial interests like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X—yeah, they can disappear and I wouldn’t miss them.
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She wrote all this code by hand to take humanity to the Moon
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I was a CS major in late 70s and used punch cards for Fortran programs. I’m guessing “by hand” meant writing the code with pencil/pen on paper and then typing up the punch cards for each line of code.
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Trump team worry he’s golfing too much as Vance addresses ‘childless cat ladies’ slur
MAGA - Make America Golf Again
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Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals
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Probably irrelevant because they won’t get prosecuted anyway.
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Microsoft toys with new Windows 11 Start menu layout inspired by the iOS App Library
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Agreed. The library was just a dumping ground for apps that I didn’t want on the Home Screen and didn’t care how iOS organized them. Easiest way to get to them was swipe down and search.
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U.S. proposes ban on airline fees for seating parents next to kids
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What I would not like is for a parent to pay for the upgraded seat next to me and then I get bumped to accommodate their child.
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[Story] "Proposing" to my girlfriend
Glad you found someone to share your life with. My wife and I have been married for 30 years. Prior to marriage, we lived together during college, had a long distance relationship after graduation due to jobs, moved back together and bought a house.
One night, during a girls night out, they were chatting about our relationship. One of her friends drunkenly told her to shit or get off the pot. So she did a little thinking and one night, while we were watching tv, she turned to me and said, “Let’s get married“.
I thought about it for five seconds and said, “Ok”. We resumed with the tv show and life went on. A couple of days passed before we actually sat down and discussed why she asked me to marry her. We knew we loved each other and didn’t need a wedding or rings to prove it. Marriage was just a formality but we did it anyway. It definitely made our parents happy.
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Doubt any heads will roll. I bet this feature was approved by the C-suite and board of directors. Look, we can create two revenue streams with one simple offer—get car buyers to subscribe to On Star so we can collect data, and then sell the data. All legal because nobody reads the fine print in the contract.
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Pro-Trump protester Ray Epps files defamation suit against Fox News
This is perfect. He accuses Fox of using him as a scapegoat. Then he turns around and uses Fox as a scapegoat for his stupidity.