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xkcd #2898: Orbital Argument

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Yes, but it's mostly shifting because of Jupiter. It's just so dang heavy. Like, a couple times heavier than every other planet put together. I don't have the brain wattage to do the cool math right now, but a quick google search says that while the barycenter of the solar system does depend on all the planets, more often than not, it is outside the sun

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Any good debloated TVs?

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Yup. My family bought me a new TV to replace the one I've been using for 15 years, and they keep telling me how great it is that I can get movies and TV shows for free, and I can sign in to all the streaming services right from my TV!

I don't have the heart to tell them that I'll die before this TV connects to anything other than an HDMI cord

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Can't find the source but big if true

This seems to be fake. Can't find a single news story matching the text in the post. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that someone made this story up to stir up arguments about Muslims and atheism. Maybe it was intended to highlight the hypocrisy of any Christians who agree that a child shouldn't be raised Muslim.

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we are safe

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Legitimately could be a use case

"Attend this meeting for me. If anyone asks, claim that your camera and microphone aren't working. After the meeting, condense the important information into one paragraph and email it to me."

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Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules

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Totalitarians try to use cases like this to take your rights away. Never forget how this impacts the innocent. If they can force this man to unlock his phone, they can force any innocent person to do the same. If the police think you've committed a crime, accessing your phone will never make them think you're innocent. The absolute best case scenario is that they don't find anything useful to their case. The worst case scenario is that they find your social media account where you called arson based last year, and they will use that against you.