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RIP Minecraft, I'll miss you
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It started as minetest, an open source minecraft clone. It has since developed into a full voxel engine, supporting community made game modes and modpacks.
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RIP Minecraft, I'll miss you
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It started as minetest, an open source minecraft clone. It has since developed into a full voxel engine, supporting community made game modes and modpacks.
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Bring the Subreddit back
users aren’t going to sign up for yet another site
You just did.
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The US president just instructed the USPS to seize any ballots cast be anyone not approved by the federal government.
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Elections are run by each state, including registration. That means when they want to fuck with the registry they have to do it in a state by state basis, making specific lawsuits that target that state's system. They want to make it federal so they can just drop whoever they want from the registry without having to go through state officials.
Besides being a blatant attempt to enable widespread disenfranchisement, it is also highly unconstitutional. The states run elections, following regulations set by Congress. The executive branch should have no power here, and the executive order should be struck down immediately, but who fucking knows at this point.
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Anon fasts
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Probably just only drinking water. AKA a normal fast.
Though to be fair most fasts still allow for other zero calorie drinks, like tea or coffee.
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contempt of rule
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Only problem is streaming services like Amazon that purposefully limit the quality on Linux.
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World map showing whether countries have more males or females
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Yes, plus migrant labor. I imagine most countries that skew male are only a percent or two off. The major outliers are the Persian gulf nations, because they are tiny and rich. All those extra men are migrant workers from poorer nations, sending money back home.
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House of South Carolina judge criticized by Trump administration set ablaze
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Looks like the house was right on the water. It's possible their only escape from the house was onto the beach or into the water.
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Music Piracy Is Back, Baby
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Spotify has almost every song on the planet
Until a contract negotiation with UMG goes south and they lose half the catalog overnight. See what's happening on tiktok right now for a good example of this.
I understand the convenience draw, but I'm not a fan of continually paying for content that can disappear at any moment.
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removed a homeplug
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_over_Coax_Alliance
Similar idea to powerline adapters, except over coax lines instead.
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After 10 years in early access, 7 Days To Die finally has a release date for version 1.0
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Yep. They rewrote the progression/leveling system like 5 times.
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Netanyahu Reveals Trump Reports to Him Every Day on Iran
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I think it's 2 thing mainly.
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Cards Against Humanity continue to bring good into the world
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I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not, because Elon actually is doing that.
In both these cases, the payment technically isn't directly for voting for a specific candidate. The payment is for an unrelated action that only someone voting for your candidate would agree with. Either way, still smells bad.
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Double chocolate
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Yes.
The only added flavor in standard chocolate chip cookie dough is vanilla. Plus the chocolate chips.
Of course people don't usually think about it like that because vanilla is in nearly all baked sweets.
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Biden announces proposal to replace all lead water service lines in US within 10 years
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis
They were buying water from Detroit's water system. In order to save money, they switched to getting it from the nearby river, but they failed to account for how the new water source would interact with their pipes. They didn't treat the new water correctly and it corroded all their old lead pipes, dumping lead into the water and giving everyone lead poisoning.
Even years later, after they switched back to Detroit water, they're still having problems because the damage to the pipes is already done.
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Fairphone 6 review: cheaper, repairable and longer-lasting Android
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Well good news, you can still do bluetooth on a phone that has a headphone jack.
And it wasn’t made to be repairable.
And wireless earbuds are? How many earbud batteries crap out after less than a year? I really don't think jamming tiny lithium batteries into everything is the more sustainable option here.
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Anon goes to Japan
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The GBA was region free, but Nintendo was region locking their consoles from the start. For example, the n64 is capable of playing games from any region, but the Japanese games had different tabs, and wouldn't fit in a US console without modding the slot.
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Disney -- the most powerful entertainment corporation and also one of the most unforgiving IP owners on earth throws all of its lot onto OpenAI
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At this point I genuinely believe OpenAI knows they're doomed. They are putting all their effort into these massive deals, trying to tie themselves to as many other companies as they can until they are "too big to fail". Then when they go bankrupt, trump won't allow the stock market to crash, so the government will step in and pay everyone out. Maybe these other companies are just trying to get in on the grift while they can.
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Any time I need a quick boost I just think back to this
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The word "protects" seems almost intentionally misleading here. They are talking about changing zoning requirements to allow for higher density housing, instead of forcing single family home suburbs.
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Violence is always the answer
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They will both point to the bad door.
If asking the thruthful guard, he will point to the door the liar says is safe, which would be the bad door. If asking the liar, he would consider what the thruthful guard says is safe, then reverse that answer, still ending up on the bad door.
They cancel out, so whichever guard you ask doesn't matter.
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Gavin Newsom says California will move forward with map redrawing plan in response to Texas effort
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Winner takes all only applies to presidential elections. In this case, they are redistricting for more congressional seats.