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by 5555624 1y ago
But, ships need far smaller crews than they did in the past. A tall ship takes a larger crew than a steamship back in the 1980s. (I've crossed the Atlantic both ways.) Today, with automation, we have unattended engine rooms (unattended
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SpaceX pitches subscription model for Trump's Golden Dome(teslarati.com)
11 points by 5555624 1y ago|5 comments
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by 5555624 2y ago
In the past year, a number of times when I've arranged for a Lyft ride (Virginia, US), a notice has popped up that the driver has a camera and will be recording the ride for passenger and driver safety. Most of those rides have had cam
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by 5555624 2y ago
In Virginia, it;s the opposite -- you need to request a REAL ID. "A REAL ID is an optional, upgraded version of your driver’s license or ID card that has a star in the right corner. ... Since REAL ID is optional in Virginia, you may no
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by 5555624 2y ago
>The US should have caught this before she came in here but didn't. How? Unless she said, on her (tourist) visa application or when she actually entered the country, that she wqas going to be working, they wouldn't know. Years
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by 5555624 2y ago
Warn people coming to the US on a tourist visa not to work while they are here. Sure, people do it and people get away with it; but, if you get caught -- especially now -- you're going to run into trouble.
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by 5555624 2y ago
I did the same thing. I don't need to check my email from my phone; so, I did the same with Google for my phone.
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Trump team has weighed deal to save TikTok, leaving algorithm in Chinese ownersh(washingtonpost.com)
4 points by 5555624 2y ago|0 comments
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by 5555624 2y ago
A third term is not a new idea. Scholars looked at this in 1999. Supposedly, there were people that wanted Obama to pull and end run around the Constitution for a third term; but, he dismissed the idea. ( https://www.cnn.com/
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by 5555624 2y ago
He was my favorite Count of Monte Cristo ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRiqixYweNQ )
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by 5555624 2y ago
The local radio morning show I listen to every day had a bit about a recent survey that said Gen Z is listening to more and more traditional radio, although they did not say anything about AM vs. FM. A search shows several articles, all ref
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by 5555624 2y ago
Check with your Post Office. My USPS Post Office Box actually has a street address I can use, as well. They started this about four or five years ago. It's the street address of the Post Office, with the box number added like an apartm
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by 5555624 2y ago
Maybe Tesla stockholders need him to send a weekly email with five bullet points about what he accomplished for Tesla last week?
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Zuckerberg's Meta considered sharing user data with China, whistleblower alleges(washingtonpost.com)
9 points by 5555624 2y ago|0 comments
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by 5555624 2y ago
>Just like nowadays you can't buy a "dumb TV" You can still get Sceptre dumb TVs at Amazon and Walmart.
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by 5555624 2y ago
For something a bit more cut and dried, there's a Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis_map
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by 5555624 2y ago
Most likely because they are not currently in the Google Play store. (A search brings up a message "Looking to TikTok? Downlaods for this app are paused due to current US legal requirements."
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by 5555624 2y ago
https://archive.is/IydVM
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by 5555624 2y ago
"... who don't want to return to the office." The headline leaves that out. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. On September 2021, we went back to our pre-COVID schedule of no more than two telework days per wee
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by 5555624 2y ago
We'll see. The Executive Order allows for exemptions, "provided that the department and agency heads shall make exemptions they deem necessary." The big question is what criteria shall be used for those exemptions.
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by 5555624 2y ago
We're still waiting guidance as to whether this applies just to remote work or if it includes telework. (A few years ago, we were told that the difference was remote workers worked completely remote; but, teleworkers have a cubicle or
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by 5555624 2y ago
From a general consumer point of view? If it has AI,it's the latest and greatest. It's got to be better than something without AI. It's opt-put because most people won't opt-out, if only because they can't be bother
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by 5555624 2y ago
Maybe it's generational? I never heard it used for close friends of the family in the 1960s and 1970s. I've heard it in the last 10 maybe 20 years. (I'm not around children all that much, so I don't know how "common
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A story of three identical strangers(historicflix.com)
16 points by 5555624 2y ago|11 comments
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by 5555624 2y ago
Related article from CNN, yesteday, "More than a dozen states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in" https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/11/politi
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by 5555624 2y ago
A new Tamaya sextant can run about $3,000 and Chinese-made Astra sextants are about a third of that. (Bubble sextants aren't used at sea.) That's the only "expensive" equipment needed for celestial navigation or at least
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Will Yellowstone National Park erupt? Scientists have new answers(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by 5555624 2y ago|0 comments
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by 5555624 2y ago
I understand Brocolli is fine with it. (I didn't say he wasn't.) I just don't see changing Bond's sex or race. Bond is an established character. if you want, say, an Asian female secret agent, come up with a new characte
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by 5555624 2y ago
Don't confuse the actor and the character. While Connery was not British, Bond was.
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by 5555624 2y ago
While I prefer a Bond movie, after seeing how Amazon handled Jack Reacher, they might be able to do some sort of mini-series. As long as James Bond is a white, British male. You can't change the character after all this time, just for

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