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by bbarnett 5y ago
Yet it doesn't happen without, essentially, a plot, perhaps the kingdom in civil war, and the next leader is just the next in line, with no real debate on worthiness either. As well, kings have also been known to hold power through dec
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by bbarnett 5y ago
I certainly prefer an elected president, and others making these decisions, compared to some dictator or king doing so. One, if making poor decisions, can often be replaced in a few years. The other cannot. Yet in both cases you may end up
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by bbarnett 5y ago
I wonder if some corps are upset they won't be selling more bullets and gas to the army? First Korea, now this...
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by bbarnett 5y ago
The purpose of a credit score, is to show past payment history. Current income, W2, working or not, all of this is a second factor, separately determined by the lender. Web browsing habits are odd in either category.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
There are those which learn from such things, this is true. There are those which will never, ever learn. Ever. And it is a large part of the population.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
People can't recall their 4 pin password, but you think they will store docs in a safe? The problem is, no matter what you tell the average person, they are not capable of such diligence.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
These urls are blocked for me, but, from what you've said, it's about maintenance in paid gsuite, which doesn't mean more than one account per user. Google gives free storage, etc per account. I wonder, if you exceeded that
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by bbarnett 5y ago
True, but, state craft also had paid snitches to watch, and report on state/king/etc unfriendly talk, which would sit in pubs, or just wander around listening. They also had people spreading state policy/thought, too. Before
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Do you mean the login screen with a list of accounts, used from the browser? Or Android's multiple accounts ability? That doesn't mean more than one account per person is OK though. Just the reality than more than one person m
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Isn't having more than one Gmail account a violation too?
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by bbarnett 5y ago
The nuke idea sounds appealing, they're worse than those aliens. At least you can shoot aliens, noseeums just get blown away as you try to swat them. I bet the thing was a massive deer fly, there are loads of varieties, here the yello
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by bbarnett 5y ago
We have swallows, bats, and more dragonflies than you can imagine. Thanks for the suggest, but it is just hopeless.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Boring corp, modified, will be immensely valuable on Mars, for digging habitats / etc.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Wherever you live, please never visit here, I want no tiger mosquitoes hitching a ride.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
I get your peeve, all good.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Quebec, Canada. Noseeums, as someone else said, are near invisible. They leave rashes, suck blood, can transmit disease. The ones here (there are countless species) leave rashes which take weeks to go away. If you've ever been bit by
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Erm. Parasites which feed upon humans, were with us as we evolved. Mosquitoes, noseeums have been with us from the start! If you live in a place without them, you are living where humans shouldn't, for mosquitoes thrive in environm
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Well thought out, informative. But still, Kill them all. Noseeums too. I literally cannot be outside my house 3 months of the year unless coated in deet, or head to toe netting. I mean literal clouds of them, and the noseeums in my ears, e
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by bbarnett 5y ago
The real problem is, who wants to integrate/use something Google may shut down tomorrow, and, google is famous for no customer support. Paypal is known for support issues, but Google?! That's a whole other level of support pain .
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Young covids (crows, jays) make lots of small, non-call type noises too. Maybe it's just about learning to effectively use the voice?
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Human skin is 99.9% of the dust in most homes. (had to reply with a gross out amusement, it's not sand, it's dead people!)
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by bbarnett 5y ago
This scenario isn't impossible, but 'a few years' would be more like 'decades'.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Google puts gmail spam in your spam folder, and they're terrible at mistaking legit stuff for spam. While their overzealousness is annoying, at least you still have the message in the spam folder. There is no SMS spam folder, so they
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Lenny, a bunch of sound files for asterisk, is great for this. Nothing beats a confused, talkative old man, when it comes to wasting a caller's time. I'm sure you could adapt the files / logic. (If you love hearing telemarket
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by bbarnett 5y ago
A guess, but SMS spam has gotten to crazy levels, and probably carriers are blocking/flagging more now...
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by bbarnett 5y ago
We already know that viruses play a role in cross species genetic transfer. And we still don't 100% know if HERV serves some real purpose or not. I hope this "all viruses" is "when we choose to go after specific ones&quo
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by bbarnett 5y ago
You should council your friend to keep as much data, write everything down (keep a log book), keep backups of emails etc. Don't let time, let scum win.
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by bbarnett 5y ago
Her professor counceled her to let him trap others in the same situation?!? Fine professor. Sounds like she should wait until after she gets her phd, then scream. And, while leveling accusations at the professor too. He's as guilty
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by bbarnett 5y ago
You've just sparked a new form of gene propagation. Imagine being a sperm donor, but in dozens of countries. Now your progeny will have a large range of citizenship, and locations, from which they may thrive during disaster. Better tha
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by bbarnett 5y ago
It would. And after their hold on her was over, she should have screamed to the hills. While I get the reluctance, at the same time, not yelling about it means others get burned. That's just plain wrong.

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