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by dghughes 4y ago
I watch a lot of YouTube on my smart TV even an old Roku but after the changes to the frequency of ads it was unbearable. It was to the point where I would mute the TV and put my hand up to block the ad from my eyes. I would also press back
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by dghughes 4y ago
I have a straight razor it's almost a lost art using one. I tried one but I figured I'd end up killing myself by accident. Plus I don't have to patience to sharpen and strop the blade. A safety razor is also a great investmen
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by dghughes 4y ago
Launch control option added by car manufacturers I'd say is 100% the car manufacturer's fault they thought of it, installed it, promoted it, but it's pointless and dangerous.
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by dghughes 4y ago
For me I've found over my 27 years of browsing (I'm 53) for each decade there is less substance and more fluff. There's far more stuff out there on the Internet for sure but much I find is vapid and that seems to be attractiv
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by dghughes 4y ago
Yes that's true I was overlooking mobile phones with cameras and networking. At least before you could leave your desktop at home and go outside.
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by dghughes 4y ago
transmission fluid for vehicles was whale oil in the not too distant past late 1960s early 1970s.
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by dghughes 4y ago
IRC has been around for decades as have bulletin boards. IRC is real-time versus slower bulletin boards but are graphical. What is it with social media that is so different? I've used per-Internet BBS, IRC, bulletin boards and I feel t
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by dghughes 5y ago
There's a place in Australia where an Indigenous people's legend is there is a sacred serpent under the earth and people are to not dig there. It was discovered that there are huge deposits of uranium in that region and just under
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by dghughes 5y ago
Not just fertilizer but politics. In my Canadian province there was a bumper crop of potatoes in 2021 but one field had one section with a potato virus. Shipments stopped and it took months of deals to get back to selling them. Even Puerto
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by dghughes 5y ago
Vertasium has a video about this the shocking part was even weeds plants you'd never eat had fewer "nutrients" (if you call it that). Even comparing saved weed samples from 100 years ago the difference was evident.
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by dghughes 5y ago
The all-aluminum Independence Class ships barely lasted 10 years before corrosion and other design problem meant all three had to be scrapped. It's too bad since I liked the concept and the new technology being tested out on the ships.
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by dghughes 5y ago
I've found just figuring out a method for tracking your budget can be quite difficult. Whether on actual paper or computer spreadsheet too much detail can make tracking your money become tedious very fast. When it becomes a chore most
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by dghughes 5y ago
You could ask what's wrong with futures you can become super wealthy overnight. But you can also bankrupt yourself in an hour. Yes risk is part of investing but extreme risk is desperation, gambling, ignorance.
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by dghughes 5y ago
Not quite half but June to September the flood season.
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by dghughes 5y ago
My first thought was what work? Weren't nearly all people farmers for most of history? At least after hunter gathering ceased. But maybe pyramid building was their job and it took so long to build just one it was a career.
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by dghughes 5y ago
Twitter is real-time and the voice of the Internet I think Musk just wants to control that. There's no free speech aspect to the purchase it's just pure spite. Trump will be back within a week and I think the overall Twitter exper
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by dghughes 5y ago
>It seems like younger generations view of their parents times are getting rosier and rosier. I think so. Next will be Gen Alpha (apparently) who will complain about how easy Gen Z had it or maybe they'll blame Millenials. I'm
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by dghughes 5y ago
Here in Canada at TD Bank their "High Interest Savings Account" for $0 to $4,999.99 the interest rate is 0.000%. Highly deceptive for them to call it that with literally 0% interest.
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by dghughes 5y ago
The aggressive wording in your comment seems sudden and misplaced. My comment wasn't meant to be bound by law or cited in professional works. Anyway it's from any of a dozen statistics websites easily Googled like: https:/&#
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by dghughes 5y ago
I don't think it ever caught on in Canada. I've don't recall ever hearing of anyone talking about Marmite. Neither grandparents or any ancestor stories, no talk of it.
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by dghughes 5y ago
I see various websites show Canada as having an average of 32.5 hours per week for working hours. I don't think that is accurate. Most business here use a 40 hour week and most government departments have a 37.5 work week. Most Europea
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by dghughes 5y ago
That was what irked many Canadians during the trucker tantrum. The nitwits intentionally walked and even pissed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa.
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by dghughes 5y ago
That's probably how they made it through the pandemic. Piles of cash from yearly subscriptions and no labour costs since nearly all the gym workers were laid off.
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by dghughes 5y ago
You're right at the typical age to get bifocal glasses. For nearsighted/farsighted it's the shape of a person's eye as they grow. For close up text it's the flexibility of the eye that is the problem. I managed to g
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by dghughes 5y ago
Being India where the yearly income is about $2,000 USD that amount would seem closer to a million dollars in their minds.
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by dghughes 5y ago
No offence but that is shocking that someone would even ask that. The entire point for the existence of Wikipedia is anyone can contribute or edit anything. Wayback machine capture of Wikipedia from Mar 31 2001 > Welcome to Wikipedia, a
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by dghughes 5y ago
No not really but he was aware of the beneficial effects of the drugs for his lungs, and for his rheumatoid arthritis. But near the end he was also on morphine to help his breathing which was great but it's a terrible drug for causing
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by dghughes 5y ago
I'm Canada but the devices are not covered by the government but maybe by Mom's drug/health plan. Mom has insurance but I don't know what it covers and she probably doesn't either but I'm sure it must cover hea
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by dghughes 5y ago
My Dad was not an alcoholic but he had anxiety due to a long illness. Anxiety is terrifying to the person who has it but also to those around them. It starts silently and even people close to them may not even notice. Looking back when I wa
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by dghughes 5y ago
There's a crazy amount of problems that are due to hearing loss. There's an increased risk of dementia. Even for balance from hearing audio cues when walking. My mother has poor hearing and she refuses to get a hearing aid mainly

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