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4y ago
This was used in Vietnam. My neighbor growing up had this condition and was a spotter in Vietnam. He'd be flown over areas of jungle in a helicopter and he would be able to easily spot camouflaged structures. He would then photograph t
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She has an Oscar and a couple Golden Globes too, I don't think Jesus has won any major film awards
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Either checks bounce, or some other office covers the shortage and the account is just overdrawn until paid back. There was a minor scandal about this in 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_banking_scandal
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4y ago
They get a budget. They're not schoolteachers .
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There's a body called the Congressional Research Service that puts together reports on anything and everything at the request of congresspeople: https://crsreports.congress.gov/ You can also read them, they're pre
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4y ago
If the police officer was lying about hearing a gunshot to perform an illegal search, or the police officer used the “I heard a gunshot” excuse six times a day, then that would be a problem.
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4y ago
but the DVDs that are already out in the world can't be changed
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The original pilot episode of Stargate: SG1 had a scene where a woman is stripped against her will by the villain. The camera lingers over her naked body for awhile while a bad puppet alien snake slithers around. The show was originally on
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OTOH if you don't, then you have something like the 2002 Muppet Christmas Special where they put Kermit in an "It's a Wonderful Life" scenario. We see how the world would be different if he had never been born. There
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It's about a close-knit group of friends. You'd expect that someone would either mention it, or Will would be upset that nobody mentioned it.
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if you have to query the database to tell how the company's doing- or you don't trust what they're telling you- that's probably a pretty big red flag by itself
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What are the green/red lines that appear when you click the junction between two hexes? (really fun game btw, I will have to return to this later. I'm looking forward to sharing this with my 8 year old who's fascinated with l
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4y ago
An acquaintance just about had a nervous breakdown recently because they somehow used ˆ (option+i, used for e.g. î) in a regex instead of ^ and couldn't figure out why such a basic thing was failing.
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I think they probably used typescriptlang.org because typescript.org was registered in 2006 for a CMS called Typescript.
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4y ago
> Those looks like set-ups? it's certainly very lucky that the thief always went directly towards the guy hiding behind a tree with a pie. Helpful also that they stayed in the sightline of the camera, even though several of them did
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4y ago
Not exactly the same thing, because it required modifying the devices in question, but during the Cold War the Soviets managed to implant some really fascinating bugs into typewriters used inside the US Embassy: https://www.crypt
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Depending on your battery platform you might be able to find an adapter. DeWalt for instance sells an adapter to use their newer 20v lithium batteries on tools built for their older 18v platform: https://a.co/d/73x4MGy
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Most homes in the US are drywall and wood studs but that’s not the norm in a lot of places.
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There’s an episode of Good Eats where Alton Brown chucks a cordless drill onto a pepper grinder to pretty good effect.
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Ah, that’s what this model is for: https://www.printables.com/model/157265-dewalt-battery-hange... I’ve never liked storing tools with batteries, but I’m just a weekend DIYer so YMMV.
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I 3D printed a bunch of these[0] hangers for my cordless power tools and screwed them to the underside of a shelf. This model is for DeWalt but there’s a variation for every battery platform. Seems to work pretty well. [0]: https:/&#x
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If DoorDash literally just gives their runners a credit card and pays whatever the restaurant charges, can restaurants just charge them like $1000 for a pizza? There must be a limit but I wonder what it is...
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Allegedly Victor Hugo sent a telegram, which at the time charged by the letter, to his literary agent shortly after the publication of Les Misérables to inquire of its sales: ? The agent responded: !
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…which is why they work really hard to hide it from the court. That’s the point of parallel construction.
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I had similar issues with the MS Sculpt. I solved them by putting the USB dongle on an extension cord and locating it closer to the keyboard. I think it just has a weak radio.
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In the case you laid out you do have the right to X.
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Some states are pretty big, and have diverse populations- maybe we should make it the choice of the county! Then again, some counties are pretty big, maybe we should make it the choice of the city or town! Then again, some cities are pretty
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yeah the war on drugs in the US has been famously successful
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The next time republicans get a trifecta- or house, presidency, and enough of the senate to drop the filibuster charade- they will pass a nationwide ban. Bank on it.
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4y ago
> If all network traffic is malicious, just unplug your device. Boom, more secure. I'm not sure why you're saying that like it's ridiculous, it's just plainly true.
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