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by schrectacular 2mo ago
This article resonates with me, even if it is sort of an ad for a school. Has anyone had success opting their children out of a Google account/Chromebook in a public school setting?
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
The development of dyes was the genesis of the chemical industry, but no one really talks about that.
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
Fair, I mean, I still use fastmail :)
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
Normalization of deviance. While there may have been some pressure from corporate or whatever, my guess is that the pilot flying was the one who only got his type rating a few months ago and that he'd done this at least a few times bef
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
Or just end the lifetime tier and make people pay like fastmail did. If even the HN beloved fastmail would do it I pretty much expect it from everyone.
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
Obviously Dwellers.
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
A boiled egg with a bit of soy sauce and a banana. Preboil the eggs of you can't schedule your morning around boiling an egg.
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by schrectacular 2mo ago
In 1988 in _Atlanta_ my local public school finally got ceiling fans installed, thanks to the PTA fundraising. We never had AC. We had one window unit at home in my parents bedroom. It was fine.
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by schrectacular 3mo ago
Nitter got shut down yesterday too
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by schrectacular 3mo ago
If both those are true, then shouldn't we expect China to destroy them as part of first offensive?
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by schrectacular 3mo ago
Maybe not longer, but definitely harder.
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by schrectacular 6mo ago
Have you checked out ListenBrainz?
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by schrectacular 7mo ago
The thought occurred to me some 25+ years ago that today's landfills will be tomorrow's mines. I hope it isn't true but taking the very long view I'm afraid it will be.
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by schrectacular 8mo ago
Why is this on a whole separate domain and why can't I use my Kagi account to comment? Why do I have to sign up here? Why haven't I seen any messaging from Kagi directly about this? This seems really weird.
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by schrectacular 8mo ago
Sadly I would argue that most do, about most of the things, most of the time. See the Propaganda Model. Things like Iran are sadly the exception, as far as my experience goes.
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by schrectacular 8mo ago
Long, long ago when humans rode dinosaurs to work.
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by schrectacular 8mo ago
Slop-y indeed
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by schrectacular 9mo ago
People do! But you have to sit there and buzz your lips to make a trumpet make sound, but for a guitar you just have to shake the strings. And the sound coming from the amp will do this shaking, completing the feedback loop. So it's mo
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by schrectacular 9mo ago
You would likely also need to get a Chinese driver's license.
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by schrectacular 9mo ago
Fascinating, thank you for taking the time to post this!
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by schrectacular 9mo ago
... So pay your server for ripping off their employer?
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by schrectacular 9mo ago
Originally switched to fastmail in '03 or so because they used perl. Kinda sad they sunset my "lifetime" plan but _guess_ I understand.
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by schrectacular 9mo ago
Where they depend on wood for heat they are more likely to have efficient stoves that completely burn the wood. Smoke coming out of the chimney is "firing for the crows" and wasting fuel.
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by schrectacular 10mo ago
As much as it angers me to say it, I do believe it is an eggcorn.
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by schrectacular 11mo ago
Have you seen "The Fall"?
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by schrectacular 1y ago
Are they really better quality now? Honest question.
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by schrectacular 1y ago
There's a theater in my area with the 64 channel audio setup and it's AMAZING and I can't reproduce anything close at home. Furiosa was so good there. But in the main I agree with your point.
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by schrectacular 1y ago
I know this is in jest but do you need tshirt reviews?
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by schrectacular 1y ago
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war"
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by schrectacular 1y ago
As long as nothing blocks the investigation!

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