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by shever73 5y ago
In Michael Pollan's fascinating history of psychedelics, "How to Change Your Mind", he explores this. It was interesting to see how governments appeared to have no issue with psychedelics until Timothy Leary came on the scene
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by shever73 5y ago
I grew up in the North of England and remember going out trick or treating with my uncle and cousins about 40 years ago. We carved turnips into jack o'lanterns, and threaded string to carry them.
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by shever73 5y ago
This reminds me of the old Samsung Contact product that I used to be a reseller for. That was based on HP OpenMail as a replacement for Exchange.
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by shever73 5y ago
>> While I am very much interested in this sort of history, I doubt I would enjoy this book. I tend to agree. I felt like I was being asked a lot of questions with few answers or explanation. The pictures were not elaborated on either
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by shever73 5y ago
Mine doesn't have this either (Europe), and I have unlimited data too. I have a "Data Plan" setting under "Mobile Data", which is not activated, so I'm guessing that setting is only there if your provider gives
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by shever73 5y ago
This is exactly what I thought when I first saw them. The LED can be easily covered, and they look too much like normal sunglasses for the average person to notice. Day after day, my loathing for Facebook grows.
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by shever73 5y ago
So sad to hear this. The ZX Spectrum was my introduction to both computers and programming and still has a special place in my heart. RIP Uncle Clive
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by shever73 5y ago
Thank you for the TLDR, as soon as I opened the site on mobile and was greeted with uncloseable video ads and a tiny area of screen real estate to actually read the article, I closed it down.
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by shever73 5y ago
I’m currently reading Nicole Pelroth’s book “This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends”, which has a big section on the NSO Group and the Pegasus Project. If even part of what she uncovered is true, then digital privacy is effectively non-exi
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by shever73 5y ago
I love bash scripting, but never knew about the ability to redefine existing commands. It made me think that it could be used maliciously, for example redefining cp so that sends a file to a remote server as well as copying it locally.
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by shever73 5y ago
My personal favourite is “science” and “shit”. Both derive from a root meaning to separate. Science separating one thing from another and…well, you get the idea! https://www.etymonline.com/word/shit#etymonline_v_45328
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by shever73 6y ago
I'm running 11.2 beta and having the same issue.
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by shever73 6y ago
It almost looks like they published the outline instead of the actual article! It's terribly written.
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by shever73 6y ago
This brings back memories! I used to play a PBM football game back in the late 80s and had written my own fantasy-themed PBM RPG. Fun times.
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by shever73 7y ago
Vegan with as much fruit as possible.