somedangedname

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by somedangedname 3y ago
A former US Navy submariner recently released a video about the Titan and the issues he could see with its design: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4dka29FSZac
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by somedangedname 3y ago
I dunno, I found season three of Barry to be pretty heavy going. It was still very good TV but it felt like a completely different vibe than the first two seasons.
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by somedangedname 4y ago
>...a cabin with a toilet seat made of wood on top of a big hole. In Australian slang this is called a 'long drop' after a particular style of judicial hanging. And yes, there are spiders.
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by somedangedname 4y ago
> R.V. Jones' Most Secret War Added to my reading list. Have you read Between Silk and Cyanide by Leo Marks? It's quite good.
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by somedangedname 4y ago
I didn't enjoy my experience working with them. 2 month wait for Apple enterprise verification for the app store. Then another 2 months because the client had signed up for the wrong sort of enterprise program. Tried contacting support
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by somedangedname 4y ago
See also the death on stage of Tommy Cooper: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37dxyk
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by somedangedname 4y ago
FYI I'm pretty sure large losses claimed in initial filings are a standard way of demonstrating to the court that a matter is weighty enough to occupy the court's time. Large claims also have a role in bringing attention to the pl
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by somedangedname 4y ago
My favourite unsubstantiated theory about FTX is that its fraud was a solution for Tether's liquidity and banking woes. Twitter user Bitfinexed has speculated that Alameda Research's losing trades have counterparties that are asso
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by somedangedname 4y ago
Hey dude the Aus govt. has a register of open trials in Aus/NZ. It's searchable (tho not well) and you can apparently set up email alerts for new trials. Hope it helps! https://www.australianclinicaltrials.gov.au/a
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by somedangedname 4y ago
Yep. I'm from a region that grew sugarcane historically but is moving to tree crops like nuts. Local 'big name' family is voracious in their consumption of government grants. They're not struggling by any means but they&
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by somedangedname 5y ago
It's a bit niche but for reading about military history I've really been enjoying https://acoup.blog .
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Sure, you'll get a response after emailing tcook@apple.com. But there's no guarantee that the customer service peep assigned to you will do anything to help. I tried this approach when a client was having issues enrolling in Apple
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by somedangedname 5y ago
A statement from Jackie Talbot, an advisor to New Zealand's ministry of education, speaking about changes to qualifications attainable by NZ secondary school students: "'It traces back to 2019 when the Government agreed to st
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by somedangedname 5y ago
The linked video is a great example of 'show, don't tell'.
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Cosmic Sin? Even in the trailer you could tell he didn't want to be in that :D
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Also a moderator was Vilerat who died in the Benghazi attacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Smith_(diplomat)
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by somedangedname 5y ago
> Make some great memories with her, take lots of pictures and videos! Good advice! My friend lost his mother to cancer this year. Not taking more photos and videos at the start of her illness - when she was most like herself - is one of
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by somedangedname 5y ago
These are beautiful!
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Is doing well be a bar against doing better? The wealthy have no hangups about taking profit so why should the rest of us? Mining activity is 10% of Australia's GDP. Mineral land rights in Australia are property of the government so wh
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by somedangedname 5y ago
As a citizen of resource rich Australia this story of foresight and self-determination in a nation just about makes me weep.
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Yeah, I'm sure there's some sort of psychological reckoning to be had there.
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Sasa nat ke Belta, Inyalowda?
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Yeah, would you look at that. One of them got a BS Forbes article written about herself. This is wild. What do you think the deal is here? Social climber parents who believe their own BS? Kid wants to make it as an influencer and this is ju
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by somedangedname 5y ago
With a couple of extra features this would make a great editing experience for a CMS.
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by somedangedname 5y ago
This is an interesting contrarian take on the safety of high-BSL labs which conduct gain of function research. The article describes safety errors at a lab at the University of Wisconsin, resulting in: - accidental flooding of the lab'
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by somedangedname 5y ago
You give people something cool for years at no cost and now they're pissed that they have to compensate you for your labor. The way that people value software these days is completely insane. People writing you hate mail are bad client
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by somedangedname 5y ago
If you're interested in doing a deep dive into the Gallipoli landings I found this analysis of the operation by a USMC officer to be great reading: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a279563.p
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Searing shouldn't be an issue with induction - the pans heat up very quickly and there will be no hot or cold spots as long as your cooktop has a coil big enough for the cookware that you want to use. Flat bottomed woks can work with i
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by somedangedname 5y ago
Also the colony will reject an introduced queen and will attack her if unhatched queen cells are present. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQJ8bJj1XIs
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by somedangedname 5y ago
I'm hopeful that the RAFFWU ( https://raffwu.org.au/ ) can supplant the SDA in the future.

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