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931.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Turbo lift scenes in season 3. Is the ship a f’ing TARDIS now where it’s bigger on the inside?
932.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Clubhouse appeared to be live call in radio programs with random hosts - on the internet
933.
by wombatpm 5y ago
When you look at their track record with buried gas lines, I’m not sure this will be the safety fix they think it will be
934.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Having lived in MN I would point out that 90% of Canadians live south of the Twin Cities.
935.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Your calls then show up as Sydney. Don’t like it change your VOIP provider. I’m tired of spam call centers using fake numbers
936.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Virgin Galactic had an accident the killed its test pilot a few years back. Had to build new spaceshiptwo
937.
by wombatpm 5y ago
There is a theory that toxoplasmosis infection causes humans to acquire more cats. The analogy is that mice infected with it are more likely to be consumed by cats because they appear to have a lower fear response to felines
938.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I think that Massachusetts takes the anti-California approach. The medical and pharmaceutical industries have really pushed for string enforceable NCC
939.
by wombatpm 5y ago
There is also a difference in failure modes. Natural valves degrade performance overtime due to calcification of the valve, giving you warning and time to make decisions over replacement. Mechanical valves fail catastrophically by either re
940.
by wombatpm 5y ago
If only Twitter had a full time CEO. Look at the innovation pace coming out of Square.
941.
by wombatpm 5y ago
There is an audit feature to follow calculations. My truck was to replace all equal signs with QXQ to make formulas visible and diffable
942.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Ask now. Ask to teach you to play. Just buried my father-in-law and we wish we had gone through his stuff when he was alive, but didn’t because we thought it was morbid. But it is one last opportunity to hear the stories behind the things
943.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I don’t keep me entire net worth in cash. ATMs have limits, and banks typically require in person presence and reporting when dealing with large amounts of cash. Crypto not so much.
944.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Unlike in high school where the grade percentages are pre determined. ie a 90% is the cutoff for an A and it is expected that students will score that or higher, College professors see that as making the test too easy with the potential of
945.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I was ready to burn it all down in the 80's when were living with the spectre of nuclear war. Long before college and grad school.
946.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I’m reminded of Gene Hackman in Extreme Measures: if you could cure cancer, but you would have to kill a patient to do so, wouldn’t you have to try?
947.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I believe the studies were done with a single isomer, which was safe and is still available. The racemic mixture was sold commercially but never tested until later. IIRC the bench top process produced a single isomer, but the scaled up proc
948.
by wombatpm 5y ago
What if the deal for debt cancellation was a 5% tax increase for those whose debt was cancelled for the remainder of their lives? Whenever you calculate tax, forgiven debtors pay 5% more.
949.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Except for the sites that reject the + character in email. I curse those developers who do that and never go back to that site again.
950.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Intellivision Thumb It was a thing, caused by the stupid disk.
951.
by wombatpm 5y ago
But with ‘son’ in the word doesn’t it’s usage continue to promote the patriarchy?
952.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I read in 1995 when it came out. My take away - searching is not the same as browsing, and something is lost when serendipity is removed from the process. And the internet works for a certain mindset to the detriment of other points of vie
953.
by wombatpm 5y ago
SiliconGraphics machines had the Vulcan death grip that took two hands to force a reboot.
954.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Would a hosital employee be able to make a whistle blower case and recoup a portion of the fines?
955.
by wombatpm 5y ago
I prefer the darker version. Give a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.
956.
by wombatpm 5y ago
In the 1980's your student ID was most likely your SSN
957.
by wombatpm 5y ago
We can thank Jack Welch of GE for that attitude. I thought the same thing in the 80’s when GE was shedding thousands of employees. That those employees should be useable for new endeavors. Turns out retraining is a cost the company can exte
958.
by wombatpm 5y ago
Your pension, if you have one is a ponzi. Your 401k is your money subject to special tax rules.
959.
by wombatpm 5y ago
If it worked there could have been a effort around Applied Phrenology where bumps are added to peoples skulls to improve behavior
960.
by wombatpm 5y ago
You can’t row crew in Las Vegas and the sun it too hot for lacrosse.

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