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Just that the experience is not that great, your urge will disappear. At least I don't have the urge to use this phone as much as my iPhone when I take it with me. Internet browsing on a small 2.4" or 2.8" screen (with low re
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Just use a Nokia-branded feature phone, produced by HMD. The internet connectivity on those devices is not a great experience (often quite slow), so you'll be less tempted to use it. The screen ain't great to look at either (at le
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For me, the mechanics change too much from the way that I remember playing the game. I like to play druid single or multiclasses the most in Baldur's Gate. Spell mechanics changed a lot for a few signature spells. For example the entan
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> Andrew G. Huff worked at EcoHealth Alliance for a period of time and was a first-hand witness to the design and engineering of SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Huff has provided considerable valuable information to Renz Law concerning the origin of SA
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Trees also store CO2. Actually, burning trees means less CO2 will be extracted from the air. More CO2 in the world means plants and trees can grow quicker. If one believe CO2 is an issue (personally I don’t buy it), then burning trees is no
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Recently I got back to Baldur’s Gate 1 (not Enhanced Edition, which -to me- is an abomination). I play Baldur’s Gate every half year or so. Trying to complete the game without dying once with my character. So far I never succeeded. At some
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I found these graphs: https://www.familiesfightingflu.org/flu-deaths-vs-covid-19-d... It's remarkable how few people died from flu the last 2 years. I know people were (probably still are) being tested for COVID when v
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I kinda wonder what the number of influenza deaths was in the last 2 years.
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Crypto in the form of CBDCs will very likely be a loss. One head honcho at the Bank of International Settlements was quite clear that they want to fully control how people spend money. And at that point it’s not really your money anymore an
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From what I read, The Netherlands is actually buying Russian gas through China. And The Netherlands is probably not the only EU country buying Russian gas through China [0]: > According to research firm Kpler, Europe’s imports of LNG ha
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Biden won't allow Nord Stream 2 to be opened up though, and it seems he has more control over the pipeline than (the prime minister of) Germany: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS4O8rGRLf8
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I feel this is incorrect reporting. From my understanding the EU cut themselves off from Russian gas.
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Related Twitter thread by one of the authors (Hideki Kakeya): https://mobile.twitter.com/hkakeya/status/156675941760932249...
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The probability that SARS-CoV-2 is A genetically modified virus
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I use Zoho Invoice for creating and sending invoices to my clients and it works well for my purpose.
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How to End the War in Ukraine
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In League of Legends you can disable chat and still kinda strategize with your team using minimap pings. You can still communicate, but limited to bare essentials.
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Link without paywall: https://archive.ph/7se1H
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Europe Is Sacrificing Its Ancient Forests for Energy
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Regarding controlling the population: to me it seems like one large prison. I wouldn’t want to live in such a place.
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The furin cleavage site itself pretty much points to a lab leak.
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Be aware home owners that share a building (apartment building) are by law required to setup an organisation to manage the building. These organisations are called VVE (Vereniging van Eigenaren - Organisation of Owners). These organisations
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Look at this video with fragments from England and Ireland 120 years ago. https://twitter.com/bo66ie29/status/1565100701755314180?s=20... How many fat people you see? Do you think human biology changed a lot the p
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The problem is that free speech is kind of gone from the internet, now that internet is for a large part social media and the biggest social media companies are closely aligned with governments. Free speech has been deemed dangerous now. He
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I know people might be offended by me asking this question, but did you get COVID vaccinations? And if so, which brand(s)?
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Regarding excess deaths, Dr. John Campbell has an interesting video on the subject [0], mainly regarding Scotland but he talks about other countries as well. Of course, as excess deaths increase, average life expectancy will reduce. Seems m
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Yeah if you do work 100% legal, it could be a hassle. Sadly the current rules in Thailand regarding remote work make 100% legal working quite difficult if you're a 1-person company. But if you setup an offshore company in another count
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I freelance as well from Thailand (mobile dev), currently at 65 AUD per hour. I do plan to aim for 80 - 100 USD per hour next year, I think it’s possible.
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When I worked remotely in Pattaya I met a Russian PHP dev who had been living in Pattaya for half a year. At the time he earned 7 USD per hour through Upwork. We connected and now we both work for an Aussie company as freelancers (me doing
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