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I frequently do. It's really not so bad.
Going a week would have me scrambling for new income, but I have a vast skillset outside of computing.
Going a month would have me wishing I had doenloaded more resources. I should probably grab an archive of wikipedia while I can. Mostly for historical info.

2026-04-12 18:06:26 UTC

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My response to someone saying this was "Brilliant".
#nevent1q…ggg7

2026-04-12 17:56:20 UTC

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I was thinking, "He must be referring to a newer vehicle." I've replaced several alternators, and it's always been easier than expected. Only one was a post-2000 vehicle though.

2026-04-12 16:01:11 UTC

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I've been thinking about making an org based on repealing laws. Even when legislators find one they don't like, they usually make a new one to counter the old one, instead of just repealiing and getting the old law off the books.

2026-04-12 07:20:11 UTC

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What if it was a long time ago?

2026-04-12 07:14:05 UTC

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Not really. My dad used to steal from me to teach me lessons about hiding my money, etc. That might have been good if I was the type of son to not listen to him, but I always heeded his advice elsewhere.
All it really did was make him a thief, and teach me not to trust him.
Being disrespectful to your own children is horrible parenting.

2026-04-11 22:09:22 UTC

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<- whispers, "protocol".

2026-04-11 04:34:26 UTC

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Darn Primal. 😥 All I get is a black rectangle.

2026-04-10 23:40:46 UTC

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It's a way of preserving eggs for a year, or two, without refrigeration, by using the mineral lime. The term comes from putting them in glass jars.
Chickens usually don't produce as many eggs in winter, and produce an abundance in summer, so this is a great way to balance that out. Or to have spare eggs on hand if predators take out a good portion of your flock. That's common in spring when predators need to feed their young.
https://www.amodernhomestead.com/water-glassing-eggs-for-long-term-storage/

2026-04-10 23:24:43 UTC

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"Deleted from Substack's database, after being sent to a centralized verifier; who will keep it and sell it, while collecting multiple instances of it from other sources/clients."

2026-04-10 22:15:16 UTC

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It looks like it's time to start glassing!

2026-04-10 15:30:53 UTC

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Last night, when I had my sound off, it was difficult to read. So I turned on my speaker after seeing your repost just now, and immediately turned it off.

2026-04-10 13:45:24 UTC

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Or pepper spray 🤣

2026-04-10 02:22:52 UTC

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If you're really in business, currency isn't the focus. There are acceptable terms, but the focus is elsewhere after that's been established.
This makes me think of something like "Federal Reserve Notes Coffee", or "Spanish Peso Skin Care." You're right, but more like putting a pig on lipstick.

2026-04-10 02:17:36 UTC

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That's not saying much.

2026-04-10 02:16:49 UTC

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Gimmicks will get washed away.

2026-04-09 15:16:13 UTC

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I'm here to warn new users of Nostr that DMs don't really work. They might work, sometimes. Maybe.

2026-04-09 14:20:28 UTC

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Whaaaaat??? I'm not sure if I believe this. We've had people almost as great pretend to join, like Bezos and Musk. If I do believe it, this made my day!
Welcome to Nostr!

2026-04-09 00:25:13 UTC

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I think that's called "bad marketing". Trying to be different, but not providing the customer with what they want.

2026-04-08 02:18:18 UTC

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Yes. My wife has been pointing out how in western culture a "grey character" must either return to being evil, or die saving the hero of the story. They can never become a good person.

2026-04-07 23:39:33 UTC

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There are two versions of the book.
[SPOILERS BELOW]
In the original story, Alex is "cured", then tries to get the gang back together. They've all grown up, have wives and kids, and aren't interested.
So, Alex finds some teens, and forms a new gang. After some sorties with them, he comes to the realization that this behavior is immature, and quits.
In the edition that was bound (no pun intended) for the UK, they removed the part where he realizes that gang life is immature.

2026-04-07 15:26:16 UTC

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I watched this "solo" when I was in primary school. Flipping through channels, I saw guys in clown masks, and decided to watch. The scene quickly turned violent, and I knew I probably shouldn't be watching it. So far, no ill effects.
#nevent1q…rgjq

2026-04-07 03:18:11 UTC

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One of the greatest movies made! If you watch closely, you'll see James Earl Jones in his debut. Peter Sellers plays multiple roles, and hits a home run with each. George C Scott's performance is impeccible.
When Slim Pickens arrived for an audition, he was wearing his normal attire: cowboy hat, cowboy boots, jeans, and a western shirt. The film staff thought he had dressed in costume to be "in character".
When production started, Kubrick didn't intend for the movie to be a comedy, then realized that a comedy was better suited.
If you haven't seen it, now you have a chance!
#nevent1q…9ple

2026-04-06 13:33:28 UTC

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I decided to see if there are any books about iodine supplementation, and found a plethora! A new rabbit hole, with plenty of room.

2026-04-06 13:21:05 UTC

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Yes, I stand corrected!

2026-04-06 13:17:01 UTC

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10k of ?

2026-04-06 12:15:45 UTC

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What other movie is being discussed here?

2026-04-06 12:14:12 UTC

There's a good reason why the <flash> tag died.

2026-04-06 12:05:43 UTC

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Your klanker has failed you. This hits well on 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10.

2026-04-06 11:57:11 UTC

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What's the criteria the score is based upon?

2026-04-06 06:51:44 UTC

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I guess it depends on who you want to see your pics/vids. 🤷🏻‍♂️

2026-04-06 02:38:11 UTC

https://media.tenor.com/0bCFeOtEO0wAAAAM/real-genius-val-kilmer.gif

2026-04-05 19:08:25 UTC

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Chill, it's a joke.

2026-04-05 19:04:16 UTC

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"Old enough to consider your mom as jail-bait!" -Mahdood 😜

2026-04-05 18:49:18 UTC

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In the same way that authors are better off having someone else proof-read/edit their works, nearly every dev is the worst person to QA their code.
In the commercial world, a large part of being a QA engineer is the psychology of informing a dev that their code isn't perfect.
In the non-commercial world, many devs prefer to ignore any (or all) criticisms, aside from the program crashing, or complete failure of some basic functionality. Even then, I've seen where devs say they don't care about the user. I'm baffled why those devs publish to begin with.
Even the devs that do care about making a polished product, they often can't put themselves in the position of ignorance and lofty expectations that many users will have. In fact, most people are not good about putting themselves in someone else's shoes. A vast majority of people cannot overcome their own bias.
It really takes someone with a good imagination to create proper tests, outside of the rote panel of test cases. The best replacement to that is "the actual user", but when devs ignore a message that translates to "more work, and not really fun work", they'll tend to turn a blind eye.

2026-04-05 18:32:36 UTC

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The floppy that confused normies, since it wasn't floppy. Some normies thought those were "hard disks".

2026-04-05 18:03:06 UTC

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Necrophilia, eh?

2026-04-05 17:58:59 UTC

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I've been researching subjects, collecting all the data contained in the articles, and re-editing (and sometimes writing) to publish a complete story. These articles are from mainstream news sources and science journals.
Almost all the published articles that I find are written by AI, and there's something shocking I've learned. AI is really shitty at writing. Nearly every article I've read would not get a grade above a "D" from any of my grade-school English teachers. There are constant run-on sentences. Sentences that are broken into pieces and stitched together, in a way that makes readability a total nightmare. The regular misuse of punctuation is rampant.
Todays articles are like six-fingered hands in an AI "photo". THEY SUCK.
I'm still baffled that writers have been fired to be replaced by something that is such an abyssmal failure. My only explanation is that people probably only look at the headlines and tell-tale bulleted points before the intro, and then move on.
I'd prefer your "English as a second language" writing to any of that crap.

2026-04-05 15:52:26 UTC

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Even if I wanted to waste money on an unlimited plan, instead of getting more sats or seeds, it wouldn't make my connection any faster.

2026-04-05 15:24:03 UTC

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There are a lot of Americans still using AOL email too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

2026-04-05 06:32:05 UTC

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I prefer to have my images hosted outsidr of the Nostrverse. I could see removing it as a default, but removing the option entirely is gross.

2026-04-04 17:49:51 UTC

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"Here's my second book on 'How you're relay setup is wrong'." 😀

2026-04-04 04:20:17 UTC

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What about the guy who named the town?

2026-04-03 16:37:13 UTC

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As if the other Fridays are bad. 😜

2026-04-03 16:27:58 UTC

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Oops, I was wrong about 5-MeO-DMT, that's bufotenine. DMT is just DMT. 🤦🏻‍♂️

2026-04-03 16:10:37 UTC

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There's a theory that DMT (5-MeO-DMT) might exist in nearly all plants, just in small amounts. Psilocin is 4-HO-DMT, so it's not toofar away in a molecular sense.
I'm assuming that tobacco must be easier to genetically alter, or we're just more used to it. One of the early genetic lab exercises was splicing a gene into tobacco plants from fireflies (or something that glows), to make the roots glow in the dark.

2026-04-03 03:29:52 UTC

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God offers it, but it doesn't happen until ... ? I was ready to forgive my father as soon as I made it clear that I was no longer accepting his abuse. He never took me up on it. So in that sense, just like God, I forgave. That doesn't mean he was a good person, which was what my original note in this thread was about. Not all parents are saints.

2026-04-02 15:58:25 UTC

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From my experience in competitive speech, and doing radio, I can't listen to most audio shows.
Just because someone owns wrenches and a lift, doesn't mean they're a mechanic.
Just because someone has a microphone, and the ability to record/stream, doesn't mean they're any good at speaking, and especially interviewing.
I can also tell that most hosts don't listen to their own shows, which is imperative when broadcasting.

2026-04-02 04:38:25 UTC

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So, you're saying God forgives everyone automatically? There's no need to ask for forgiveness?
Also, just because I can point out that not all parents are respectful to their children does not mean that I blame everyone else for anything. I would think that a "man" calling me a child could see that.

2026-04-02 00:30:03 UTC

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They can add another row if they move all the seats closer together, but then the tray tables will be in your gut.

2026-04-01 20:08:03 UTC

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There's no way to just clear the data on iPhone without an uninstall?

2026-04-01 13:38:47 UTC

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I, on the other hand, do mind industrial food. 😜

2026-04-01 07:52:47 UTC

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Go straight to the source.
I don't know what your tech skill level is, but if you can use Obtanium, to pull directly from Github, etc, then you don't have to deal with bad gatekeepers. (I almost wrote gaytekeepers as a typo, but maybe that's more appropriate).

2026-04-01 07:49:16 UTC

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Sapstore

2026-04-01 06:39:26 UTC

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You can't forgive someone that doesn't have remorse.
In fact, forgiving someone that isn't sorry is disrespectful. It's an "I'm better than you" power play.

2026-04-01 05:49:54 UTC

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That's a tough one, because I usually prefer to go to new places, and I've been to Norway a couple of times. However, it's one of the few places that's more beautiful than the paradise I call home.
I would probably choose Japan though. I haven't been to Asia, and I would love to visit rural areas of Japan.

2026-04-01 05:45:33 UTC

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I'm the same way with cinnamon flavoring. It tastes horrible. Meanwhile, cinnamon itself is wonderful. How can anyone think they are similar?

2026-04-01 05:34:56 UTC

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Thank you so much for this message. I've been looking forward to hearing from you. May the peace that you hold continue to spread.

2026-04-01 04:40:41 UTC

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The more I run into poor quality, the more I find myself saying, "I guess I'll have to build my own!"
I do think our current state of goods needs more of that. Planned obsolescence and weak subscription models aren't what people want.

2026-04-01 04:36:23 UTC

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The story I mentioned is just the first 36 minutes of the youtube video. I listened to it last night to see if my memory was accurate after ~10 years. 🤣
I think a "quantum double" is thinking small. I see it more like infinite versions of ourselves. I played with jumping from one quantum state to another, and had an interesting result. When talking to family members about my past, we have stories that differ to the point of "not being possible".
I'm wondering that if I were to do it again, and to a greater extreme, if I would appear insane to the people that are closest to me, since there may be even a greater disconnect in our memories. I guess, if there are infinite states, one could keep their past entact while changing quantum states, but that's probably beyond novice level.

2026-03-31 15:44:40 UTC

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I would say it comes down to choosing battles. If a pre-built component becomes regularly hostile (Axios), it's better to forge your own. Doing that for every component, even the ones that are solid, can have you never leaving the forge.
I worked with a guy in 2006 that wanted to do privatized space flight. I was excited about his lofty goal. Over the next couple of years, I started learning that he continually wanted to build everything himself. Flightsuits, the components of flightsuits... he probably wanted to mine the metals too.
Learning to leverage the work of others is important, it's how great things are built. At the same time, blindly relying on others is destined for failure.

2026-03-31 15:32:00 UTC

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I was going to suggest that people write their own, but that seems like a fogotten paradigm. Thankfully, it's not.

2026-03-31 15:01:46 UTC

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In other news... burner phone sales are on the rise.

2026-03-31 15:00:04 UTC

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Time for everybody to fork I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

2026-03-31 13:55:08 UTC

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But isn't it just the axios library that's compromised? Or does this mean all of npm is poisoned?

2026-03-31 05:39:10 UTC

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I'm in alignment with knowing the truth, as that's been my path for this lifetime, and it probably started before that.
Since all experience is perceived in the mind, all experience is simulated internally. So in that context, we have an answer.
I believe we're living a dream, with "reality" being an "infinite now" that surrounds it. In that sense, our external stimuli could be considered to be simulated.
So there is an example of our experiences internal and external being a simulation. However, in order for there to be a simulation, it must be anchored in "reality".
After writing this, I am reminded of a person that visited a sacred site that was considered a doorway. He had befriended a local shaman that gave him some words to repeat while standing in this "door". His girlfriend at the time, who later became his wife, said she saw him disappear when he repeated the words while standing in this sacred place.
He claims to have been transported to a white space/room. He heard a voice, which was surprised at the man's presence, and asked asked the man where he was from. "Earth", he replied, and the voice confirmed he had heard of it. Then explained that he was part of a science team that was playing with black hole energy, and accidentally made one that started expanding. To save themselves, they contained it with a construct of energy beams, and that constrained area is our universe. He then sent the man back to the doorway, where his worried girlfriend saw him reappear.
Why not. Eh?

2026-03-31 05:15:56 UTC

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I'm not sure it matters. Does it?

2026-03-31 04:47:21 UTC

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What help are they asking for?

2026-03-31 04:36:26 UTC

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Of course! It's "the people's water" anyway!

2026-03-31 04:35:23 UTC

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They'll reply with ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI4XLhY10VA

2026-03-31 04:33:01 UTC

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For me, it's HiveTalk. The rest haven't worked for me. It's been a while, so maybe I should make another attempt.

2026-03-31 04:14:47 UTC

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Let's count the molecules... just to be sure.

2026-03-31 04:13:59 UTC

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0750246/?ref_=ttep_ep_8

2026-03-30 13:45:13 UTC

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The new version has the change to "Repost". To which I'm VERY thankful for! 🥳🥳🥳

2026-03-30 06:17:39 UTC

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When I was learning about oceans, the names confused me. Where does one start, and the other one end?

2026-03-30 06:16:09 UTC

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Because people have been duped into buying a "color of title" (real estate), instead of the actual title to the land (property).

2026-03-30 04:53:36 UTC

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Hoping for 795 sats. 😉

2026-03-30 04:01:51 UTC

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Ready to rave!

2026-03-29 23:59:56 UTC

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It did stall things for a while. Seeing the Japanese brooms cleaning the track, instead of a robot, was unexpected.

2026-03-29 23:56:30 UTC

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I liked watching the Farrari team fight each other. The 14+ second lead to win was impressive too.

2026-03-29 23:53:44 UTC

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It used to be done through Google.

2026-03-29 23:49:31 UTC

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I can't see the second event in this note. Is this one of the strawberries?

2026-03-29 20:18:11 UTC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_effect

2026-03-29 20:03:30 UTC

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That's awesome!

2026-03-29 19:58:06 UTC

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I use old Amethyst to see all the notes in my feed, and Wisp to see all my notifications. In a year or two, Nostr may have its first complete client! 😀😜

2026-03-29 18:07:45 UTC

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You'll have to "swipe it away" on the screen where you can switch between currently running apps. If that doesn't work, you may have to go to Settings->Apps->Amethyst and clear the cache.
If that doesn't work, do what I do; use version 0.94.3 😉

2026-03-29 04:54:31 UTC

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Somewhat side-stepped my question, but I've had Android phones not die after sitting for a week. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Point 3 is false, btw.
I've never needed customer service for my phone. Are iOS phones over complicated? What's the customer service for?
I have no clue what you're talking about with #6. Please explain, as I'm very curious! Does this mean all iOS apps can make phone calls?

2026-03-29 04:34:35 UTC

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I'm doing something about it while also not doing something about it.

2026-03-29 02:43:31 UTC

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What does an iPhone do that is impossible on Android?

2026-03-28 22:41:13 UTC

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I can hear this logo.

2026-03-28 22:36:24 UTC

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If you like Kurosawa, it's a "must see". Heck, it's a "must see" even if you hate the guy. Ever since watching it, it's been at the top of my list.

2026-03-28 22:34:11 UTC

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It's an old commercial.

2026-03-28 22:32:56 UTC

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Very camp, and with a very important message.

2026-03-28 20:46:21 UTC

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Strictly Ballroom

2026-03-28 20:45:10 UTC

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Have you seen "Dreams"? He had some trippy ones!

2026-03-28 20:35:41 UTC

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"Over 90% of users will never need to verify their age to continue using Discord exactly as they do today."
https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing
https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/38332670254231-Age-Assurance-Update-FAQ

2026-03-28 17:27:59 UTC

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If baseball were any slower, they'd call it "farming".