RupertSalt

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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
username checks out
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Let me explain how many times I went back-and-forth with the opticians about "is this coating/feature optional?"
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
By the time I started staying up late, it seemed that most United States-based stations didn't "sign off" much at all. However, the "border blaster" stations in Mexico would sign off precisely on schedule, playing t
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
> the archive targets Isn't there a substantial overlap with the copyright holders?
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
[citation needed]
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
If the WMF had a dollar for every proposal to spend Endowment-derived funds, their Endowment would double and they could hire one additional grant-writer
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Spammers and pirates just got super excited at that plan!
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
"Non-paywalled" ad-free link to archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment...
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
It's an Internet trope — we could link to knowyourmeme, or link to the HN Guidelines
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
A sola scriptura republic
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
I recommend that commenters shell out and pony up for a thesaurus before its import duty is magnified sixfold.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
US Consumers pay in fungible dollars, and so if your company paid for three pizzas eaten by an AWS team, and I paid for 1 ounce of Maersk fuel oil, and our Starbucks venti latte purchases paid to rethatch Juan Valdez's hut, who can eve
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff A tariff or import tax is a duty imposed by a national government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer. Exceptionally, an e
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Who can forget the billboards that launched a "career"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelyne
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Ah, now you’ve captured the F/OSS zeitgeist!
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
The point was how they gained absolute power, and I would also say that there were multiple factors at work, and I doubt that the GP meant that “abusing free speech” was the only method or reason, but was it not a factor at all? There is
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
It is okay, because most American voters cannot identify the capital of Africa on a map.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Perhaps you mean “prefixes” such as they are assigned by registrars, and announced by routing protocols. The instructor of my Cisco classes said that the only module that caused students to break down in tears was VLSM.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Joseph Goebbels would have been disappointed to learn that his office was superfluous and irrelevant!
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Saul Alisnky’s Rules for Radicals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals#The_Rules
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
This is a milder version of “Shake to Reboot” which is standard for all Etch-a-Sketch models
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
This is close to a recipe suggestion on Bob’s Red Mill Muesli. I would assemble it the night before, so that the berry juice moistened the oats. Cardamom or cinnamon, honey, or plain yogurt can be added.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Alcohol has adverse interactions with psych meds, and THC is becoming the recreational drug of choice.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
First-person plural is the preferred pronoun for gods, monarchs, scientists, and CEOs.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
I can read that for free, and even hang on to it for a couple of weeks, as soon as the library opens today. Actually I don't need to wait, because it's available immediately over the Internet in eBook format, with my library card.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
The person on the right side is sitting in a more elevated position, and so with their shoulders relaxed and upper arms at their sides, they only need to extend the forearms to reach the keyboard. The "numeric keypad" hazard also
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
A top-10 list indicates 6 primates, cat, dog, and cow. While there has been a lot of testing done on primates and dogs, they are much more sympathetic for animal-rights groups, and the general public, when protesting vivisection, breeding,
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
When the sections are stored above ground, they can make for some really gnarly skate parks. You've heard of the half-pipe, now see the attempts at full-pipe!
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
The Thirteenth Amendment makes it clear that it is permitted only by exception.
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by RupertSalt 7mo ago
Along Interstate 5 in 1980s-90s Southern California, there were large signs, black-on-white, which showed a pictogram of a family running. The English text above read "WATCH FOR PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD" The Spanish text below read &q

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