dogsgobork

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by dogsgobork 21d ago
I often think about how far the Republican party has fallen from Truman with his "The Buck Stops Here" plaque on his desk to Trump's "I don't take any responsibility at all" response to poor Covid testing in 20
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by dogsgobork 29d ago
He'll be investigated by other thin blue line cops who also nap in their squad cars and be found innocent of any wrong doing.
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by dogsgobork 1mo ago
I remember picking up something at the grocery store that featured a large "No High Fructose Corn Syrup" claim on the front. The ingredients on the back listed "corn syrup" which fulfilled the letter of the claim, but n
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by dogsgobork 5mo ago
I've had a regular Tikit (there's a single knob to lock the steer tube in place, adds 10 seconds to the fold/unfold time) for over 15 years. Picked Bike Friday because I wanted a foldable to be able to take it onto public tra
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by dogsgobork 8mo ago
Are there any notable instances of murder for copyright reasons? The current law is still extends the copyright of a work until a time after the author's death. So if one wished to hasten the expiration of those rights, the motivation
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by dogsgobork 8mo ago
His (in)famous sockpuppetry on Metafilter happened back in 2011, so he was a bit off well before his divorce or stepson's death.
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by dogsgobork 11mo ago
The changes for the watch were also very uninspiring this year.
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by dogsgobork 11mo ago
Electric bills aren't calculated by the Watt, you pay per kWh. The expected cost of running the fridge is the salient information.
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by dogsgobork 1y ago
I first heard the phrase used by parent in a video [1] by youtube channel Not Just Bikes, which found EVs to be similar to ICE cars at typical speeds. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
I would think that majority-minority districts would arise more naturally with smaller districts. Currently the average district covers over three quarters of a million people, more than the population of Seattle. Something like fifty thous
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
You almost have to admire his dedication to just posting through his problems.
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
Goodbye!
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
This is up there with the Canadian maple syrup theft in the "Crimes most befitting their country" list.
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
Tell them to present some evidence or go pound sand? (“You know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work? Medicine.” -Tim Minchin)
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
Check your local auto parts store https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor
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by dogsgobork 2y ago
By 1984 AT&T had been listed on the NYSE for over 80 years.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
The new locks do have water saving basins, which reduce the water waste by about 60%.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
Isn't rail shipping far more expensive than, er, ships? Also, good luck getting anything from China to Europe via rail without going through either Iran (the Middle East) or Russia (not exactly on friendly terms with Europe at the mome
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
If they do something illegal and don't get caught they win. If they get caught, but the fine is less than they made breaking the law, they win. If they have to pay back the same amount of money, but can pay it years later, they win. If
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
I don't think the public gets nothing, we'll also get to fund cleanup and remediation once the mines are no longer profitable.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
Fun recursive food fact: the filling between the wafers of a kit-kat bar is ground up kit-kat bars.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
Since smallpox was eradicated over 40 years ago and most people alive today have not been vaccinated against it, I doubt it would matter much.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
There are some reflector lenses available for SLR cameras, not everyone likes their different optical properties though.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
>Illinois of all places, where the crime is out of control Is it? From what I've found Illinois is fairly middle of the pack vs other states.
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
In retrospect, every invention is obvious. I think it's fair to say that Apple went a bit beyond just slapping bluetooth onto their existing headphones. The instant pairing experience alone makes them stand out against the standard com
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by dogsgobork 3y ago
Interestingly it looks like the engineering firm that later identified the issue with the walkway is the engineering firm that designed the Millennium tower fix.
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by dogsgobork 4y ago
Of course they want to you to drink it however you like, the more you drink the more money they make.
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by dogsgobork 4y ago
Has anyone checked the cicada cycles? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUxMY77i0q4
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by dogsgobork 4y ago
That's not even within the Antarctic circle, I don't think I'd consider it a "South Pole" outpost.
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by dogsgobork 4y ago
I'm curious to see what secondary effects this trend of legislative requirements brings about. Once USB-C becomes the de jure standard, what happens when a better option appears? Will it require multiple countries to simultaneously agr

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