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Trump Calls on Intel CEO to Resign over China Ties(msn.com)
4 points by emptybits 1y ago|1 comments
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Enhanced Games (no drug testing) signs world champion swimmer Megan Romano(cbc.ca)
2 points by emptybits 1y ago|0 comments
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by emptybits 1y ago
Wow. Sincerely enjoyed this. Will re-read for the tire model alone. On the other end of the spectrum, playing purely for fun with no regard for simulation or realistic anything ... I'll take a 1980s spinner wheel Super Sprint arcade ca
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by emptybits 1y ago
I agree. Risks are often given too much weight in our imaginations. We psych ourselves out. Just do it. :-) Risks that are imaginary can be real psychological barriers, fear-inducing, and life-limiting. So making those leaps is important, d
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by emptybits 1y ago
Fortis fortuna adiuvat. Fortune favours the bold. Just do it. Take those risky leaps but I'd add that "luck" also favours the well-prepared.
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by emptybits 1y ago
I've seen Chinook words used in California, both in place names and businesses. Skookum, Siwash, Tyee, etc. Definitely less common than in BC/WA/OR though. Klahowya tillicum!
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by emptybits 1y ago
In a feeble attempt to rationalize the Canadianism "pencil crayon"... Pencils have cores based on graphite or charcoal. Pencil crayons have cores based on wax or oil, with pigments added. This is basically the composition of crayo
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by emptybits 1y ago
I agree. And if you copy and paste the ASCII moon they have there, it does already have a perfectly good circular shape to it. Well done. It's ASCII art. Drop the bitmap mask.
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Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group(arstechnica.com)
5 points by emptybits 1y ago|0 comments
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Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say(theguardian.com)
5 points by emptybits 1y ago|1 comments
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Ford Pulls Mustang Mach-E from Sale over Dangerous Door Lock Flaw(carscoops.com)
3 points by emptybits 1y ago|0 comments
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World Curling tightens sweeping rules, bans firmer broom foams ahead of Olympics(cbc.ca)
44 points by emptybits 1y ago|22 comments
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by emptybits 1y ago
This recent episode of the Secular Buddhism podcast may be worth a listen. It gets into the enduring value and joy we can find in the good fortune of others. https://secularbuddhism.com/blog/204-beyond-happiness/
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by emptybits 1y ago
Another fact you may find interesting because it's unique, I think, for a North American city of its size: Vancouver has no freeways. Within city limits, there are no roads with speed limits over 50 km/h (30 mi/h), lots of tr
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Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car(theverge.com)
9 points by emptybits 1y ago|0 comments
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by emptybits 1y ago
This feels like the trend of Americans having to start GoFundMe campaigns for surgeries and health care. (!) I mean, do what you feel you have to do in the urgent moment. But come on. What's the plan? This is not civilized.
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by emptybits 1y ago
"BASIC Computer Games" by David H. Ahl
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Shingles vaccine tied to fewer dementia diagnoses, study in Wales suggests(cbc.ca)
3 points by emptybits 1y ago|0 comments
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by emptybits 2y ago
Fair comment about BMW. So another data point ... Ford also supplied their F150 trucks with plastic oil pans for a number of years. Not sure if that's still the case. But an F150 material decision is going to factor in hard use and rel
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by emptybits 2y ago
> The moment they created a plastic oil pan, it's game over. Nobody cares about engineering anymore at Nissan. BMW has put plastic oil pans on a variety of their models for over a decade. N20 motors. The G90 M5. Others, maybe. I&#x2
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by emptybits 2y ago
For this Canadian user, both maps.google.ca and Apple Maps labels the body of water this way: "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)" TBH, that parenthetical label outside jurisdiction or common usage seems like noise.
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by emptybits 2y ago
After the person who discovered and/or mapped it.
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by emptybits 2y ago
1. That pilot hole looks way too wide for the screw that follows it. A pilot hole should be wide enough to prevent binding, and sometimes for guidance or to prevent splitting, but it still needs to be tight enough so there's plenty of
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Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated 'Users' No One Asked For(rollingstone.com)
21 points by emptybits 2y ago|18 comments
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by emptybits 2y ago
I love it. I had not read that the two nations finally settled their friendly dispute just a few years ago! Previous to this, the Danish military would occasionally visit the island, leaving a flag, and a "Welcome to Denmark" sign
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by emptybits 2y ago
If closeness was basis for a claim, Canada would like to have a word. Lol. No, we don't. It's not our way. Fun fact, though, you can walk from Canada to Greenland. When the winter sea ice freezes. I think it's about 20 or 30
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by emptybits 2y ago
> I don’t like the attitude endemic to nerds that truly smart people don’t care about personal aesthetic. Then IMO you should be on Magnus' side here. He is a truly smart person and IMO he looked clean, groomed, and ready for busin
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by emptybits 2y ago
I’m running that February release as my daily driver on MacOS happily. Haven’t launched Emacs except by accident for a few weeks. I admit it’s an experiment but so far so good. Lem always feels very responsive (threading or rendering archit
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by emptybits 2y ago
Wondering if the Lem project is “accepted” (or worth a test drive) by the Emacs community. I’m a long time Emacs user, occasionally leaving but always returning. Lately, Lem has my attention. https://github.com/lem-project&#
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by emptybits 2y ago
Why consume when you can create? Building is often more fun and almost always more educational than just using. Even in “failure”. :-)

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