xythum

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   by xythum 2y ago

   "seemingly every entity required me to make an account, share my mailing address, often my passport information, etc., just to buy a ticket or secure a table." He further expands on this in the latest episode of Dithering, stating
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   by xythum 7y ago

   That'll teach me to pay more attention to the details rather than going "Welp, there goes my start-up idea". Yes, that doesn't look great - I assumed when I saw it was underwater that it was effectively looking up at the
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   by xythum 7y ago

   Looks like this has already been done: https://swimeye.com/
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   by xythum 7y ago

   I was taught (undergraduate genetics) that it was TB, but I see the relevant Wikipedia page also lists cholera, typhoid and diarrhea shrug
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   by xythum 8y ago

   Would this not become more of an issue if nuclear actually was embraced on a global scale? I mean, eventually we would run out of safe storage - the question would then be whether that would be in 20, 50, 100 years (and whether some better
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   by xythum 8y ago

   According to their subscriber forums, their current subscription model counts as a 'paywall' as far as Conde Nast is concerned, and there are no plans to change that currently.
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   by xythum 8y ago

   My son learnt how to play music on Alexa and stop it with "Alexa, stop". Unfortunately he now stops it playing music that my wife and I want to listen to - or tells me "Daddy, stop" if I am talking and he wants to say so