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bacheaul

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    Comment #49045085

    I hadn't heard of Bitchat before, will need to check it out! Streisand Effect in full force...

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    Comment #49043304

    I think they're being facetious, this is basically a distopian movie plot point.

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    Probably the most treasured item I own is a novel a good friend of mine gave me as a gift. It was one of their favourite books, and they'd highlight lines and sections that resonat…

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    Eucalypt forest fires are bad because the leaves are full of oil and when it's hot, dry and windy, they're extremely flammable and the fire races through the tops of the trees at i…

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    Comment #47515316

    At most decent sized companies with a cyber security and network admin team, this is probably the fastest way to get disconnected from the internal corporate network with no way to…

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    Comment #44859185

    Pro tip: Duolingo is a game and basically a dead end for properly learning a language. If you want to really learn, you need to build intuition, and that only comes from huge amoun…

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    Comment #43528998

    Looks like that's a different, though equally impressive fence... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence

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    Comment #42606690

    I read that as the pass mark being able to identify human vs machine more than 50% of the time. At 50% it's no better than randomly guessing.

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    Comment #41920611

    Spaceflight is not what you want to be picking as a point of comparison if you want to talk about funding government agencies. > The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air…

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    Comment #41444110

    and Australia...

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    Comment #40603548

    You can try it yourself here -> https://iss-sim.spacex.com/ Protips: Watch your instruments and take it super slow!

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    Comment #40510150

    For you. Everyone's different, and I have no problem closing my laptop and psychologically switching from "at work" to "at home" almost instantly. But I absolutely appreciate that …

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    Comment #38944271

    Yep, we actually bought a bunch for our house after reading this article. Bang for buck for the device, filters, and power usage is difficult to beat.

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    Comment #38779042

    Having bought basic archery gear for 3 people in the last year, unless you're talking about a toy longbow, $20 is not going to get you anywhere. Even buying the absolute necessitie…

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    Comment #38663095

    > Don't talk to the police: Regent Law Professor James Duane gives viewers startling reasons why they should always exercise their 5th Amendment rights when questioned by governmen…

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    Comment #38344481

    Yes! On average, my Orient watch runs about 15-20s fast per week when I lay it flat on its back at night. But when I position it crown down at night, it runs about 4s slow per week…

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    Comment #38213530

    Not to be too pedantic, but I think you have one too many zeros on that, unless you're playing 18 hrs a day, every day.

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    Comment #38091520

    Those two vehicles have very different flight profiles, so comparing them is of limited value, but yes, that is the plan.

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    Comment #34366930

    Also have to mention another big collection of these types of models which you can download and print for free at https://axmpaperspacescalemodels.com/ . They've been on my "one da…

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    More likely, people who are here are forced to implement security policies adopted by cybersecurity teams that have long since left the company, and the current cyber teams have no…

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    Comment #32380913

    After listening to some of the samples and thinking how nice they were, I've just also noticed the morning bird calls outside my home office window, which my mind usually filters o…