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bizzyb

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    Comment #49333699

    https://github.com/lukaspieper/Gcam-Services-Provider to choose any gallery while still using pixel camera

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    Comment #43377468

    To install on Windows you have to manually install the configs on top of an existing Firefox install. Instructions are on the website.

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    Comment #43374818

    Haven't seen this mentioned yet, not a fork but a suite of configs and mods for Firefox. https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix

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    Comment #42861844

    Doesn't necessarily change your overall point but Trump won a plurality of the vote, not a majority.

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    Comment #40624661

    McMurdo and South Pole both use the same fuel, AN8, for pretty much everything.

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    Comment #40536656

    McMurdo has starlink. South Pole doesn't, but not due to technical reasons from starlink's side. From what I understand when they tested at Pole they noticed interference with some…

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    Comment #37806101

    Starlink was certainly a game changer for life around here. McMurdo is essentially a small town so many different jobs and routines to make everything go. Some stay inside all the …

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    Comment #37806033

    Here at McMurdo we've had 24/7 satellite internet for at least as long as I've been coming down (~10 years). Think roughly a ~30mbps connection shared with ~1000 people with busine…

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    Comment #37805240

    Using starlink at mcmurdo station in Antarctica. The IP shows as Sydney, Australia.

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    Comment #36249495

    both. (for mcmurdo/south pole) most of the dry/canned/frozen food is procured in the USA and loaded on a vessel in port hueneme for the once a year resupply vessel. "freshies" are …

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    Comment #34812427

    roughly $3 dollars per gallon purchase price for 5-6 million gallons. Plus tanker costs to McM at between $25k-$70k per day for roughly 90 days. Plus the cost of the ice breaker, b…

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    Comment #34808248

    not quite a borewell. short for rodriguez. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodriguez_well https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/rodwell/rodwell.html

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    Comment #34807986

    the rodwell where they melt the ice for their water makes a big cavern in the ice. the previous rodwell is used for all greywater/human waste, indeed making a giant shitcicle. when…

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    Comment #34011100

    correct, no psych evals for USAP participants.

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    Comment #34011090

    mcm has two bars, they both absolutely serve liquor. source: me, a current bartender here in mcmurdo.

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    Comment #33572537

    sorry for the late reply. but basically it simply wasn't helpful. good people got screened out, bad people still got thru.

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    Comment #33481626

    its been a few years since they did any psych testing for mcmurdo or pole