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fanatic2pope

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About fanatic2pope

A young man sits waiting All among the diamonds Unconsciously His throat draws a simple note Pale and unwavering As a gull's eye

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    Comment #48946121

    Working now.

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    Comment #48906966

    FWIW your link comes up as a blank black page on Firefox/Linux.

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    Comment #48830856

    Except for that one hit movie (Rumble in the Bronx) when Vancouver stood in for New York. https://imgur.com/a/jr1KARI

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    Comment #48674080

    I wonder how far we are away from people being arrested for holding up blank pieces of paper.

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    Comment #48561408

    If they just abandon them then a subsequent administration can simply re-activate them without being forced to spend even more money.

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    Comment #48494310

    Umm, yes? The funding was put in place because of the problem.

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    Comment #48474883

    This type of concern could be ameliorated through the proper application of consumer protection laws concerning privacy and the right to modify and repair the things we own. The US…

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    Comment #48463310

    I really enjoyed Newgrange in Ireland. It's huge, you can go inside it and as part of the tour they turn out the lights and simulate what it looks like on the solstice. https://en.…

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    Comment #48459724

    Alberticide

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    Comment #48345477

    What are you hiring for?

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    Comment #48220941

    This is a naive response to the concerns Tim has expressed, and displays a deep lack of critical thinking around how the decline of the US' status in the world is impacting it's ro…

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    Comment #48192485

    Watching cat videos feels a lot like that.

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    Comment #48120976

    In the case of Bambu you'd want to do this to prevent surprises like your printer from randomly starting to print due to a "cloud error". https://www.techradar.com/pro/did-your-3d-…

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    Comment #48075752

    I gave up on real time synchronization and I just do manual periodic bulk downloads. In my case using google takeout, but I'm sure Apple lets you do the same thing.

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    Comment #48052924

    We are, it's just very unevenly distributed.

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    Comment #48021501

    A couple of ballrooms. Maybe half an Iran war or a Venezuelan coup or two?

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    Comment #47781822

    Or "Linux Gold Corp". https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/LNXGF/

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    Comment #47639182

    Very cool. Along the same lines the EPIC::DSCOVR mission has been taking photos of the earth since, I believe, around 2015. https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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    Comment #47566341

    Earth's "radio bubble" is well over 100 light years across now. If there are aliens out there, they are probably already on their way to ask us in person why Ross, the largest Frie…

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    Comment #47488393

    For just the basics, self-hosting of git can be pretty easy. I use gitolite on a VPS. https://gitolite.com/gitolite/

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    Comment #47301263

    Funny enough I was eating a Sumo as I came across your comment. They are certainly very tasty, but for the price (which is high at least here in Ohio) I much prefer the tartness of…

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    Comment #47166839

    Less offensive than a completely meaningless forced "please" and "thank you" coming from an employee who only does it because if they don't they are punished.

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    Comment #47129307

    FWIW the "rule of law" is a reference to the idea that the law should be applied equally to everyone regardless of their position in society, and has nothing to do with the crime r…

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    Comment #47121115

    Maybe not by humans, but definitely by the various things living in your compost pile.

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    Comment #47115874

    Cool project. I solved a problem (not really the same problem as this, mind you) for my family using a much older technology. I bought a big pane of glass from the hardware store, …