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Not meaning to be obtuse, but to what end, and how is this related to the linked post?

Venous blood isn't blue.

Has been true for as long as I've had a cell phone (coming up to 30 years).

Expats are absolutely double taxed, just less so (and to be clear - majority cases not at all) when a DTA is in effect.

Funny you're showing up as downvoted, but this is absolutely right. Apple is testing their search abilities with URL autocomplete and it's surprisingly good. It's gotten much bette…

I'm answering the musing from the person I replied to: > It is hard to me to understand how much this revisionist tendency is just a recent invention and to what extent it has been…

It's not new. Books have been getting revised for decades now for newer sensibilities. (e.g. even the Hardy Boys was revised more than 60 years ago to sanitise it - https://www.the…

Or boot it into Target Disk Mode using another machine.

> Has Apple ever put out a "Pro" version of a product before the "normal" version? HomePod is another one.

I highly recommend following Ken Shirriff on Twitter, some great threads on the work he does to keep machines running at the Computer History Museum. https://twitter.com/kenshirrif…

Do you not feel Apple has been successful with the Watch and AirPods? Their wearables revenue dwarfs the revnue of most top tech companies.

I contacted support about a missing TV show and they apologised and gave 5 free rentals.

I was reading the comment, thinking "this sounds like someone I know", and then saw the username - hi Tom! :)

It's always fun to ask people how much they think the annual budget for the NYPD might be, and learn they're off by several orders of magnitude.

Maybe it's explained in Doom Guy, but why does the author use "ATS" as the TLA for "Adaptive Tile Refresh"? I can't find any references other than this article.

I get that for whatever reason folks like yourself don't want to believe it, but trust me, masks work. Just ask anyone who works in asbestos abatement or BSL-2+ facilities.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm > Consistent use of a face mask or respirator in indoor public settings was associated with lower odds of a positive SARS-CoV-2 …

Exactly. Look at New Zealand's low excess death rate by allowing almost the entire population to get vaccinated before infection.

Are you suggesting N95 masks provide no protection against airborne viruses?

fyi - there's an option in Gmail to change it back to text instead of icons.

The mute button on the bottom left? https://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4982/as-images.apple...

To use SFO as one example: "Destinations either 15 miles beyond the limits of the City and County of San Francisco or 15 miles beyond the boundaries of San Francisco International …

No, they haven't. All crises have been caused by Republicans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_debt_ceiling#Leg...