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  • The coyotes are out and about…

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    JollyJ
    Coyotes are breeding or hunting. If you heard a pack, they're hunting. We shoot them on sight, day or night.
  • "This thing loaded?"

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    89th8
    Bad thread title, IMO. That was a very clear and intentional suicide.
  • Nitty-Gritty

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  • 50 years...and your balls

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    The Grapes of Wrath
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  • Running a Marathon and Solving Rubik's Cubes

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    taiwan_girlT
    @89th said in Running a Marathon and Solving Rubik's Cubes: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1cbw71j/rubiks_cube_explained_in_2d_model_is_easier_to The comments were funny
  • Betel Nut Beauties

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    RenaudaR
    Just asked her about that “procedure”. Her answer was: “Oh yeah, unfortunately lot’s like that. They come to our hospital after the surgeons have finished with them. Our radiation oncologists just don’t call it by that name”.
  • Endobarrier

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    George KG
    @blondie said in Endobarrier: So, kinda like a tapeworm .. Physiologically, yeah. Reminds me of the jockeys who would ingest a tapeworm to lose weight.
  • More from Crackhead Barney...

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    George KG
    Link to video
  • Charlotte airport is a zoo

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    LuFins DadL
    Soo racist
  • "Dad, I'm trans."

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    LuFins DadL
    That guy wins Dad of the Year.
  • Jamie Speaks

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    MikM
    @Jolly said in Jamie Speaks: They used to be. We had too much money dumped into the system and took much debt. Only way to address the debt is through higher taxes and inflation. Truth. Especially since no one seems to be interested in seriously cutting spending.
  • The wild world is trying to kill me.

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    MikM
    @George-K said in The wild world is trying to kill me.: Did you notice that the snake's lunch also came out? I did. A hearty lunch it was.
  • Nice sewing

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    JollyJ
    BTW, most of the eye docs she worked with used the binocular scope whenever possible. Loupes only when they had to.
  • 22 light-hours away

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    89th8
    Someone asked why hasn't someone hacked it? On reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1cbhvwg/eli5_why_hasnt_voyager_i_been_hacked_yet/ Well the act of hacking Voyager would be relatively easy. I am sure that you could get a copy of the Voyager protocol to figure out what to send to Voyager to make it do what you want it to do. The issue is how to send the signal, and where. Voyager 1 and 2 are so far away that not only do you need a very high powered transmission source, but you also need to know exactly where in the sky to send it to. Which means a motivated hacker would need to: Learn the protocol (Easy) Figure out something that they could make Voyager do that would be interesting enough to make it worth it (Harder) Craft the signal to send (Moderately difficult) Hack into or otherwise gain access to one of a handful of transmitters who can reach Voyager 1 or 2 (Very difficult) Point the transmitter at Voyager 1 or 2 without anyone noticing (Staggeringly difficult) Send the very slow bit-rate message to Voyager 1 or 2 (Easy) Not get sent to jail for a short blurb on the evening news (Difficult) Somewhat related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cometary_Explorer#ISEE-3_Reboot_Project my favorite comment: That's why I store all my data in random locations somewhere within the Oort Cloud.
  • At the abortion rally

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    George KG
    Also, the story is much about geopolitics (if that's the proper word). Earth has become a stagnant, deteriorating place. Luna is its only outpost. Mars, still in the process of terraforming, is an upstart, somewhat militaristic, society. Aspiring to become what Earth once was, in another couple of hundred years. Finally, there is "The Belt." The collection of hollowed-out asteroids. The "Belters" see themselves as being exploited by "The Inners" - Earth and Mars - for the resources that the Belt has. So, there's a lot of competition going on...and then, something weird happens to upset the tenuous balance of power. It's by far the most scientifically-accurate sci-fi I've ever seen. No "warp drive," no artificial gravity, and transit between places can take a long long time. The first three episodes don't "suck you in," but they raise enough questions about what, exactly, is going on. Then, once you get it...you're hooked. Amos is probably the most moral character - or at least the most un-conflicted.
  • Shingles Vaccine 0wie!

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    RenaudaR
    I think I am out of the doghouse with any side effects or reactions with yesterday’s vaccine. No discernible discomforts or complaints whatsoever either last evening or today. Did my normal workout on the elliptical this am.
  • A Piece of Tang

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    RenaudaR
    @George-K said in A Piece of Tang: @Renauda said in A Piece of Tang: Moon-tang. Bravo! You went there. I chose to go to the moon in this thread not because it was obvious or easy, but because it was hardly worth missing the low hanging opportunity.
  • The Price of Lawfare

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    JollyJ
    @George-K said in The Price of Lawfare: @Jolly said in The Price of Lawfare: coordinated through the Biden Whitehouse Well, we discovered, this week, that the White House coordinated with the director of the National Archives and Records Administration to stop negotiating about the records so that they could start a criminal investigation. We also know there was communication between the Whitehouse and the Fulton County DA's office.
  • Filling out a medical form online

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