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That is cool. It's one of those "wait, that is an obvious solution" things once you hear about it... makes total sense.

Allegedly, you become noseblind to something after a few minutes. It's a natural defense. Let's hope it worked in her case.

Kind of amazing that a dozen years ago, UNICEF funded this wild music video in an effort to get Indian people from pooping in fields, on streets, and everywhere but the bathroom. India is such a country of contrast. I am not sure I have seen/met richer people, but not sure I have seen/met poorer people. And often of the times, they are living very close to each other.

Wolf tries to eat bison carcess that grizzly bear is already eating Link to video

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One born every minute.

Gawd, as much as I admire much America, I hope those aren't imported, we shall not be buying. Meanwhile in the gym [image: 1778487561650-20260504_092451-resized.jpg]

@89th said: I remember about 15 years ago thinking "if someone really wants job security, become a linguistic expert in a lesser known language", as I knew a few places willing to pay a LOT of money for folks who specialized in certain cultures and languages... now I'm guessing that is also getting wiped clean as a career given translation models out there. I used to do real time translation, though not in a lesser known language. As you said, this is an area that is quickly being replaced by computers. I have a pair of translation ear buds and when I first got them, they were about 60% accurate with a time lag. Good enough to get a general idea of what was happening in a conversation, but not good enough to really participate. Now, they are about 80%+ accurate and I am sure, they will only get better.

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Piano virtuoso with a great sense of humor: Link to video

Obviously it hasn't affected him negatively in the least.

No surprise. His opponents were weak. I think he changed or folk midstream. The later ads were much more effective.

Heh. The Rubio-on-the-sofa meme is like the Chris-Christie-on-the-beach meme of this era. Versatile and never gets old.

Compared to other things he has said/done/written, this one to me seems pretty "benign". 555

Yeap, heard the similar story from some power/energy/utilities engineers I know. There are other components that are critical to hooking a data center up to the grid that are also back-ordered for years.

LIV is DED

Video please. During the act, and then in the ER.

For those who are catholic, is there a focus on sex? From the outside, it seemed that sex was part of their agenda, but not the main focus. Seemed like there were other things like poor people, etc.

I hope it doesn't self-harm from the shame of it all.

Wow. Our leaders have been asleep at the switch for 20 years.