Salamendacious

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[–] Salamendacious 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't imagine being trapped underground for days. It must have been incredibly stressful.

[–] Salamendacious 5 points 11 months ago

It's definitely not the only solution, assuming everything here's accurate. It's a start but there's so much that needs to be done.

[–] Salamendacious 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Salamendacious 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And in a particularly grotesque downside to spaceflight, after performing an extravehicular activity (EVA), more commonly known as a spacewalk, a surprising number of astronauts' fingernails just… fall off.

I thought that was rather interesting and I had never heard that before. Apparently most people agree with you and don't find it interesting. That's perfectly fine.

[–] Salamendacious 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Coming up next on the headbanger's ball, SIMIAN PLAGUE!

[–] Salamendacious 5 points 11 months ago

I'm hopeful that the verification problems that allowed Theranos to happen won't be repeated but honesty... who knows

[–] Salamendacious 2 points 11 months ago

Sometimes it's pretty cool living in the future.

 

The former first lady died last week at the age of 96.

[–] Salamendacious 1 points 11 months ago

DECtapes all the way

[–] Salamendacious 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know quite a few tech oriented people and I don't know anyone who actually has the holy trinity of backups. I know quite a few who have physical backups at home and cloud though.

[–] Salamendacious 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Do you not have anything in the cloud or do you use another service? I was using carbonite but I gave them up years ago.

 

UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath's support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.

[–] Salamendacious 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

From the article:

those who work hard will get ahead and that their children will be better off than they are

[–] Salamendacious 37 points 11 months ago (3 children)

A few social commentators saw teddy bears as ominous: They feared that some girls’ preference for soft animals over humanlike dolls would become all-consuming, replacing the female urge to nurture babies—and eventually lead to childless marriages.

You can't make this kind of stuff up.

 

Inspired by a moment of empathy from President Theodore Roosevelt, the huggable toy had a rocky start before it became the stuff of legend

 

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State Rep. Taylor Rehfeldt was speaking on the floor of the South Dakota Capitol, four months pregnant with her third child, begging her Republican colleagues to care about her life.

 

SEC v. Jarkesy is quietly one among a trio of important Supreme Court cases this term that could deal major blows to executive and congressional power.

 

The first case of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in Canyon County.

Southwest District Health announced Tuesday that the case was detected in mid-November in a male Canyon County resident.

 

46-year-old Lawrence Hawkins has been charged with multiple counts of destruction of property, destruction of a place of worship and defacing a burial site, Boston police say.

 

Students at a high school in Queens, N.Y., reportedly stormed the hallways after learning a teacher attended a pro-Israel protest Monday.

 

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of Aden, raising the stakes amid a series of ship attacks linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

 

All are responsible, if legend is to be believed, for why we call a canteloupe a canteloupe

 

Americans are increasingly unlikely to believe that those who work hard will get ahead and that their children will be better off than they are, according to two recent polls.

 

Passengers who booked trips have been told refunds will be issued in monthly installments

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Life at Sea Cruises' first three-year sailing was announced in March and promised passengers willing to fork out at least $29,999 per year

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