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I'm sorry, were any of you planning on telling me there used to be a species of penguin that was 6'7" (2m) tall and weighed 250 lbs (115kg) called Mega Penguin or was I supposed to just find that out on my own

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Today in 1823, 200 years ago: Sailor Benjamin Morrell erroneously reported the existence of the island of New South Greenland near Antarctica.

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Today in 1781, 242 years ago: In the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Guilford Court House is fought near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, in which 1900 British troops under the command of General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force of a total of 4,400 soldiers in a Pyrrhic victory.

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Every time I bring a sandwich for lunch it is a matter of sheer luck if it survives until lunchtime.

Looks like the brief surge from the SVB scare is over for crypto. Back to the usual 5% rollercoaster.

Most people's use case is fashion accessory running MS applications, or similar proprietary. No I don't know how to configure your outlook because I spent the last decade of my career specifically avoiding that

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I wish people would understand that the fact I have a Mac (largely for the terminal) does not make me 'the Mac guy'.

> How do I do *this*

"I have no fucking idea

People are now blowing up bird site about a certain AI model being able to predict the future. How long before people start worshipping it?

CVE remediation really does feel like sweeping sand off a beach at the moment. There's just so fucking many.

Some days I'm Manny, Some days I'm Bernard.

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Today in 1916, 107 years ago: during the Battle of Verdun (in World War I), German troops take the heights of Mort-Homme.

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lmao at people having to explain who Jean Todt is because of MIchelle Yeoh's win.

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