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I know it's incredibly bougie of me but being able to warm my car on a 15F day is such a good quality of life thing.

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Early cassette-based ROMs never took off because of speed issues, and a lack of very tiny pencils.

I saw my neighbor's giant golden lab on a rare walk in these 15F conditions. This dog just adores my kids and runs out to say hello. Unfortunately my own dog gets extremely jealous with this giant interloper, and does not deal well with him receiving affection from us. He's been sulking all day.

Just before the cold snap, y my central heating furnace decided that 25yrs was enough service and decided to shit itself. They just fitted the new unit, and it's dual fuel heat-pump ready for when the AC inevitably gives up as well.

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Today in 1816, 208 years ago: in France, a government law banishes the entire Bonaparte family.

#OnThisDay

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so Peter Gleick posted this and i just could not believe it was real.

welp… it is.

this is an actual headline from THE ECONOMIST for an article published on October of 2023 and i have no words.

❝ WHAT A THIRD WORLD WAR WOULD MEAN FOR INVESTORS
gobal conflicts have a habit of sneaking up on money-managers ❞

for context, i took a screenshot from that page and the search result in DuckDuckGo

h/t Peter Gleick
fediscience.org/@petergleick/1

The 737 Max-9 hasn't been assembled properly. You can bet it's not just the plug door. What a mess. Boeing used to know how to do this, then capital took over. Outsource your manufacturing and QA, see what happens.

British Airtours 5390 had a window blowout because of improper fasteners being used, it almost caused the commander to be pulled out the window. Cabin crew held onto his legs while he lay on the aircraft's nose. Pressure hulls are serious shit. Like the Alaskan accident, this was not actually at full cabin pressure either.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_

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One of the most beautiful things in the world remains the moment in one of the final Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 cutscenes where Tim Curry _barely_ holds it together. Both that it exists, and that that's the take they went with.

youtube.com/watch?v=U_U59u69ty

No Mans Sky very capable of the 70s concept album vibe. I love it. Very Roger Dean.

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“You want sherry?”

“I want *vermouth*.”

“YOU CAN’T HANDLE VERMOUTH.”

I don't know why but I really enjoy all these YouTube vids of people camping in snow storms in hot tents. They're oddly relaxing and yet it is something I could never see myself doing.

When No Man's Sky clicks for you it really delivers some moments.

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