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He also said that he’s enjoyed the more recent years in the Cure more than any others and had a blast playing live so… I feel he may find a way to do less high stakes playing in the future.

This is the one I got. I have no complaints. It’s easy to use and it seems to work well. amazon.com Amazon.com: Etekcity Infrared Thermometer Laser Temperature Gun for Griddle,... Amazon.com: Etekcity Infrared Thermometer Laser Temperature Gun for Griddle, -58°F to 1130°F for Food, BBQ, Pizza Oven Accessories, Non Contact IR Heat Gun for Pool, Reptile, Cooking, Kitchen, Fridge : Industrial & Scientific $24.99

Grey_Devil: I don’t don’t get why people want to go to Dubai A work flight had a stop there in 2017. People-watching at the airport was interesting - it’s a big transport hub that’s really close to a lot of places. You see Arabian, Indian, Pakistani, and Central African clothing everywhere, and my ears were bathing the sounds of the languages. I had precisely...

White gun toting land thieves, justifiably, think that they can do whatever they like in the US. The weight of history is on their side. Any attempt to establish normal human relations is like talking down an abusive, violent, sociopathic relative. You are stealing from them what they fundamentally believe is theirs if you maintain sensible, normal, reasonable boundaries. Look at all those people...

Otherbrother: somehow provides the folks who use the discriminatory program with plausible deniability. That was also the point of saying “the algorithm” did it. It’s the exact same thing: stats. The “hilarious”part is that you can replicate systems that are incredibly complex and use multiple matrices of very diverse data with one or two points. Typically young + Black = No If I get...

Translators protest: “We don’t want to become AI cleaners” Translators in Sweden are losing more and more jobs to AI. Author and translator Lisa Fransson from Kronoberg county in southern Sweden sees a risk of major cultural losses. And the Swedish Writers’ Union believes that translators will have a much more boring professional role. sverigesradio.se Översättare protesterar: ”Vi vill inte bli AI-städare” - P4...

News – 15 Oct 24 Finnish FM Valtonen calls on EU to consider more sanctions against Israel EU foreign ministers met in Luxembourg on Monday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East.

Well, I am up to the first minute of the video and already EOL parts which wildly vary price SLS printed parts with custom applied decals CNC machined aluminum Flat cable PCB assemblies My conservative estimate is that, at a minimum, this would cost about 1k$ if someone did a limited run, assuming most of the assembly is done in-house. 1.5k$ if assembly is...

iHeart The 2028 General Strike and Climate Change - It Could Happen Here | iHeart Mia talks with Rosewater, an organizer with the Sunrise Movement, about how the UAW's plan for a 2028 general strike has changed ecological organizing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

its so weird that this generated picture is even used as “evidence” to “proof” the “failed” response of the government/fema (besides being fake); I mean, the girl sits in a boat, has a lifevest on and her puppy save in her hands. where is the failed response here?

Uber started using ‘algorithmic pricing’ in Canada. Is that a good or bad thing? a company which uses ‘algorithmic pricing’ doesnt do that to make something cheaper for the costumer.

Jan. 6 Prisoners Recorded A Podcast From Jail With A Camera Someone ‘Accidentally’ Gave Them https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jan-6-prisoners-recorded-a-podcast-from-jail-with-a-camera-someone-accidentally-gave-them While in prison, Hitler wrote a book. It’s not even farce it’s a Friedberg & Seltzer movie… en.wikipedia.org Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer Jason Friedberg (born October 13, 1971) and Aaron Seltzer (born January 12, 1974) are American and Canadian filmmakers. They have primarily worked on parody films,...

archive.is – 12 Oct 24 Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop archived 12 Oct 2024 22:23:00 UTC

Trump’s like the dead rotting stinking beached whale that was exploded back in 1970, except Trump has exploded himself. Cover your nose and run.

Carla_Sinclair: AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE archive.is – 26 Sep 24 An Article the Likes of Which Nobody Has Ever Seen - The Atlantic archived 26 Sep 2024 16:58:42 UTC

Its forest sink has declined about 90% from 2009 to 2022, with the rest of the decline fuelled by increased emissions from soil and peat. In 2021-22, Finland’s land sector was a net contributor to global heating. The impact on Finland’s overall climate progress is dramatic: despite cutting emissions by 43% across all other sectors, its net emissions are at about the same level...

danimagoo: There’s a lot of these assholes at the Jersey Shore, too. I obviously don’t see any Maga boats in real life[1], but there is a video I watch sometimes of a foggy sailing excursion in Maine. It’s very meditative and beautiful, except that at some point a fishing boat with a F*ck Biden flag goes by. It really takes me out of the...

News – 14 Oct 24 Study: Bullied kids often from low income and immigrant families The study found that 46 percent of children with immigrant backgrounds had been victims of at least one bullying incident, compared to 36 percent of their peers.