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Comment · 2 months ago
You could have assumed that since practically inception, especially when it came to treaty signing.
Comment · 5 months ago
My first computer was an Access Matrix that I'd play on at my dad's office. It was such a neat computer back in the day as a proto-laptop with built-in modem and printer.
Comment · 6 months ago
I blame W.H.F. Talbot
Comment · 6 months ago
I can say for me that after my father died I posted pictures of him at some of his favorite places or from favorite trips.
Comment · 7 months ago
I suspect the key was you used Dr Emmett Brown to tune up the equipment then plugged your electric guitar into his amplifier.
Comment · 7 months ago
>why is boxing, for example, divided into weight classes?

A combination of boxer safety and having more competitive matches.

Comment · 7 months ago
The Beach Boys also unabashedly liked money. I saw The Beach Boys - what was left of them anyway - with one the original members talking on stage basically talking about how he still did touring because he liked driving around in a Bentley.
Comment · 7 months ago
Both can be true in homes being unique while also functionally being like commodities. Whether a home or a spec home or tract home the pricing is based similarly to sports stats and no matter how one-of-a-kind a home is a mortgage on such a home can then be packaged with a bunch of other homes into a bond where bond investors will look at the stats of the combined homes and who the borrowers are.
Comment · 7 months ago
They also have the GDP equivalent of JetBlue Airways
Comment · 7 months ago
Never get involved in a land war in Asia but only slightly less well-known is never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Comment · 7 months ago
To locate spies look for 'Boris' wearing all black and 'Natasha' who use the code words 'moose and squirrel' to describe their mission.
Comment · 7 months ago
>It's interesting to me that a stone age lifestyle might for some people resemble factory work.

There was not only factory work but unpleasant factory work like making birch tar and rendering fat.

Comment · 7 months ago
I think of the recent study with raccoons how they like to solve puzzles. That was something well-known but not actually scientifically demonstrated and measured until now.
Comment · 7 months ago
DemBones.exe
Comment · 8 months ago
Given the mention of Rockaway this sounds like a story that Richard Feynman would tell about how his wife.

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