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Baggins
Baggins @ baggins @beehaw.org
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The neighbors complain they dont see birds anymore

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  • how few birds were stopping at her house even with a bird feeder out Like so many - and I've been guilty of it in the past - their garden is for appearance sake and no thought given to whatever else may call it home. People need to be educated. As for fake grass? There is a special deep, dark place in hell for the inventor and those that use it.

    • Nonalcoholic Beer Is Booming. Here Are the Ones to Try.

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  • UK here. Guinness Zero is uncanny. Just like standard draught. I always keep some in the fridge at home.

    • Nonalcoholic Beer Is Booming. Here Are the Ones to Try.

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  • I think some of the reasoning is that because it's taken the same ingredients/processes/time etc. then commodores can charge the same as conventional beer. Where this falls down is here in UK the stronger the alcohol, the higher the tax. Companies probably will justify higher price despite less alcohol because of the expense of research or extra equipment.

    They'll stiff us on the prices anyway they can.

    • Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during COVID, study finds

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  • Too late, they would have already contributed,

    • Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994

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  • I thought it might be the 'any' key.

    Looks like the are going all out with Copilot though.

    Don't know how Copilot works offline, OK neither does Google or Bing to a degree, but these systems are placing increasingly more load on round the clock connectivity. We don't have decent 5G here in UK yet. Even 4G is patchy, and I'm in an urban area just north of London.

    Should I worry though as I don't use Windows, apart from work? Possibly not.

    • The Man Who Invented Fifteen Hundred Necktie Knots

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  • I can't even imagine more than a dozen!

    • First Samsung 200 megapixel telephoto camera in the Vivo X100 Pro+ to offer 200x zoom

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  • But its all about the numbers, like the speed thing we used to/still have on PCs.

    • This AI model can tell if you're at high risk of lung cancer by analyzing a single X-ray scan

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  • Yeah there is that I suppose.

    Anyway, I've had this odd little cough lately...

    • World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online

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  • We gave away for more than that on covid scams. That we will never recover. Collect the correct amount of tax from a few companies/individuals and we could build 10 of these.

    • This AI model can tell if you're at high risk of lung cancer by analyzing a single X-ray scan

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  • A good use of AI. This is what the future was supposed to look like.

    • HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers

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  • Thing is, I've never has a problem with this - it works out at £35.88 (£2.99 x 12) per year for my HP Envy 5032. I don't use their paper and have only once in 3 years run over allowance. I print about 2 or 3 times per week, sometimes more. I don't change the ink as soon as warning comes on, I'll wait until prints start deteriorating. Like I say - it's not a problem. Just under £36 per year for ink isn't a deal breaker for me. Having the right cartridge available without trying to find a shop selling them is.

    Edit. Just to point out I've used printers from most of them. Colour/black and white lasers. Multifunction printers, photo, label printers and all.

    Samsung colour laser was the best, but can't justify the price now.

    If I want photos, I get them done by a photo service. They will always have a better printer than me, and can afford the overheads.

    If HP ever stiff the firmware and I can't get CUPS to run it I'll bin it.

    Until then, it stays on my shelf and prints every few days. For £2.99 a month.

    • Alternative Social Media Platforms

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  • I never see any recommendations for MeWe here.

    Does it have that bad a reputation?

    • how's your week going, Beehaw

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  • Brilliant. Gave my wife £50 as she was going to do some shopping with her sister and I said I'd pay for lunch.

    They didn't have lunch but she spent over £50 on wrapping paper and 'gift bags' even though we have loads at home 😒

    • how's your week going, Beehaw

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  • As others have said keep going through S1. It sets the scene nicely for bigger things later on. I personally rate it as one of the best things I've ever seen on TV. Certainly the best sci-fi I've ever seen.

    • Australian navy divers injured after sonar pulses detected from Chinese warship

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  • Even worse if you're a whale 😞

    • Suella Braverman accuses police of double standards on rallies

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  • She really is pushing her own agenda here isn't she?

    There was a post here the other day suggesting she's trying to get sacked. Have to agree.

    • Indonesia says 200,000 hectares of palm plantations to be made forests

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  • Every little helps.

    • Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand

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  • As long as they do it silently 😉

    • British Police are Using Period Tracker Data and Blood Tests To Investigate Patients Who Miscarry

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  • Possibly could have reworded that last sentence. Unless it was a deliberate pun?

    Can't think what they'd want from this though. And why the police? They've got better things to do, this is a health matter.

    • Why Vegan Desserts Are the Best They’ve Ever Been

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  • Definitely, instead of a pretend burger or chicken. I get why some people do it, and we do it a home quite a bit with pretend mince etc. I always feel a bit of a cheat though and am trying and steer my wife away from that.

    Embrace the veg!