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9 votes
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With workers hard to find, immigration crackdown leaves Iowa town in a bind
8 votes -
Men cause 100% of unwanted pregnancies
22 votes -
How greed and corruption blew up South Korea’s nuclear industry
6 votes -
Jeremy was fired for refusing fingerprinting at work. His case led to an 'extraordinary' unfair dismissal ruling.
13 votes -
How the brain shapes pain and links ouch with emotion
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Valve explains their thoughts about whether the recent Assassin's Creed: Unity giveaway resulted in the first "off-topic review bomb" with a positive effect
14 votes -
What should I do with all my old tech junk?
I am currently decluttering, and I have boxes upon boxes of accumulated tech stuff (for lack of a better term). USB cables, dongles, flash drives, cameras, MP3 players, phones, installation discs,...
I am currently decluttering, and I have boxes upon boxes of accumulated tech stuff (for lack of a better term). USB cables, dongles, flash drives, cameras, MP3 players, phones, installation discs, etc.
It's a giant mess that I want to be rid of, I just don't know the best way to go about it and thus have some questions:
- What's my best course of action: Is "electronics recycling" the way to go? Should I sort it and donate the useful stuff to a thrift store? Would local mom-and-pop computer shops potentially be interested in some of it?
(Note: I have no interest in extracting money from the hoard and would be happy for the useful stuff in there to go to a "good home" that can take advantage of it.)
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Is there anything that's simply not worth donating/recycling? Should I simply throw some older stuff (e.g. floppies, component cables, anything with a parallel port) out, or does recycling somehow reconstitute the metals/resources in them?
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I have several dead hard drives and flash drives that have personal information on them that I was never able to wipe. Should I just hold onto these indefinitely since someone could use them maliciously, or is the likelihood of that happening close to nil?
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The Bob Emergency: a study of athletes named Bob, Part II | Chart Party
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Britons can’t help but make the European elections all about Brexit
8 votes -
Overwatch's third anniversary: Free to try this week, past seasonal brawls featured every day, and more
5 votes -
Ravens spread negative emotions to their friends, study finds
7 votes -
Machine, Learning, 1951
4 votes -
Paul Gilbert - Things Can Walk To You (2019)
7 votes -
Tor Browser 8.5 released
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Microsoft removes Huawei laptop from store, remains silent on potential Windows ban
7 votes -
Defend Your Clinics: It’s time for an abortion rights movement that’s not directed from the top-down. Clinic defense is a crucial part of that mass, democratic, and militant movement.
4 votes -
Emilia Clarke on the final episode of “Game of Thrones,” meeting Beyoncé, and the fate of Daenerys Targaryen
7 votes -
Black Mirror Season 5 - Individual episode trailers
The first trailer was released last week, but now they've released three more - one for each individual episode in the season: Striking Vipers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssr40U3-do0...
The first trailer was released last week, but now they've released three more - one for each individual episode in the season:
- Striking Vipers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssr40U3-do0
- Smithereens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SybklT8k1k
- Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIlCo9yqpY
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Emotional health in public schools
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The lost Louvre of Uzbekistan: The museum that hid art banned by Stalin
8 votes -
I told prison guards I have celiac disease. They fed me gluten anyway
21 votes -
Indonesia's Joko Widodo wins second term as president
7 votes -
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
5 votes -
We talked with the New Hampshire family in Andrew Yang’s universal basic income experiment
11 votes -
Julian Assange: Swedish prosecutor requests detention of WikiLeaks founder
7 votes -
How Australia’s Labor Party lost an un-losable election
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Wanda - Bologna (2014)
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Feature phones and time management apps recs
So I kind of want to try the Nokia 8110, it's a feature phone with an app store that contains it's own version of Google Maps and Assistant. I use my phone an awful lot, and I'm thinking that a...
So I kind of want to try the Nokia 8110, it's a feature phone with an app store that contains it's own version of Google Maps and Assistant. I use my phone an awful lot, and I'm thinking that a less capable phone would be helpful in using my phone less for browsing the internet, news, and discourse and using it more for what I would want to do with it, calls, texts, navigation, music and podcasts.
Unfortunately, the Nokia 8110 is only available on AT&T in the States, and they stink, so I was wondering if anyone had any picks for devices that would scratch that itch, specialized apps, or other tools that could be used. I like the idea of another device that I could use as a daily driver so I can put some physical distance between myself and my current phone, but if you have an app or a system that you swear by, I'm down for it.
Also kind of interested in maybe combining the ZeroPhone Raspberry Pi with support for Alexa or Google Assistant, but that seems like a time waster and a half.
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Thousands rally in Northern Ireland in support of gay marriage
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My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me
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Solitary voices: Thousands of immigrants suffer in solitary sonfinement in ICE detention
8 votes -
Origin of Sino-Tibetan language family revealed by new research
8 votes -
California teachers pay for their own substitutes during extended sick leave
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At least one in three Alaska villages has no local law enforcement. Sexual abuse runs rampant, public safety resources are scarce, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to cut the budget.
18 votes -
What's next in Afghanistan? The Taliban answer.
3 votes -
Soon you may not even have to click on a website contract to be bound by its terms
7 votes -
The race is on to make the next ‘Game of Thrones’
10 votes -
Westworld III | HBO 2020
15 votes -
The launch industry prepares for a shakeout
3 votes -
The way we define kilograms, metres and seconds changes today
17 votes -
Sex work
22 votes -
Prime Minister Scott Morrison secures seventy-six seats for majority
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Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Picasso (2017)
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DEDSA - Lighter Click (2015)
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Accused mosque shooter now facing terrorism charge
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This genealogy database helped solve dozens of crimes. But its new privacy rules will restrict access by cops.
4 votes -
The loneliness problem in LA starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk?
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Niki Lauda, Austrian Formula 1 legend, dies at 70
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The roar below: How our noise is hurting orcas' search for salmon
5 votes