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CBD as a painkiller: Efficacy not clinically proven
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The brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded rattled Earth's atmosphere
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Denmark is to restrict the sale of alcohol to under-eighteens and increase the price of suckable nicotine sachets, as their growing popularity is worrying health authorities
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Corbin Carroll discusses 2023 Rookie of the Year honors
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The Open Hand Foundation, founded in part by Jirard Khalil (The Completionist) has been keeping and storing donations for ten years
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
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Edith Piaf AI-generated biopic in the works at Warner Music
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Japan to create ¥1 trillion fund to develop outer space industry
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Will the switch to USB-C be good for repair?
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Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned
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A coder considers the waning days of the craft
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UAW workers at major Ford and GM truck plants vote 'no' on record contract deals
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Something weird happens when you keep squeezing
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The unstoppable rise of disposable ML frameworks
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Payments app Zelle begins refunds for imposter scams after Washington pressure
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The ritual of the calling of an engineer
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Armor Games Studios publisher sale
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US Supreme Court, under pressure, issues non-binding ethics code for justices, without mechanisms for enforcement
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The Brain Scoop relaunch!
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Has anyone used a e-ink smartphone as their main device
Looking up the Boox Palma device right now, it seems to be very handy actually. The only point where I may not be able to use it for everyday use would be that it seems to struggle with playing...
Looking up the Boox Palma device right now, it seems to be very handy actually. The only point where I may not be able to use it for everyday use would be that it seems to struggle with playing Spotify music. But I wouldn't mind picking up one of those 4G dumbphone devices that Nokia puts out for that usecase.
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Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies
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Internet sleuths want to track down this mystery pop song. They only have seventeen seconds of it.
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The ‘Georgists’ are out there, and they want to tax your land
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Architecture lovers can spend the night in a modernist masterpiece designed by Alvar Aalto – former TB sanatorium is now Finland's most unusual holiday let
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US reenters the nuclear fuel game
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The Game Awards 2023 nominations
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Ex-leader David Cameron makes shock return to UK government as foreign secretary
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The rise and fall of America's favorite junk foods | Rise and Fall
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Iranian-born Norwegian man is charged over deadly Oslo Pride attack in 2022 – four other suspects are linked to the shooting but have not been charged
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Every mistake I’ve made since 2014
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The Anthropocene Explosion - Essay by Koert van Mensvoort (2014)
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Exxon aims to become a top lithium producer for electric vehicles with Arkansas drill operation
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Deep in the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is protecting Africa's food supply
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What is classical vaporwave?
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
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Videoconference fatigue from a neurophysiological perspective (first neurophysiological evidence)
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The myth and reality of Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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New York residents say a hazardous waste incinerator’s emissions violate their new constitutional right to a “healthful environment.”
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Population decline in Japan has led to more than 8000 public school closures since 2002
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 13
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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New book by doctor licensed in the UK and Brazil: poorer countries have useful knowledge and methods they could teach about frugal health care
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Massachusetts passed a law requiring cars make data accessible to independent shops to allow repairs. Automakers sued.
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Warners reverses course in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ fight
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The Garfield Movie | Official trailer
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The story of when washing hands was considered crazy
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Movie of the Week #3 - L.A. Confidential (1997)
This is the third movie we discuss of Academy Award Winners. Kim Basinger won for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and it won for Best Adapted Screenplay. It was nominated for Best Picture, Best...
This is the third movie we discuss of Academy Award Winners. Kim Basinger won for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and it won for Best Adapted Screenplay. It was nominated for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Sound and Best Director.
Did the movie deserve its nominations and awards? Did the screenplay and Kim Basingers performance in particular stand out? Feel free to add any thoughts, opinions, reflections, analysis or whatever comments related to this film.
The rest of the schedule is:
- 20th of November: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 27th of November: West Side Story
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Advice on making a full snapshot/backup of a running Linux system (Debian)
Hi all, I’m looking for advice re making a full snapshot/backup of a running Linux system (Debian). In an ideal world, should an issue occur, I would like to be able to load a live USB with the...
Hi all,
I’m looking for advice re making a full snapshot/backup of a running Linux system (Debian).
In an ideal world, should an issue occur, I would like to be able to load a live USB with the backup, boot and write from that.
Timeshift seems to be an option but I’m wondering how the above would work in my case. A few questions.
- My disk is fully encrypted with LUKS. Would this pose a problem?
- I would like to write my backups to a veracrypt container. Would this pose any issue? I’m not sure how I would boot from a live USB in this case I could not decrypt the USB.
Essentially I’d like a step-by-step guide to backing up my full system (including all files in home) in such a way that I can easily roll back should the worst happen. Do any of you know of such a guide or can perhaps offer some help?
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Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream
32 votes