There Was An Attempt
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- to make people curious.
Or is it just me who finds the concept of 'mystery flavor clear liquid' very unappealing?
- There was an attempt to run Portugal on wind energywww.canarymedia.com Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
...and it worked.
- There was an attempt to be a Bounty Hunterwww.valleynewslive.com Man says “bounty hunter” wrongly damaged property, refuses to compensate
A Fargo man is speaking out after he says someone claiming to be a “bounty hunter” destroyed his property, and is now refusing to fix it.
Just claim you're a bounty hunter and you can do whatever you want.
- There was an attempt to give a speech
Glitch McConnell bricks himself.
- Attempted to upvote, failed
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- People Who Tried to Show Off and Failed
Compilation of failed attempts.
Piped link: People Who Tried to Show Off and Failed
EDIT: Set YT as primary link.
- Attempted fake murder scene
Squirrel attempts to fake injury/death with a broom. Failed as it was caught on video, nice try.
- Attempts must've been made
Honestly, I don't believe its fair to say "all you can eat" unless its true. Otherwise, you should put some type of detailed limit.
But attempts must have been made and probably continue.
- An attempt was made to get more people to come
An attempt was made to get people to come, I believe there was some miscommunication.
- An attempt was made to re-brand PayPal to X before this Twitter situation
Elon Musk has tried to re-brand PayPal as "X" years ago and was shot down due to focus groups stating it reminded them of adult websites.
Thiel and PayPal co-founder Max Levchin plotted a coup against Musk while he was on his first vacation in years. The board fired Musk as CEO in September 2000 and replaced him with Thiel. Thiel formally changed the name of the combined company to PayPal in 2001.
- 600-man Spanish expedition tried to colonize Florida (Narváez expedition)
1527: A 600-man Spanish expedition tried to colonize Florida, loses its ships, finds no gold, and gets routed by natives. Four survivors are left wandering naked.
Full information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narv%C3%A1ez_expeditionl
- There was an attempt at robbery in Atlanta (Failed)youtube.com Robbery attempt in Atlanta fails as patrons ignore ‘gunman’
A video showing an attempted robbery at an Atlanta was released by Crime Stoppers in Atlanta to aid in the search for the suspect on Thursday. It happened on...
Interesting but potentially dangerous tactic, ultimately failed the attempt.
- An Attempt at less scary gas masks
This did not help the situation, imo I don't believe they would actually be considered "less scary". But if they worked, they worked?
Actual article for more details here: Did you know Walt Disney designed the world’s weirdest gas mask?
- An attempt was made to prove I'm not a bot, the machine said I failed.
Seriously, what's the error rate on these things anyways. It's pretty outrageous these days.
- There was an attempt made for a successful surgery..300% Mortalitywww.thevintagenews.com Robert Liston performed the only operation with a 300% mortality rate; His patient, his assistant and a spectator died | The Vintage News
Robert Liston was born on October 28th, 1794, in Ecclesmachan Scotland, to Henry Liston, a Scottish clergyman, and inventor. He was named after his
Robert Liston performed the only operation with a 300% mortality rate; His patient, his assistant and a spectator died. I'm questioning if it was attempted though, it kinda seems like you'd have to try to kill all three...
- An Attempt was made to use Pig heart in Human (Lasted 2mos Tho)www.cbsnews.com Pig transplant efforts continue after Maryland's failed attempt to give man gene-edited pig heart
Last year, University of Maryland surgeons made history by transplanting a gene-edited pig heart into a dying man who was out of other options. He survived only two months before the organ failed for reasons that aren't fully understood but that offer lessons for future attempts.
> Last year, University of Maryland surgeons made history by transplanting a gene-edited pig heart into a dying man who was out of other options. He survived only two months before the organ failed for reasons that aren't fully understood but that offer lessons for future attempts. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to allow some small but rigorous studies of pig heart or kidney transplants in volunteer patients.
- Attempt at Verizon's OEM Locking and 3yrs later it's still failingcommunity.verizon.com Pixel OEM Unlocking Support
Hello, I am in the process of doing some development work with my Google Pixel 3XL and am getting hung up at some stages due to the "OEM unlocking" feature being disabled. My understanding is that this is because the phone has been purchased from Verizon. I am disappointed that after spending a siza...
For years now Verizon has been locking bootloaders preventing custom ROMs from being used, most commonly the Google Pixel where if purchased from Google it's unlocked but from a carrier (Verizon especially) it's been labeled impossible. Over 3yrs later and the attempt is still a failure.
- An attempt was made for next-gen storage tech (failed tech)
It's hard to remember all the technology that just didn't make it, it's kind of a great flash back.
- Oil change was attempted
An oil change was attempted, if it wasn't for the coolant reservoir being yellow (Which is, of course, the universal color for oil)...
Careful out there, read the manual and the labels.
- To Pressure Reddit into API Policy Changes
The insurrection is over.
