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China tells US it would prevail in a Taiwan conflict without using nukes
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  • I’ve been locked out of PayPal for years because of their mistake
  • There is Zelle, which is instant bank to bank. It's fairly widely available from one's financial institution, and it doesn't cost anything, but it's not terribly well known yet for some reason

  • NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang hints at AI-generated textures and objects in future games
  • 18 minutes into the game all the textures turn nazi and confederate. I'm calling it now

  • On the House floor, Republicans gag mentions of Trump’s conviction
  • That explains it; The holodeck has malfunctioned and turned evil, and we're all stuck inside

  • Which word came first? Richard, Dick, or Penis?
  • Origin and evolution of the pejorative slang

    In the mid-17th century, dick became slang for a man as a sexual partner.[5] For example, in the 1665 satireThe English Rogue by Richard Head, a "dick" procured to impregnate a character that is having difficulty conceiving:

    The next Dick I pickt up for her was a man of a colour as contrary to the former, as light is to darkness, being swarthy; whose hair was as black as a sloe; middle statur'd, well set, both strong and active, a man so universally tryed, and so fruitfully successful, that there was hardly any female within ten miles gotten with child in hugger-mugger, but he was more than suspected to be Father of all the legitimate. Yet this too, proved an ineffectual Operator.[6]

    An 1869 slang dictionary offered definitions of dickincluding "a riding whip" and an abbreviation of dictionary, also noting that in the North Country, it was used as a verb to indicate that a policeman was eyeing the subject.[7] The term came to be associated with the penis through usage by men in the military around the 1880s.[1]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_(slang)

  • China tells US it would prevail in a Taiwan conflict without using nukes
  • Better pack it in then. We've got no chance. Our oponent said so, and you can't argue with that.

    /s.....just in case

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  • I could swear I have a lo-fi Playlist by a Mikel

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  • Housing crisis: The hottest political issue European politicians aren’t talking about
  • I don't see how this addresses the AIRBNB problem, or the corporations that are rapidly buying up all analogous available housing stock in order to rent it out.

  • Housing crisis: The hottest political issue European politicians aren’t talking about
  • It's not. Not in the U.S. Not at all. Not even slightly.

  • The Clearing - by Kaystoneart (2022)(acrylic on canvas)
  • I find this unsettling for some reason

  • Options for non-smart TV in UK 2024?
  • This question is asked repeatedly, and this is always the correct answer. I honestly wish I could understand why people can't seem to latch on to this concept.

  • The United States will need 7 million migrants to cover old age support programs for baby boomers
  • I would rather see them live, and suffer the constant knowledge that they can do nothing without the help of their immigrant caregivers; who I hope are LGBTQ as well.

  • Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs
  • I'm sure there are downsides I am not thinking of, but let's all do this posthaste

  • My friend is debating between buying a 2024 Volkswagen R and a 2024 Audi S4.

    I had a 2007 GTI, and it is tied for 1st place for my favorite car I have ever owned. That said, what I've picked up from the interwebs is that VW is not longer making quality vehicles, for a number of reasons. Would love some opinions!

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    Ruthless (2023)

    A high school coach, whose teenage daughter was murdered, takes matters into his own hands by going after the men who kidnapped his student for their human trafficking operation.

    A 'late night' Hulu offering that caught my eye. With the usual 27 different production companies, I was far from optimistic. And yet, what a pleasant surprise! This is a gritty, delightful (though dark) revenge flick, complete with a really weird looking police detective (who winds up killing it!), AND a couple decent plot twists! (I checked the rules and nothing said recent movies are not allowed, and I strongly consider this one to be a B-Movie!)

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    Does anyone use a mail client other than Proton to access ProtonMail?

    I ask because not all emails will live update, they basically get imported and then that's it. What do you use, and why?

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    Home Improvement @lemmy.world DominusOfMegadeus @sh.itjust.works
    Faucet removal assistance - *SOLVED

    I am not familiar with this bronze colored nut that is holding my current Grohë Ladylux kitchen faucet to the counter. Does anyone know the best way to remove this? Thanks very much in advance!

    EDIT: I figured it out. You CANT unscrew the bronze colored piece from below. You have to Disassemble the upper part and then there's an internal threaded bit in the upper part that you have to unscrew. The guy in the video whips out some special tool that hasn't been seen or mentioned before in the video and uses it to unscrew the interior threads. I don't have that magical tool, so I just used pliers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRZ1QOinJsE

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    AI or Real: the Answers!
    sh.itjust.works AI or Real? - sh.itjust.works

    1.[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9cddfb9a-c728-4347-8878-62b7227dd595.png] 2. [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/2915f7be-9796-48d0-8f11-b8b232ab6fb2.jpeg] 3. [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4392c5d4-9f09-4145-a38a-19aa412cfc39.png] 4. [https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/c205f65d-9...

    AI or Real? - sh.itjust.works

    Many people were spot on, and others not as much. All in all I found it fascinating and a lot of fun. Here are the answers:

    0. REAL !

    1. AI !

    2. REAL !

    3. AI !

    4. REAL !

    5. AI !

    6. REAL !

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    Preston and Child, worth it?

    cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16399125

    > I used to love the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books > > Like Relic, and the Pendergast series etc. I feel like they got pretty schlocky, but it's been quite a while, and I don't really remember. Are any of their other stuff worth a read?

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