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Monday July 22, 2024. 11:47 PM
When we think of classic sitcoms, The Honeymooners often comes to mind as a pioneering show that laid the groundwork for countless family comedies to follow. However, revisiting its debut episode reveals a startling portrait of 1950s domestic life that feels less like comedy ...
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TL;DR: Having multiple tabs and pages open without extra monitor room can be stressful. So, why have only one when you can have three? This triple monitor extender is now less than $180! Remember when you could use just one laptop or computer monitor comfortably? — Read the...
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Watch Republican Vice-Presidential candidate make jokes about racism to a largely silent crowd. JD Vance reminds me of a cocky and unprepared high school student getting up to give a presentation. Jokes that go over like a lead balloon, and failing to make his point,...
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Russian propagandists are none too pleased with their rusty 'old' Putin puppet, Donald Trump, since President Biden dropped out of the race. In fact, as one Russian politician said today, Trump should have been 'a little bit smarter' with his strategy against Biden. — Read...
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Minecraft Story Mode was one of the first narrative spinoffs of the game, but one that died with developer Telltale Games and fell into intellectual property hell as a result. Microsoft and Mojang have moved on, but the kids still like it and it's not clear how to to find it ...
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In today's fast-paced news cycle, it's easy to fall for clickbait headlines that promise shocking revelations but often fail to deliver substantial information. To save you time and frustration, I've summarized the key points from several recent articles with eye-catching...
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The Seiko UC-2000 was a smartwatch in 1984. It even had a full QWERTY keyboard, though that admittedly came in the form of a dock the wrist computer attached to. It could still be worn, hypothetically; a larger version was deskbound. — Read the rest The post Seiko's 1984...
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The TRS-80 was among America's first successful home computers and for a while outsold Apple and Commodore's own entry-level machines. Now you can enjoy the experience of a Z80 in a box thanks to the Raspberry Pi and Joe Pasqua's handsome 3D-printed pseudo-replica. — Read...
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Colorado Governor was asked on CNN if he would consider an invitation to serve as Kamala Harris's VP if she offers him the job. He said: 'If they do the polling, and it turns out that they need a 49 -year-old balding gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado, they've got my number.' ...
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Ohio State Sen. George Lang took the stage screaming like a madman and then threatened violence if Trump does not win. 'It's going to take a civil war to save the country' if the Republicans lose, hollered Lang. Unity and toning things down have gone out the window, and they ...
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'The People's Joker' is an indie film that uses DC comics characters with questionable legality to tell an incredibly weird and incredibly moving story about a trans person discovering who they are. The film was originally slated to premiere in 2022 at the Toronto...
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Trump's campaign has not devised a plan to face Kamala Harris, so they're still running against Biden. Convinced he would win, convicted felon Donald Trump, who was now the oldest person in the race, picked a loser for a running mate. — Read the rest The post Grumpy old man...
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Mick Jagger recently posted a video showing him bounding about like a young gazelle on stage during the Rolling Stones' current Hackney Diamonds tour. He'll be 81 in four days. How has he managed to remain so limber and energetic? For one thing, physical exercise has always...
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No wonder Donald Trump 'is running scared,' as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said yesterday after President Joe Biden's announcement. Even before Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president yesterday, Harris — a former...
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You are a guard in a field with 100 prisoners. You have a gun with only one round. If a prisoner thinks there's even a tiny chance they won't get shot, they'll try to run away. If a prisoner is sure they'll get shot, they won't run away. — Read the rest The post One bullet,...
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Don't get your LLMs in a bunch; The Verge has put together a handy primer on all the acronyms and terms you need to know if you hope to survive SkyNet. This list contains the basic things you need to understand about AI, from language models to hallucinations. — Read the...
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TL;DR: Running into writer's block? Get help writing long-form content with help from Affpilot AI, a writing tool that can help you generate unique, SEO-friendly content in seconds for less than $50! While you might've dreamed about being a writer in the big city when you...
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Fujifilm can't make enough X100 VIs to keep up with demand for its perfect 'pocket' camera [dpreview.com], and now Amazon has canceled preorders. Ebay prices are now twice the MSRP. Amazon cites a lack of availability for the order cancellations, and the example screenshot...
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Once upon a time, Eddie Murphy was slated to star as the 'Number One Super Guy,' but the movie was canceled quicker than the human eye. 'Hong Kong Phooey' was a 1974 Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera. Voiced by Scatman Crothers ('Chico and the Man,' The...
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Workers at Bethesda Game Studios, source of all Elder Scrolls and contemporary Fallout goodness, voted to unionize. It's the first Microsoft-owned game outfit in the U.S. to do so and comprises a 'wall-to-wall' union that includes artists, engineers, programmers and...
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