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Re:Major ICQ security hole (1998) on Friday October 16, 2026 @02:25AM (#50114820)
like hamsters
"disorderly conduct"
Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:22PM (#50094559)
They should be trained to call for "medical professionals" or something.

Anyway in a pinch you can be fairly sure that any non-medical doctor is extremely (maybe narrowly) educated, whatever that's worth. A young MD might be less appropriate.

Re:Do dentists know what they're doing? on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @03:51PM (#50094036)
What is authority when it is not unquestioned?
Re:Now That Information Is Free, What's a College Campus For? on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @12:05PM (#50073931)
one group is undergrads who think they're there to learn, the other group is postgrads who teach to eat

in between there are sweet, sweet fees

Re:Cartographers of North Korea on Sunday October 11, 2026 @08:44PM (#50049829)

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Re:The Dawn of the Age of the Exoskeleton on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:37PM (#50015318)
Did we learn nothing from The Wrong Trousers?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipRslDOIG5g

Re:The Dawn of the Age of the Exoskeleton on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:28PM (#50015239)
decent mecha-spider legs would kneel for easy mount/dismount
The spookiest thing about the Nail Clipping Song is that you immediately forget singing it, or even knowing it.
Re:Beauty in DVD Menus on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:46PM (#50009189)
Who's ripping DVDs in 2026? Just print a photo of each frame and flick through.
Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @09:08PM (#50000824)
Sure but biologists will talk to anything. You know what happened to the other tortoises? Bored to death.
Re:'Jonathan' Is the Oldest Land Animal on Earth on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @08:00PM (#50000383)
> The results revealed that Jonathan has “unique gene variants in most aging pathways” including DNA repair, insulin regulation, mitochondrial function, and “low entropy” methylation, reports the study.

min-maxing longevity vs speed and charisma

Then you are too invested for your own good.

Do Trekkies not crave novelty?

Nothing on that list should have lived this long.
Re:I'm the AGI that's wiping out humanity on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @01:45PM (#49981748)
even priapism
You sound like a lousy chef.
Re:Martian Chaos Terrain on Monday October 05, 2026 @09:07PM (#49972915)
that key made me queasy
Re:Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too? on Saturday October 03, 2026 @10:43PM (#49950100)
Transmitters on the bins seems cumbersome and expensive. I would use metal tape on the bin to complete a circuit on the fence.

Then I can overengineer the fensor circuit! Ultralow power, bin recognition, alarms, fox nerfs, auto-lids and so on.

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] on Saturday October 03, 2026 @04:51PM (#49947650)

  They fuck you up, your mum and dad. 
  They may not mean to, but they do. 
  They fill you with the faults they had
  And add some extra, just for you.
-Philip Larkin
Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Saturday October 03, 2026 @11:56AM (#49945356)
Your shits are human sized? Ooft
Coincidentally TIL about a Namibian politician who decided to drop the "Hitler" from his name. I only mention it because his first name is also Adolf
Re:Butterflies use optical illusions to dodge predators on Thursday October 01, 2026 @08:54PM (#49928738)
Sounds like the ol' razzle dazzle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage

I miss the taste of the glue.
Re:America.gov – Whatever you need from government, start here on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @11:49AM (#49895402)
or a well-crafted static website
Re:Pirating the Pirates on Monday September 28, 2026 @10:41PM (#49887429)
RotK: Author's Cut runtime is 35:03:2:6:21:13
Re:12,000-year-old Göbeklitepe burials explain scattered bones on Monday September 28, 2026 @08:48PM (#49886541)
We tried penis cult but there were complaints
Re:Best of British Design on Monday September 28, 2026 @05:44PM (#49884860)
I heard you can put a Merlin in a Mini if you remove the front seats
Presumably it would say

  GET BACK TO WORK
Re:Lab on a Contact Lens Can Measure Stress Through Serotonin on Friday September 25, 2026 @11:05PM (#49852808)
They go totally opaque until you calm down.

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