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#OtD 3 Sep 1945 President Harry Truman approved and expanded Operation Paperclip, a secret plan to bring over 1500 Nazi scientists and war criminals to live in the US where they worked on the space program as well as biological and chemical weapons stories.workingclasshistory.co…
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NPR: After a 4-year-old boy broke a 3,500-year-old vase, a museum in Israel viewed it as an educational opportunity and invited him and his family back to learn about how they would restore the item.#news #NPR npr.org/2024/09/03/g-s1-20608/…
#News #NPR


Zase se nechala slyšet moje milá paní účetní, že bankovní výpisy v událostech #AbraFlexi jsou sice fayn, ale je to málo. Chce tam všechno ...

Oficiálně tedy vyhlašuji nový projekt abraflexi-isds pro synchronizaci datové schránky s událostmi v AbraFlexi.

Termín realizace zatím není určen ale velmi jej může také ovlivnit váš názor v komentářích.

Aplikace bude jak je mým dobrým zvykem zdarma a #OpenSource.

#ISDS #Datovka

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A look at the growing use of tablets in US prisons, letting inmates make calls, send messages, and more, as the FCC imposes price caps on voice and video calls (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal)

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“When I employed you, you led me to believe you were a hardened criminal.”

“As My Lady knows, before I entered your service I was found guilty of a large number of offenses.”

“Then have the courage of your convictions. Drink.”

— Lady Peinforte and Richard, in “Silver Nemesis”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



“Where will he go now?”

“Somewhere else.”

— Borusa and Leela bid farewell to the Doctor, in “The Invasion of Time”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



I am whatever I am made to be. This time Lady Peinforte called me Nemesis, so I am retribution.

— Nemesis, in “Silver Nemesis”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



Have you noticed how people's intellectual curiosity declines sharply the moment they start waving guns about?

— The Doctor, in “The Horns of Nimon”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



The cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about.

— The Master, in “The Five Doctors”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



Everyone has a “point” nowadays. I am a man of action, not reason!

— Yrcanos, in “Mindwarp”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

— The Doctor, in “The Two Doctors”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



“Oh, you shouldn't be worried; Time Lords have 90 lives.”

“How many have you got through?

“About 130.”

— The Doctor and Romana, in “The Creature From the Pit”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



Didn't you find two angry men stuck to my car?

— The Doctor, in “The Ambassadors of Death”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



NPR: This summer, RMS Titanic, Inc. — the salvor-in-possession of the wreck — made its first unmanned dive to the wreck in 14 years. The team uncovered some rare finds — and losses.#news #NPR npr.org/2024/09/02/nx-s1-50974…
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Learning how to read a map should be taught in schools. The amount of people who can't correlate what they're seeing in front of them with what's on the map is astounding.


“I refuse to be worried by a renegade like the Master. He's an unimaginative plodder.”

“His degree in cosmic science *was* of a higher class than yours.”

“Yes, well, I was a late developer.”

— The Doctor and the unnamed Time Lord, in “Terror of the Autons”

#DoctorWho #quote #quotation



Woman Mailed Herself an Apple AirTag To Help Catch Mail Thieves - Several items were stolen from a woman's P.O. box. So she mailed herself a package... - yro.slashdot.org/story/24/08/3… #crime





Every programming language with the === operator is a language where the designer made a mistake and has since had to paper over the cracks.

in reply to Debian

nvidia drivers fail after update and it can't boot KDE. I can get to console by pressing ctrl+alt+F2, so keep waiting for an update. Selecting a previous kernel in GRUB does work.
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Ah fuck just two days after I prepared my ad-hoc usb key image for my students which will be distributed tomorrow.




Today, my son asked "Can I have a book mark?" and I burst into tears. 11 years old and he still doesn't know my name is Brian.



Jack White Threatens Donald Trump Campaign With Legal Action: “Don’t Even Think About Using My Music You Fascists”
#News #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #JackWhite

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Asking for donations in Plasma

pointieststick.com/2024/08/28/asking-for-donations-in-plasma

Why do we ask for donations so often? Because it’s important! As KDE becomes more successful and an increasing number of people use our software, our costs grow as well: Web and server hosting Organizing and hosting larger Akademy events Funding more and…




How to Wirelessly Transfer Files Between Windows, macOS, Linux, and Mobile

Check it out! 👇
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#Ios #Ipados #Macos #Windows #Files #Mac




AI crypto tokens wobble as Nvidia posts good but not good enough earnings - AI-related tokens slumped as Nvidia’s Q2 earnings beat Wall Street estim... - cointelegraph.com/news/ai-cryp… #lisaabramowicz #wallstreet #edludlow #nvda
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@NVAccess Again, this is an automated account without anyone checking its posting, sadly I just mute them and move on.


Poláci chtějí zrušit televizní poplatky. Nový zákon vyřeší víc problémů najednou lupa.cz/clanky/polaci-chteji-z…


What is the tallest building in the world? The library – it’s got the most stories!



nOps, which helps companies optimize AWS spend, raised a $30M Series A led by Headlight Partners and says its customer base grew 450% over the past 18 months (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

techcrunch.com/2024/08/27/nops…
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Release notes for the Android 14 downgrade OTA confirm Google delays Android 15 roll out to Pixel devices from September to October, possibly around 15th (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)

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