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    Turning my Framework laptop into a tiny desktop was fun. Now it needs a job.

    It's Theseus' Laptop! If you build a new laptop out of the old laptop parts, which one is the original laptop?
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    Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks

    Somewhere in Google, an unread copy of PeopleWare is lying around. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopleware:_Productive_Projects_and_Teams
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    Keyboard DIYing is moving outside hobbyist circles—and that’s a good thing

    FWIW, can we get away from the "And That's A Good Thing" headlines? It's not like a keyboard hobby being popular is a controversial thing. Maybe save that for something that is difficult to comprehend.
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    A big horsepower jump and more changes to come for Formula E in 2023

    Even better, have the batteries recharge with the rotation of the wheels. Perpetual motion unlocked! You're welcome, science! /s
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    How to build a wormhole in just 3 (nearly impossible) steps

    There was a young man named Cole, Who travelled through a wormhole. His dv/dt was wondrous to see, But now all that's left is his soul.
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    Ars’ plea: Someone make this into a series

    Honestly. The actual Star Wars sequels by Timothy Zahn would have been brilliant. Thrawn, Luuke, and all that jazz. I would love to see the Earthsea books by Ursula K. LeGuin get a solid treatment. Not the "Made For TV" version.
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    GitHub agrees RIAA claim is bunk, restores popular YouTube download tool

    What? How? This is unbelievable! Awesome news!
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    Someone leaked the COVID hospitalization data taken from the CDC

    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. --Inigo Montoya
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    President Trump: “Melania and I tested positive for COVID-19”

    That 20 year old is probably there against her will. Ask her to blink twice if she needs help.
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    CDC’s new school guidelines play down risk, play up attendance

    Found the hacker cat. I'm choosing to believe this is not a typo, but the most meta comment I've seen on this site.
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    Dell XPS 13 and XPS 13 Developer Edition—side-by-side review

    Hey Jim. That's a good idea, but it would have been better to put the cup in the plane of the notebooks, i.e. in line with the notebooks so that they appear at the same magnification. Objects in the foreground seem larger just by dint of being closer to the lens. Also, you're forcing the...
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    Dell XPS 13 and XPS 13 Developer Edition—side-by-side review

    I think your header image would be much improved by moving your novelty mug to the side. It's blocking the view of the laptops. Also you should probably put your knife folded back into itself so that you don't cut yourself accidentally.
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    Scientists discover that four “blank” Dead Sea Scrolls actually have text

    He means that the quote is the same as the one in the movie "Pulp Fiction".
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    Netflix releases first teaser trailer for Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045

    That trailer looks like the setting for Appleseed (another work by the GITS author), not Ghost In The Shell. I'm so confused. This looks disappointing. Edit: Ninja'd by Mr. Bigglesworth.
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    Bugatti found out just how fast the Chiron is, flat-out: 305mph

    "Listing image by Bugatt" Listing image by Bugatti instead?
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    HBO drops first teaser for its upcoming Watchmen series

    I'll never forgive Lindelof for Alien: Prometheus.
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    Mood lighting and a funky attitude: The 2020 Kia Soul

    So that's where Sam & Max, Freelance Police got to!
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    Physicists report electron is round—what does that mean?

    All that's left is to confirm that it's smooth, and of negligible mass, and the physics problems just got a lot easier!