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    HP’s Linux-based AMD laptop releases, starts at $1,099

    I have an HP laptop with the a very similar keyboard layout. It's not great. I keep pressing page down instead of return, and home instead of backspace. Also the up/down arrows keys are too small. At least the control key is in the correct position.
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    Is Firefox OK?

    FireFox has two great features that Chrome doesn't have. The Multi-Account Containers plugin is great if you, say, need to switch between multiple Azure accounts. And bookmarks (remember those?) are way better in FireFox. A few years ago I went back to FireFox after noticing it used half the...
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    European astronauts call for development of a crewed spacecraft

    I doubt ESA will build their own crewed launch vehicle as long as cheap and reliable access to space is commercially available (from SpaceX and upcoming competitors). However, the Ariane programme was created partly in response to unacceptable conditions from NASA for launching European...
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    Debris from a satellite shot down by the Russians appears to threaten the ISS

    They have already invaded Ukraine and annexed parts of it.
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    The very common vaccine ingredient at the center of J&J, AstraZeneca drama

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    The very common vaccine ingredient at the center of J&J, AstraZeneca drama

    This kind of blood clot? Probably no one. This is no ordinary blood clot, but a rare combination of blood clots and bleeding at the same time, making them very hard to treat. Also, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. There might be more cases.
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    US CDC, FDA call for pause in use of J&J vaccine due to rare blood clots

    A recently published paper describes five cases of rare blood clots in Norway after the Astra Zeneca vaccine. Three women died (aged 37,42, and 54), while a woman aged 39 and a man aged 32 recovered. These rare blood clots are not that rare in Norway, with 5 cases (possibly 6) out of 130 000...