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Internet Rivers

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2021-06-15 17:00

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RE: A Root Beer Float Saturday

Here's a joke to enjoy with your float: !LOLZ

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irivers

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RE: Selling My Hive Punk for a Project and Uploading a New Avatar

I noticed several hundred punks were on sale; so my guess is that the heyday of the punks is past. I should have sold the punk a year ago. !WINE

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Rant, Complain, Talk

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RE: Seeing Life Through One Eye 👁

They gave me stronger and stronger eyewear as a kid and my eyesight quickly diminished until I was dependent on the glasses. I am not sure if they were knowingly doing wrong. On hindsight, I wish I resisted.

irivers

HIVE CN 中文社区

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RE: Google vs GPT

In the early days of the Internet, Webmaster fell in love with Google because Google sent them traffic. The Internet community followed the webmasters and Google won the search engine wars. Google Translate:

irivers

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RE: The first robot to use chopsticks

There appears to be a hinge on the "chopsticks." This robot is using tongs ... not true chopsticks. !WINE

irivers

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RE: Portable CD Players. That was a Horrible Time to be Alive!

I didn't own a walkman as they were too rich for my blood. iTunes was free; so I downloaded it and got some free music. I ended up buying a low end iPod as it was only about $10. It broke after a few uses.

irivers

Feathered Friends

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RE: Ugly and thieving bird

Crows are inate thieves. This is probably the reason why the do well in a human dominated world. They also are smart. They seem to have the ability to remember people and hold grudges. So, if you are mean

irivers

Feathered Friends

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RE: The little bird chases the big bird!

Starlings like to harass big birds. Starlings are invasive in the western US; so it is common to see starlings attacking birds. I encountered an interesting scene: Two starlings were attacking a peregrine

irivers

fornoparticularreason

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RE: "For no particular reason..." #8 - If it's about politics, don't call it science.

One of my mental shelves broke when I asked the question: "What exactly is "political science?" The sad answer is that it is the sience of manipulating the body politic. Base manipulation

irivers

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RE: Why Carbonated Drinks Are Silent Killers of Your Health

Great article. However, there is one problem I've encountered in articles about carbonated drinks. People end up assuming that the carbonation in the problem. Usually the problem is with things added to

irivers

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RE: What is Your Preferred Smartphone Category?: Budget vs Mid Range vs Flagship

Since phone companies use planned obselesence, the high end phone will become a mid range device in a few years. Sadly, some companies appear to build an expiration date into the phone. Old phones are

irivers

SciFi Multiverse

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RE: The Psychology of Procrastination: Why We Delay and How to Overcome It

Dang it! I was going to write a post about the science of procrastination. Of course, I have no idea how to over come it. !WINE

irivers

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RE: Embracing the chill - Why people does not feel same cold at same temperature?

I've noticed that I respond to changes in the temperature more than the temperature itself. I get cold in the Fall when the temperature is dropping but feel warm in the Winter after my body has adjusted

irivers

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RE: Who Are Pharma Ads For?

Brilliant article. I figured out this one a long time ago. You might remember the newspapers of old. Newspaper had a section called legal notices. The notices were paid placements mandated by law to reward

irivers

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RE: Burning Posts?

Setting the beneficiary of a post to @null effectively burns author rewards for the post. You can set the beneficiary in the advanced option section of peakd. Peakd will show the beneficiaries of a post

irivers

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RE: How should I heat our workshop?

Infrared Heaters generate radiant heat. They are suppsed to heat the objects in the room and not the air. They are often used in poorly insulated locations. !WINE Posted using STEMGeeks

irivers

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RE: Beware of fighting the truth, especially when it involves the collective efforts of many. Once caught, it's game over - you can't win by lying or playing with people's money and time. Transactions don't lie, people do

You just posted a whole bunch of posts in STEM which have nothing to do with STEM. @Spaminator downvoted the post. I hate when @spaminator doesn't reveal the reason for the downvote. In this case it seeems

irivers

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RE: The People Matter More than the Candidate

I've been working on the issue of health care reform since the 1990s. Both Conservatives and Progressives have systematically shut down debates during that time. You may not know this, but Trump was already

irivers

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RE: Although 8.2 Billion in Population, We Weigh Less as Living Biomass

Inspired by your post I will eat some Halloween candy. This will increase our biomass. Here is a wine. I guess it won't do anything because it is a cyber wine.Perhaps it would increase your electron mass?

irivers

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RE: Base 12 - The Key To Understanding the Universe

Using different bases encournages people to think. As a programmer I find that many problems become easier when I stick with base two. !LOL Posted using STEMGeeks