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August 2, 2026 at 12:18 pm
(August 2, 2026 at 7:00 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: (August 2, 2026 at 6:49 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that alters perceptions, including making objects appear larger or smaller than they actually are.
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So, what men tell women is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
The phrase ‘Eat Me’ fairly leaps to mind.
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August 10, 2026 at 1:24 am
Something I should have learned DECADES ago: the reason pencil lead keeps snapping even after you’ve just sharpened it is because the sharpeners are poorly designed.
I’ve had enough issues that the second I found out I was allowed to use a mechanical pencil, I never looked back.
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August 10, 2026 at 4:36 am
^I've found that an electric sharpener eliminates the breaking issue.
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August 11, 2026 at 4:52 pm
Newer hard drives of 6 TB or more do not have the middle screw holes that older hard drives had. I just populated a server with seven 8 TB drives but didn't run into the issue because those specific drives didn't need the middle screw hole removed in their design, so they had the traditional three holes per side. I dodged a bullet there as I spent $600 on those drives and they wouldn't have worked properly in my NAS case if they had the newer hole arrangement.
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August 11, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Ray Bradbury’s first sale as an author was made at age 14. He sold a joke to George Burns which was used on the Burns and Allen show. History does not record what the joke actually was.
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France has mandated that large and medium-sized car parks cover at least 50% of their area with solar panels. The government is offering substantial incentives to offset the cost of installation. There are exemptions for environmentally or culturally sensitive areas, which may opt for green canopies (such as ivy or shade trees) instead of solar panels.
This scheme is estimated to add up to 11 gigawatts of solar power to the country’s electricity grid.
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Robbie Williams has been diagnosed with autism.
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(7 hours ago)Rev. Rye Wrote: Robbie Williams has been diagnosed with autism.
Boasting about having a neurodevelopmental disorder seems like kind of a weird flex.
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