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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 9, 2022 at 1:19 pm
(December 9, 2022 at 12:40 pm)Jackalope Wrote: Our company holiday party is in Portland, Maine. I'm in central Mexico.
I don't think I'll be attending.
Slacker.
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 9, 2022 at 3:57 pm
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 9, 2022 at 11:08 pm
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This guy allegedly lived to be 138 (although the photo says 132 his grave says 138)
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 10, 2022 at 12:10 am
The Vikings never wore horned helmets; the first historical reference to such was from Richard Wagner’s 19th century opera Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 10, 2022 at 4:28 am
(December 10, 2022 at 12:10 am)Jehanne Wrote: The Vikings never wore horned helmets; the first historical reference to such was from Richard Wagner’s 19th century opera Der Ring des Nibelungen.
All available evidence to the contrary, I maintain that the Vikings DID have horns on their helmets. But the horns were on the inside, which is what made them so cranky.
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 10, 2022 at 4:31 am
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 10, 2022 at 9:42 am
(December 9, 2022 at 12:40 pm)Jackalope Wrote: Our company holiday party is in Portland, Maine. I'm in central Mexico.
I don't think I'll be attending.
Mexican standoff?
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
December 10, 2022 at 5:41 pm
(December 7, 2022 at 2:10 pm)Ranjr Wrote: (December 7, 2022 at 12:11 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Television is actually enjoyable when you have a decent-quality TV. I've been judging things by my 15-year-old 1080p Emerson cheapie. My new TCL is a whole different ballgame.
I got a new, small, basic TCL for upstairs. It's better than expected, and I love that it needs no box, just wi-fi. Funny thing though, I still prefer the old Panasonic plasma downstairs. I can't decide if I'm seeing accurately or being set in my ways.
My only TV is a 15 year-old 60" Panasonic 1080P plasma. The only thing that comes close in black level and brightness is a QD OLED. I'm waiting for them to drop below $2k for a high-quality 65" one. It's getting close...
Another benefit with a plasma set, is that in the evening, I don't need to use the furnace as much.
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