Interesting......September 10, 2018
On My Mind
Democracy is a gift, and a privilege.
Folks in several countries die each day trying to get what we have.
Let us treasure it.
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El Presidente Obama, on his first biting political speech since leaving office: "You can’t opt out because you don’t feel sufficiently inspired by this or that particular candidate. This is not a rock concert. This is not Coachella."
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A Fortnite Monopoly board game? Of course! :-> Fortnite Monopoly ditches money for weapons and chests
Microsoft & All Things Windows
Microsoft to charge for Windows 7 updates. Good. If you’re still running Windows 7 today, it’s you fault. Update, or bug off! I was bothered enough to write s small blurb here. Crazy!
Business
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I wouldn’t put it past Tsar Vlad The Terrible and his minions! :-> France Accuses Russia of Space Satellite Espionage
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It’s an ideal workload for electric trucks, I would think -> Your UPS deliveries may soon arrive in electric trucks
Technology
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Kinda sucks, doesn’t it? On MacOS/OS X, no less.:-> The most popular "privacy" tool in Apple's Mac App Store was stealing users' browsing history and sending it to China.
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Living in multi-story homes, I have neve been an iRobot Roomba fan, opting instead to have whole-house vacuum systems and their attendant in-wall ports installed instead. The news that Roombas upload a map of your crib to the cloud swore me off them. Just for that, I’m still not a fan of their latest product, the Roomba i7. I won’t be getting it.
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For pet owners to decipher, they mean. :-> Fitness trackers help put fat pets on a diet
General Interest
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Very good read :-> What’s driving me crazy about electric cars
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Bottom line, and in-line with everything I have read: Canon’s new mirrorless line is basically half-steppin’. Engadget had it for three days.
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Just make Pluto a planet again, and let us resume our search for Nemesis (Planet X)!
World
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Heroes to zeros in about a New York second! What prompts grown men to behave so badly? -> Three pilots hailed as heroes for saving lives of 103 people when Aeromexico flight crashed are FIRED as it's revealed a trainee was at the controls during take-off
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If this truly works, why aren’t we trying it here? :-> Vast Wind And Solar Farms Would Bring More Rain to Africa
Delectable Horologigrafica Timepiece of the Day
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Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor Platinum
Politics
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These bastards have eschewed dog-whistles completely! GOP Lawmaker Is a Leader in Hate Group That Calls Immigration ‘Assault on Our Culture’
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