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I'm not aware that AMOC collapse is going to significantly alter New England's climate as it will Europe's.

There's a setting to make the old behavior default.

Yes (after user protest as I recall) but then the new UI just diverges over time, and quite possibly gets features not in the old one. I want the latest UI, and ideally the default UI, I just also want that not to be stupid.

To be clear I don't even think I'm talking about taste here, although people did complain about that. I can't think of any good reason that 'fill' is not the default action on an app/extension whose core purpose is to fill things.


Why don't you want women or people of color interviewed for those positions?


Someone didn't bother reading the article before getting uppity. It's literally on the second page.

>For nearly 30 years, folic acid, a key B vitamin, has been required to be added to enriched wheat and white breads, cereals and pastas in the U.S.

>Decades of research show the 1998 requirement cut rates of serious defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly by about 30%, preventing about 1,300 cases a year. It is regarded as one of the top public health triumphs of the 20th century.

>But corn masa flour, a staple used in Latino diets, was left out of the original fortification requirement — and rates of conditions such as spina bifida and anencephaly in that community have remained stubbornly high.


I use a SteamOS distribution for all my gaming, Bazzite. KCD2 works perfectly. The only game I haven't tried to get running yet is Star Citizen.


There was a time not all that long ago that the most expensive thing most people owned was clothing.


"Dear Mother: school is fine. I'm getting good grades. Please send money for a new tunic, as I have torn my only one. Love, John" - gist of an actual 15th-century letter home from a university student.


Yes, we've managed to make our ancient hardware run more modern software but it's a bit of a kludge and causes compatibility issues.


I mean yeah... one of his co-conspirators is the President.


Yes well there probably weren't indoor toilets or the internet either, but progress continues.


It would be nice if they would make some progress in teaching reading, writing and arithmetic.


Friendly reminder that battery chemistries differ greatly. Lithium iron phosphate, a safer but less dense chemistry than Lithium Ion, contains no cobalt.


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