Why “current” is being discussed
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What you're describing is how the watch market bifurcated after quartz watches came out. Mechanical watches were previously utilitarian devices, made to be as thin as possible a…
by ndiddy · Oct 31, 2026
Netanyahu is actively sliming all of the Arab Israeli as "cheaters" and "stealer". The opposition could ally with those parties and end Netanyahu corruption and start the Oct 7…
by Arodex · Oct 31, 2026
From the MIT-AI Lab's file "AI:HUMOR;PDP-* LIST", the inimitable Marc Crispin weighs in on DEC's PDP's: https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/ma…
by DonHopkins · Oct 31, 2026
I think both this and their past opposition are actually principled positions; I welcome the change. Nuclear power was not without accidents and risk, and things are improved, p…
by dofm · Oct 31, 2026
No one knows how the US works anymore because the current administration doesn't follow laws and just makes it all up as they go along. It turns out the court system is too slow…
by jeremyjh · Oct 31, 2026
This is a good sentiment but wrong idea. The natural state of the world is everyone copies everything. This is hugely beneficial once something is discovered/created. Copyr…
by snapplebobapple · Oct 31, 2026
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