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avonmach

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avonmach··on eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible
Seems like a no brainer for people who want to go into a physical store without dealing with the hassle of waiting for the item to sell along with packaging and shipping.
avonmach··on GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay
GameStop is going to acquire BestBuy
avonmach··on Global Consciousness Live Data
Pretty interesting stuff haha
avonmach··on CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond Depart
In a memo to staff, Sharma made three commitments: great games, the “return of Xbox,” and to “invent new business models and new ways to play.”
avonmach··on Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions
Interesting, thanks for sharing this
avonmach··on Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions
Reminds me of Lakhovsky's book, The Secret of Life
avonmach··on Sergei Fedorov's Escape from Soviet Union Helped Save Red Wings (2020)
Rewatched the Russian Five movie the other day, what an interesting story.
avonmach··on 2025 was the year Xbox died
They should really not charge for the old Xbox Live subscription to play multiplayer and keep the subscriptions for access to the Netflix style library of games, long overdue.
avonmach··on Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion
or a third party
avonmach··on "Final Usonian Home" by Frank Lloyd Wright Completed in Ohio
This is awesome, they do tours of one of his houses near me, thanks for sharing
avonmach··on Budget would cut funding at UM, WSU, reward colleges with more in-state students
https://archive.is/GU2JH#selection-4159.0-4159.85
avonmach··on A Minimal Email Client
This is great. I wish this was possible with Outlook.
avonmach··on Evgeny Kuznetsov practices with Bauer stick that has hole in the blade
This reminds me slightly of RBK's O-Stick.
avonmach··on Google Buys Fitbit for $2.1B
Google taking the lead into the trackers market
avonmach··on How we will know when a recession is coming?
...when student loan delinquency increases and consumer spending decreases
avonmach··on Wayne State University: Re-enroll, we'll forgive your debt
It's a pilot program, hopefully others will follow suit and increase the amount forgiven.
avonmach··on Study Reveals Brain Mechanisms That Allow “Iceman” Unusual Resistance to Cold
Had to wordsmith the title to fit the character limit (:
avonmach··on The Kindle Changed the Book Business – Can It Change Books?
Keep in mind, also, Amazon Digital Services LLC has monetized a majority of free, public domain, publications onto their Kindle Store marketplace.
avonmach··on The Kindle Changed the Book Business – Can It Change Books?
They've changed the book business, and they are dominating the paid eBook market: "According to AuthorEarnings, which studies the book market, Amazon accounts for more than 80 percent of ebook sales in the US."

It'll be interesting to see if they delve into the ePaper market with an entirely new, dedicated device.

avonmach··on AIM will be discontinued today
R.I.P.