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quadyeast··on Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's
With desserts you come back for seconds.
quadyeast··on De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
uhm, they need to proof thier article "This increased demand has in turn partly driven the current bull market in gold, with prices forecast to climb toward $4,000/oz by mid-2026."
quadyeast··on Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem?
How and why would someone tamper an Apple Gift Card?
quadyeast··on Prove It All Night: With no fame or fortune, what keeps a band onstage? (1999)
princess comes first.
quadyeast··on Nearly all UK drivers say headlights are too bright
I'm often on highways were the left lane, for many miles, is the only one without potholes and broken road.
quadyeast··on Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication
you would think that 100% of racoons that expose people to rabies have rabies.
quadyeast··on Apple M5 chip
mediaanalysisd has been consuming ~140% CPU since upgrading a few weeks ago. I just turned off Apple Intelligence and it dropped to 0%.
quadyeast··on Is air travel getting worse?
some "People suck."
quadyeast··on Is “The Phoenician Scheme” Wes Anderson's Most Emotional Film?
Bottle Rocket is a charming film
quadyeast··on The Early Days of Valve from a Woman Inside
The (film) camera dept, led by the cinematographer, encompasses the camera operators, the electricians led by the Gaffer, the grips led by the key grip, and the camera assistants which includes loaders and focus pullers.
quadyeast··on The rise of the disposable car
... including the gently driven car that just got totaled.
quadyeast··on How I think about debt
Banks want to insure the collateral.
quadyeast··on The Rise and Fall of the LAN Party
q3 arena
quadyeast··on Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds
The opaque tinted side windows make it hard to tell if the driver sees you at the pedestrian cross. I'm often forced to wait till they leave and they sometimes wait for me so ...
quadyeast··on What's the deal with all those weird wrong-number texts?
Apple Messages breaks if you temporarily use a different phone number on your cell. All chats in old threads were broken off into different threads. It was a disaster. You would think that since Apple knows this is still the same user that this would not happen?
quadyeast··on Replay-based attack on Honda and Acura vehicles
Does this attack work if you do not push any of the key fob buttons i.e. if you unlock the car by touching the front door handle with the key in your pocket; starting the car by pushing the engine start button with the key in your pocket?
quadyeast··on America has a drinking problem
that chart does not make sense to me unless >10% of Americans are AA. I can't think of anyone, besides non-drinking Alcoholics, that have less than 1 drink/wk
quadyeast··on Elliptic Curve Cryptography Explained
"Time limited offer expires on Sep 31 2019, " does that mean it never expires?
quadyeast··on Much fridge food ‘goes there to die’
Yup, I would rather have slightly stale than moldy bread. And it does not get that stale that fast.
quadyeast··on GoDaddy is a scam
Totally off topic but I must. Because of the the painful UI to the horrible marketing to the elephant killing paid for by the founder, I celebrate everything anti-Godaddy.
quadyeast··on Quora User Data Compromised
Does the bank not hold the liability if a credit card is used fraudulently? (I'm sure the process is a pain.)
quadyeast··on Every Byte of a TLS Connection Explained and Reproduced
I have no need to look at that page at length ... but I am. This is very well made and interesting.
quadyeast··on Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
It's "Something about poorly designed, object-oriented systems."

1. compound adjectives are hyphenated, except when the first world ends in 'ly.' 2. two adjectives, should have comma, similar to 'big, green systems.'

quadyeast··on Is “data scientist” the new “programmer”?
nit: is it "about poorly-designed, object-oriented systems"?
quadyeast··on Mark Zuckerberg and his empire of oily rags
It's ironic that the tool to increase friendship is evil.
quadyeast··on Diamonds Suck (2006)
... I think he meant the other class
quadyeast··on Diamonds Suck (2006)
What would be the downside of buying a large flawless synthetic diamond? You can be sure it is not a blood diamond.
quadyeast··on Diamonds Suck (2006)
This is great.

I would ask my wife if she wanted a fake diamond and new car or a real diamond.

quadyeast··on Diamonds Suck (2006)
Is it something you really want or is it expected of you?

Do you really want to enrich debeers? Buy a 2K wedding cake?

quadyeast··on 96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses Fortune, Then Donates $8.2M
For me buying stuff is anxiety making and not fun. If the cost is > $100 there is sure to follow a good bout of buyers remorse and often a returned item.
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