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“She was not an important player by their standards; the only unusual thing about her was her sex, and even that wasn’t unique in Russia. There was Nona Gaprindashvili, not up to the level of this tournament, but a player who had met all these Russian grandmasters many times before. ”
Excerpt From
The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis
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Looks like Netflix changed the description of Nona from how she was depicted in the book.I can't set custom alerts anymore for e.g., umbrella or UV, but the automatic alerts are exactly how I wanted them anyway... and it's nice that the app changes which data is shown based on the current conditions: if it's going to rain, the map shows weather radar instead of temperature
Well, I don't really like that; it just doesn't look nice to me.
HDPE plastic -- the heavy duty stuff? The only truly recyclable plastic.
I throw all plastic that can't be recycled in the trash.
I was getting 300mbit downloads when I was in Chicago with mine a couple weeks ago
Every American should have access to the same quality public education. :(
This should be at the top of the post honestly
that's a relatively new concept that hasn't exactly worked out so well for anyone that's ever done it
https://twitter.com/PeterMcCormack/status/140447240554906010...
Vyper powers some big projects like Yearn
I still have fiber above ground running through my yard. ATT doesn't bury it, they just run it above ground and wait for a 3rd party contractor to come by and bury it later. Mines been above ground for 6 months now
All my purchases on Coinbase have been transferred to my own hardware wallet. You're spreading rumors that they don't support self custody of your purchases
Hyundai Kona and Ionic EVs - battery recall, can't get parts https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/tech/hyundai-ev-recall/index....
VW Id3 and Id4 - massive software issues https://insideevs.com/news/389129/volkswagen-id3-massive-sof...
Either Tesla is actually good at this or all the other car manufacturers are incompetent.
edit: Jaguar FPace had a bunch of issues too.
Basically BMW and Audi have EVs that launched OK but they can't afford to build them at scale
Nissan Leaf is still going fine
Really sucks this is happening because it gives EVs a bad reputation
Disclaimer: i own a Leaf and a 3