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corkybetaon Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry

I think the Glorious Revolution in 1688 normally takes the title of last successful invasion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

corkybetaon Free SQL→ER diagram tool, runs in the browser, nothing uploaded

Could we have the option of straight lines and 90 degree angles? I’ve never really liked the bendy ones. Looks cool, good job!

corkybetaon Crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test

Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing_a_Song_of_Sixpence

corkybetaon I salvaged $6k of luxury items discarded by Duke students

Maybe there are plenty of art projects going on nearby.

corkybetaon We're Still Not Done with Jesus

Mention of Richard Carrier was odd. The mythicist angle of Gospel accounts seems the least worthy of mention, even when the author encourages taking his work with the proverbial sodium. I like watching Tim O'Neill angrily refute everything Carrier says - he really doesn't like the guy.

corkybetaon UK General Election called for July 4th

Shinzo Abe was great at doing this - timed some early elections perfectly.

corkybetaon Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now?

Unity 7 HUD could search the menubar of any application. I was quite good at guessing the name of the function I wanted, far better than I was at finding it in menus. It looks like MATE, XFCE and i3 still have this.

https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hud

https://jamcnaughton.com/2015/10/19/hud-for-xubuntu/#jp-caro...

corkybetaon Mastercard Should Stop Selling Our Data

cardholders Mastercard thinks will be “high-value”—predictions used to target certain people and encourage them to spend more money.

Sorry, I don't understand, perhaps because I am in the UK not US. My bank issues my Mastercard, so I don't have a direct relationship with them. How would they target me?

corkybetaon The quest for a simple smartwatch

I'm using a Fossil Hybrid. A nice analog watch with an e-ink display for notifications. https://www.fossil.com/en-gb/products/neutra-gen-6-hybrid-sm...

corkybetaon AMD Claims New Laptop Chip Is 30% Faster Than M1 Pro, Up to 30 Hours on Battery

I think the bigger intended effect of this choice of marketing is to try and stop Windows users moving to Mac for the excitement of the M1 chip.

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What threshold has to be met to be substantive due process? Does Loving meet that criteria or is it a lesser due process ruling?

The Wikipedia page also mentions the equal protection clause; will the ruling survive if only one basis of the ruling falls?

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The main alarmist assertion has been rebutted by @Botanygeek on twitter. I tend to turn to him whenever a newspaper reports on any environmental story, the same way we have to show scepticism every time a newspaper reports on any "x cures y" story.

Here are his thoughts in The New Scientist:

[1]: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232291-100-the-idea...