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doctat··on Forecast for US Recession Within Year Hits 100%
Where does one park money during a recession?
doctat··on uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
I would love something like this for Google News, to block stories by keyword. Supposedly the functionality exists within Gnews itself to do this, but it doesn't work, never has, and I expect it never will.
doctat··on Arecibo Observatory Collapsed
The logical thing to do here is to simply rebuild it, right?

I mean all the infrastructure is there. Power, networking, housing, staff, etc., etc. Like there couldn’t ever be a more convenient place to drop a similar type of instrument, right?

And it seems that the towers are still up, surely the anchors for the cables are no worse for wear. The actual dish itself looks to be composed of a bunch of panels that are probably designed for easy replacement. And most of them seem to still be intact.

Just string up a newer, lighter weight, more powerful state of the art instrument array on a newer, stronger, lighter set of cables.

Or am I missing something obvious?

doctat··on Apple is evaluating new keyboard mechanisms to make thinner MacBooks
They’re not going to stop, until we are all typing on a flat glass panel with our fingers, just like I’m doing with my thumbs on this iPhone. They already did it with my beloved ESC key...
doctat··on Apple Updates Air, Pro Laptops, Kills Off the MacBook
Maybe if they centered the damm thing with regard to where your hands rest, vs the center of the laptop.

As it is now, the trackpad is shifted significantly to the right - so much so that my right Palm is constantly triggering it.

I’m basically forced to use a mouse and disable the trackpad while the mouse is connected.

Yet another aesthetic choice that screws up functionality..

doctat··on Putting the Tesla HEPA Filter and Bioweapon Defense Mode to the Test
everyone - this is the button you press when someone farts in the car, nothing more...
doctat··on James Burke: Connections, Episodes 1-10 (1978) [video]
Fantastic series - I remember watching this as a kid with my dad, and reading the book of the same name over and over. One of my fondest memories.