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This is a thought experiment "Ball on a Table" for detecting whether someone has Aphantasia. What do you see when you perform this experiment?
  • You basically just expanded on everything I imagined. I couldn't have described it better.

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  • Any apps that are recommended? (My wife has been interested in spotting the recent comet)

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    We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury
  • I am curious where you are located, this has not been my experience working closely with our schools.

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    JD Vance Adviser Posted on Reddit for Years About Use of Cocaine, ‘Gas Station Heroin,’ Other Drugs
  • It has Mu receptor activity at very large doses, it is a (somewhat) effective anti depression response at low doses.

    What that all means is that the withdrawals from long term use as an opiate, rather than an antidepressant are absolutely legendary. Imagine having to withdraw from Heroin... but also you have to withdraw from a large dose of antidepressant at the same time... terrifying.

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  • Fisherman in Norway is probably an upgrade for some people lol

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    American military doctrine
  • You mean actual stores or fast food type places?

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    We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury
  • I was going to say "almost every American takes a school bus at one point in their life" then I looked it up and was disgusted to find that recently more children are driven to school than take the bus.

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    I'm Greganent?
  • I think the 20-24 line is hinting at a bad economy.

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  • Red hats are more comfortable anyway.

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    This is a thought experiment "Ball on a Table" for detecting whether someone has Aphantasia. What do you see when you perform this experiment?
  • I think my brain might just be lazy... I skipped over the entire walk to the table part. And just imagined a detached arm pushing the ball on a surface, until it rolled off the surface and that was all.

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    It's Official: NASA Declares The Solar Maximum Is Happening Now
  • So more northern lights visible?

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    My hero
  • Or you were so bad of a practitioner that you didn't even bother to learn what it was called

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    What naturally-occurring elements are the most worthless or not helpful for the creation and sustainence of life?
  • Seems like we use berlyium in a lot of things.

    What is beryllium?

    Beryllium is a metal that’s used in the manufacturing of dozens of products, including cars, computers, golf clubs and electrical equipment. Beryllium is light, non-magnetic, and a good conductor of heat and electricity, which is why it’s so common.

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/13807-beryllium-disease

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    LGBTQ+ rights have long been at the mercy of public opinion. This November will be no different.
  • Isn't that also the definition of rights? If you were in a vacuum, then you would be free from everything.

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    Mark Robinson sues CNN for leaking 'Black Nazi' porn site messages
  • It won't get that far. This is one of those it's cheaper to file a lawsuit than do a publicity blitz scenarios. He will drop the lawsuit, probably sometime after the election.

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    Audience laughs at Donald Trump as he tries to explain why he can't speak coherently anymore - LGBTQ Nation
  • He hasn't since his whole time in politics. Mary Trump makes some salient points about the media "sane washing" his ramblings, and "imbuing them with meanings that aren't there"

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    Windows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linux
  • What will the government do themselves? I think they are still running 10, and I haven't heard of any announcements from agencies switching.

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    The Ultimate Mug
  • It's the same as the top one... you tardis!

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    Putin amasses North Koreans to fight Ukraine, Kyiv says
  • That's what I was thinking... offer a big bonus, but only if you survive. Then all the survivors are most likely elite soldiers.

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    Dark matter does not exist and the universe is 27 billion years old, study claims
  • I am interested if we can prove that the speed of light is a constant or not. We only know it's consistent there and back, what if it's slower one way or the other.

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  • You are going away, to some place isolated... in space, of course. You will only be around one other person. You can take an allotment if 1GB of personal media with you (text, video, music, games, pics, etc.) that you will be able to access in your free time indefinitely at will.

    The other person will also take 1GB with them, but you won't be able to talk to them until you're on the journey.

    You will have access to any knowledge resources to perform your function and keep you alive. You will never return to a point where you can get new external media. Any additional media you ever access would have to be created by you and or your travel partner with what you have access to.

    You will also not know the sex of your partner, but they have willingly taken the same risks to embark on the journey as yourself, and will have a similar mission.

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    I was wondering if deaf people commonly watch movies or TV with the sound on to feel the sound/music? Or is there not a sense of enjoyment if it can't be heard?

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    Google and various websites says 28g of pecans is between 185 and 195 calories, how in the world are praline pecans much less calories?

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    I am going to eventually use Linux (although need help with a good option for gaming and video library use), but I was curious how long I could use Windows unregistered for? What are the limitations of it not registered?

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    [Resolved!]

    I traded my cousin some really expensive RAM that I happened accross for his old desktop, that he put his graphics card into that he swapped from his newer computer. If I plug the desktop into the wall and try to turn it on nothing happens. If I open it up I can see that the where the wire from the power supply plugs into the graphics card there Is a little light on. So clearly some power is getting somewhere...

    How do I go about trouble shooting this, and what tools do I need? I assume at minimum a multi meter? Not really sure what to do, it's been decades the last time I built a computer.

    Board says "Asrock H110M-HDS"

    Edit: Attached a Pic and noticed the light is actually on the graphics card, not motherboard. Added addtl info.

    Update: So now all of the sudden the fan spins. I am at a loss as to why it spins now, as I haven't actually really done anything. I ordered a speaker for the mobo, so waiting for that.

    Final update: It works! I apparently had either a bad monitor or bad display port cable. But using another monitor with DVI I was able to finally get it to fully boot!

    I am not sure what got the fans to eventually work, maybe just a cable was jostled.

    I really appreciate all the advice! I definitely know a lot more and feel better equipped to do things with it now.

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    Looking for friends to add who use a mic. Sick of playing solo or getting teamed up with people who can't or won't talk.

    If this belongs elsewhere, let me know where to post.

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    www.bbc.com Vladimir Putin set to transfer Sergei Shoigu from Russian defence ministry

    Sergei Shoigu, a long-standing ally of the president, has played a key role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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    www.dailykos.com LAPD fires riot munitions, makes mass arrests at USC pro-Palestine protest

    As Israel’s genocide against Palestine continues to escalate, students from universities across the United States are leading campus protests en masse and demanding their respective schools divest from corporations and institutions linked to Israel’s...

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    emorywheel.com Emory community ‘ashamed’ after police detain students at pro-Palestine encampment | The Emory Wheel

    A young woman cried into a cell phone camera as a police officer dragged her off of Emory University’s Quadrangle around 10:15 a.m. this morning, stating her birthday and her mother’s phone number. Ten minutes later, a young man yelled as another officer walked him off the Quad in handcuffs, shoutin...

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    sg.news.yahoo.com Texas deploys mounted police as pro-Palestinian student protests spread

    Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Texas were in a tense standoff with mounted state troopers Wednesday, the latest in a series of confrontations rocking campuses across the United States.More than 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at New York University ...

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    I know Congress needs to be involved to actually declare war, but there have been a number of times where something was kicked off by presidential authority alone.

    If Biden wanted to, could he start a conflict against Russia without congressional approval. If not, what approval would he need? If so, what would be the theoretical limitations to his power and military authority?

    I am already assuming people would want some definition of what "conflict" would mean in this hypothetical scenario. So let's say it means Biden authorized US troops at the Ukrainian border and had them launching shells into Russia.

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    Let's say I hypothetically had some mice pee in some plastic components that cannot be properly cleaned in any realistic way. Is it possible to heat it up to "cook off" the mouse pee nastiness without actually melting the plastic?

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    There must be some caloric input required to produce mucus, however my question is what happens when you swallow your own mucus vs spitting. Do you retain calories by swallowing mucus?

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    How fast could the average person whose in peak physical shape run on the moon, without the limits of current technology? I mean suit, but like a wetsuit with only a small helmet, and athletic shoes.

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    I guess my title kind of puts it all out there. I am looking to collect spellbooks, Journals and the likes from those who are insane, or have mental health issues. What's the easiest way to purchase them, and how do you even find them?

    Fame or notoriety do not matter to me. I am just looking for scripts/texts written by neural atypical people that are related to the occult..

    At first I thought estate sales would be a good way to find this... but heirs tend to destroy/hide or sell that stuff on the secondary market as to not taint the value of the other property.

    Edit: I wondering if some internet archiving could help find threads to look for.

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    Juicy Juice among other brands touts "100% juice" however if you leave it undisturbed for months on the shelf it never seems to develop any sediment. How can they be 100% juice and not have any solids? What exact process are they using to remove all the sediment and or perfectly homogenize the liquid? You will notice other shelf stable 100% juice brands tend to have a sediment, how do the large brands get around that, while still being pure juice? Is there an FDA definition of "Juice"?

    Sorry, this seemed to turn into many questions.

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