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The last time you were wearing a hat, what type was it?
  • Kangol flat cap, gray. I alternate between that and a beige flat cap with a closer fit, which is the one that got me into flat caps.

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    What's your stance on "donating" blood plasma?
  • If your blood plasma helps save somebody’s life, either directly as an infusion or indirectly in research, that’s not a scam. The monetary reward is compensation for time and an incentive to try to meet demand. The donation is free, but the time and energy required to make the donation are an expense. That’s what the compensation covers. It’s only a scam if your donation goes to feed a literal or wannabe vampire or their bathing fetish.

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    Trump Says He's Done Debating: 'THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!'
  • I do appreciate that he claims losers demand rematches without acknowledging that he is in a rematch after he lost 2020. Meanwhile, his wingman says celebrity billionaires should stay out of politics. Not a shred of self-awareness.

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    Trump is 'hanging himself' with his own rope as campaign spirals out of control: analyst
  • “Hanging himself with his own rope” is a funny saying. Imagine someone borrowing your rope to hang themself. “Sure, Don, you can borrow my rope.” Then you go to get your rope back. “Hey, Don! You done with my… nah, dude, that’s your rope. That’s not my rope. My bad.”

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    iPhone 16 Storage
  • Which days are “these days”? If it’s the past couple of years, the number is 13. That’s not most. Going back a decade, 74 out of 1,654 is also not most. Many? Sure. But most phones with USB-C are USB 2.0, and no one cares except people who don’t use iPhones but love to complain about them.

    Most people are not going backwards to plug in their phones to backup data. Even those who do backup locally do so over Wi-Fi, which is now faster than USB 3. Fast, wired transfer is absolutely a necessity for professionals moving A/V data. The iPhone Pro is for them. For the rest of us, it’s not something I’d need, even if I was still doing regular local backup these days.

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    iPhone 16 Storage
  • It’s not like it’s the flagship model. The Pro is the flagship with ProMotion and USB 3.2. The non-Pro and SE are lesser ships in the fleet with lesser features. Same situation as the iPad Pro vs. Air and other models. I am squarely mid-range with my iPhone 13 mini and iPad Air 4, and the only Pro feature tempting me is Face ID on iPad because work authentication through Touch ID feels tedious compared to Face ID on iPhone.

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    iPhone 16 Storage
  • No, it is only data. USB 2.0, 3, 4 refer to data speed. USB A/B/C refer to connector shape. There are min/max wattages associated with both of those, but USB Power Delivery is yet another USB spec that supersedes those limits, and it only requires USB on the power supply. That’s why USB-PD works on iPhones with Lightning ports, and why 140W power on MacBooks works through MagSafe (and not USB-C). Apple associates USB-C with charging speed to differentiate their charging cables, but the spec is about the connector, not speed. Though it never caught on, even a USB-A charger could deliver up to 100W via USB-PD 1.0. The first few Galaxy Z Flip models only supported USB 2.0, didn’t affect fast charging, and no one noticed.

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    Star Wars Fans Always Agree with Each Other
  • I don’t see why I should be downgraded for not enjoying all the main movies when not all of them were enjoyable.

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    The skill it must have taken to pull this off
  • First, I didn’t say it came to a dead stop before it dropped. I think the impalement killed its momentum. Second, fast probably wasn’t the right word, but she hit the gas hard enough to climb that bollard. I was thinking she just plowed into it, but she might’ve backed into it slowly, got stopped, didn’t know why, then pressed down harder on the gas. That would explain the minimal impact.

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    The skill it must have taken to pull this off
  • No, that bollard didn’t budge. She backed into it fast enough to shoot the SUV straight up the bollard, it clears the bumper, and BAM! — the SUV dropped down on the bollard. That bumper should have crumpled, but it was rugged and rounded enough to deflect the impact downward or, equal and opposite reaction, send the vehicle upward. Traffic bollards are still tough enough to stand up to SUVs, but not tall enough to be seen by the drivers.

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    Lindsey Graham Says Joy ‘Doesn’t Exist in the Real World’
  • Looks like Lindsey doesn’t shop at Trader Joe’s.

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    USPS says it wants to save $3 billion a year. Some rural mail delivery could get slower.
  • Do you think postal carriers work for free? Salaries, vehicle maintenance, keeping the lights on, etc, these are all real expenses.

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    USPS says it wants to save $3 billion a year. Some rural mail delivery could get slower.
  • The key difference is the USPS is self-funded, so it does need to cover costs and maintain a reserve to cover downturns, which it could do by expanding into basic banking services, like check cashing, if DeJoy was not tasked with grinding the service down.

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    Report: Marvel chose RDJ as Doctor Doom Over Mads Mikkelsen to Play it Safe
  • Mads Mikkelsen played Kaecilius in Doctor Strange. Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean bringing him in to play the MCU version of Doctor Doom would be two roles. Kaecilius emerging from the Dark Dimension as the new Doom could’ve been interesting. Mister Doom? No, Doctor Doom. Normal name, not strange at all.

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    12-year-old Texas girl dies after parents used smoothies to treat life-threatening injuries
  • “Investigators believed the couple avoided seeking medical attention to prevent law enforcement from coming to their home.” — Which was the actual problem, not the smoothies.

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    'Separated from reality': Trump said to be struggling to come to grips that he may lose
  • Again. He may lose again. He lost the popular vote twice. He will definitely lose it a third time, and he may lose the election again. “Again” needs to be emphasized because he’s going to keep trying and we must make sure he loses again.

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    Democratic National Convention speakers include Biden, Obama and the Clintons
  • Democrats support their own party leaders and vice versa. Republicans condemn their past leaders and support only Trump.

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  • For my first post, I’m sharing this utility shortcut that lets me build shortcuts that can run on all my Apple devices but vibrate only when run on iPhone. I find it most useful for my HomeKit shortcuts. It also has an option for multiple vibrations.

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