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Is it possible to make a world where countries are driven by concern of people as a whole rather than separate national interests?
  • Yes, extreme violence+ethnic cleansing efforts can lead to the emergence of stable national identities. This process could be applied on a global scale to give you the results you are looking for.

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    Spy x Family Season 2 - Episode 4 discussion
  • Anya definitely has had some exposure to a medical/genetics environment early in life. There are very few 4-6 year olds that can use words like clone and chimera as fluently as she does. The same exposure probably explains her knowledge of Latin, which is the most common ancient language prep schools teach.

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    How do you spend your idle time?
  • How do you disable YouTube shorts?

    As for your question, boredom isn’t a bad thing. Have you tried using that time for meditation/introspection?

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    Is this the right community? I have a helpdesk interview next week and I dont know if my attire looks good or ridiculously goofy.
  • If you want your shirt to be buttoned all the way to the top, I would recommend pairing it with a tie. In addition, I might consider a lighter shirt as the overall outfit is pretty dark.

    Don’t stress it too much though, your outfit is perfectly fine! Go ahead and kill it!

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    At Least 260 Killed At Israeli Music Festival In Hamas Attack
  • Urim has been Israeli since the country came into existence, so I’m not really sure what you’re talking about. Unless your position is that all of Israel is occupied territory, in which case I invite you to take a look at what Palestinians did the moment they gained power over Jewish civilians and imagine that scene repeated across Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

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    3000 Embroidered F-16s of Zelenskyy
  • Do aigen types think their stuff actually looks like art? Like I get generating this for a laugh but imagine thinking it’s good enough to share.

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    What would it take to change an Internal Combustion Engine Car to an EV?
  • DIY EV kits are a thing, but a quick google shows some wildly varying prices. Probably depends on exactly what kind of car you are trying to refit and the performance you’re looking for.

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  • What’s your relationship to this guy? If he’s a close friend or partner, then sure, have a conversation with him about needing to spread his wings a little bit.

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    Probably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?
  • Temperature is average kinetic energy. It is very easy to put kinetic energy into an object and much harder to take it out. Microwaves do it by shining a “light” tuned to microwave frequencies on objects. So you can imagine the problem is about as hard as shining a lamp on something and having it get colder. Laser-based cooling methods do exist but they’re quite expensive and mostly operate on the atomic scale. For now, the best way we know of to cool large items in bulk is to put them next to something that’s even colder—in short, a refrigerator.

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  • Of course not everyone. Just the people without the resources to set up corporations to “loan” 0% interest capital to their children!

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  • www.nytimes.com Lockheed Martin, but Make It Fashion

    The American defense contractor, best known as the world’s largest arms dealer, is getting into the streetwear business.

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    Basically the title. I would love to get at least a basic working knowledge of repairs and alterations, but I have no experience whatsoever. A “questions that don’t deserve their own post” or “starting resources” thing would be very helpful. Thank you!

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    www.nytimes.com Ukraine’s Other Counteroffensive: Drone Attacks on Russian Soil

    Officials in Ukraine rarely discuss attacks on targets inside Russia, including Moscow. But video evidence shows an increasing effort to launch long-range strikes inside the country.

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    [DOM]Universal has scheduled The Exorcist: Deceiver for release on April 18, 2025.

    https:// twitter.com /BORReport/status/1683858817820524544

    The Exorcist: Deceiver is the second chapter of the upcoming The Exorcist trilogy.

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    If we could just figure out what factory this is, we could all special order cheese and crash the Russian economy overnight

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    [DOM] Paramount's Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One grossed $19.35M this weekend (from 4,321 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $118.61M.

    https:// twitter.com /BORReport/status/1683588537722224640
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    Barbie ($70.5M) and Oppenheimer ($33.0M) Combine for Opening Day Grosses Over $100M

    http:// www.boxofficereport.com /news/barbieoppenheimerreport.html

    Combined the movies are playing like one big blockbuster. Really exciting to see this kind of success. Actually in line to see Barbie now!

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    Weekend Box Office Report July 14 - July 16, 2023

    http:// www.boxofficereport.com /weekend/20230716.html

    Lots of good stuff, but here's the most impressive:

    >On the heels of last week's impressive start, Angel Studios's Sound of Freedom exploded in its second weekend of release by increasing 37.2 percent over last weekend to place in second this weekend with an estimated $27.00 million. This type of second weekend hold is pretty much unheard of at the box office for an already wide release, but Sound of Freedom benefited from a combination of not-so-typical factors this weekend, including exceptional word of mouth (the film received a perfect A+ rating on CinemaScore), expanding to an additional 413 locations this weekend (and holding onto a very high percentage of its average showtimes from last weekend in holdover locations), last weekend's three-day gross having been deflated at least somewhat by the Tuesday midweek opening and by continuing to receive a boost from the film's Pay it Forward ticket program, in which tickets for the film are being purchased online for others to claim tickets for free. It also appears that the Jim Caviezel-led Sound of Freedom has struck a chord with similar audiences that made The Passion of the Christ a break-out performer way back in 2004. Sound of Freedom has grossed an estimated $85.50 million through 13 days of release and isn't showing signs of slowing down anytime soon (as long as the film continues to hold onto locations and showtimes).

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    ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Lights The Fuse With $64M Global Through First Two Days

    deadline.com ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Lights Fuse With $235M Global Bow; ‘Elemental’, ‘Indy 5’ & ‘Insidious’ Hit New Milestones – International Box Office

    SUNDAY UPDATE: Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One lit the fuse this weekend with a $235M global start. Of that, $155M is from 70 international box office marke…

    Strong start for the movie overseas, especially with a Japan release still upcoming.

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    Hollywood actors join writers on strike as industry halts

    https:// www.washingtonpost.com /arts-entertainment/2023/07/13/hollywood-writers-actors-strike-sag-aftra/

    And. Here. We. Go!

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    5 Hours till the SAG-AFTRA strike begins

    What do you think? Will it be a flash in the pan or a total log jam? What movies will be worst affected?

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    ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Lights Up $7M In Previews – Box Office Update

    deadline.com ‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ Seeing $78M 5-Day US, $240M WW: Why Sequel Is In Better Position Than ‘Indy’ – Box Office Update

    UPDATE SATURDAY AM: In the wake of the older-skewing, very expensive Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny stumbling at the box office with an $83.8M Friday-Tuesday domestic start, sources have cal…

    That's 7M without pre-pre-screenings. Looking to be a couple of monster weekends at the theaters.

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    www.latimes.com SAG-AFTRA and studios turn to federal mediator as strike threat looms

    The actors' union and the studios agreed to ask a mediator to help facilitate talks. Tensions remained high as a strike threat remained.

    Interesting mention of a proposal that a third-party collect streaming data to determine actors competition. Could be pretty good for us casual observers.

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    www.reuters.com Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt

    As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of a fortified Russian army base that holds nuclear weapons, according to videos posted online and interviews with local residents.

    >As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of a fortified Russian army base that holds nuclear weapons, according to videos posted online and interviews with local residents.

    >Once the Wagner fighters reach more rural regions, the surveillance trail goes cold – about 100 km from the nuclear base, Voronezh-45. Reuters could not confirm what happened next, and Western officials have repeatedly said that Russia's nuclear stockpile was never in danger during the uprising, which ended quickly and mysteriously later that day.

    >But in an exclusive interview, Ukraine's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, said that the Wagner fighters went far further. He said that they reached the nuclear base and that their intention was to acquire small Soviet-era nuclear devices in order to "raise the stakes" in their mutiny. "Because if you are prepared to fight until the last man standing, this is one of the facilities that significantly raises the stakes," Budanov said.

    >The only barrier between the Wagner fighters and nuclear weapons, Budanov said, were the doors to the nuclear storage facility. "The doors of the storage were closed and they didn't get into the technical section," he said.

    >Reuters was not able to independently determine if Wagner fighters made it to Voronezh-45. Budanov did not provide evidence for his assertion and he declined to say what discussions, if any, had taken place with the United States and other allies about the incident. He also didn't say why the fighters subsequently withdrew.

    >A source close to the Kremlin with military ties corroborated parts of Budanov's account. A Wagner contingent "managed to get into a zone of special interest, as a result of which the Americans got agitated because nuclear munitions are stored there," this person said, without elaborating further.

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