Why are Micro Center Flash Drives so Slow?
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Why Are Micro Center Flash Drives So Slow?
Every year, USB flash drives get cheaper and hold more data. Unfortunately, they don’t always get faster. The reality is, many USB 3.0 flash drives aren’t noticeably faster than their U…Hackaday
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.Carl Zimmer (The New York Times)
CEOs are freaking out that Trump is doing exactly what he told them he would do if he won. They supported him anyway because, for reasons that look quite stupid in retrospect, they didn't believe him. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/trump-prom...
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Trump Promised Disaster. His S...
Trump Promised Disaster. His Supporters Didn’t Believe Him.
Many assumed Trump was all talk, but his return to power proves he meant every word.Aaron Ross Powell
We need legal observer trainings at universities at scale, yesterday. And we need @aclu.org or a similar org to revive the Mobile Justice app, which let folks upload police misconduct to a remote ACLU server in real time, as the abuse was actually happening
“I hope you’re sitting down. For that six month period (April-Sept), the number of airline tickets booked between Canada and the United States is down anywhere from 71.4% to 75.7%.” onemileatatime.com/news/airline...
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Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+
Future flight bookings between Canada and the United States are down by over 70% year-over-year in the summer months. WOW.Ben Schlappig (One Mile at a Time)
I finally won a game of E.T. (on the 2600) for the first time!
Having read Gruber's lament about being blacklisted (take the win, man), I was disappointed to learn that I am still number 80 on the highest-ranking personal blogs of "Hacker" "News".
But that's a lifetime number. My ranking per year, 2009 through now are: 32, 47, 10, 7, 197, 351, 2034, 2127, -, -, -, -, -, 3255, 2605 and -.
"Let's keep this conversation going!"
While enjoying brunch with friends, I asked "Who can come up with tomorrow's theme?"
(Retired Chemical Engineer) Larry immediately said "Chemistry!" He was kidding. I definitely WASN'T.
Today's artwork is constructed of the very finest radioactive materials!
Exhibit takes visitors inside the annex where Anne Frank lived
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/g-s1-56407/exhibit-takes-visitors-inside-the-annex-where-anne-frank-lived?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Texas Tech Explosion: Video of 'Green Flames' Goes Viral
Videos showing green flames erupting from a manhole cover following an explosion at Texas Tech University have drawn wide attention online.
A number of university buildings were evacuated following the explosion, including the university library. Power was also shut off across the campus.
Students were later allowed back into their halls of residence, but were instructed to avoid the university's Engineering Key area.
“Anti-vax moms are pro-life moms who wanted to get an abortion” is the hardest punchline I’ve heard in a minute.
#comedy
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Dauood Naimyar on Instagram: "Measles outbreaks are happening all over the country because parents are refusing to vaccinate their children. #measles #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs #prochoice #prolife"
368 likes, 17 comments - dauoodn on March 24, 2025: "Measles outbreaks are happening all over the country because parents are refusing to vaccinate their children. #measles #ᴠᴀᴄᴄɪɴᴇssᴀᴠᴇʟɪᴠᴇs #prochoice #prolife".Instagram
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Wait til he finds out that trying to enter Signal's offices with the "doge" team uninvited is Breaking and Entering
buff.ly/mzbgZ5X #Edstadon
Mississippi’s education miracle: A model for global literacy reform
The state, once ranked near the bottom of education standings, dramatically improved student literacy rates while using little money.The Conversation
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It's actually from an Eaton UPS manual, but all the same in the end. I'm looking at them for a UPS for my new server, as they're better supported by nut.
I've changed the battery in my old APC Back-UPS unit a couple of times. Wasn't terrible, but wasn't great either.
He did cancel the Starlink contract tho, eventually
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So I think if you want to criticize him a better angle would be to ask why he was so gung ho to open the contract in the first place. I think the contract might have a termination fee we're gonna have to pay now 🙁
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