Nick @ thekerker @lemmy.world

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The thing that drives me nuts about the lab leak theory is that it absolutely should be investigated as a possible avenue for COVID's origin, but not because of some nefarious conspiracy theory. It should be investigated to determine whether or not there was a protocol breach, or perhaps an oversight in lab procedures, that could point to the need for greater safety in infectious disease labs. Remember, Wuhan, like all infectious disease labs, follows the same protocols as most other similar labs, including those in the United States. If there are lapses in safety and/or oversight, everyone should know and take the appropriate steps to mitigate that.

I saw some small talk about it, and it really just boiled down to domain verification is great for more tech savvy folks, but trying to get larger accounts (think politicians, celebrities, etc) is a lot harder. Having a visual check, using tools within the app or site, is a lot easier.

And personally I like the idea of verification checks as long as it remains a simple means to do just that: verify the owner of the account. Morons like Musk and his ilk always thought it was a clout thing, and for a small minority that was probably the case, but by and large before he ruined it, it was great.

If you have one, a local butcher might be a better solution.

I'm learning Spanish on Duolever

Is $100 your max? If you can go a little higher you can get a great Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB for $169 that will be a better option than most of the SSDs you listed.

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Why does this look like you’re building loadouts for Modern Warfare 3?

For basic form filling, the Firefox PDF editor is fine. But sounds like OP’s use case is more advanced than that.

Thanks for sharing this, it actually looks like a fantastic alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

Signal is good, but requires phone number

There are ways around that

Wow I can't seem to figure out why Democrats keep losing elections

Except he's already been prosecuted and found guilty. This is the sentencing. Now the question is will New York state sentence and imprison him before he takes office.

Gosh, if only we had some sort of deal that resulted in a solid framework that would have prevented Iran from further nuclear weapons development. Maybe something like a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action?

Master Replicas took over the Eaglemoss stock and they have an XL E for $72.

Mustafar was shown in Rogue One, specifically Vader's Castle. It was also the planet at the very beginning of Rise of Skywalker where Kylo Ren slaughters all of those people and gets a holocron, or something.

Cars. Some people like to talk about how sturdy cars used to be, but with all of the advancements in safety, if I were in a head-on collision between an old Plymouth and a Toyota Prius, I'd much rather be in the Prius.

This is almost identical to my Wrapped last year, with the exception of Kow Otani (Gundam Wing OST)

Take a look at Minifree Ltd. For less than USD $500, you can get a decent ThinkPad with Libreboot and your choice of Linux distro (KDE Debian is installed by default).

Finally, some love for my boy Yamcha.

You could always hop over to https://frame.work and pick up a refurbished Intel mainboard plus an enclosure (or 3D print your own using their plans). You'd just need to get some RAM and a small SSD to run an OS like TrueNAS and you'd be good to go for probably under USD $600.