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Today, 09:56 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Watching an old episode of the Waltons and one of the kids has a package of seeds with barcodes on the backside of the package, they really didn't...

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Today, 09:50 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

I am so glad I do not have a fax machine.

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Today, 12:53 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

One example would be in the hotel industry there at least used be a form called a third party authorization form that be sent via fax like if you...

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Yesterday, 06:41 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

Why faxes? Signatures?

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2021-Apr-17, 10:36 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Well this morning I became a great-uncle well at least a step great uncle, the father is the son of my brother in law from a previous marriage. The...

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2021-Apr-16, 02:14 PM

grapes replied to a thread Ground-Based Lasers Could Push Space Debris off Collision-Course Orbits in Universe Today

Maybe this could clear off that starlink rubble ...

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2021-Apr-16, 12:03 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

I year ago this sunday the was mass shooting in Nova scotia, this week there was a coupon in the new phonebooks for the business he owned.

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2021-Apr-16, 12:01 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

dup post.

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2021-Apr-15, 07:22 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

I am glad my keys didn't drop into one of these mud puddles a week ago. https://youtu.be/1wszX86uZQg

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2021-Apr-15, 04:19 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

Paper will be around for sometime to come. Even in a galaxy far far away and a long time ago there was a species that used paper to back up their...

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2021-Apr-15, 02:37 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

It contributes to deforestation, which would be one of my top 3 environmental threats.

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2021-Apr-15, 11:02 AM

parallaxicality started a thread Will we ever stop using paper? in Science and Technology

At this point, paper is, by any metric, an obsolete technology, and yet, it seems that, the less we use in our daily lives, the more we use as a...

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2021-Apr-14, 02:57 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread From the Director's Keyboard: Back to the 80s! in Forum Introductions and Feedback

Bit of a musical start.

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2021-Apr-14, 12:42 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

some kind of update most likely one of the major updates not the typical security updates, it might take up to a couple of hours.

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2021-Apr-13, 12:20 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread If we discovered a "cure" for psychopathy, should it be used? in Science and Technology

Hey, I wasn't the one who called the MAO-A aggression regulator the "warrior gene". In 2017, media theorist Douglas Rushkoff was invited to a...

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2021-Apr-13, 12:02 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

duplicate post

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2021-Apr-13, 12:00 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

Today while in the middle of the woods I saw some happy birthday signs, I left my cell phone at home so no picture of it. Also over the last 5 days I...

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2021-Apr-12, 10:34 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Found the missing keys.

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2021-Apr-12, 09:41 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread Leave a Random Fact II: Baby Got Fact. in Fun-n-Games

In ancient Rome, the man who financially underwrote gladiatorial games and selected the programme was called the editor.

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2021-Apr-12, 07:24 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

It changes depending on where I copy and paste the s from.

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2021-Apr-12, 06:31 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

I kind of know the spot you are in, there is a similar situation with a cousin whose kids live with an aunt and uncle on my aunt's husband's side of...

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2021-Apr-12, 06:27 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Today is one those days where I can't chose what to do, should take a walk in the woods to find a missing object but feeling a bit tired for that,...

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2021-Apr-12, 02:17 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread If we discovered a "cure" for psychopathy, should it be used? in Science and Technology

I'm not just talking about criminals. I'm talking about CEOs, law enforcement, journalism and any other profession in which psychopaths are...

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2021-Apr-12, 12:11 PM

parallaxicality replied to a thread If we discovered a "cure" for psychopathy, should it be used? in Science and Technology

Fundamentally you can boil down psychopathy to a diminished capacity for empathy. If we could discover the mechanism for empathy, we might be able to...

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2021-Apr-12, 11:01 AM

parallaxicality replied to a thread If we discovered a "cure" for psychopathy, should it be used? in Science and Technology

Yes. I doubt any would consent. It might even be administered in the womb. But there would be a kind of arms race involved; no one would want to be...

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2021-Apr-12, 10:07 AM

parallaxicality started a thread If we discovered a "cure" for psychopathy, should it be used? in Science and Technology

I think it would only be useful if it could be applied to everyone.

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2021-Apr-12, 05:18 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

Tonight there were major protests in Montreal, people burning trash in trash cans and lighting up fire works to protest the curfew there because of...

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2021-Apr-11, 11:09 AM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

You could make your podcast channel about where their are rough scratches in a rock and call them runes and proving Europeans were always here. Or...

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2021-Apr-10, 08:04 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Your current weather? in Off-Topic Babbling

Nice and sunny out, nice day for the auction didn't have to put a coat on afterwards to pack the truck. Now time to go out do some reading and wait...

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2021-Apr-09, 07:42 PM

The Backroad Astronomer replied to a thread Whatcha Eatin? in Off-Topic Babbling

Mini naan, tzatziki, some sushi.

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