Before you buy a Chromebook, be warned: Every Chrome OS laptop has an auto-update expiration date that starts 6.5 years after the first model unit is sold.
Source: Chromebooks Have an Expiration Date: Here’s How to Find Yours
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This is “dirty pool” or planned obsolesce!
Each box should have an end of life disclosure on in.
Where’s the tech press and the regulators?
Caveat emptor!
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The home is on the market for $14.85 million, and features a seven-bedroom, nine bathroom, 7000sqft main residence, as well as 29 beachfront acres, a pool, chef’s kitchen, outdoor fireplace, and two guest wings. Clearly enjoying life after the White House, the former President and First Lady rented out the home for the summer and loved it so much they made an offer, but they haven’t paid the full asking price. Grousbeck has had the property on the market for four years, first listing in 2015, for $22.5 million.
Source: Home | Daily Mail Online
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Not bad for a “poor” Chicago politician!
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“People are afraid of this much more than they should be. In the 40 years before the Hindenburg, all airships basically were filled with hydrogen,” Prentice said. “Yes, there were accidents, and they burned when they had an accident, and they hit the ground, but so did airplanes.”
Source: Zeppelins stopped flying after the Hindenburg disaster. Now scientists want to bring them back.
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Seems like an idea worth trying.
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Dr Amanda Heslegrave, a researcher at the UK Dementia Research Institute, said: “Whilst this study shows that this type of profiling can be useful, they do point out importantly that it would need further work to develop a score at the individual level that would be useful in real life situations.
Source: Scientists develop blood test that predicts whether you’ll die in next 10 years – Mirror Online
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So would you want to know?
I would and I bet the Life Insurance Industry would too.
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Amazon has defended their selling practices by suggesting Abernathy, as a customer, could have done a number of things to keep his packages safe including scheduling the deliver of the expensive goods for a time when he would be home, or even have them dropped off at a different location.
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And how does one “schedule” an Amazon delivery? There’s no option to do that.
And, even if there was, by my estimate, about 10% of the Amazon deliveries get delayed from the promised “next day delivery”. Even had one that NEVER showed up. Argh!
And, why are the “porch pirates” caught and punished?
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Source: Top 5 conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein’s death | Sharyl Attkisson
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Anyone seems possible!
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The paper used Xavier Einaudi, a small business owner who banked with Wells, as its primary example. A few months back, the bank informed Einaudi that it would be closing all 13 of the checking accounts he had with the bank related to his roofing company, CRV Construction. When asked why it was closing the accounts, it replied that the issue was “confidential”.
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Seems like this corporation needs to closed down!
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Aaron Boone and Brett Gardner will have to watch another finish from the clubhouse.The second-year Yankees manager was the first ejected during the sixth inning of Saturday’s game against the
Source: Multiple Yankees ejected for freaking out on umpires again
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Disgraceful.
George must be rolling over.
Sorry, but this is not what an “inspiring” organization permits.
imho
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While declaring that Greenland is not for sale, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs took reports about President Trump’s interest in buying the world’s largest island as an opportunity to promote tourism.
Source: Greenland trying to cash in on Trump’s purchasing interest
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Hey, we bought Louisiana and Alaska.
Might not be a bad idea.
Maybe we can swap the Pepuls Republik of Kaliforkneeah for it?
I don’t think DJT45 is crazy to float the idea
Stranger things have worked.
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We live in a post gun control world, and most of us don’t even know it. The current debate over gun control is simply a waste of time. The modern gun ownership landscape is misunderstood by the lawmakers, and by most of the media discussing it .
Source: Gun Control Is Dead, And So Is The Debate | Connor Drigotas
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I think the author is correct.
“You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” — apocryphal unsourced quote attributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
So to, you can’t take the guns away from anyone who wants to keep them.
You’ll lose a lot of confiscators in the process, especially in the rural areas. Maybe even in the cities, after all the armed drug gangs are arguably the finest light infantry guerrillas in the world. The police haven’t been able to disarm them yet; so what makes anyone think the can later.
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