To contrast the speed of electronic mail with that of the U.S. Post Office, Jim Rutt is said to have first used the phrase ‘snail mail’ in 1981, and the term spread from there. Created in the 1980s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, theZephyr Notification Systemwas used for...
Post Office, Jim Rutt is said to have first used the phrase ‘snail mail’ in 1981, and the term spread from there. Created in the 1980s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Zephyr Notification System was used for early text messaging. 1981: High-definition, lemon law Daniel...
Because I’m pretty sure the Paddington movies were invented as a psyop to turn us all into grinning mush. To what end I don’t know yet. I don’t actually care. They can do whatever they want to me, as long as I get to keep hearing Ben Whishaw talk about marmalade. While ...
From cryptocurrency to TikTok trends, we've seen some major changes to the content writing landscape in recent years. First, we always recommend that you write about topics you would like to be seen as an industry expert on. If you're looking for some inspiration, here are a few of the ...
If you can demonstrate to the IRS that you were insolvent at the time the debt was cancelled, you can similarly avoid taxes on that debt. Cancelled debt If your debt has gotten so large you can no longer afford to pay it, negotiating a debt cancellation with your lender might be just ...
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After the first flight test, Kate Tice, a quality systems engineering manager for the company, said Starship'sclearing of the launch towerwas the team's main hope. Prior to the second flight, Tice again managed public expectations, saying there was "a good chance" the booster would incur da...
there is evidence of bitcoin being used to squirrel away assets in anticipation of a divorce. It’s a tactic which the men’s rights movement has supposedly endorsed, and it’s a hard one to counter. If a spouse were to plead that they had gambled away all their cryptocurrency or lost...
There was a time when this myth was actually pretty close to truth. However, with home offices becoming increasingly prevalent, this one-time fact has become predominantly fiction. Although claiming a home office does increase scrutiny, they’ve become common enough that there’s no n...