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Cueball is evaluating movies onIMDb(theInternet Movie Database), based on how many people would need to bevaccinated for COVID-19, in order for them to follow the CDC's most recent guidelines. The guidelines tell how fully vaccinated people should act (at time of posting). The evaluation ...
are a guarded secret of Mavis Beacon.Mavis Beaconwas the character created as the typing instructor for theMavis Beacongame, and is fictional, not a real person. Additionally, as a typing instructor, this person (even if she actually existed) would not be able to change typographical standards...
Randall Monroe, the creator of xkcd, suggested that if YouTube commenters had to listen to their comments read back to them aloud, it might lead to better discussion on YouTube. Some Googlers thought that was a pretty fun suggestion, sothey did it. YouTube now has an audio preview so y...
CDC partnership: when in an indoor space with too many people, phone begins playing "We Like To Party! (The Vengabus)" at slowly increasing volume until everyone leaves Sacrificial anode Tactical helium reserve 50% below critical mass (2x safety factor) ...
Many pubs have trivia nights, where patrons form teams and compete to answer questions about a range of topics. The typical goal for trivia games is that they be challenging, yet possible, and so questions with answers that are too difficult or too easy generally make for a poor game. In...
which has been ignored by most of the computer-using world. Also he may actually believe it is the better standard that should have been more widely used. DCI, short forDigital Cinema Initiatives, is a collaboration of several major film studios to establish standards for the security and prop...
standards of human behavior make more sense if he is, in fact, not human. Of course, it's equally valid to conclude that Black Hat is simply lying to mess with the people around him, which would be fully in character for him. This could also mean that Black Hat and White Hat are ...
Maybe look at Pronunciation respelling for English (I didn't see a further link to qualify any 'standards' for this non-phonomic system, and doubt that there are any that travel well beyond any actual particular narrow dialectical territory). I actually think it's part of the joke that it...
Carries data but not power- Not typically done, but it could happen if the wires or pins get damaged. While such a cable is theoretically possible, if used with standards-compliant devices, it would appearcompletely broken. Too short- Another money saving wheeze, some devices ship with patheti...