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apropos lately
Ham radio 101.

IAAAA
"how much enjoyment do you get out of telling people you're an arachnologist?" "...I rank it all the way up to 11!"

"given a toss up between flexible time and flexible cash I'd go with the time"
"basic maintain-quality-of-life strategies" for the unemployed.

one member's heart attack story
"tl;dr -- go to the damn doctor; you're worth it"

rhino pee!
Your questions answered: Rhino bladder capacity.

A Shelby memory
"Robots, man. They're nothing but heartbreak."

wikipedia's strengths
"Wikipedia isn't perfect but it's pretty damn great. If every kid grew up learning to edit it as well as read it, we'd have a world of much better critical thinkers."

"The array of guys I worked with spent my tenure there amazed at the fact that I was female driving a cab out of their shop."

Queensland Flooding
Ongoing reporting of the Queensland flooding.

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