www.bbc.co.uk Japan's government finally says goodbye to floppy disks
The use of the floppy disk, which was still used in some government agencies in Japan, has now been scrapped.
Flâneur, dilettante, and aesthete. Interested in the three Fs: Fauna, Flora, Funga (especially the latter), history, maps, and food. I also make Origami cranes and play the occasional game of chess.
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December 14, 1984. Exactly 40 years ago, David Lynch's 'Dune' hit theaters for the first time.
Actually I have reexamined my initial comment and I could have phrased it clearly I appreciate that on first sight it was a tad cryptic with multiple interpretations. 😀
I fear you grossly misinterpreted my comment but for clarity: the West should have backed Assad as the alternative will be worse, a lot worse.
You assumed correctly. And they have. The West, particularly the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and other European countries, has supported various rebel groups in Syria during the Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011. Initially, the support was aimed at opposing the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The U.S. and its allies provided military training, weapons, and funding to moderate rebel groups, such as the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The Kurds in the north of Syria have been openly backed by the US for years. Admittedly it's not necessarily the FSA that have become victorious but the point still stands....the West has backed the wrong horse. And in the months to come this they will privately lament the regime's demise.
And your point is?
The West will soon realise they backed the wrong horse.
Global Al water use by 2027 is predicted to be 4.2-6.6bn cubic metres, equivalent to half of UK's total annual water consumption
While I enjoy sex it is often an inverse proportion to the effort.
20 nonillion in short scale, or 20 quintillion in long scale.
Mélange can sometimes be interpreted as a "variety" in a figurative sense, it doesn't directly translate to "variety" in the way variété does - there is semantic overlap.
Helvella lacunosa, known as the slate grey saddle or elfin saddle
Depending on the context, mélange can mean variety cf. 'un mélange de styles'
This picture of New York in 1933 looks like it's from the 2070s.
At the outdoor speed skating "The Medeu", Kazakh SSR, 1990 (photo by Oleg Ivanov)
A girl licks ice cream and plays with the tip of the guns bayonet to try and elicit a reaction from a royal guard in Sweden in 1970.
The diameter of that condom is huge....
Salvador Dalí kisses Raquel Welch's hand after painting her abstract portrait, 1965
A lump of clavarioid fungi which is likely to be ramaria stricta
I hate to say this but "let the market decide" if Ai is something the consumer wants/needs they'll pay for it otherwise let it die.
She ought to be given a medal 🏅
They don't - it adds to the flavour.
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That's a big capybara
Let it pass you by.
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That's a big capybara
I see what you did there...and I approve haha
Such an erection is known as "angel lust" and he may also have experienced an involuntary orgasm as well.
Never much on a hunch ;)
Damn it - he should run for president.
Fate is crucial in The Iliad, with characters often struggling against predestined outcomes. In Dune, Paul is haunted by visions of the future, highlighting the theme of prophecy.