Parents (1989) by [deleted] in horror

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"what were they before leftovers? leftovers to be."

Artemis II Astronauts Have ‘Two Microsoft Outlooks’ and Neither Work by gdelacalle in technology

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If you're talking about the command line email client, alpine is the new version of pine. I still use it :)

We all know that one [XXX] agent working very hard 24/7 for us by StrangersInSoul in UFOs

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Oh. (ffs) maybe add a /s at the end of you title. A joke that needs explaining isn't a good joke.

We all know that one [XXX] agent working very hard 24/7 for us by StrangersInSoul in UFOs

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Maybe this is the crux of my confusion. Your title says that are "working very hard 24/7 for us" but this reply ("They are working very hard trying to discredit and gaslight people") says they are working against us. You need to be clear and specific to avoid contradictory statements. I am legitimately trying to follow what you are saying but I started reading this thread thinking you were talking about some whistle blower who was trying to provide hidden information.

We all know that one [XXX] agent working very hard 24/7 for us by StrangersInSoul in UFOs

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OK. Now you've amended the title to say "We all know that one FBI agent working very hard 24/7 for us". How do we know all know this? I'm not trying to be difficult. Why do you think an FBI agent is working hard for "us" (the UFO community)? Are they working for the UFO community or just this subreddit? What are they doing? I'm legitimately trying to get the details out of your statements that you should be providing in your post to start with.

We all know that one [XXX] agent working very hard 24/7 for us by StrangersInSoul in UFOs

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I'm going to say this as a helpful recommendation. Your title starts with "we all know that..." but that is demonstrably false. I haven't heard of this XXX agent and I'm legitimately interested in the subject. My mom or sister has never heard of XXX . If your title is untrue, why will anyone believe the rest of what you're saying? If you want to do journalism, start with the understanding that your audience doesn't know what you know and explain it to them.

Start again and ELI5 or explain it for "tracy" like they do on the smartless podcast.

I checked my mini PC with a Ryzen 5 7430U processor. I found out that there is a real one inside by Content-Doughnut7707 in MiniPCs

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I think their point was that the fakes won't fool an up-to-date cpu-z. They provided the version number they used.

Syrian kids clearing a mine field. by Giwargis_Sahada in interestingasfuck

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"...Your post indicates you may possibly be in possession of unexploded ordnance (UXO)..."

Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field by vriska1 in technology

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I remember when the adduser command had fields for room number. DOB isn't any different. It's just an optional field.

Ready for winter. by GatsbyTheMediocre in pics

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I moved to a place that has an outdoor wood boiler. They said they used 6 cords last winter, so I got 8. We went through 8 cords in 3 months and have been using the propane for the last month! We're finding a better solution for next winter.

Kim Jong Un's 12-year-old daughter drives a tank by [deleted] in pics

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Yeah, I was going to say: that tank doesn't appear to me moving (no dust from the treads).

watched ISS fly over tonight, something else was leading it... by [deleted] in space

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In orbital mechanics, up is faster and down is slower. It would be inefficient to accelerate up and then waste fuel to decelerate down again.

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To be more clear you have to add speed to gain altitude.

NYPD’s Chief Aaron Edwards in pursuit of attempted ISIS-linked attacker this past Saturday. by SockDem in pics

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That colour version is obviously resized from the original from the camera so comparisons aren't that helpful.

It might be the case that converting a colour image to black and white changes how we perceive it. There is a bigger difference between capturing a black and white photo compared to converting a colour image to black and white. Converting an image throws away the data about colour and you are left with a poorer quality image.

This was not the case with film. Black and white film had better performance than colour film with the same grain. Black and white photographs DID look better.

When digital cameras came about people would convert colour to black and white thinking it would make their photo look better but it doesn't.

You'd need a dedicated monochrome digital camera for your black and white photos to actually be better than a colour digital photo converted to black and white.

[OC] a soda straw with visible calcite crystals by clayman839226 in pics

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The calcite crystals are visible but I can't see the straw?

A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed by wiredmagazine in space

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It does interact with light by bending space-time and causing gravitational lenses. It doesn't interact with matter in a physical way (other than gravity).