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Portia jumping spiders are incredibly smart. People have done experiments where they place the spiders in a complex environment with food in a hard to access location and they b…
by bartread · Oct 16, 2026
I bought my partner a few of those years ago before Google had even announced an intent to get in to the tracker market, and they work great for an individual looking to find th…
by wolrah · Oct 16, 2026
I agree. I remember as a kid getting so excited for Detroit concept cars that never hit the market. Now, unless something is actually for sale, I basically ignore it.
by jgalt212 · Oct 16, 2026
We have developed something similar inhouse (a CLI tool for agents that has a few dozen utilities for manipulating KiCad files) and the results are pretty good. In terms of comp…
by __atx__ · Oct 16, 2026
It's as if you continue to double down on not understanding. Your figures are all extremely exaggerated. If it's a normal piece of clothing, there isn't a 60% chance the next us…
by crazygringo · Oct 16, 2026
I agree, and I do all of my own toilet/plumbing repairs because I'm a DIY type. I'm just saying most people are not DIY types and hence call a plumber for basically any iss…
by bityard · Oct 16, 2026
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