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Thoughts on the Oculus 2
Also, just having stereo speakers near your ears vs PS4 VR’s ear buds felt much more real – albeit at the cost of annoying anyone in the vicinity. Which is similar to one of the few drawbacks of the Oculus… Read More ›
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Did We Underestimate The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague?
Historian Peter Sarris from the University of Cambridge says historians and archeologists need to work together with geneticists and environmental scientists to fully understand the scope and scale of ancient disease outbreaks – including, in this particular example, the arrival… Read More ›
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It claimed to be Xerxes and then Jesus got involved
End Times preacher Sharon Gilbert says that an alien imitated her husband, and then it tried to have sex with her, and then it claimed to be Xerxes, and then Jesus got involved, and then the alien turned out to… Read More ›
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‘Most people in the NHS, they are sad’
“NHS staff have run off adrenalin for the past year and that adrenalin is running out. We’re all coming to the point where we’re all just crashing and burning out.” Emily Moorhouse is one of thousands of NHS staff who… Read More ›
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Wear OS now in striking distance of Apple
Apple is still in first place with the Apple Watch, but Counterpoint says Apple’s smartwatch market share is down 10 percent year over year in Q3, to 21.8 percent thanks to the delay of the Series 7 watch into Q4…. Read More ›
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A recovering smartwatch owner…
Since I dropped the Apple Watch back onto its shelf I have been wearing a Garmin fenix and overall I have been enjoying the experience. The sense of freedom compared to the Apple Watch was acute and alongside the decent… Read More ›
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Twist your hand around
A few years back I ended up having some injections in my elbow and multiple appointments because I was really struggling with continual pain. The decision was made to operate, even though this was by no means a certain cure,… Read More ›
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Ditch the small talk
The same held true with subsequent experiments. While participants predicted that answering a question from a stranger like, “What is one of the more embarrassing moments in your life?” would make them feel extremely awkward and uncomfortable, the opposite turned… Read More ›
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Employee Hacks His Job, Gets Paid To Do Nothing For 5 Years
“Progressively, I hit the point where I knew more could be automated, but I didn’t possed the skill to do it at the time, so I contacted a developer, told him what I needed to have done. The whole process… Read More ›
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The rot set in…
As the clamour of voices warning that our democracy is under threat grows louder and louder, it’s become something of a truism to say that it all began with Boris Johnson’s arrival in Downing Street., writes Richard Haviland. It’s a… Read More ›
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