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Watchdog barking - do he bite?

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Meet The Megaprocessor!

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"Like all modern processors the Megaprocessor is built from transistors. It's just that instead of using teeny-weeny ones integrated on a silicon chip it uses discrete individual ones like those below. Thousands of them. And loads of LEDs"   More at http://www.megaprocessor.com/ - check out the pure geek-awesomeness :-)

How to store Sake

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It Can Ruin Your Life!

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PokeGo - Just Say No

Man, that gravity thing *bites*

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Travel Tips - Tokyo/Japan Edition

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General Carry Cash!!! : Most places take cash.  Some places take credit-cards, but it is kinda rare.  This can be particularly annoying at train stations, when you need to top up your Suica card (see below), and the vending machines never (?) take cards. ATMs are not open 24x7!  OTOH, look for a 7-11, there are plenty, and usually have ATMs in them 7-11s also have excellent food in them.  In particular, the cold nori-wrapped hand rolls are awesome .  (Really) Lookout for the owl / cat / bunny / robot / maid cafes.  They are more fun than you can shake many sticks at. Travel There is plenty of signage everywhere.  Once you get past the initial sensory overload, it all starts making sense :-) The vending machines have an "English" option. Again, if you can't find it, its because of sensory overload.  Take a deep breath, and look again! People are helpful. Very  helpful.  There are information booths most ev...
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From Roger Stone - Trump's advisor, comes this gem on teh twitters Mr. Khan more than an aggrieved father of a Muslim son- he's Muslim Brotherhood agent helping Hillary https://t.co/mJuUYw60nK — Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 1, 2016 Note that while Stone left the Trump campaign last year, he is still deeply connected to Trump , and his business-partner of 30 years (Paul Manafort) is now Trump's campaign manager. At this stage, most political handbooks would say "Distance yourself from Stone", "Disavow his words", etc., but this is  Trump we are talking about.  As Ben Mathis-Lilly puts it maybe Trump  won't  try to distance himself from Stone. Maybe this is the response to Khizr Khan that Trump has decided to go with. At this point, would that really be all that surprising? (tweet, screen-capped below for posterity, in case it vanishes)

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse

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From Roger Stone - Trump's advisor, comes this gem on teh twitters Mr. Khan more than an aggrieved father of a Muslim son- he's Muslim Brotherhood agent helping Hillary https://t.co/mJuUYw60nK — Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) August 1, 2016 Note that while Stone left the Trump campaign last year, he is still deeply connected to Trump , and his business-partner of 30 years (Paul Manafort) is now Trump's campaign manager. At this stage, most political handbooks would say "Distance yourself from Stone", "Disavow his words", etc., but this is  Trump we are talking about.  As Ben Mathis-Lilly puts it maybe Trump  won't  try to distance himself from Stone. Maybe this is the response to Khizr Khan that Trump has decided to go with. At this point, would that really be all that surprising? (tweet, screen-capped below for posterity, in case it vanishes)