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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Back in the day, Walmart and Apple fought over contactless pay standards for the US.

  Apple’s standard was eventually mass adopted, and has Walmart refused to license the tech. So you have to use their app, which uses their own tech stack.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨anyway, i started blastin'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Less than 50% of the cells in “your body” contain your own DNA.

  There are many more bacteria, since they are much much smaller than “your own” eukaryotic cells.

  Where you end and your “gut flora” begin and end is not as clear as you might first believe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New album just dropped⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  neeee

  or

  ni

  is the sound my new kitten makes in most circumstances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨House Centipedes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are cool friendly predators, but my cat is a bigger one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Please Don’t Make Me Download Another App | Our phones are being overrun⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, push notifications. Most things could be done from a browser, but corpos have to have their push notifications.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't apple a popular ice cream flavor?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apples turn brown when you freeze them.