[–] 5 points 5 hours ago* (1 child)

I'm 5'3 and my wife is closer to 5'10. My wife is quite charming and attractive whilst I have a huge personality.

Awful joke that scarcely carries into text aside, it's possible to date successfully as a short man. You just have to have things to offer, then find someone who values those things. Having really excellent things, like fantastic conversational skills and personality, well-developed or unique personal interests, or a monster condom that you use for your magnum dong, helps immensely.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 hours ago

    Unfortunately, it appears to be at least partially rectally sourced. The first known Greek steam engine was the aeolipile, invented by the Greek engineer Heron, which was simply an amusing toy. He did invent a door opening mechanism that operated by steam power, but there is no record of it not being adopted for fear of displacing slave labor.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    This was developed at the University of Nottingham, a public research university.

    From the article:

    The device was developed by the university and its spin-out company Neurotherapuetics Ltd, which secured £1m in additional funding to commercialise the device.

    Isn't it always us tax payers footing the bill for development, then again to buy it? Ridiculous. If a university develops technology with government funding, its findings ought to be available to the public and its products sold at cost.

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    This is the second time this has happened. I delete all my old posts and comments using PowerDeleteSuite. I view my profile - everything selected is gone. A few months later, it's all back. I repeat the process, verifying it's all gone. I log in today, months later, and it's back. Simply maddening.

    Is there anything I can do to make it stick?

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