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4 Forgotten Frontier Towns Most People Have Never Heard Of
Logan DeLoye
Two centuries ago, America was still being settled. Pioneers ventured west to build communities and forge new lives in lands that had been home to Native Americans for thousands of years. These settl ...[Continue Reading]
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Syria seizes advanced weapons it says were bound for Lebanons Hezbollah
Al Jazeera Staff
Syria has seized a shipment of weapons, including missiles, at its border with Iraq, as authorities say they foiled an attempt to smuggle arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon, something the group denies. Sy ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
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Proxmox is overkill for a single mini PC, and that's exactly why I put it on mine
Rich Edmonds
The mini PC was always lumped in with netbooks and NUCs. They were great for getting basic work done, but as soon as you'd command one to do anything slightly more demanding, they would choke under t ...[Continue Reading]
XDA Developers
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Peter Bart: Even AI Titans Cant Predict Future Of Movies About AI Titans
Patrick Hipes
The techie titans who grabbed our attention and our Oscarsin The Social Network 25 years ago are ready to capture our screens again.Their forays are omniscient as well as ominous. In upcoming movi ...[Continue Reading]
Deadline
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Some customers make your job easier. Carol wasnt one of them: Pool cleaners difficult client Carol demands he vacuum her leaf-covered patio with a pool vacuum, then makes him assemble a pressure washer for free
Etai Eshet, Etai Eshet
Then there's the pressure washer incident, which is really just Carol's whole personality condensed into one scene: a paying customer treating every person on the property, regardless of what they we ...[Continue Reading]
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Ebola spreading more quickly in DRC, while Uganda is close to being virus-free
Al Jazeera Staff
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Ebola is spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo more quickly than in any previous outbreak. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told repor ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
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