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The Phodopus roborovskii or Roborovski Hamster, also known as The Dwarf or Desert Hamster, is native to Northwest and Southern China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Tuva. Fun fact: they are named in honor of Russian artist, army officer, and explorer, Lieutenant Vsevolod Ivanovich Roborovsky. They are smallest hamsters on Earth, reaching lengths of just 4.5 to 5 centimetres or 1.8 to 2.0 inches and weigh 20 to 25 grams or 0.71 to 0.88 ounces!

Google tried to recruit me once out of university. I solved the easy and medium teaser.

Then proceeded to troll them and ask how they censored the internet for Google.CN (this was back in the day before they pulled out)

No fuckin regrets #yolo

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@freemo @lovelylovely @dbc3
Oh, I forgot about those because the terminology I heard used for those was "non-mobile mobile home". Good point.

@freemo @lovelylovely @dbc3
Well, the "pre-built home" phase began immediately after WWII but wasn't prevalent 50 years ago, I'm afraid.

But it did ramp back up again with housing developers' "community" house building which morphed into "home owners association" neighborhoods, gated communities and the like. Turns out that the original concept of "ticky-tacky" was good for commercial home builders.

@lovelylovely @dbc3
Of course, but in terms of buying a middle class house, I'm sorry to report that "red-lining" remains alive and well today and in some areas on stearoids.

@dbc3 @lovelylovely
I know that and you know that but it remains a mystery to the writers at the LA Times...which was my point.

@atomicpoet
You'll get no argument from me on that point. The point I was making was, indeed, that there are still working, fully operational C64s out there, not to mention Amigas, and hey--I still have my fully functional Timex Sinclair 1000, among others.

It could go without saying that playing an old game on a new machine would require emulation; what deserves mention is the fact that there are still vintage computers out there that would still need the original form of an old game....and so I mentioned it.

ok I successfully deployed an app from my computer to my husband's flyio account without his auth because flyio somehow auto-logged me into his account based on our shared IP address, seems like a ... security issue?? what is happeningggg

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