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tests are showing pizza levels at 81%

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"The idea of browsing as a withholding of commitment—and, more particularly, of one’s purchasing power—isn’t really possible in this context. To use a browser is, directly or indirectly, to participate in commerce. No act of browsing is ever really idle."

wired.com/story/browser-online

with every day, there is a new reason or two that i'm glad i'm off twitter.

but people still send me screen caps of bitter twitter!

I love Dean Martin so much. He never seemed to take anything seriously—always just looked like he was having fun—and THAT’S what made him the coolest Rat Packer in my view. Zero obvious effort. Just a funny guy with stylish insouciance who could also sing.

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The Google Play Games on PC developer emulator is now available for anyone to download. This developer-focused build lets you deploy games via ADB sideloading, adjust some graphics and hardware settings, and more. There are two tracks to pick from: Stable and Beta.

The developer emulator build was announced back in March during the Google for Games Developer Summit but was only open to approved developers who filled out a form.

Download: developer.android.com/games/pl

Toxic workplaces are the main reason women leave academic jobs.

nature.com/articles/d41586-023

"A survey of thousands of US academics has found that the number one reason that women leave faculty positions is poor “workplace climate”, which can encompass discrimination, dysfunctional leadership, a feeling of not fitting in and other problems1. Even work–life balance was less important than workplace climate for many respondents."
#Women #ToxicWorkplace #Discrimination

Everything is so Frenglish in Québec. I really don’t know how people manage to live here and speak *only* English or *only* French. My courier website just told me I have a “date de livraison estimée: livré le Wednesday 25 october”. My MS Outlook menus and commands are all in English, but my drafts are “Brouillons” and my inbox is “Boîte de réception”.
#Quebec

🇳🇿New Zeland: Dad appalled Uber Eats driver working while sick with COVID.

"Brady, learnt the Uber Eats driver had COVID-19. He threw the meal out as a precaution and was shocked by the food delivery enterprise’s apparent lack of concern."

#COVID19NZ @auscovid19

Source: stuff.co.nz/business/300993488

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