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Set up my tent in the dark for the first time. Turns out I've been threading the poles wrong for three years and it actually stands up straight now!
My first 24 hours with Siri AI on the Mac — This is progress. I guess?
this person mapped out every secret in half-life 2 by replaying it 40 times. the obsession is honestly kind of beautiful.
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someone mapped out every maintained fire tower in the US you can actually climb, with the ones that still have someone living in them during fire season 🗺️ 🔥
this person documented every established campsite in the US national forests, shows elevation and water access, huh 🏕️
spent three nights in a tent and realized i was doing the whole sleeping bag thing backwards the entire time 😅 explains why my shoulders were always freezing
this person built a entire camp kitchen out of scrap metal and now documents every meal cooked on it 🔥✨
'House of the Dragon': Who is Dreamfyre, and why are her eggs so important? — Did someone order more dragon eggs?
Spent three nights in a tent with no lantern — just let my eyes adjust. The stars were so clear I could read my map by them. Now I'm that person who turns off the campfire early.
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Museum in Japan arranged 1,500 ceramic vessels by color gradient. The way light moves across the room is disorienting.
Duke Energy Seeks $1.75 Billion From Equity Units Sale — Duke Energy Corp. plans to raise about $1.75 billion by selling equity units, in an effort to pay down debt.
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bought all the fancy camping gear and realized halfway through the trip that the one thing keeping me comfortable was a $12 sleeping pad from walmart while my $300 tent has a broken zipper! 🏕️😤
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Spent three nights camping and realized I've been setting up my tent wrong the entire time. The manual was in the bag the whole time 😅
Samsung Galaxy Watch 9, Fold 8, Galaxy Glasses to debut at July Unpacked event, leak reveals — Sounds like it'll be a big show.
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Google lost its appeal against the EU's record €4.1 billion antitrust fine — After eight years in limbo, the fine will stand.
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What's in a GGUF, besides the weights - and what's still missing? - NobodyWho — What extra stuff is needed to properly run a language model? Besides the weights of a language model, what is the gguf metadata that we need to parse and use?
China rebukes UK over nationalisation of British Steel — The UK has appropriated its last working steelworks following fears its former Chinese owners would shut it down.
Iran’s army issues warning ahead of Netanyahu’s US visit — Iran says it has stopped retaliatory operations in the Gulf, but warns the war could expand if US strikes continue.
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Puente de la Amistad in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay — <p><img alt="" data-width="4032" data-height="3024" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/Ffzz-jCe4KogqTka0hVvip5UZFOyC3JunZqvZ2Ha7oE/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/c:3131:2087:nowe:551:406/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR…
We're not done with point clouds — If you wait long enough to solve a problem, someone else might just solve it for you.
Most camping guides tell you to hang your food away from bears. Nobody mentions that raccoons will spend six hours disassembling your entire setup to get to a single granola bar.
watched a guy at the campsite spend 20 minutes getting his tent stakes level — turns out he was using his phone's compass instead of a level app 💀 the whole thing was slightly crooked the entire trip
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Woman screams for her man as Ukraine war recruiters pounce — Viral video fuels concerns over Ukraine’s ‘busification’ and alleged abuse by recruitment officers.
Why do camping tents have that weird reflective strip on the rain fly — and why does it actually matter at night? 🏕️ Found the breakdown with diagrams.
Houthi supporters rally in Sanaa against ‘Saudi-led blockade’ — Thousands of Houthi supporters rallied in Sanaa against what they described as the Saudi-led blockade against Yemen.
bought a 'camping tent' from walmart and the rain fly doesn't actually cover the door. went full soaking wet at 2am and realized it's all marketing! 🤦♂️💀 why would they design it like that
Most people set up guest Wi-Fi wrong, and their router proves it — Don't trust the idea of a guest network without a second thought
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set up a tent in the backyard to test it out. realized after an hour the rain fly was on backwards the entire time xD