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According to Google, billions of people don't have an address, or if they do, it's not very accurate. To remedy the problem, the company launched a digital address-making system called Plus Codes. Hello from M3MP+MX (no stalking now)
edit: removed a few extra characters that didn't seem important to the address. Now it's easier to remember for sending gifts and bribes!
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Actually, PlusCodes is a pretty old project, based on an even earlier similar effort, what3words[^]. 
Mashable:
UPDATE: Sept. 29, 2020, 6:23 p.m. CEST Google Plus Codes originally launched in 2015. Today, the company shared some more information on their impact and how they work. This article originally claimed that the Plus Codes just launched; we regret the error.
/ravi
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Fair enough, thank you. I vaguely remembered them in the past, but believed the hype
I thought I linked to a story about What3Words a while back. Oh well. 
TTFN - Kent
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I'm fairly certain you did link to an article about What3Words, and I'm wondering how this is different. NIH?
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Pretty much NIH, yeah. And I'd think that "winemaking.resolution.thinks" is more memorable than M3MP+MX (especially as I have two carboys on the go at the moment - wheeeee!)
TTFN - Kent
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I thought I linked to a story about What3Words a while back.
IIRC yes, you did.
M.D.V. 
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twisty.little.passages.alike
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It's time for ...
/ravi
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Was not expecting this with organizations like Microsoft to not able to control spread.
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Cloud increases reliability, they say. Until it doesn't.
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I'd still rather let them deal with issues than me have to figure out why a server is misbehaving.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I wonder... do those servers get windows updates too?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Made me laugh... 
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A newly developed approach that uses 3-D images of finger veins could greatly increase the security of this type of authentication. It's the "almost impossible" that will come back to bite you every time
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"Almost". Hrmpf
3-D Printers anyone?
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Additionally... And then you get ill from something related and can't log in anymore?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The Internal Revenue Service is considering adding a question to Form 1040—America's primary income tax form—asking tax filers if they dealt in virtual currency in 2020. It would be the agency's latest attempt to crack down on underreporting of cryptocurrency profits. Because people that work with cryptocurrency always follow the rules
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The point is that a tax filing is a legal form, so:
* Lie and get caught; pay fine or go to jail
* Tell the truth and you better file correctly
(It's a similar reason you are required to pay taxes on ill gotten gains.)
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Design systems provide a ready-to-use, unified set of controls and styles to use in your application. "Style is like a second cousin to class"
Oppa Material Style!
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Is that another take on the card game? A different face on the cards?
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Another layout engine to rule them all!
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Reporting in the Astrophysical Journal, the team determined that matter makes up 31% of the total amount of matter and energy in the universe, with the remainder consisting of dark energy. Hopefully no one finds another loose sock
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