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bookofjoe
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• Retired (38 years in practice) neurosurgical anesthesiologist
• References: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5DdrMc8AAAAJ&hl=en
• Blog: https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/
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https://archive.ph/CFUMv
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For me Apple's "hold the button until something happens" to turn on my iPhone is and always has been and always will be a FAIL.
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In fairness, the ask is placed peripherally and you can use the site without providing your location — it's an option for those who, like me, don't care about providing my location in return…
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That's a 2000 remake of the 1968 film. Also, I misspelled the title: It's "Charly" https://youtu.be/ddtNxb43yYo?si=XnXdl1J-w3NjHXQq …
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/books/michael-caine-odyss... …
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The movie adaptation — “Charlie” — is heartbreakingly good.
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See also: “Flowers for Algernon”
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-quest-to-make-humanoid-robots-s... …
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Just wait till you're in your late 70s...
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Addendum: He later remarked that in the future the first thing he'd ask about a prospective home is whether or not it has broadband.