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How the Soviet Union Actually Fell

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  Image source: nytimes.com A bout a year ago, I wrote a post entitled  The Truth About Russia , where I addressed some misinformation and misconceptions about Russia. If you haven't read that post already then feel free to take a look. Now, in this post that you are reading right now, I would like to cover another topic related to Russia, and that is the fall of the Soviet Union. We've all read about it in history books, but it's important to note that just because a history book says an event happened a certain way does not mean it is accurate. Without any further ado, I will tell you the story of how the Soviet Union actually fell. Between the 1920s and 1960s, the Soviet Union was a communist country populated and ruled by humans. If you don't know what communism is, it is essentially a political and economic system where the government owns everything. The civilians of a communist country do not own anything themselves; their stuff is instead owned by the government

My Biggest Pet Peeve

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  HOW DOES ANYBODY SEE A PC IN THIS??? H ello readers. In today's post, I will be talking about something that has been bothering me for months. You can probably tell what it is by the image and caption above. I will get straight to the point without any further ado. I watch a lot of Minecraft YouTube videos, often where the content creator will use extremely high-quality graphics or shaders in Minecraft. When they do this, the game will often lag (what I mean is that the frames per second drop down to less than 20), and they will joke by saying that their "PC is about to explode". However, sometimes, they will show a clip of what they are calling a PC, but obviously is not: that weird box that you see in the image above. How can somebody even label that as a PC? It is beyond words how unintelligent it is to call an item a PC when it clearly isn't. Take a good look at the item in the image. You can clearly see that it has no screen, so even if it somehow could process

If You Receive This Email, Delete It Immediately

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  Image source: cnn.com E mail has been a very useful tool throughout the years. It allows users to easily send and receive letters without the hassle of purchasing stamps, waiting several days, or worrying about the letter getting lost in the mail. It allows users to send letters over the internet; in fact, the "E" in "email" actually stands for "electric." Another feature of email is sending file attachments. This is similar to how you would send an additional document or item along with the letter in postal mail. This means that with the power of email, you can send a much larger variety of attachments than you can in physical mail; such as videos (if they aren't too long), music in the form of MP3 or WAV files, and even the subject of today's post: code scripts. In the world of programming or even computers in general, a script often refers to a file containing code, which can usually be executed or run when the user opens the file. Scripts can

You Can Run Internet Explorer in Windows 11

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  Microsoft thought they successfully removed IE, but a glitch in Windows 11 proves them wrong. Y es, you read the title right: it is entirely possible to run Internet Explorer in Windows 11, despite the fact that it was supposedly removed and replaced by Microsoft Edge. And no, I'm not using an emulator, and I did not modify the taskbar on Windows 7. I'm actually running the real thing in Windows 11, and I'm about to show you how to do so as well. I'm very excited about this post so let's get into it right now. First, let's have a brief discussion about the history of Internet Explorer (which I will refer to as IE in this post), and how I got to figuring out this glitch. The first version of IE was released in 1995, around four years after  the first website  was launched. It became a very popular browser and became available first to Windows 95. It was known and loved by many users, but was for some reason it was deprecated in 2022, six years after its last up

The Infamous MuseScore.com Sheet Music Scam

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  Image Source: kawai.com.au H ello readers. I haven't posted on this blog in quite a long time (I just didn't have anything to write about). However, I recently discovered a very notorious and easy-to-fall-for scam that I figured I should let you know about, so you can avoid it in the future. This scam has to do with one of the most popular sheet music websites out there: MuseScore.com. And emphasis on "com". MuseScore.org is most certainly not a scam, and never has been. The "org" domain is simply a download page for a 100% free and open-source music notation software with no paywalls whatsoever. The "com" domain is the scam which we're going to be talking about today. Before we begin, let's start by searching the term "musescore" on Google. One of the first results will likely be for MuseScore.org, which, as mentioned, is not a scam; so ignore that one. However, the second or third result will probably be MuseScore.com. I wan

Save Money with These Three Life Hacks for Pet Parents

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  My pet triceratops, Haha I think we can all agree that pets make amazing companions during every walk of life, whether it's when we're feeling down or even if we just need something to do when bored. However, overtime, owning pets (especially multiple different kinds of pets) can become quite expensive. In fact, according to an article on  petwisevet.com , caring for one single dog can cost up to $55,000 throughout its lifetime, and caring for a kitty can cost up to $45,000. And that is just for one pet. (And I personally have tons of different pets--dogs, a kitten, a triceratops, rubber bands, pipe cleaners, shells, the list could go on and on). Because of this, many pet parents, including myself, are often looking for ways to save money while still keeping their pets happy and healthy. In this post, I am going to tell you a few ways that you can save money and still have a very happy furry friend. #1: Save leftover dry food for later I have been using this life hack for o

Five Points that Prove Santa is Real

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  Image source: fox59.com A s we approach the holiday season, stores are beginning to sell Christmas decorations, the weather is getting cooler (at least where I live), and I am now counting down days until Christmas. And we all know what happens on the night before Christmas! A certain man rides from house-to-house in a flying sleigh, delivering gifts to everybody who has been good since last Christmas, including both children and children-at-heart. And I think nearly everybody on Earth knows who I am talking about: the one and only Kris Kringle, better known as Santa Claus. However, just like with nearly every fact on Earth, there are people who believe in Santa, and there are people who [sadly] don't. Do you remember back in Nisan last year when I wrote the first ever post on this blog? I stated in the post that this blog would be dedicated to fighting misinformation online, just as I did in my Kitty vs. Cat post, and my Truth About Russia post. And you probably can guess by