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Chris -- 2025-05-10
Here’s a new turn on layman’s terms. 100 raw hits.
In layman’s turns, what’s going on with Google Chrome/Other browsers at the moment?
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And a double yolker! Unfortunately there’s only one hit and it’s a screenshot floating around the web.
I am an engineer, I’m good at writing just not in Lehmans turns that other people can understand
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When life gives you Lehmans…..
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Join the Society for the Initial Treatment and Subsequent Sustenance of Lehmans, aka
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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? Is this an oblique reference to this august company?
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August is the right time of year for lemon-aid, to be sure.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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