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by Fezzik 9y ago
I wish people would hunt bullfrogs up here in the Pacific Northwest - they are a terrible bane to our riparian ecosystems as they eat everything that lives in a wetland (except the larger mammals). And, as the article mentions, their appe
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by Fezzik 9y ago
In the United States most (all?) cities have local ordinances regulating lawn height. For example, in Portland, Oregon “lawn areas” can be no more than 10 inches high[1]. Mind you, this is just for the city and only applies to lawns, not ga
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I can't say I did a lot of research beyond price (Ikea was cheapest) and comfort (they all felt the same to me). This seems like a pretty good article about latex mattresses though (the photo part-way down of tapped rubber trees bummed
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Seconded. Their latex mattresses are amazing if you are looking for a firm mattress, and priced significantly cheaper than anything else on the market. I have owned two over the last 14 years and both have been amazing: assisted in easing b
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I can relate to the notion of 'deep work' benefiting from solitude. I think I am odd in that I love company and have lots of friends due to growing up where I live, but I spend very little time with them. This became a conscience
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by Fezzik 9y ago
The nearest thing I can think of for adults is Toastmasters. It is non-adversarial though, so very different from debate in that regard, as it is focused on developing public speaking skills. http://www.toastmasters.org/
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I see quite of it here in Portland, Oregon as well. Certianly more “those people” are a problem posts than I would expect. There is definitely a lot more ire directed at the homeless, but the (apparent) insularity of NextDoor appears to enc
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if you’re in to avoiding paying hyper-inflated costs to support entrenched and anticompetitive markets, like what eyeglsses have been for years, I higly recommend Zenni Optical. They have highly customizable options and are great glasses, e
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have you checked out the new(ish) Lord of the Rings pinball machine? It got me back in to pinballing, as I find the depth of the game greater than any other pinball game I have ever experienced.
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by Fezzik 9y ago
According to the IRS the maximim contribution to a Roth IRA is far less: $5,500. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employ...
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Cassini’s Mission to Saturn in 100 Images(nytimes.com)
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They still may, I hope. The SE was first released in March (2016), and it has been selling like hot-cakes... or very well, at a minimum. Having a iPhone on an alternative release schedule seems smart as well. edit: to add the date of releas
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The Economist just had a great article about the process of moving a poor country up the ladder, focusing on Bangladesh. I thought it was a good read, and it touches on the roll of textile manufacturing and the related infrastructure that h
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really, it is any US company that earns substantial assets abroad that avoids (at present) repatriating the money. GE, Pfizer, Exxon Mobil, Citigroup, Google, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, McDonald's... they all have billions in offshore pro
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Personally, I would prefer the option for 23 dongles (most of which I will never use, or buy) to a multitude of ports on my laptop (most of which I will never use). The first seems like it provides me options, the second seems like it adds
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by Fezzik 9y ago
If you want to play finger-picking in the folk style, you would be better off picking up a steel string guitar and learning on it, I think. Classical guitars have wider necks and higher action (more space between the strings and the fret bo
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I stand corrected. And intrigued that a state saw fit to make a law about that.
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If you're really hellbent on it, you can probably tell the IT department they are full of shit and ask for the citation to the state code number - I am no state code scholar, but I have never heard of anything like this. In the NW Stat
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by Fezzik 9y ago
The size of Disney's catalogue may be underestimated by some. Having instant access to all their movies[1] and television shows[2] has quite a bit of value, and would consist of hundreds upon hundreds of blu-rays. I am not one who woul
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Lawyers tell their clients this right before they, the client, is deposed. As another commentor here hinted at, when being deposed you are either going to play it safe or lose, there is really no winning. Deposition hiccups are later used,
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by Fezzik 9y ago
True. I would think the watches category will continue to occupy the pretty good/general tracking and health stats market (which should be huge) and, as the tech advances, there will always be smaller, screenless, more accurate detecto
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I think the health tracking features are the major differentiating feature for wearables. Fit people want to track their exercise and stay fit and the unfit (for the most part) want to get fit. These two groups are 99% of the population. An
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I had the same thing. There is little to no pain in the extraction, at least there was not for me. My wisdom teeth were quite big so I was completely sedated for the procedure itself. Followed by a few days of ice packs, lots of gauze in my
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by Fezzik 9y ago
The essay originated/followed from his Kenyon Commencement Speech. It is well worth listening to, I think. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI
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I go so far as to wear the spongy orange ear plugs when I vacuum and do any thing with power tools at home. I already have (what I think of as) pretty bad tinnitus, so I am trying to mitigate future deterioration. It is surprisingly diffic
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I always take the advice of "push through the pain" as pushing through the pain of exhaustion, which will contribute to strength and your ability to push beyond current physical limits; whereas the advice of "listen to your b
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All of Africa is not starving, sure, but hopefully you can understand how people can reasonably believe that there are issues with food supplies in much of Africa[1][2], and that a large number of people are suffering as a consequence. It i
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Extravert. Extra- meaning out of; outside.
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I had a similar thought as I typed - having more than one or two deep-fried dishes a week is unappealing, and having too many deep-fried courses together is unappealing (at least to me). And then potential health issues. When I get home, an
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Not to veer too far off-topic - but what does deep-frying not work on? (ice cream, veggies, sweets, sea-food, beef/any meats... all delicious when deep-fried). Maybe fruit is the one exception? I have never tried but may give it a go.

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