SaintGhurka

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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
It's more homeless people [1]. I mean, it's really a lot of people. It's pretty unmistakable. The tent cities do make them more noticeable, though. Also, the police used to be able to roust people illegally camping, so if
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
To add some missing details on this, in 2018/19 the city council passed some ordinances that removed the criminality of some homeless activities. Specifically, they made it explicitly legal to camp in most public spaces (excluding par
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
They're easy to miss. The one near me is part of a Shell station and the only clue that it's there is a 2 x 3 foot drive-thru sign. I will second the recommendation. They're quite good. https://www.google.com&#x2
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
I tried the impossible whopper expecting to like it, but also expecting that I could easily distinguish it from beef. It turned out it was the opposite. It did taste like beef to me, but but it reminded me of a bad cafeteria burger made w
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
John Pinette's comedy bit about the ubiquity of the BB&B coupon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in12THaZvss
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
>> no white person even went to prison in Texas for killing a black person post reconstruction That's astounding. Do you have a source for this?
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
A feature I'd really like to see on a password protected account or a sharing app would be a second password that works only after n days of no logins. So I can give my wife a login for my email and I know she can't use it unless
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Not debating your point, but I want to point out that there is literally no overland travel between South America and North America because of the Darien Gap. If you want to get to the US from Bogota, you'll need to fly. https:/
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
I live in a rural city with a dark skies initiative and I really like it. The north star is easy to find. I can just make out the milky way. Any outside gatherings have a real cozy, old-timey feeling to them. Halloween is especially cree
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Nothing. And algorithms. I've had a card number ripped off via an online retailer and Visa figured it out on the first fraudulent charge.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Just insert your card. That's it. Occasionally they ask you to sign on the past or hit the ok button but usually not even that.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
That seems like an extraordinarily risky undertaking. You would certainly be found out and face real consequences. Remember the guy got the FBI involved, which would make the whole operation a federal crime.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
When you hit the "Always at Login" radio button, do you get the "Security Token" option?
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
They do have it. They call it Two Step Verification and I found it in my account security settings. Or is it not real 2FA somehow?
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
I haven't touched the stuff in 35 years, but is it markedly different today than in the past?
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Wouldn't joining 2 duplexes needlessly duplicate common areas? I would think a large multigenerational family might want a large family room rather than 2 small ones. Likewise the kitchens. They'd have 2 kitchens, one extraneou
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
"industrial fish farming at a large scale" They're doing that. Bring up an areal view of china's coast, zoom in on most any protected bay and you can see they have some kind of aquatic farming going on at a pretty impre
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
It seems like it should be possible to allow a second password for something like an email account. The first password works always, but the second one only works if last login was more than n days ago. So you could give the second passwo
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Go out and get a copy of "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias. It's entertaining enough to keep you interested, fairly short and it's stood the test of time - first published in 1978 and up
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
My first time I spent a few minutes trying with all my might to move a muscle. Any muscle. I felt like I was trying to thrash around to wake myself up but there was just no way to get a signal to any part of my body.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Did you have the sense that someone was in the room? Reports of an ominous presence often go along with sleep paralysis.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
If the world doesn't end, and it usually doesn't, you'll wish you had put something into your 401k. Please view your own pessimism with a bit of skepticism. Pessimism tends to betray people who buy into it too much. I heard
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
I'll second this. I had sleep apnea but I don't remember ever waking up gasping - not even once. I only know about it because my wife said I'd stop breathing while I was sleeping.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Same for me. It took me 3 goes to get enough data for a diagnosis. Don't give up.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
That's the one consolation to those of us in the maddeningly expensive US system. You can usually find someone who will get you scheduled in very short order. Don't let the wait deter you. If you do need the machine, it can real
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
I've wondered that, too. Between my insurance company and me, we spent a combined $1000 on deciding whether I should get one. That's more than a low-end unit costs.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
That really sucks. When did you do the test - and was it in a clinic or at home? I do encourage you to keep trying if you have reason to think you have sleep apnea. Maybe get a home O2 monitor to help you decide if it's worth spendin
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
If your doctor tells you to do a sleep study, do it. If, as a result, they tell you to get a CPAP, get it. Those things are life-changing. I felt like an old man at 50 years old. My back was so stiff I couldn't put on my socks. When
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
My mistake. We need a sarcasm font.
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by SaintGhurka 6y ago
Your link doesn't provide any evidence of this. "Communist propaganda of the time claimed that the insect was being dropped from parachutes and balloons"

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