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by allannienhuis 4y ago
Ever heard of a pension? Edit: sorry that was a bit snarky. The point is that there are other ways to ensure people have a reasonable lifestyle once their 'working days' are over. Those schemes are probably best to be tied in so
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by allannienhuis 4y ago
I sometimes format dates in documents or emails dd-MMM-yyyy when the audience is international. ie 2-Feb-2022 using the short month form disambiguates the fields and I think avoids mental gymnastics like 'what month is 09 again?&#x27
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by allannienhuis 4y ago
doesn't 'divisive' generally mean to divide, as in separate into opposing factions? What you're describing seems more like 'diversity', which is pretty different I think.
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I believe he was suggesting misfiling, as in under reporting income or overreporting deductions in order to generate a fraudulent refund, which you could then fix/repay in cash (but keep the bonds).
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
yes, skylights are 'windows in the roof'. They often have a matte/white finish to diffuse the light.
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
"The space rock, named 2022 EB5, is believed to have mostly burnt up in our planet's atmosphere, but even if it had impacted the surface it would have done little to no damage because it was just 10ft (3 metres) wide, about half t
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Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by allannienhuis 5y ago|3 comments
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
That particular site has quite interactive 'painting/drawing' features (select the 'freeform' option, press a key to 'paint' with that letter using the mouse), which is the type of thing I remember from si
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
ASCII editors are a thing :) eg: https://asciiflow.com/
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I know some people that used to run a number of those 'private' atms you'd find in gas stations, etc. They regularly drove to the various machines to fill them up with cash, driving an old pickup truck and carrying around 30
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I think Latitude historically comes first when spoken or written because of the rule of ablaut reduplication, which makes it more natural for the 'a' sound to come before the 'o' sound when using phrases like this. For
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
the word is not pre-determined. it changes based on what you are guessing, to make it harder to guess a matching word.
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
Along the same lines, pushing kids to eat everything on their plate can result in serious food/eating disorders, training them to ignore their 'full' feeling.
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I presume they're charging for knowing what to do & how to do it correctly, not just for the time spent doing it.
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
fourlegs
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
That's a valid and useful rhetorical technique. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum Although it can be applied with a bit much snark sometimes. :)
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
in the northwest (Vancouver, BC area) tock and talk rhyme (they are pretty much homonyms).
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‘I got a beer in 8 seconds’: Testing Amazon’s cashierless tech at an NHL game(geekwire.com)
4 points by allannienhuis 5y ago|0 comments
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I actually agree with this in principle, but isn't California a huge source of food for much of the west coast? Where will the food be grown then?
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I HATE that! too many times my vim muscle memory has cancelled out of a long comment or issue description :(
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
"I can't believe" isn't meant to be taken literally. It is a way of saying "I am astounded".
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I think the relationship with the giver makes a big difference - the intent may be clearer. I was thinking in terms of wedding gifts, birthday gifts, etc. There are lots of other types of gifts where money wouldn't be very acceptable
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
it's the thought that counts. Money often comes across as a thoughtless (easy) gift, and often comes with strings attached, which is why it's not often used in western culture. Money is a great gift for someone who really needs
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
Not saying this is a good thing (in fact I think it's a silly rule), but: kids in the western world have their 'freedoms' restricted all of the time. There are plenty of things that kids can't participate in or see. Th
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I appreciate you didn't have to take the time to reply to a random stranger on the internet :) Regarding side-effect-free - not sure anyone ever claimed that? I understand that the relative risk is v
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I'm honestly curious if you would apply this reason to other types of infections? or is it something about covid and the covid vaccine that has the risk/reward ratio tilted in favor of not vaccinating for it? When I do my own ass
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader (I'm just a happy user)
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
it would be nice if that was a per-site toggle in the UI (that's the approach darkreader uses, and I think it works well).
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
I use https://github.com/darkreader/darkreader to optionally apply dark themes to websites that don't support themes, or don't provide theme options. It's pretty good, but there are definitely some site
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by allannienhuis 5y ago
Authorities reported over 130 heat related deaths in the Vancouver area yesterday. Mostly seniors living alone without air conditioning (aircon isn't common here). https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-colu

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