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by dade_ 8y ago
After a weeklong trip to NYC, I was walking home from the airport thinking how quiet downtown Toronto is and then I started to laugh when I realized that I was walking past a construction crew jackhammering the sidewalk. I guess I just tu
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by dade_ 8y ago
Youth unemployment explained in a quote: "They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones"
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by dade_ 8y ago
A symptom of drug use, that is a symptom of a sickness spreading through our society. It isn't a US problem. Across the border, Vancouver is famous for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6-1oo-b3Ds It is spreading
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by dade_ 8y ago
It is common in Starbucks. I don't think anyone can recycle their disposable coffee cups, but they have blue bins with a separate coffee cup hole that winds up in the same pile of trash at the end of the day.
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by dade_ 8y ago
I think that we should have started with municipal composting, paper recycle and plastic Reduce programs. Most of the contamination is from food waste and it makes up most of the weight of trash (obviously because of water content) and I i
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by dade_ 8y ago
Most people are constantly screwing over their future self. I found this to be a useful thought process as well. Also, I quit smoking.
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by dade_ 8y ago
My experience managing my own procrastination for years makes me think this could be true. I go to the gym to avoid cleaning my aquarium, I'll rewrite a software module for a personal project to avoid some undesirable work. The avoi
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by dade_ 8y ago
Nicotine != tobacco and is not a known carcinogen. Hence, this is now a moralistic conversation as we are now talking about a drug with health effects similar to caffeine (forbidden by Mormons for example) https://en.wikipedia.o
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by dade_ 8y ago
Or if they get better sleep, actually more alert in afternoon/evenings.
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by dade_ 8y ago
So are newspaper headlines. Big tobacco didn't create e-cigs and in my experience quitting e-cigs was easy, but cigarettes nearly impossible. Maybe it was all about the additives, but I guess no one is sure yet: https://ec
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by dade_ 8y ago
Like Xerox? https://books.google.ca/books?id=KIEIX2X-na8C&pg=PA68&lpg=PA...
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by dade_ 8y ago
Chrome is the new IE all over again. Remember that it was IE that saved us from Netscape's slow performance and advancements of new web technologies. Jump ahead 20 years, low an behold Google Earth - Chrome only!
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by dade_ 8y ago
I have successfully migrated to mailbox.org over Christmas and I am very happy with them so far. Excellent quality applications and web app, very reliable service and they use & support a lot of open source projects. They have a heavy
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by dade_ 8y ago
Yes they are. I decided to leave O365 business and was ready to switch to FastMail when this law was passed. I decided to keep looking and found German mailbox.org and chose them instead. So far so good.
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by dade_ 8y ago
RO systems are excellent for water purification as well and certainly more convenient if you own your home. So I will restate, I don't understand why RO or distillation systems aren't far more common.
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by dade_ 8y ago
Not true, but misinformation is probably a major factor.
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by dade_ 8y ago
Many people keep copies of emails. Perhaps they feel compelled to make the information public, and maybe they felt more compelled once they received their RSUs and cashed them in. "Most full-time employees receive RSUs (restricted sto
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by dade_ 8y ago
I'll stick to my distilled water. I still don't understand why they aren't more popular. Here they add a chemical to our tap water that bonds to lead so that there will be less (hopefully no) lead from the lead water pipes
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by dade_ 8y ago
The board approves the plan and I usually let my friends have what they want.
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Correct. They get paid what they do because they set their own compensation. Performance has nothing to do with it, unless things get so bad they are removed.
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by dade_ 8y ago
Playing dumb doesn't cut it. Prosecutors needs to go gangbusters. In the meantime, I am now alarmed enough to Kill Facebook with fire(wall rules). https://topnetworkguide.com/how-to-block-websites-using-pfse...
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by dade_ 8y ago
Skype for business is finally going away, though slowly, to be replaced by Teams.
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by dade_ 8y ago
I don't think this article characterizes the relationship with the Philippines accurately at all. No mention of Japan's horrific occupation that the Americans fought with the Filipinos to expel. https://en.wikipedia.or
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by dade_ 8y ago
Nothing wrong with specialization. It's a waste of my time and potentially a waste of money if I ruin the item. There are many shops in town, some excellent at mending and alterations and at very reasonable cost. For that, I get excel
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by dade_ 8y ago
PPP: Privitize the profit and socialize the cost. Sidewalk labs can take a long walk off my short Queen's Quay pier.
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by dade_ 8y ago
I see the Ministry of Truth kept busy through the shutdown. How much longer until Russia is our ally?
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by dade_ 8y ago
The article jumps into Venezuela, but that is after the fact. Maduro invited Russia and China into the Americas and has received a prompt and harsh lesson on the Monroe Doctrine.
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by dade_ 8y ago
No book on the subject is perfect, but I recommend this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/555926.The_New_Penguin_H... Approachable by anyone, readable, and doesn't have an ending until we really screw
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by dade_ 8y ago
I've always assumed that the US hasn't figured out how to use Huawei to spy on others and the company isn't cooperating with US intelligence agencies. Result is a global smear campaign. Then, when that fails, create a diplo
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by dade_ 8y ago
I recently ran into an old manager. High stress job and he was quite drunk, but edolained that he is is really into Isreali Street fighting. It's pretty brutal, but he aays he loves it...

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