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by donw 5y ago
That depends on many factors. What do you mean by "disabled"? Unable to work? As declared by whom? Merely needing reasonable accommodation? Is that a universal? A chunk of familial diaspora is "disabled", but only on pap
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You can cancel Netflix without their HR department showing up to shoot your dog.
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"Moving somewhere else" lies between "extremely difficult" and "downright impossible" for most people. When you move, you leave your friends behind. And your family. Everybody that you've grown to know. No
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Most parents treat tablets like fancy TV sets. The resulting harm can not be understated. Minecraft and Roblox are active, creative pursuits, and demand disciplined, logical thinking to achieve goals. Lincoln Logs and Erector Sets for the d
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> I think you'd have to end the two-party system before anything better could happen because that's a HUGE driver of the conflict. No. The US has had first-past-the-post elections since its inception. The present division is a
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> Also at least two of the weapons detailed was below 12 ftlbs which means it was definitely below 16J. Further when you get on to the discussion you will note it says all the weapons were within legal limits. So your reading of the arti
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Those are all very recent changes. Let’s see how they’re getting on in 20 years.
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The Nordic model requires strong borders and high cultural cohesion: "we're all in this together" doesn't function without either "we" or "together". Neither of those is remotely true in the US of 202
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Fortunately, you can now sign up for an annual iHell subscription and get a fresh new Hell every year.
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You're largely correct, but I'm not speaking about peer pressure. 'Tis the season, so we've been listening to a lot of Christmas carols. One of my favorites is Good King Wenceslas, which concludes with the verse: "T
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... and then we discovered that the ancients had already explored and named this world: "Hell".
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Joules are defined as kg * (m/s)^2. Weight is already factored in. Shape does matter, though! A dart might be lethal if it hit a major artery or the heart. I'd have to do a test to see if it could punch through mass equivalent t
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by donw 5y ago
All of the weapons indicated in that article have muzzle energies well above 16J. If the projectile was some kind of sharpened dart, 16J might be enough to be lethal in a headshot. Maybe. I'd have to do a test to see if it could punch
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I'm not sure to whom you are replying. I can't think of anyone I've ever met that started an open-source project expecting it to become their day job in short order. When your project blows up and mints a herd of new gazillio
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Not really. 16J is a slightly overpowered paintball gun.
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> It has some effect No. > You think that people on the left want to help the environment solely to anger the right? He never said that, and I doubt you have psychic powers. Environmentalists have always favored ideology over effectiv
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> Then again, I can’t even fathom the upside for the FBI. The upside is power. You yourself said as much: "If the agent was accompanied with someone from my employer, I would eagerly cart up every single device in my home and offer
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It's a little known fact that "DB" actually stands for "Daheim Bleiben". :D
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F1 engines are rebuilt after every race. Hard drives have slightly higher longevity requirements.
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The modern equivalent is probably Nampla (Thai fish sauce). Bit of an acquired taste, but once you acquire it, nothing else will do.
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There is, unfortunately, a common pathology amongst white-collar workers, and especially the "managerial class". Of which I am a member, so I get to see this first-hand quite often. It is incredibly common that my economic peers a
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That's just... inhuman.
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> You actually feel safe taking glances at the landscape. Until you discover that the driver aid doesn't work correctly at that time.
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His partner went on to make some pretty good mayonnaise, too!
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Exactly. Permanently caging workers is two or three iterations down the road.
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Point. :)
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I have a standing policy in every team I run: if you have to work outside of hours, double the amount of time that you worked and round up to the nearest day. Take that many days off as soon as is practical. The traditional “flex time” is n
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by donw 5y ago
Love me my Thermoworks instant read. They do nice silicone scrapers and trivets as well! I'll revisit the Kamado once I'm in a place where I can justify a grill that weighs in like a sumo wrestler. :)
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Chef's rule of thumb: everything you do in a slow cooker (crock pot) can be done better and faster in a pressure cooker. Dried beans, for example. 4:1 water ratio; e.g., four cups of water per cup of dried beans. 1 tsp of sea salt per
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If you're going to have to use a digital temperature control, I'm not sure a Kamado is really necessary. I really like my PitmasterIQ[1]. It's a couple hundred bucks, and doesn't require a smartphone app, which means i

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