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by kaitai 3y ago
Yeah, this was an interesting but odd article posted by oftenwrong above you. When I had opportunity to visit a demonstration farm run by some Wampanoag folks, they commented that the method (once established) really cut down on weeding and
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by kaitai 3y ago
Hear hear! Too much attention on intentions is generally just a means of self-justification and avoiding consequences and, when it comes right down to it, trying to make ourselves feel better for profiting from systems/products/in
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by kaitai 3y ago
This is classic. It would be helpful for folks to put this into context. Madame CJ Walker was the first self-made woman millionaire in America. She created beauty products for Black women, a deeply underserved market, and recruited thousand
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by kaitai 3y ago
Sure you can. All you have to do is get admitted. I have a friend with a PhD and no high school or college degree. This person is indeed both smart and good at talking their way into things.
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by kaitai 3y ago
Mankato state is $14k a year before books etc. Metro State is cheaper, if you pick the right classes. Someplace like Concordia is $20k or a bit more; Hamline or Augsburg is up to $40k. Sure it's all sticker price. I tried to pick a num
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by kaitai 3y ago
I find this to be a slightly weird argument. Med school degrees do have varying levels of quality. Moreover, in the US, you cannot be licensed without residency -- residency is practicing under supervision, essentially a skills-based set of
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by kaitai 3y ago
I have a friend with no college degree but a number of certifications in the insurance industry and most of a master's degree in a humanities field. Should said friend be allowed to proofread communications going out from Angie Craig&#
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by kaitai 4y ago
What I find most confounding is that I know some folks who do what I'd call research, in that they do EDA and develop models, but since those aren't necessarily destined for development of software, their hours are not counted in
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by kaitai 4y ago
This discussion is fascinating, anthropologically speaking. Some observations: * Many commenters seem to be holding to this weird idea that if you don't believe God will smite you, you will not be able to behave responsibly, give your
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by kaitai 4y ago
France also has much lower homelessness and supports child care and health care to a greater extent. In the US the most prominent cause of bankruptcy is medical debt, rents are up an extraordinary amount, homelessness is up quite a lot. Chi
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by kaitai 4y ago
Here are pointers to some sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20100214195826/http://www.new.dl... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuktibhāṣā with digital open access at https:/
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by kaitai 4y ago
The Nature Conservancy had a recent article in its magazine about the change in bloom time for many natives (based on temperature) and the difficulty that can cause for migrating birds and for animals (whose schedules may be based on length
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by kaitai 4y ago
What's interesting to me is that there is strong support from data that skipping breakfast causes many people to eat more later, in particular eating more carbs/sugar/snack foods. I have to wonder to what extent a planned 16:
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by kaitai 4y ago
I have no data to confirm, but as a relative of a pilot, they are reporting taking a lot of "green slips" (uncovered flights) and experiencing some pressure to come in while fatigued, which they are resisting successfully as they
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by kaitai 4y ago
Obese and malnourished at the same time! A great system indeed! The problems in ensuring access to fresh food in some urban areas (and rural areas too!) is well-documented (ok, food access in rural areas is less well-documented). It's
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by kaitai 4y ago
This is a phenomenon known as "elite capture" (and the book of that title is insightful).
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by kaitai 4y ago
There is way too much romanticization of a false past here in this larger HN discussion. Yeah, sleep patterns were different, and many people slept with their infants. Infant mortality was also higher, as was maternal mortality, and corpora
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by kaitai 4y ago
It doesn't sound like you have much experience being the 24-hr care provider for a baby. Phoning it in at work is way more relaxing than being in the house with a baby for the entire day. It's not work that makes parents need to s
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by kaitai 4y ago
Agree, in that when I needed to learn some Egyptian Arabic in a hurry, Pimsleur worked very well for me. In languages where I do have the alphabet/writing down, other methods are very useful & complementary, but when I just need to
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by kaitai 4y ago
Two sets of assumptions, though: * The "stay behind" terminology is both evocative and biased. I didn't "stay behind". I moved away several times, thousands of miles, and lived in other places that ambitious people
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by kaitai 4y ago
Exercise-life balance will change, as well, throughout your life. We all have different seasons. Some years ago I was working at a university and could go to the gym and lift heavy over lunch. That was great -- a good decompression, opportu
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by kaitai 4y ago
1) You gotta play the hand you're dealt. 2) You need to be able to flip back & forth between the very big picture and the individual view. 3) The narrative is constructible, and being able to flip back & forth between individua
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by kaitai 4y ago
You look at the woods differently when you hunt for mushrooms. Your whole vision changes. You see the exact same things as, say, a hiker, but you process it entirely differently. It's a gamified experience of the wilderness, too, in so
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by kaitai 4y ago
"There are old mushroom hunters, there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old bold mushroom hunters."
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by kaitai 4y ago
I think this was an "educational experience" in the truest sense. Hegarty showed the spirit of a true educator. This is a situation that can end up with legal action -- but there is a much better path for both sides! Young people
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by kaitai 4y ago
That's why I stick with a manual transmission -- far better handling in snow. Have not asked my EV peers how it's working for them.
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by kaitai 4y ago
I've never gotten a "runner's high" from running. After decades of not experiencing it, I started doing circuit workouts in my basement due to covid. Strangely enough, finally experienced the "high" from circui
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by kaitai 5y ago
But this is false. Go check it yourself: federal efile through Freetaxusa is free. I did it last night.
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by kaitai 5y ago
Yeah I did not deal with stock awards or ESPP this year, but used Freetaxusa with K-1 and 1099-NEC and it was just fine. My understanding of the QBI was a little different than theirs but I think theirs is standard (given that I am very muc
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by kaitai 5y ago
I used to be able to do a return "by hand" (fine, using a spreadsheet). But now between the health insurance stuff and the child tax credit there is a whole raft of additional forms that did not even exist just a few years back.

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