l_davis

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by l_davis 7y ago
I wasn't clear; I meant some kind of reusable 3D mask, not cotton. I know nothing about 3D printing, so if you do you might want to search and see if what you find looks workable. I got many results that indicate it is possible.
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by l_davis 7y ago
I'm sure PM Abe is sweating bullets. Japan has been in an economic slump for decades. The Olympics and associated tourism was supposed to fix that (and Japan has seen a big increase in tourists in recent years as they gear up). And now
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by l_davis 7y ago
If iodine is the reason, probably from seaweed rather than shellfish.
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by l_davis 7y ago
I ordered cotton masks from Etsy. They are supposed to arrive by the end of the month. Select vendors in the US for speed. Amazon has lots of cotton masks, but they all seem to be shipped from China, which means they will take awhile to arr
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by l_davis 7y ago
In Japan, people wear masks so they don't spread their germs. In the US, people want to wear masks to avoid other's germs. Totally different mindset. And in the US we are being discouraged from wearing masks because they don'
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by l_davis 7y ago
Was going by your context in this post "(which I posted to HN and it got no traction)". Didn't see a related post and other intent.
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by l_davis 7y ago
Then it sounds like it is a good solution for you and potentially could be a good solution for others who can write. I can see where people in IT (that's the typical audience here, right?) wouldn't care about work like that though
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by l_davis 7y ago
I looked at the writepay link, and then the textbroker site. They said that they paid between $4 and $8 per assignment. Is that true? How long does an assignment take?
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by l_davis 7y ago
That was a good article. But of course it didn't cover everything. Japanese tend to be extremely health conscious and in general take better care of themselves than many other developed countries, though there are exceptions (like high
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by l_davis 7y ago
With all the memes flying around, it is tough to sort out what is believable or not. But coughing is apparently part of recognized therapy for CF - see https://www.cff.org/Life-With-CF/Treatments-and-Therapies/Ai..