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by ljsocal 9y ago
Factual counter arguments here: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/01/california-is-...
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Use the side of a large knife to mash whole garlic cloves. The skin will easily separate and the clove will be ready to cook or chop.
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Use cookbooks as inspiration for your own concoction. Use the ingredients you have, don't measure and be creative. It's more fun and less work-like (i.e. no treasure hunts for random ingredients) and cheaper. Note: this method doe
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Apple Photos app with original, full sized files on iCloud. Periodic backups to external HD. 27k photos arranged in hundreds of albums which are organized in dozens of folders which are organized in 6 master folders + a handful of smart alb
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Rather than "difficult", I will share the most important aspects: Soil health: take soil samples from several places in your garden and get a soil analysis done so you know. What you have and what you need. Building and maintainin
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what determines bubble size? executive rank?
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Sounds like a good idea. I'd use this if I knew who rescam.org was and if I had certainty that the forward wouldn't bring me a new batch of spam.
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Important factors that this calculator doesn't (and can't) account for: Lifestyle: having owned and rented, hands-down renting is far easier. No weekend trips to Home Depot, no emergency $500 plumbing bills, zero time or attention
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friggin' awesome! Thanks!
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The Daily NY Times Axe files The art of manufacturing Containers
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You might consider renting a liveaboard vessel. That allows you to move-in quickly and to have a low-risk "out" if you decide it's not the right lifestyle for you. Your criteria for what boat to buy, should it come to that,
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Most Patagonia products. The last 5-6 years they've greatly increased their range of offerings with no noticeable diminution of quality (from my perspective).
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When (not if!) ride-sharing in electric cars becomes much bigger, it will free up a huge amount of real estate from car-related use to other uses. (Fun fact: In the U.S., there are four parking spots for every one of the 255 million cars.)
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We're 23 years into the solo working parent life. Our sons are now college age and I'm certain they benefitted tremendously by having the constant presence my wife has provided. We're doubly lucky in that I've worked fro
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One big reason Apple is so much larger and more profitable than other tech companies (hell, all companies!) is that they are vertically integrated. This is an expensive business model and it leaves a lot of near-term opportunity (like seizi
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anyone hazard a guess as to how many billion$ of corporate productivity was wasted playing solitaire?
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HP LaserJet All in one purchased in 2014. For my $, laser is the way to go. They are economical on a cost per page basis and they last a long time. I purchase a Canon laser printer but returned it after spending two hours attempting (unsucc
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while it's probably well known among HN's cognoscenti, the wsj.com paywall is easily breached by copying the title of the article then paste into Google search. Same with barrons.com (less often linked, however) Other paywalls, I
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Barf! Their photoshopper needs to take a lesson on the physics of coffee and gravity. See level in coffee pitcher.
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Safari Reader does a great job for many sites/pages. Using Command + to enlarge the font also helps. It's surprising how many sites use light gray type on white background which is very difficult to read.
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Lotus Agenda
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by ljsocal 11y ago
it would be nice if you'd add links to properties located close to each BART station, not just the lowest and highest /sq. ft. Thanks!
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by ljsocal 11y ago
create an app that allows me to find out what fun, interesting events are happening locally in the next few hours - days. Let me filter by my interests and distance. Make intelligent suggestions based upon artificial intelligence.
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boy, the 19th and 20th century sure introduced a lot of crappy products thinly disguised as food.
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fyi the transaction process went through perfectly but I received an immediate fraud warning alert from my bank.
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Interesting idea...proud of my little hamlet of Bellingham!
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by ljsocal 11y ago
I wish my car dealer offered what Apple Store does...1) free evaluation of my hardware/software, 2) free minor repairs and 3) free estimate (and suggested alternatives) of repair costs and timing.
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Add thermal/noise insulation now = $-efficient-comfort/quiet for the life of the structure.
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the form factor looks terrible...imagine writing/drawing for any length of time with your wrist sitting on the corner of the device...can you say carpal tunnel?
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this is great! Thanks!

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