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by plants 8y ago
I tried using that phone, but I found Kai OS to be pretty awful from a usability perspective. Maps was completely unusable - which was a large reason why I bought the phone in the first place. On top of that, the texting app is extremely la
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by plants 8y ago
"We're sorry, you have termin -kshhhh- cer. Our models estimate you have -kshhhh- to live. Have a nice day!"
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by plants 8y ago
Is "technophobic" really a bad word now? If so, I'm an outright technophobe. If you're going to break hard news to anyone (whether it be a breakup, telling someone their loved one has died, or telling someone they are dy
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by plants 8y ago
Anecdotally, I have seen the same thing with anti-anxiety medication. Not sure what medication it was exactly, but some folks that are close to me have had a much higher incidence of panic attacks when they abruptly stopped taking their med
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by plants 8y ago
Conversely, Magic Lantern is a reason for consumers to pick Canon over Nikon or some other camera brand. I imagine there are also at least some differences in the quality of sensors between high-end and lower-end DSLRs?
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by plants 8y ago
I haven't looked into this recently, but are 30-hour work weeks a thing now? With benefits and all? Last time I checked they were being piloted by a couple of companies, but it wasn't so commonplace that you could just go out an
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by plants 8y ago
This is a sustainable schedule. I have almost an identical schedule, but swap out startup with grad school work. You can do this without getting too burnt out for a while IMO. The days where you work after work are tough, though...
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by plants 8y ago
I read the Mirra Ginsburg translation, which I have heard is a sin because it is based on the censored text. If I could do it over (which I probably will in a couple years) I would probably read the Burgin/Tiernan O'Connor transla
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by plants 8y ago
This is disappointing to hear, but to anyone who is deterred by this comment from reading it in English, don't be. Even in English, the book was undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read. There's something about it that m
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by plants 8y ago
Plus, you can read this one in about a day or two. Picked it up for the second time about a year ago. Cried again at the end.
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by plants 8y ago
I was scared to click on the parent link at work because I KNEW this term had to have a second "urban dictionary" meaning...
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by plants 8y ago
Another one that is even vegan-friendly is Ethiopian food. Almost every Ethiopian restaurant I've been to has a "vegetarian sampler", or something of the like, which on closer inspection is usually vegan. Many dishes in the s
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by plants 8y ago
or even how insanely crowded NYC is in general. It might make sense to have scooters in a less crowded neighborhood in Brooklyn, but try driving through lower Manhattan on a scooter...
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by plants 8y ago
> she and her software engineer husband
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by plants 8y ago
I think they might have meant for all four years of state school on campus, which rings true with me. I went to a state school and lived on campus for four years and it cost me roughly 80k.
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by plants 8y ago
If you haven't been back, I think you'd be surprised at the (weekday) reliability of the metro now. The metro is almost always terribly messed up on weekends (with single-tracking and line closings), but they make a damn good effo
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by plants 8y ago
Isn't that kind of just a markov chain?
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by plants 8y ago
No zoning is also how you get a city like Houston where there are churches next to skyscrapers next to liquor stores in downtown and sprawling strip malls for miles everywhere else
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by plants 8y ago
Alternatively, head to the DC area if you want to live in a city of class presidents.
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by plants 8y ago
"In Rod We Trust"
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Vantablack(en.wikipedia.org)
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by plants 8y ago
Couldn't agree more. Don't like tipping an extra dollar for a coffee once in a while? Make it at home. If you can't spare $15 a week to tip service employees when you're sporting a six-figure salary, shame on you. If you
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by plants 8y ago
If you're curious like me and wanted to know what happened to Nikki Catsouras, skip it. There are some _extremely_ gruesome images that come up when you search for the incident.
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by plants 8y ago
Do you know if this phone works in the US? I have gotten Nokia phones that weren't explicitly for use in the US before and there was definitely wonkiness in the compatibility with the US wireless carrier bands
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by plants 8y ago
I just ordered one of those, I'm pumped. To me, the biggest selling point of KaiOS phones is the fact that they have GPS. That was the main reason it took me so long to get rid of my smartphone in the first place.
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by plants 8y ago
Many of my lit-savvy friends have never heard of Borges - I had never caught wind of him until about a year or two ago. I was blown away when I read Labyrinths. His writing style strikes a really nice balance between analytical and artistic
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by plants 8y ago
Reading is AWESOME. I am in the same boat as you - never read much as a kid, mostly read stuff on the web up until about a year and a half ago. I found a couple really cheap used bookstores near me around that time, and I have never looked