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by quercusa 2y ago
There's that ever-so short moment between "Man, this wood is hard!" and "Oh, crap"
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by quercusa 2y ago
Be on the lookout for Esopus Spitzenburg (maybe only in the US). It's a really tasty apple.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Bought some Gold Rush apples for the first time yesterday (South Mountain, PA) and really liked them - crunchy, tart, and spicy.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Went through this with my son, whom the recruiter recognized as very well suited for a particular specialty. But the lying and the whole rigamarole about being diagnosed once in because "everybody knows what's going on" made
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by quercusa 2y ago
I'm convinced that the states neighboring Pennsylvania take extra care of the last mile of roads on their side leading into PA so the transition is especially obvious.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Earthworms are a mixed bag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_A...
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by quercusa 2y ago
I love those mid-century names: FuelDraulic, Hydra-Glide, PowerGlide, Ultramatic
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by quercusa 2y ago
You get to feed the ballot into the (literal) black box yourself, it beeps and tells you your vote has been recorded. What did it record? Who knows?
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by quercusa 2y ago
Nice idea. Oregon has fantastic voter pamphlets with candidate-supplied bios, as well as for/against ads that people can buy. Sample: https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/current-voters-...
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by quercusa 2y ago
I'm very nearsighted and the giant LED clock has been awesome.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Seller was ETBRJTK (known for their quality and honesty!)
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by quercusa 2y ago
I recently bought a $9 TV antenna that promised a $50 Amazon gift card for a five-star review.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Rumors are that people expected AAD to be "AD, but in the cloud!" and were sorely disappointed to find out that it wasn't.
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by quercusa 2y ago
How many AA batteries is that?
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by quercusa 2y ago
The Endeavour episode 'Apollo' (s6e2) takes place in a studio much like the Andersons' - recommended https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/endeavour-apollo-moon-ra...
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by quercusa 2y ago
I vote for 'and'. Strunk & White and the CMS serve different purposes; the latter is more of a reference work but both are valuable.
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by quercusa 2y ago
On the other hand, don't think you can get away without the salt packet either. I think that's worse than too much salt.
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by quercusa 2y ago
(2014) Interesting: The Stoics were giving salvation for tough times. It’s a great philosophy for tough times, I’m not sure it’s a great philosophy for everyday living. It’s always good to feel more in control, but it’s not good to think t
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by quercusa 2y ago
When I was about seven, my sister and I were taken on a special trip to see the Giant Pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. The pandas were fine, but we were fascinated by the chipmunks running around everywhere.
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by quercusa 2y ago
I think most moves to EMRs were insufficiently disruptive, e.g., electronic orders recapitulate the old paper orders without using the opportunity to reduce ambiguity and insert constraints to prevent common errors.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Factor is a concatenative, stack-based programming language with high-level features including dynamic types, extensible syntax, macros, and garbage collection. On a practical side, Factor has a full-featured library, supports many differen
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by quercusa 2y ago
> She was very adapt at wading into thorny blackberry bushes and eating only the ripest berries That's a handy skill. Once you taste about-to-fall-off ripe ones, you can never go back.
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Northern elephant seals use deep-sea research sonar as dinner bell(phys.org)
3 points by quercusa 2y ago|0 comments
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by quercusa 2y ago
I've seen an amazing variety of bees and wasps since we planted a native wildflower garden. They may not be unknown to science but most are new to me and they seem to change very few weeks, depending on what's blooming.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Extra points for: In a way, it's more accurate to say that the signaling system can infer where trains are because it knows where they aren't.
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by quercusa 2y ago
I've heard good things about that one but apparently it's only available in a 1000-page 6x8" paperback, which seems a shame.
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by quercusa 2y ago
Hard to imagine writing this article with zero references to Nyquist.
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by quercusa 2y ago
How to game the test: https://hollymathnerd.substack.com/p/how-to-game-the-implici...
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by quercusa 2y ago
I've used RGPs for 45 years (now -6.5) because I've been told multiple times that they provide the clearest vision. They only times I have any issues with comfort is grass allergy season but antihistamine drops work great. They
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by quercusa 2y ago
I worked in a minilab one summer. The Noritsu printer had, IIRC, a +/- 1,2,3 override for R,G, and B. So if you saw a head over a big blob of green (someone wearing a red shirt), you'd hit +2 Red to override the printer's at

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