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by theriddlr 5y ago
My lamp is a Beurer lamp. It has Bluetooth app-control. Anything labelled as SAD lamp will do as they have the correct spectrum and don't emit UV. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affe...
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by theriddlr 5y ago
SAD lamp. Helps with my Seasonal Affective Disorder and keeps me more alert.
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by theriddlr 5y ago
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7937213/christmas-treats-shri...
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by theriddlr 5y ago
Fortunately it didn't penetrate through your pectoral muscle and reach your heart.
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by theriddlr 5y ago
The Mulefa creatures in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials use wheels for movement https://hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com/wiki/Mulefa
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by theriddlr 6y ago
The smart models have recipe step-by-step. The recipes can send commands to the Thermomix rather than manually setting the dials and timers. There's also a baby companion Thermomix Friend that can receive commands from the main unit to
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Thermomix locks a few features behind a subscription. "Subscription-only features include caramelization, slow cooking, and frying." https://www.thespruceeats.com/thermomix-tm6-review-4693221
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by theriddlr 6y ago
German trekking bikes are more practical commuting bikes in cities that aren't Dutch-pancake flat. Dynamo lighting, mudguards, pannier racks, trekking gears, sporty riding position and weighing under 15 kg. https://www.bikes
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by theriddlr 6y ago
GoPros. I saw mountain biking videos from the 90s and the riders were wearing CAMCORDERS on their helmets.
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by theriddlr 6y ago
It's a maximum of two unrelated households (a household can consist of couple or single person) in a property unless the landlord has an HMO (Housing of Multiple Occupation license). So a 3+ bedroom property still houses a maximum of 2
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by theriddlr 6y ago
A percentage of future earnings is a good fee repayment structure. This incentivises the bootcamps to make grads employable. A few bootcamps in the UK are being sued by former graduates who couldn't secure a guaranteed job after a year
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by theriddlr 6y ago
This calculator shows when renting > buying. Rent if renting is cheaper and/or if you're planning to move. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/buy-rent-cal...
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Look into Orthotropics and Mewing. Oral posture does wonders. The jaws should grow forward, not be retracted by braces and extractions. There should be enough airway space. Look for airway-focused dentists for treatment.
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Had scoliosis-kyphosis fusion surgery when I was 14 and it was rapidly-progressing. All it did was cosmetic and bought me time until Functional Patterns was invented. Today I am 70% cured. It's basically strength training according to
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by theriddlr 6y ago
The Fibonacci sequence for approximately converting kilometres to miles.
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Typing, touch-typing, writing shorthand will make transcribing speed match the speed of speech.
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Bicycles. Man on a bicycle can go three or four times faster than the pedestrian, but uses five times less energy in the process. He carries one gram of his weight over a kilometer of flat road at an expense of only 0.15 calories. The bicyc
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Webflow. The menus go 10 levels deep to interact with an element. As a dev, even I can't understand it. Raw HTML is better than their menu-driven WYSIWYG
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by theriddlr 6y ago
Dance lessons in a group setting work well. My dance classes have made the transition to online lessons. Zoom can get laggy sometimes so tap doesn't work well in real-time. I've improved my tap tremendously from the amount of prac
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by theriddlr 6y ago
You'd think with all the training ladies' hairdressers would know how to deal with different hair types. My hair isn't that much different from Caucasian hair. Even some ladies' hairdressers in the UK don't know how
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by theriddlr 6y ago
I've been to a tech 'code and bitch' ('stitch and bitch'). The premise was really obvious because everyone knew not to bring a laptop.
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by theriddlr 7y ago
EU workers would need a visa like the rest of us non-EUs if they don't get pre-settled status.
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by theriddlr 7y ago
Free time, salary (from dev job only) and improving my skills. The goals right now are money and time to spend on holidays, hobbies, and hobby business. In the future when I have children, swap out hobbies for children (I live in the UK whe
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by theriddlr 7y ago
I've done a beginners' course with a tutor but had forgotten most of it without regular practice. Duolingo is really useful for ingraining the language into my long-term memory. I would probably enrol in an intermediate course in
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by theriddlr 7y ago
It's good value for money due to its lifespan. My family's iPad 2 is 8 years old and still going strong. Daily game-playing and web surfing sites still compatible with the old version of Safari. Whereas my Samsung Note tablet died
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by theriddlr 7y ago
That's the same as international student fees. UK/EU fees are about half that. Salaries in Europe are lower too. £ 28k is around the median household income in the UK or graduate-level salary outside of London. https://
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by theriddlr 7y ago
My INTERNATIONAL FEES for my MSc in Bristol was in 2013 only cost £ 17k. This includes lots of face-to-face contact with lecturers who are research leaders in the field. With living expenses the total would only be £ 30k. Inflation makes th
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by theriddlr 7y ago
An unforeseen complication of meeting so many wang hong at once is that it is hard to remember who is who. They tend to bear only an impressionistic resemblance to their Meitu-enhanced profile pictures. But whenever I take out my iPhone 6
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China’s selfie culture: youth obsessed with the power of appearances(scmp.com)
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by theriddlr 7y ago
I encode MP4s with the H265 codec. For GIFs I use Photoshop's Export with a preview and reduce the colours until the quality starts to degrade noticeably.

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