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5y ago
Kudos to you for doing that, and I'm sorry for your loss. I set up something similar a couple years ago for my 94-yo grandmother with failing eyesight, though my solution was a bit more off-the-shelf; I set up an old 32" TV and ch
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I don't know the reliability of these sources, but according to one article[1], as of 1 year ago, US Netflix had ~5.8K titles, totaling 36K hours of content. Another more recent source[2] claims that worldwide, Netflix has ~15K titles,
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5y ago
perhaps not the precise term, but "wabi-sabi" comes to mind; something like the beauty of nature, the impermanence of things, and decay; i.e., an appreciation of nature's tendency towards maximal entropy. also the phrase, &qu
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6y ago
Or, more accurately, one medium-sized brain in each arm
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6y ago
Here in MA, most of the tap water supplied by MWRA (many cities/townships) is pH 9-9.5. I think mine was closer to 9.6 last time I checked. I would think if the water is indeed at fault in this case it's due to specific additives&
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7y ago
I can attest that escamoles are indeed quite good. They can be found at a lot of trendier restaurants in Mexico City. As someone who also has an interest in permaculture, I'm interested in your idea. All practicalities aside, I think t
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8y ago
Surface oils are not an indicator of quality either way. The roasting process brings oils to the surface, so darker roasts tend to have more surface oils. From what I understand, the oils appear a few days after roasting, and then dry out&#
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The problem of objective vs. subjective morality aside, one problem with allowing even a "benevolent" superpower to take over the world, is that there's an underlying assumption that it will always be benevolent. We can alm