will_work4tears

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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I was seeing white and gold this morning. Read the reddit post, somebody had done a contrast adjustment showing the black/dark brown and blue and when I saw that, front that point onward I only see blue/brown (still don't se
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Wow, that's quite some perspective, thanks!
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I grew up in the KCMO area, and can confirm a similarity there. Actually, as you mentioned, I didn't actually LIVE in KC, I lived right outside in a town called Independence, but nobody really knew that town very well, so we all just
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Your comment really inspires me take another read of the I, Pencil short story[0]. [0] - http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I've read them through around that many times too, if not more, though while the books were enjoyable, that wasn't the only reason I did so; I played a lot of the DRPG game based on the books, so regular research was needed.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Been in this stage with my son for awhile. I had "I'm just a fish" memorized and could recite it to him without looking at the book. His latest books he just loves to have read to him over and over are "The Gruffalo&quo
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
What sort of machinery did farmers use "back then." (not sure how old you are) I ask, because some of these mega-tractors have a lot of functionality (more complexity seems to just cause more points of failure), but you can still
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
That makes me wonder though, is the statistic that women live longer than men a first world, modern thing, or is it a historical trend? I'd think as little as a hundred years ago it might not have been as true, or am I off base?
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The Pro Dumpster Diver Who’s Making Thousands Off America’s Biggest Retailers(wired.com)
7 points by will_work4tears 12y ago|0 comments
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
He's 43, but your comment makes it sound you think he's older. I'm not sure he's a great example. He has inertia and a lot of money made from when he was much younger. Take an average person at that age, middle class i
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
However, Semantic.gs is pretty good. Minimal and much more semantic.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Interested in knowing how this changed your life. I have a two year old that loves this story, but can't think of a way it has changed my life.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Grizzly bears don't hide in relatively short grass and are very rare and limited to certain areas, and nor does America have spiders that bite your ass when you are trying to poo. Well, we might, but they aren't deadly.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I agree entirely, medical progress is really the only thing that really interests me, aside maybe material science and engineering breakthroughs (e.g wastewater treatment, etc). I never got the flying car thing because we can have flying ca
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I'm pretty sure that you'd be able to glide some distance without power. A human powered helicopter, on the other hand, seems particularly dangerous.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
> saturated fats absolutely and unequivocally lead to atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease This isn't true at all. Too much saturated fat, perhaps, does, but this idea that if a drop of saturated fat crosses one's lips,
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Brain-to-brain verbal communication in humans achieved for the first time(cnet.com)
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Possibly not though. NextDoor has my location and EveryBlock only has Philly and Chicago, it appears.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Gotcha, Sorry for jumping to a conclusion then.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Sugar and white rice are on that list and you single out potatoes? Nutritiondata.self.com has a "completeness score" of 57/100 for potatoes, but only 27/100 for white rice (long grain), and a 0/100 for sugar (which
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Eggs are probably "mostly fine" to be honest. Most homes could easily raise their own chickens and have a nearly unlimited supply. As a prepper and a homesteader (amateur/beginner), I realize that low carb and high fat/
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Well, one instance of this working pretty well is John Chow[0] [0] - http://www.johnchow.com/
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I swear I saw this before, or a similar thing. Also I swear I saw something similar in Independence, MO; but I cannot find a thing about it. Perhaps I was conflating it with this event.
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Oops, sorry, I didn't state my case properly, I wasn't suggesting alcohol is converted into fat (which I've been taught is exactly zero- the body treats it as a toxin and it gains priority on using it - but I guess a small pe
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
>and it's VERY rare for our bodies to convert carbs into fat Not THAT rare. Add alcohol, or just eat a whole lot of carbs and few fats[0]. [0]- http://examine.com/faq/how-are-carbohydrates-converted-into-...
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Yep, we had a bunch of these we rented out at our paintball field when I worked for a small company in high school. It was a blast. Working the "concession" stand (selling paint, renting equipment) wasn't that much fun, but
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
Austin seems the obvious choice. Of course it's hotter than hell there, humid, and you probably have to have an eye out for Tornados. Personally if I had to pick anywhere but the Seattle area (perfect for me, the gloom doesn't ef
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
There are a bunch of State Tech jobs too, not just for lawyers. They don't pay nearly as much as Seattle jobs. Tacoma doesn't either for that matter, and Tacoma doesn't even have the Government thing going for them (just th
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
There is, however, a surprising number of Government tech jobs, but they don't pay well. There's a big base (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) with a bunch of contracting jobs, and Tacoma has a small amount of tech jobs. Nowhere near th
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by will_work4tears 12y ago
I hadn't really considered games (or even games and apps), but now that you bring it up, it seems like the perfect fit. I think it's certainly feasible to merge the two ideas into the same solution.

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