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"Here is my hard-earned wisdom, in small, easy bites. They might sound like blurby truisms, but there's an essay of meaning behind each one:
Fresher is always better.
Eschew recipes! They lie!
Cooking is art; baking is science.
Sharpen..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by Jaltcoh, bilabial, pumpkin11
2 days ago
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""Say to the bridesmaid point blank, "I wasn't invited to the wedding."
This. It's not drama, it's fact. You received no invitation, put off your plans to allow extra time for the delivery of an invitation to sort itself out, and..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by aerinmin, damnjezebel, blueberry, Dreama, misha, ClaudiaCenter, Nattie, scody, arcticwoman, lunasol, sueinnyc, drjimmy11
7 days ago
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""Am I in the wrong?"
No. A photo of a trademark doesn't infringe on it.
"Is this a weird hoax?"
Maybe. It might also be written in sincerity, but that doesn't make it any less incorrect or crazyheaded. Do you seriously..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by sjl7678, blueberry, synecdoche, ekstasis23, milov, twiki
9 days ago
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"I've got kids in elementary school. The kind of thing you're describing pretty much totally does not exist that I've seen. Social groups aren't forming around brands, products, or elements of popular culture. There's very little "this vs...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by LobsterMitten, annathea, azarbayejani
12 days ago
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"This is a pretty simple thing to do, but it takes some finesse to apply: Don't buy shit you don't need. Obvious enough, sure, but it takes a little thinking to find all the stuff you buy that you shouldn't. After housing, food should be your..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by nickyskye, rongorongo, Liosliath, non-kneebiter, Korou, littlelebowskiurbanachiever, woebot, no1hatchling, sondrialiac, chrismear, routergirl
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Plants consume carbon dioxide and emit oxygen, presumably doing something or other with the carbon that involves perhaps not venting it into the atmosphere. Trees are large plants. Old growth forests are comprised of large trees. How in the world..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by finite
3 weeks ago
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""It's wild the justifications people come up with for ad blocking."
A web server sends me a document. The document has some suggestions about layout, some content, and references to other objects. What the software in my systems..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by manguero, lyam, johnnyace, grouse, Pope Guilty, greenie2600, marble, acid freaking on the kitty, ghost of a past number, Mayor West
3 weeks ago
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""Thoughts?"
Your post advocates a:
[x] community moderated
[x] technical
[ ] social
[ ] legislative
[ ] economic
[ ] authoritarian
solution to crappy MetaFilter posts.
I'm afraid it won't work due to:
[x] the..." [
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favorited 38 times, recently by booticon, ruelle, bitter-girl.com, eritain, deafmute, streetdreams, penguinliz, Dormant Gorilla, Exchequer, scrump, Mayor West
3 weeks ago
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"I'm not so much a procratinator as heroically lazy. However, I spent several years with a boss who would assign lots of normal tasks to do, rush in with some urgent matter, and then come back and complain the normal stuff wasn't done. That sucked..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mai, marble, booticon
Last month
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"I swear it's the very last time. Honest. I'm fully aware the gag has been run into the ground, but this post is just so perfect.
Your post advocates a:
[ ] community moderated
[X] technical
[ ] social
[ ] legislative
[ ] economic
[ ]..." [
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favorited 36 times, recently by kyleg, roger ackroyd, merelyglib, Artw, Galvatron, sciatica, emelenjr, dobbs, mrzarquon, Brainy, Effigy2000, phunniemee, SlyBevel, donnagirl, cashman, FunkyHelix, Stunt, loquacious, homunculus, rhapsodie, Caduceus, jack_mo, Rumple, bru, dirtynumbangelboy, lukemeister, peacheater, Blazecock Pileon, shinynewnick, hortense, flibbertigibbet, librarina, grouse, Gary, iamkimiam, nasreddin
Last month
MeFi comment:
""I totally love that you nerds actually play this game"
Wait whut?
It's actually a pretty good (if rudimentary) game design. Yes, the interface gives the illusion of being something vaguely nerdy, but it's totally an illusion...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blasdelf
Last month
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"'"Well, what did he do before?" (as though his identity were completely determined by his work) '
It is. Not to you or him, of course, but to everyone else. "What do you do?" is the first question a man gets from anybody,..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by Soulbee, thejanna, ClaudiaCenter, b33j, highrise, magstheaxe, Ookseer, for_serious, smich, agregoli, Monday, stony Monday, greycap
Last month
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""But for god's sake, don't block all javascript. You're just breaking lots of interface that we're working very hard to make better."
Blocking JavaScript becomes unreasonable only if it were made legal to impale anyone who thinks their..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by koeselitz, scrump, merelyglib
Last month
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""So what am I missing?"
The concept of "paying double rent." Seriously, you're missing that concept in your plan. Start looking at places to move to before you give notice. Take a shot at them. Land one (or not; in which..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thewalledcity
Last month
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""Is it possible to make a politically active group of friends out of an existing politically passive group of friends?"
I'm not an especially political person. I have my opinions but politics holds little of interest to me, and much of..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by ROTFL, Ookseer, gatorae, sperose, Inspector.Gadget, nasreddin
Last month
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"" "Approaching...Outbound...two car...N N...followed by...one car...L". This redundancy has always bothered me and I have no idea why they do it."
Because a long long time ago, before the screaming Italian cars, before the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by epugachev, junesix
Last month
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"I'm well over a decade into a similar relationship. My sex drive is much, much higher than hers -- once a week or so would be sufficient if she had her way, but I'm more of a "morning, noon, and night" kind of guy. Communication helps,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by vegetableagony, Ynoxas, shoesietart
2 months ago
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"Perhaps your employer is different, but mine have been pretty consistent: The "maximum" salary given for any position is an unattainable fiction, a lie perpetuated by HR to make salary ranges appear larger than they are; the practical..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tyrantkitty, ClaudiaCenter
2 months ago
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"First and foremost, create "As-Built" documents for everything you've done yourself. Once you've done that, start writing down the stuff you wished you'd known when you got saddled with the job. Consider those two things your priority...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by griphus, thewalledcity
2 months ago
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"I've spent a lot of time with hippies. I was raised by some, lived in communes here and there, and to this day retain contact with quite a few people who are tiedyed-in-the-wool old school Summer of Love hippies. While hardly universal, I've..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by bonobo, ohcanireally, vodkaboots, Telf, Falling_Saint, brain cloud, ms.v., kittyprecious, bitterpants, rusty, Mayor Curley
2 months ago
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""Cable is typically an order of magnitude faster than DSL."
I have now what is in my region the highest available tier of cable service: a 16 megabit/s pipe. I was previously a very satisfied DSL customer, and the highest available tier..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Roach
2 months ago
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""Just a few simple guidelines... make it highly effective and extremely noise-free."
I'd argue it's the legendary Hammer of Jessamyn that makes it noise-free. Have you ever seen Ask when she's asleep? It's a viper pit of dumbassery...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by badmoonrising
2 months ago
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"Honestly, I'm less concerned with action scene editing as I am with the excessive use of the fucking ShakyCam which has completely ruined action film today. I might appreciate longer shots and less heavy-handed editing in some cases, though..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Galvatron, Caduceus
2 months ago
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""The ants avoid the cinnamon and boric acid. But they just move to another location in my apartment."
Wait, what? Where are you putting the stuff? Ant behavior is pretty straightforward and predictable, but just throwing powder around..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nakedcodemonkey
2 months ago
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""sometimes, it feels as if the scene could speed up and meld seamlessly into a barrage bright lights flashing at epilepsy inducing rates - as long as it was in sync with punching noises and sweeping camera motions the effect on the viewer would..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fearfulsymmetry
2 months ago
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""OK, so raise your hand if a) you are a sysadmin and b) nobody, I mean nobody in the company has the authority to make a pissed-off phone call and request you reboot a system immediately."
That'd be me. I'm one of three people with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
3 months ago
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"Actually, this video explains exactly why tiered support exists. Clueless kids who answer the phone and do whatever the sales dude says to do should not have root. Ever. They should have the power to pick up the phone and ask someone who knows..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dillonlikescookies
3 months ago
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""Give me a call at (555) 555-1234 if you'd like to set up a time for us to meet."
Stop doing that. Really. Really, really, really. Stop that. Now.
You got an email lead specifically because that person did not want to speak on the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lia, Robert Angelo, sunshinesky
3 months ago
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""Erm, thanks for submitting something that's been all over digg, reddit, delicious, and so on for the entire day."
First I've heard of it, so thanks indeed. (People actually wade through the crap on Digg and Reddit?)..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by merelyglib
3 months ago
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"LOADINGREADY.LIST
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favorited 2 times, recently by bonaldi, quonsar
4 months ago
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"There are plenty of people here who can give you useful advice, however in order to get that helpful advice you're going to have to explain what "There is someone with or using my name at one of the Yahoo services to access Asian porn..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by delmoi
4 months ago
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""why doesnt clicking on the address bar in Firefox on OSX leopard highlight it like it does on windows"
It's not supposed to. Clicking once isn't supposed to highlight things on OSX. If it did so, users of the software would find it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pullayup
4 months ago
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"I use one of these. You're missing a step.
"I put it on the toothbrush, position it at the gumline..." mash the toothpaste and brush around a little to get it squished into the bristles, "... and turn it on...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hulahulagirl
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"His premise seems to be that we're starting to see a shift away from pure mindless broadcast, and that's clear enough. However he undermines his point later on:
Maybe she's going back there to see if Dora is really back there or whatever......." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Cool Papa Bell
5 months ago
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"Whoever promised the kid that the iPod would be replaced should pay for it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by headspace
6 months ago
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""I've done it on occasion, checked back, joke gone, system worked, made more work for someone, slept well."
The system worked, sure, but the question is: Why exercise it unnecessarily?
HEY EVERYONE!!!!
"CLEAN UP" AFTER..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by russilwvong
6 months ago
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""She... then complains that we're not intimate enough" "I do not want to cheat on my wife but I have needs that aren't being met at home..."
Maybe I'm not correctly parsing this, so forgive me if I'm totally off the mark, but..." [
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