Ask comment:
"So after this wine runs out, what, specifically, do I do?
Talk to her. Tell her what you told us. Come to an accommodation that works for you both. You've had lots of good advice on what that should be, but first, you have to talk to her...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by The Great Big Mulp
more than 12 hours ago
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"Sorry I'm late to the party.
If you want to make a sol, (relative) density is only one of the factors to consider. The liquid viscosity and the particle size are also very important. The physical factors that make soil in liquid dispersions last..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We must be reading different threads. moxiedoll's comments, in particular, read as derogatory and dismissive to me. She's just another sex-worker, what else is new? Sad, but at the end of the day, "Catherine" just fucks for money. That's..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 weeks ago
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"The tradeoff in any research setting is usually $ for freedom. Going corporate is where the big bucks are, but you don't generally get to decide what to do. The academic and, to a lesser extent, government labs, have much more freedom to do what they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by murtagh
3 weeks ago
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"Two of my obscure favourites are:
Last Night is a movie about the immanent destruction everything by a solar flare. It's the story of the last day of half a dozen or so people. The first "fade to white" tale I've every seen.
Arslan is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Elsa
4 weeks ago
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"Lee Valley has a very nice set of reprints that you might be interested in.
Here's a sampling:
* Overshot Water Wheels for Small Streams
* Lee's Priceless Recipies - Not cullinary, but how to clear a field of stones, and similar. From 1895
*..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Telf, survivorman
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Here's a new, fifteen-speed, 24"-wheeled bike for smaller people for $48 at Walmart. And here's a nice big twenty-one-speed bike with 700c wheels, also new, for $158 at Walmart.
...and those are not bikes for people to ride, those are bikes..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
Last month
MeFi comment:
"I agree with most of the list, but there is one omission: the U3 fuckery that's being installed on every flash/thumb/jumpdive I buy these days. No, I don't want to install software which requires a reboot every time I plug the drive into a new..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aeschenkarnos
2 months ago
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"The biggest effects I see on enjoyment for inexperienced adult riders are:
- proper fit. (1) Make sure the seat is at the proper height. With the pedal all the way at the bottom of the stroke (6 o'clock) the seat should be at the height that your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Uh, Pan's Labyrinth?
Right, but also Hellboy. Hardly a perfect movie, but better than good for what it was. One of the reasons it was what it was was Del Toro's ability to play with a camp sensibility and allow a bit of comedy to salt the mix...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jpdoane
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"It's interesting to see how many of the redesign ideas have made their way into the current site. Fandago_matt's tabbed bar, for example. Which bring up my only real problem with the current design: there's too many freakin' bars at the top of the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oxford blue
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It sounds like they're talking about bisecting The Hobbit into two movies. I can see this working, with the mid point being arriving at Bjorn's Farm. The pursuit out of the mountains would make a nice climax. It would be difficult to fit that and the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This is something I follow pretty closely. The biofuel/algae folks have been developing these technologies for more than a decade and it doesn't look like any of them are very close to commercialization right now. It turns out that it's really hard..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by sebastienbailard, Hubajube, russilwvong, LN
3 months ago
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"I've recently enjoyed:
The Necessary Beggar, by Susan Palwick. The story of some extra-dimensional refugees and how they deal with fitting into modern society.
Benighted, Kit Whitfield. The world is dominated by werewolves, humans are a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kwaller
3 months ago
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"I ditto bingo's and jmnugent's comments.
For guys in my social circle (30-40s), the left hand is one of the first things to check, in my experience. I've also known many women use a diamond on the right ring finger to indicate that they're..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jmnugent
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I formed the impression that some of today scientist/researcher are incredibily focused on grant-funding obtaining and maintaining strategies.
If by some you mean all, then you are correct. Every professional scientist I know spends a good portion..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Comrade_robot
4 months ago
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"We recently took a course on making sushi from one of the local supermarket ladies. As one might expect, the skill level required was about that of a good home cook. Roughly calculating from the cost of the course, and assuming that she makes a small..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Deathalicious, LN
4 months ago
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"Oh, and keep your head UP! If you're looking at your front hub, you're not looking aT OMG THAT CA" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LN
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Baron-Cohen: Striving to give people equality of social opportunity is still a value system worth defending, but we have to accept that equality has no place in the realm of biology.
papakwanz: This requires one to first determine the criteria by..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by Llama-Lime, Raoul de Noget, tkchrist, Arch_Stanton, MillMan
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"papakwanz: "We can try to make people equal (that is, without advantage or disadvantage) in the social realm, but biologically there will always be inequalities (superiority vs. inferiority)."
That's not a bad reading of it but..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Llama-Lime, tkchrist
5 months ago
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"Our push-button world of tomorrow has your answer: here" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by doift
5 months ago
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"I don’t know if I’d call myself “generous” but I give money and time to the extent I do because I want to live in a better world. That’s it really.
As I see it there are three basic modes of pair-wise interaction: parasitic, tit-for-tat, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
5 months ago
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"I'm assuming you don't need flammables storage as well as the higher explosion-proof grade.
If you're not storing anything labile (reactive, acid, caustic), there's no particular reason for not choosing consumer grade items. Just don't pick..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flabdablet
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"You know who else had palpable energy?
Energy beings from Planet 14?
You're thinking of the Orgonians again.
Palpable energies, not energy palps!..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ShawnStruck, WinnipegDragon
6 months ago
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"I judge local science fairs for that age group every year. The "what does X do to plants" is one of the more frequently visited ideas. It can do very well if the kid executes well, but we almost never mark it highly for originality.
The..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by davar, DevilsAdvocate
6 months ago
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"The same detergent (or surfactant) compound is usually used in liquid hand soap, bodywash, shampoo and dishwashing liquids: sodium laurel sulphate. Since they all contain the same detergent, all the products are about the same for removing grease and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by onoclea
6 months ago
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"Toronto:
Hogtown (for the old stockyards, I believe)
The Big Smoke
The Centre of the Universe
Ottawa: (Itself almost an insult, the way DC is in the US)
The town than fun..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flibbertigibbet
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The problem with clathrates is that they're only stable at high pressure and lower temperatures. At atmospheric pressure, the molecular structure is unstable and natural gas boils off in very large quantities. It's very easy for accidents to occur...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by n_s_1
7 months ago
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"One trick that often works for me (using Word '03) is to save as a document format that loses the complex formatting. Saving as an .rtf sometimes works, but also try saving to html. Close your document, then reopen the saved file. Much of the word..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by General Malaise
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"RIP. We should all be so lucky to live (and die) as he did.
He taught me to cook, there's no other way to say it.
Beacuse it's cold and snowy where I am tonight, I'll offer up one of my favourite comfort soups (his recipe) in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by deadtrouble, notsnot
7 months ago
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"Is chocolate ok?
Easy-peasy chocolate pudding:
1 c silken tofu (unflavoured)
1-2 oz melted chocolate
melt chocolate, blend into pudding.
Serve with fresh fruit, sprigs of mint, small square of dark chocolate to garnish...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LN
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Hair is a decent adsober but doesn't retain oil well (thanks, thehmsbeagle, for making the distinction). Compared to sorbets made out of polypropylene and other plastics:
- it just doesn't work as well as the synthetics (ie pick up as much or more..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by amberglow, phrontist
7 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Here's the solution: we should be able to flag deletion reasons we don't like." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by amberglow
7 months ago
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"Jellyfish trive in water that's highly polluted with organic wastes. Fish farms, and salmon farms in particular, have pretty high waste burdens on the surrounding ecosystems. When wastes go up jellyfish proliferate.
Jellyfish aren't fish---they..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, gubo
8 months ago
MeTa comment:
"...actually, the first (verifiable) European "thanksgiving" in North America was probably a Winternight about this time of year in Vineland, at L'anse aux Medows, sometime around 1000 AD.
So, can't we just agree that Thanksgiving,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rossmik
8 months ago
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"So she's an attention-seeker, and mad because you cut her off, as was entirely reasonable in your circumstances. She tried to get a rise out of you because you had cut her out of your life. Escalating, replying, complaining to your mutual social..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LN
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's rather amusing to read Ms. Winterson's comments on "nano-particles" being understudied. This in the context of having just returned from a conference where the eco-toxicity of nanoparticles was a topic covered by a few hundered papers...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by axon
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If the placebo effect is as effective as it's proven to be in the most basic clinical trials, imagine how much more effective or nuanced it might be under psychologically more engaging circumstances?
Because patients generally like to be told..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Pope Guilty
8 months ago
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"\documentclass[10pt,web]{comment}
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\strong{$L^{A}T_{E}X $ 4 Life!}
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favorited 1 time, recently by dmd
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's stupid, in the same way that "Christian Rock" misses the point and that Communist propoganda posters abused the graphic arts (to pick two extreme examples). Math is math. It's mostly devoid of social context. Embedding it in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bugbread, stirfry
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It's encouraging news to me because it's a great software maker, Google, combining with some good hardware makers, Samsung, HTC and especially Motorolla. Moto has always had excellent hardware, the StarTac, the Razor, etc..., but their phone..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malaprohibita
8 months ago
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"You probably got a better presciption measurement this time. It's happened to me too: go to an optometrist, get a semi-ok prescription, go to my opthomologist, get a crystal clear one.
Either that, or you've worn out your old glasses by looking..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aye, kmennie
8 months ago
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"I struggle with this too.
What works for me is essentially matteo's solution: buy a few really good things, things that last a very long time, that give me pleasure every time I use them. The rest is dross, and is ruthlessly pared away.
This is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by milestogo
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"mbarnstein writes: I am unsure what type of salt to use. Sea. kosher or another that i am unware of? Also, pictures , diagrams and maybe even a video could be useful in making this easier to understand..
I totally agree. This recipe is usless..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by LN, tehloki, leesh
8 months ago
