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"If you are already an EE student then you may be beyond this but the NEETS books are great for beginners. They are the kind of book for which you will never need a prof to fill in the details. If you do not already own a copy get thee a copy of..." [
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"A snack or other food with glutamates is not going to teach them umami. It is so unlike other flavors that I think you need to give them one same food with and one without glutamate and let them compare the difference. I recommended chicken broth..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ErWenn, silkygreenbelly
7 days ago
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"Like the Midwestern farmers before them, the Baltimore inmates were susceptible to the notion that the federal government was engaged in a massive, historic plot to deprive them of life, liberty, and property.
Except that the Baltimore inmates are..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by kuujjuarapik, vivelame, Forktine
8 days ago
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"From Xurando's link: Livestock breeders often practice inbreeding to "fix" desirable characteristics within a population. However, they must then cull unfit offspring, especially when trying to establish the new and desirable trait in their..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, brundlefly, Blazecock Pileon
10 days ago
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"Also, I wish people would leave the MetaTalk posts to people who actually care enough to post themselves.
posted by smackfu at 3:37 PM on July 10 [3 favorites +] [!]
Are you kidding? Anastasiav has 200 of Metafilter's finest posts. She is a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ignignokt
2 weeks ago
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"Here's the butt clench article: 5 Steps to Being More Photogenic." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Elsa
2 weeks ago
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"We can be a rough group, really rough. Mostly, it is fair criticism, even if it is WRONG, LIKE IT WAS FOR THIS POST - YOU FUCKING BASTARDS DROVE SOMEONE AWAY BECAUSE YOUR PATHETIC READING ABILITIES DIDN'T ALLOW YOU TO FINISH THE WHOLE POST? WHAT A..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by RussHy
2 weeks ago
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"I think the implication is that the editors at BB aren't in the same sort of dynamic as we are here: they are by and large dictating the content, where here we are by and large co-consumers of the userbase's content.
I do think that is important...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by spiderwire
3 weeks ago
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"I love metafilter, I really do, but I don't think I would come to its defense if Matt, say, randomly took all of languagehat's posts, comments, and even comments mentioning his name offline without an explanation, especially if I could then go to his..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
3 weeks ago
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"I suppose that's why they never made it onto PBS.
Actually, they did make it onto PBS, at least in the '70's, but in those days they put naked pictures of Maria Schnieder (absolute full frontal) into Time magazine in a story about Last Tango in..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"I think the traditional way of making a tile top table is to lay the tiles onto a wooden surface, something with an attractive edge. If you use plywood you can put moldings around the edges but that might get tricky with how the wood will have to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by odinsdream
3 weeks ago
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"Just because the person who asked the question marked an answer as "best answer" does not actually make it the best answer." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 weeks ago
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"Wake up three of four nights a week for months on end to people trying to kick in your door, or smashing your car windows, or screaming at you "FAG!", or saying they are going to ass rape your girlfriend, or showing you their GHAT.
Blow..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by facetious
3 weeks ago
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"That was disappointing, although predictable. You walk into someone else's house to rob them and die, too bad for you. You have put someone in fear of their life and if you lose yours over it I will not weep for you. If someone is leaving with the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mamapotomus
3 weeks ago
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"I think washburn is right in principle. Too many posts lately are poorly crafted with the important link essentially hidden. It does not need to be the first link, but it should be easy to discern. All too often you look to the one link that looks..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate, sunshinesky, Rock Steady
3 weeks ago
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"By the way, that is my all time favorite religious joke, just barely edging out the top Biblical ways to obtain a wife." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kryptos
3 weeks ago
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"Van key? A bit of Limburger in the heating duct will do the trick. So as not to ruin the van, put it into a little cup, like the condiment cup that comes with delivered Chinese food. and tape it down so that it won't actually touch the duct and can..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Countess Elena
4 weeks ago
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"Since the poster said nothing about Obama or Dobson could we avoid these derails?
Yeah, the elephant is in the very small room, but we will just pretend he isn't there. It's a great question, and I have favorited it, but to pretend that there is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Who_Am_I
Last month
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"You sound like you need a social skills instructor. A psychiatrist can hook you up. A lot of people feel awkward in social situations because they somehow never quite picked up all the social cues that people use in their daily interactions. They..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
Last month
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"That was good.
I grew up with guns. Everyone had a gun, most of us had lots of them, even long prior to being able to drive. Most people were responsible, but some not. In my small town I personally knew one person who shot and killed his best..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, davejay
Last month
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"Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live...." [
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Last month
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"Vinegar works on some weeds. Boiling water works on most weeds.
Next time you mulch put down a layer of corn meal gluten. It is a natural pre-emergent weed control agent, and it's a fertilizer too...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by pinkbungalow
Last month
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"Nice trick.
Inject page with some coolness into blogosphere,
let it get popular,
invoke spam." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
Last month
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"For a self learning program I don't think you can beat the Navy Electrical Engineering Training Series (NEETS) publications. They assume you start with no knowledge of electronics and then walk you through the concepts in such a fashion that anyone..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Commander Rachek
Last month
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"Nice. 88 newsgroups have problems, you eliminate 100,000. You just allowed one state attorney general to censor you. Free speech means nothing if you don't defend it...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
Last month
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"I love my Wustof santoku knife.
OK. I have the MAC santoku - awesome knife, it never seems to get dull. then, mom gives me the German version, I think the Wustof, it's a joke by comparison. It is a nice knife on its own, but it can not compare..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DoctorFedora
Last month
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"You're missing the forest for the trees. It's not about trying. It's about how you try. Kucinich's move is purely procedural and certain to fail. Other forms of struggle, agitation and dissent could presumably work over time. Focus on what actually..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by bitteroldman, quin, sandraregina
Last month
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"I applaud them for their efforts, but I believe the record industry is too evil, and more importantly, stupid to care." [
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Last month
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"I can tell you that it's the officers/directors of the company (and by that I don't mean "station director" or "programming director") who are responsible for the actions taken by their employees (and this is not the only such..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gatorae
Last month
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"Use it or lose it.
MetaFilter is definitely an IQ enhancer if used properly. Read challenging books, do the New York Times Crossword puzzle, compose music, write, create, absorb other's creations, analyze politics, play chess, perform well in a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
Last month
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"Did Iranian agents dupe Pentagon officials into attacking their old enemy Iraq? First we supply Iran with arms as they are our friend. Then they aren't and they use those arms against Iraq. So, we support Iraq in its war against Iran. The enemy..." [
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