Melismata: "
Yeah, it really doesn't stream like that in real life."
One of the great shocks of my life was discovering first hand that human nipples have several outlets, and at least on the ones I've seen, resemble those cheap... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Melismata
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6 days ago
Slap*Happy: "
The defense lawyers on the other hand, are scum incarnate. One of the few instances where having no representation would almost have been better for the defendant."
How could this have worked out better for the... [
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favorited 10 times, recently by axon, oceanjesse, ooga_booga, Snyder, riruro, burnmp3s, ghharr, Naberius, tyllwin, mazola
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6 days ago
The CIA has far better resources than Ask Metafilter to work with on a manhunt and we're not exactly sending them huggy vibes in any case
The proper terms in a denial must include a combination of "no backdoor into our servers";... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by SweetTeaAndABiscuit, SMPA
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8 days ago
KingEdRa: "
The same way M*A*S*H managed to make the Korean War last 11 years."
It's a little more difficult for Community because each season is tied to a sequential year. I don't remember M*A*S*H referencing what year of the war... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by redskythinking
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8 days ago
I don't get how it's even legal to have 12 or more hours in a row of working for any job, let alone one where concentration and details are of literally the utmost importance.
As a point of reference in BC it is illegal for a mine worker... [
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9 days ago
Vibrissae: "
I don't like the fact that Sturtz interrupted the FLOTUS; however, in today's media-saturated world, with strident messages competing for mindspace 24 hours every day, it's easy to imagine an impassioned person doing something... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by IAmBroom, corb
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9 days ago
robots.txt is commonly used to prevent search engine crawlers from crawling bandwidth intensive parts of the site; archived bits no longer updated but kept around to prevent bit rot; things sites just don't want indexed; and parts of the site in beta... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by brokkr, yoink, Jacqueline, MikeKD, leopard
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9 days ago
asterix: "
I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's June everywhere."
It's not June in Afghanistan or Iran because the Solar Hijri calendar doesn't have June (or any other Gregorian months for that matter).... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by benito.strauss, pixie, Drinky Die
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10 days ago
delmoi: "
I don't really get it, you can get used tires for like $10-15 dollars at a junk yard."
Junkyard tires start at $25 each when you buy a set around here; and ones at that price point have significant wear. Mounting and... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nacho fries
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10 days ago
I can't beleive people are having problems seeing how bro could be used derogatorily. Who's the most prominent of bros out there right now? Barney Stinsen; I mean he wrote the book. I'd be pissed right off if anyone implied I resembled that... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by misha
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10 days ago
Re the risks in chasing and whether something should be done to curtail entertainment chasing:
Chasing is way safer than say, climbing Everest or any of the other eight thousanders. There is obviously an entertainment reason for chasing along... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Deathalicious, carping demon, riruro
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11 days ago
This is an amazingly good form of racing. I'd love if it became mainstream rather than a side show. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Swisstine
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11 days ago
desjardins: "
Why do police bother with wiretap warrants, then, if everything's already been recorded?"
To get stuff into court. [
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favorited 2 times, recently by stevedawg
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12 days ago
I'm an electrician but obviously I'm not your electrician and I haven't seen your installation (IE: there may be some gotcha that totally invalidates what I'm about to type that you don't even know you are failing to notice). Definitive answers can... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by soundguy99, jon1270
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12 days ago
I don't think "2" is all that a remarkable twist. See Section 203 of PATRIOT and specifically the part that prevents record holders from disclosing to clients that records have been requested/provided.
>: "
What's a good... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by SMPA
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12 days ago
Cassford: "
If you are arrested for a violent crime, there is a reasonable suspicion that this isn't your first time."
You aren't guilty at that point. Why not wait to collect DNA until the person is actually convicted.... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by MikeKD, Drinky Die, IAmBroom
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13 days ago
limeonaire: "
Are there certain makes of cars that are preferred by chasers? Would a tiny car be a boon or a liability?"
When you are chasing you spend a lot of time in your car just driving from place to place. So you want... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by limeonaire
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2 weeks ago
subdee: "
Raising kids is pretty expensive so I guess I'm not totally opposed to this."
As soon as we figure out a way for children to make an informed decision about being born and with free choice of to whom I'll be all over this.... [
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favorited 11 times, recently by worldswalker
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2 weeks ago
The NYC law makes sense if you consider a non rectangular room. Consider a simple L. An L with an 8x8 square joined to a 3x6 rectangle along the 6' side meets all three requirements. But if the rectangle was 5x4 it wouldn't because the additional... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by a halcyon day
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2 weeks ago
RolandOfEld: "
These work just as well as these. Guess which one people want on their trucks nowadays? It's not because the latter is easy to fix or is less likely to break, I'll tell you that."
The single hand tail gate is a... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MoTLD
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2 weeks ago
It'll be interesting to see if the pricing gets reduced over time (I assume it would, but weaponry pricing is ... opaque ... to me so I dunno).
A lot of the price is in the precise weapon needed to ensure consistency; those gunsmithing... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MoTLD
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2 weeks ago
distorte: "
given that most of Metafilter won't let their cat outside"
I don't let my cat outside because she doesn't know enough not to play in traffic and it is extremely anti social to allow ones animals to defecate in... [
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favorited 7 times, recently by crankylex
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2 weeks ago
We'll get to fight the last few centuries all over again, but this time online....
Geez we thought company stores were a problem; imagine if the company owns your conciousness container.... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Skwirl, frimble, burnmp3s
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2 weeks ago
Some tested positive once for drugs, then were deployed to combat zones because the Army needed the troops, only to be discharged for the drug offense when they returned.Totally beyond the pale behaviour.... [
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favorited 11 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, corb, forgetful snow, jeffburdges, zug, rebent, wayland, East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94, Rustic Etruscan, Gelatin, Jacqueline
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2 weeks ago
the pronunciation of other common technical acronyms is also very consistent: SCSI is "scuzzy"
The guy who invented SCSI thinks it should be pronounced "sexy". So anyone who thinks we should pronounce .gif as JIF... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Kadin2048
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2 weeks ago
kavasa: "
Getting your cheek swabbed is a minimally invasive procedure, and the benefits to society - both in protecting innocents and identifying the guilty - are substantial."
You know if this was really true they should make... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Snyder
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2 weeks ago
At that altitude, it's pretty close to trying to breathe on Mars.
However the partial pressure of oxygen on Mars is much lower than at 6200m on Earth. Mars does not have a breathable atmosphere.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Katjusa Roquette
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2 weeks ago
I'm sure someone will be willing to extend loans to people who can't vacate them even through death. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by marble
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2 weeks ago
Often though companies will claim a DOS when they've actually had to take their servers down to stop a password vulnerability. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Elementary Penguin
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2 weeks ago
Better than a wrench for gripping your cut down (bits are pretty hard, I'd grind it down instead) torx bit is a box end gear wrench. The box end on these wrenches in 1/4" is less than a centimetre thick and they have a bit of a lip so the bit... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jon1270
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2 weeks ago
cacofonie: "
Would a 9/11 joke really have been hilarious on 9/12?"
Sure. That kind of thing tends to get deleted around here but some of the post 9/11, columbine, SARS, Tsunami sort of jokes are hilarious immediately.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by stoneandstar, rifflesby
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2 weeks ago
Your argument as I saw it was a comic should avoid certain jokes because the victims of joke situation might be in the front row. I think likelihood of a victim hearing the joke is a bad reason not to tell a joke. If a bunch of Klansmen get... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by HuronBob
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2 weeks ago
I've read this thread and now I can't remember how I pronounce it. It's like when you start thinking about how to hold a fork and suddenly you can't hold your fork. I'll have to sneak up on it in the next couple of days and then make a note.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by IAmBroom, iamkimiam
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2 weeks ago
The collaborators then turned to a technique called noncontact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM), which probes the surface with a sharp tip. The tip is mechanically deflected by electronic forces very close to the sample, moving like a phonograph... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lonefrontranger
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2 weeks ago
Actually that is one of the funny things about that film. The EPA doesn't care about (probably because they don't know) the unlicened nuclear reactors in each of the back packs. Peck shuts down the containment grid which is running off good old... [
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favorited 6 times, recently by mrbill, logopetria, radwolf76, Artw, obiwanwasabi, LobsterMitten
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3 weeks ago
none of the farm folk I grew up with were chronically sleep-deprived.
Rarely will coops be located as close to the house on a farm as they will in an urban area.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BlueHorse
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3 weeks ago
I had never seen a hole playing for Temple.
favorited 38 times, recently by CKZ, rand, mikeanegus, jokeefe, stargell, ronin21, ilikemefi, stroke_count, iotic, lriG rorriM, notquitemaryann, Katjusa Roquette, charlesminus, BenPens, stopgap, JasonSch, Helga-woo, dimejubes, toerinishuman, dng, Ariadne, agregoli, Abehammerb Lincoln, Calzephyr, jquinby, baueri, Guernsey Halleck, jeffburdges, MikeKD, pracowity, mwhybark, Ahab, cosmologinaut, scalefree, christopherious, armoir from antproof case, Smart Dalek, methinks
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3 weeks ago
Seconding Sticherbeast; when little Mitheral came along there was a huge list of plants someone passed along to us that were commonly grown in our area for ornamental purposes that are poisonous. Including monkshood that I had to remove from our... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by heigh-hothederryo
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3 weeks ago
There is no evidence to suggest that classic car are less safe than modern ones. The absence of air bags and electronic suspension controls might lead you to think that but the insurance premiums tell a different story.
Man I love a lot of... [
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3 weeks ago
