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"(Personal experience: my wife had to do this in 2005 or 2006 and it was fine.) All you need to do is be prepared to show other ID (credit cards are fine) to the airline to confirm that you're you. And then TSA reserves the right to subject you to..." [
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4 days ago
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"I'd actually recommend venturing slightly further afield and looking at thePerhentian Islands, which are just (perhaps an hour in a car and then a 40 minute boat ride) south of Thailand in Malaysia. I found them amazing and I..." [
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5 days ago
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"El Al's security is not security theater, as is noted above. El Al is very serious about security and brings its own (heavily armed) security with it in each airport that it operates out of. They have plainclothes and tactical looking guys, and get..." [
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10 days ago
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"I took my qualifying exam in "Human-Centered Computing" last spring. YDMV.
Qualifying exams are over-hyped. They're important sure, and they cover a lot of material, sure. But really, what's the difference between studying 100 days for..." [
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"Imagine if you had someone with a very expensive brush and hair dryer following you around throughout the day and every time we were about to round a corner, or duck into a meeting, they'd give your hair a quick touchup. And the same was true about a..." [
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"Sans, my 2ยข.
1. New glasses are a must. They're like a t-shirt that YOU NEVER TAKE OFF. You don't have to spend a ridiculous amount but definitely start shopping. Try on a lot of things and you'll start to see things you'll like. Since your face..." [
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2 months ago
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"Expect to have tons of fun and get lots of visitors who want to come stay with you. I *wish* I was at Santa Cruz for my PhD. Great city! So what rent is expensive.
It is a bit "sleepy" of a town and does feel, as lore says, kinda..." [
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3 months ago
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"Hawaii for sure. UMDirector beat me to it, but yeah, it's got everything you need -- romance, adventure, adventure-for-the-less-up-for-hiking-up (helicopter rides, bus tours, boat tours, etc.), cool culture, great folks, surfing (OMG ur little one is..." [
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3 months ago
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"Metaphors we Live By (Lackoff and Johnson): This is a good resource, but it really only addresses the ways in which language is metaphorical. Not just metaphorical at the surface (consciously), but deeply metaphorical (only seen on deeper meditation)...." [
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3 months ago
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"If you get a hand blender (approx $30), you can make a host of cheap, easy, fun snacks and treats:
- milkshakes (duh. pretty much pays for itself in milkshakes and malts alone)
- coffee + icecream milkshakes (for the summer months)
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3 months ago
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"You can definitely learn to balance things in a month.
I'm talking big things, like a step ladder on the chin. Or a torchiere lamp on the nose. Folding chair is also very nice. If you've got a strong neck, you could probably do a (lightish)..." [
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4 months ago
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Who says "it's important for educated people to know particular things"? Got a cite/quote?
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5 months ago
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"It's all about the Apica's. All about it. They're Japanese, so the lines are considerably closer than those of an american "college" ruled notebook. They're also the best paper I've ever written on, and I'm bit of a paper snob so I've used..." [
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5 months ago
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"Jack's suggestion is a possible one. I've done this, and it's pretty nice. We made 2/3 graph paper and 1/3 ruled. The graphs and lines were all very small hairlines. So small that kinko's machines could not reproduce them -- they turned into..." [
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5 months ago
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"I just did a PhD application (in CS). I'd break it up into sections -- and deal with one thing at a time:
Executive Summary (save this for last, but put it first -- just a few sentences to refresh the committee's memory each time they try to move..." [
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6 months ago
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"As a hick who moved to Manhattan I'll throw in:
1. Do not, do not, do not start out in Brooklyn. It's great. But it's not Manhattan and you should at least see what all the fuss is about before getting the fuck out of there for saner and cheaper..." [
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6 months ago
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"For posterity, here's the direct link to the vertical messenger bag at Vajacases.com. Patrick King is right; it's a hot bag." [
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7 months ago
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"Here's part of the answer to your "ultimate" question: A UN report on raising livestock for food. Here's a summary from grist.org, which is a lot less than the full report's 300 pages.
The totally unattributed stats on the internet say..." [
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9 months ago
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"Even taking into account what cellphone says, which is basically that animals turn energy we can't use (energy stored in grass) into energy we can (the energy stored in tasty tasty beef), I think it's still a large net loss.
A cow has to eat a lot..." [
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9 months ago
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"This happened to me so I'll n-up on the vote for going for a small note. I sent in a product to be returned and an old friend contacted me: he's the customer service manager at the company. I was a lot happier to be back in touch with an old friend,..." [
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9 months ago
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"Practice the conversation. Get a friend and practice. Go through it once, at least, and more if you can help it. Tell your partner (a friend, spouse, etc.) to go easy on you once (i.e., offer is something closer to what you want) and hard on you once..." [
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9 months ago
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"Zotero may help you here. It is a manager for Bibtex entries (this is a very common bibliographic format in the sciences, less so in the humanities). It can "sniff" for references on a webpage since it's a firefox plugin. So post your stuff..." [
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10 months ago
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"I did it in Hawaii and had a blast. In fact, I'm the asker of the question you reference. So here's my answer: One of the top 5 things I have ever done. Here's my (now) wife's blog about our experiences. I think that we lucked out in a huge way by..." [
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Last year
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"You're ready to be, or at least could be convincing at selling yourself an "analyst" of some sort. Think about all of the problems that people are solving: industries (oil, other natural resources), equities (stocks), country..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by russilwvong
Last year
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"I think adipocere's 4 pronged approach is a good one, so I'll second that. If I wanted to get fully ripped in a short period of time, here's what I'd do:
1. Cardio: Swim. Or do something else that will make you drip sweat in 10 minutes or less...." [
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Last year
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"You are screwed. Seriously. Fixing the smell could cost more than your car is worth.... Mold is impossible to remove except by taking everything out of your car (the seats and all the carpet) and replacing it. Especially after this much time. My car..." [
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Last year
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"My friend and labmate at Georgia Tech is about to release a piece of software that does *exactly* what you are looking for. It can be set to monitor pop accounts, rss feeds, weather, news, and other data sources (people can write their own harvesters..." [
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"Most police officers in most jurisdictions (this is a hard thing for non USians to understand, but the laws and practices and SOP differ by state and by municipality, so what you see / hear / get away with will vary) do have breathalizers and do use..." [
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"For me, it's we-make-money-not-art.com. These guys are all over the art world, from the very establishment, to the fringe, and, though I do see lots of art that's infused with new-media and especially tech-art and sculpture (and therefore a go-to..." [
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"You always have the right to end police interviews. And you have the right not to answer any questions that they ask, such as "Where are you going? Where are you coming from?" and other innocuous stuff. YOU MUST BE POLITE, and courteous,..." [
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"Everybody likes to do drugs. It's not just "thirsty drunks" or other undesirables. If you go out to bars and spend $20, $30, $100 in an evening on beer for yourself and hot members of your preferred sex, and then have the temerity to tell..." [
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"I'd recommend the cards method from 43 folders, called the Hipster PDA (google it). It's a stack of index cards, one per class and then one for each other area of your life (one for "home" (for stuff like "Pay cellphone bill!"),..." [
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Last year
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"I've used Wegener Media successfully in the past. They repaired some dents in a PowerBook G4 for me. It was not cheap, exactly, but it was a lot cheaper than going through Apple. You can call them and they can give you a rough quote over the phone...." [
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Two years ago
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"This is why NYC is in a different timezone than the rest of the east coast. When you go there for the weekend, it's like living on L.A. time. Stay up 'til 4, get up at 12:30. That's only 9:30 on the west coast!..." [
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Two years ago
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"Damn you crocks! Why must you be the answer to every single "shoe" question?!" [
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Two years ago
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"Men keep things for sentimental reasons, even if they won't (often) admit it. I don't think this counts for socks so much, but I have gotten pretty attached to pairs of boxers in the past, along with tshirts, short- and long-sleeved button-downs, and..." [
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Two years ago
