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"Warning: long-ass post.
MetaFilter has a lot of people who care about words and ideas and view the Web as the ideal medium for both. The cam and e/n crowds, in contrast, see the Web as a tool for personal connections. As an example (and not to..." [
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4 days ago
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"kthxbi <333
I cannot possibly evaluate the truth of this statement without knowing the values of the variables k, t, h, x, b, and i." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by nerhael, Mayor West, churl
2 weeks ago
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"Do not use Visine or similar products if you wear contact lenses, just by the way. As AstroGuy notes, they constrict your blood vessels. Your cornea, covered by the lens, is not getting the oxygen it would usually get from the air, so it is relying..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"To elaborate on cost averaging: imagine there's a magical way to automatically buy more shares of a stock (or other security) when it is cheap and fewer when it is expensive. Well, if you invest an equal dollar amount periodically -- e.g., every..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by generichuman, DevilsAdvocate, rongorongo, Magnakai
3 weeks ago
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"The canonical "what is a good cheap small amp" answer is the Sonic Impact T-Amp. It is slightly under the power recommendation for your speakers, but should still work OK, especially given that your room is so small. It also only has one..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"In the US, only about 15% of people identify as "having no religion." Are you really suggesting that the questioner eliminate the vast majority of the population on this basis? Really?
Not merely yes, but hell yes. Everybody eliminates..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"It is actually somewhat murky whether there is actually any way to intentionally put a copyrighted work into the public domain. The only way permitted by the law is by the expiration of the copyright; the law does not provide any means for you to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mikewas
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"Chemistry is almost always front-loaded in a relationship, sort of like mortgage interest, and in the long run it is not very relevant. Frankly, for a long-term relationship you're doing well if you manage to find someone who 1) is fundamentally..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by yohko, chicainthecity
Last month
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"I hooked up a Mac mini to my plasma and use it to watch TV from iTunes, Hulu, etc. (fill in the "etc." yourself, the first rule of it is that you do not talk about it) as well as DVDs. The mini comes with a remote and media center software,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by CorporateHippy
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"It is entirely possible that they hired you expecting you to take some initiative and do more (after a settling in period, which they would probably expect to be 2-3 months). So show some initiative, demonstrate in small ways and then larger ways..." [
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""Listen, please stop badgering me about this. I have my reasons for not donating, they are not going to change, and I am tired of having to explain them all the time...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Solomon
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"I have it on good authority that once you are alone with a girl, perhaps watching a movie in your room, saying "I would really like to kiss you" works pretty well at sorting things out. If she lets you, then she is quite likely interested..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by porn in the woods
Last month
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"How about we all just make a pledge to not peak at his selection
Sure. I promise not to have an orgasm when I hear Obama's veep selection." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by socratic, lukemeister, jtron
Last month
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"Procrastination can be solved by putting yourself in a situation where you are accountable to your peers every day for contributing to the success of the group. For example, in the Scrum software development methodology, there is a daily stand-up..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by woebot, okokok
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"You may never escape.
I'm actually going up this Saturday to visit a couple of friends who live in Sudden Valley. It doesn't seem like there's a ton of stuff to do there, but I like visiting. A lot of college students and retirees (it's one of the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by bardic
Last month
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"Do not ever do something that feels false just to get a girl's attention. Find things that you have in common with a girl (or things that she likes that you'd like to try), rather than pretending to like something just because she likes it.
Also,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elizardbits
Last month
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"What you want is a quad-band phone if you're going to be roaming internationally. There are four GSM frequencies now. The US uses three, but Europe uses a different three. Thus tri-band phones meant for the US are going to leave out one of the common..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arnicae
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"In 1978 you could purchase a share of Berkshire Hathaway for $178 ($533 in 2005 dollars). The closing price today for a share was $83,250.
In case you're wondering why the per-share price is so high, it's because BRKA, unlike most stock, has never..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
Last month
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"she should just accommodate men who give her an emotional slap in the face like that
Life is an unending series of emotional slaps in the face. You can either be angry with the whole world all the time, or you can learn to handle the fortune's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, olecranon
Last month
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"If the antenna comes off the router you already have, you can buy or make an extended-range antenna. They do work.
Also note that the waves spread out perpendicularly to the antenna. If your antenna is currently pointed straight up, you may be..." [
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Last month
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"Try flipping this image horizontally and see if you notice a change in its emotional impact. I sure did. (The flipped version more closely simulates for Western viewers the effect the original has on Asian viewers.)..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Rinku, aihal, damn dirty ape, Guy Smiley
Last month
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"There's a drug, acepromazine, you can put in a cat's food to make them stop producing the saliva protein that most people find causes an allergic reaction. It's a tranquilizer, but the dose used for this purpose doesn't actually knock the animal out...." [
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2 months ago
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"Lenders are held partially responsible for identity theft. They have to eat all the money they lent the crook." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by gjc
2 months ago
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"if quonsar = ass
This is a common mistake but no less tragic for all that. See, you have actually just assigned your ass to quonsar." [
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2 months ago
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"Buy.com offers 10% off Amazon's prices on books (and you can get another 3% cash back if you have their credit card), has free shipping on orders over $25 like Amazon, and most importantly for me, does not charge sales tax on shipments to Washington,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by chicainthecity
2 months ago
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"For ETFs, I like what iShares is doing.
I like iShares too. I have a bit of their Emerging Markets fund (EEM) and Latin America fund (ILF). ILF has doubled in about two years, and EEM has doubled in about three. I have small positions in a number..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vers
2 months ago
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"In fact... just remembered I have a trial of InDesign still installed on my laptop:
1) Select the tab-separated text
2) Choose "Convert Text to Table" from the Table menu
The name will now wrap within its individual cell. You can..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Optimus Chyme
2 months ago
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"Many atheists rely on things like Kant's categorical imperative. Paraphrased, this rule has you assume that if you do something, everyone will do it, and to evaluate whether such a society would be desirable. This is a slightly different question..." [
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2 months ago
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"By "4 ohms nominal" they mean that the speakers' impedance varies by frequency but that for the purpose of hooking 'em up to the amplifier you can call them 4 ohms.
Most modern amplifiers can drive 4 ohm speakers with no problem, since..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
3 months ago
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"Print film does still have better dynamic range than digital. That is, it can record a wider total range of brightness in a single shot. Digital is more like slide film, and in fact is less forgiving of over- or under-exposure than slide film,..." [
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3 months ago
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"If you are making regular contributions (monthly, quarterly, even annually) cost averaging becomes your friend. When the market has a down year, you are buying more shares of the index on the cheap. Then when the market goes back up, you are golden...." [
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3 months ago
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"At the time, the public library had a similar system but also had some kind of imaging equipment that would take a picture of your library card and the inside front cover of the book.
The library where I grew up had this too. It made a sound like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Elsa
4 months ago
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"Having dissed mnemonics in a previous post on this thread, I'd like to share a local one from Columbus, Ohio for remembering the east-west streets in downtown: "Spring along gaily through the broad, stately town." (Spring, Long, Gay, Broad,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Solon and Thanks
4 months ago
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"In practice, for most people the true answer to "where does your sense of right and wrong come from?" is "my parents and my peers and other aspects of how I was raised." Since most people don't consciously remember learning right..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by evinrude, nooneyouknow, DiscourseMarker, Cucurbit
5 months ago
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"I have a plush TiVo guy, as a result of being a beta tester at one point. MeMail me your address and I will send it to you. Your son will probably get a kick out of being able to re-enact the original animation (you will have to supply the slides and..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by jobby, penduluum, John Kenneth Fisher, Rock Steady, DMan, lioness
5 months ago
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"Oddly enough, four tablespoons may be too much. I was taking three a day for a long time. Then I dropped to two, and the appetite suppression became significantly more noticeable. I've been doing two a day since then. So it can vary; if you're not..." [
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5 months ago
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"You're probably going to spend much of your time on the Eastside (the overall name for the suburbs of Seattle east of Lake Washington), but do make sure you get over to Seattle regularly. Spend a couple weekends doing the tourist things: Pike Place..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Artw, lnicole
5 months ago
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"Sorry, you can't. In your frame of reference, time will pass normally. If you're traveling at the speed of light (which you can't) to a destination 50 light years away, you're going to age 50 years.
Um, no. this is totally wrong and missing the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
5 months ago
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"I find that 5-HTP really curbs my sweet tooth. And chromium picolinate helps too.
And not having goodies in the house... of course, I now work at a place that gives us free meals and snacks; it may be my Waterloo...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by InstantSanitizer, chicainthecity, BrotherCaine
5 months ago
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"The drink did have aspartame and acesulfame-k ... I suspect the acesulfame-k is the secret as to what made the drink so enjoyable
Actually, it's the dual sweeteners in general. Sucrose (i.e. regular sugar) is actually a disaccharide -- two sugar..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by bdizzy
5 months ago
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"If something feels like a moral absolute, then it is either truly a moral absolute, or it merely feels like one without actually being one.
To us, the monkeys who have those feelings of moral absoluteness, there is absolutely no way to tell..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nasreddin
6 months ago
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"Yes, but WHAT a hassle. It can take years and costs thousands to get it cleared up.
I use MyFico.com's Score Watch service, which tells me of changes to my Equifax report that affect my credit score. This covers pretty much everything that can pop..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thecaddy
6 months ago
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"seem more interested in the prospect of other women
Dude, you're a guy, you're always going to seem more interested in the prospect of other women. That cannot be a determining factor in anything relationship-based.
I agree with others that a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by malapropist
6 months ago
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"I just realized that nobody actually obliged Matt and called him Mr. Crankypants as he requested. Matt, you're such a Mr. Crankypants." [
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6 months ago
