Ask comment:
"I my spreadsheet says that I spend $125 a head for food a month. We're vegetarian; it's not hard to get a nutritious diet. There may be some hidden costs since I rarely have to refill something expensive from my spice rack. OTOH we eat well with..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by tejolote, DulcineaX, Huw, SlyBevel, Wreath Ass, Soulbee, karyotypical, vytae, Picklegnome, smich, amicamentis
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Astronomy is the most humbling science. By virtue of being free from the need to be economically useful, astronomers can spend their time looking for stuff that they have no hope of ever understanding. That's excellent for the psyche of us all in a..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by spiderwire, of strange foe
12 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Also, the "crab sex" money is actually for NOAA studying how to prevent overfishing of crab stocks, since they are an economically important species. Not absurd on its face, and again something that might not be on the scientific agenda..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mikelieman
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"McCain is perceived as rude, which is the worst thing you can be in the South.
I'm pretty sure my grandfather in TN would say that the worst thing that you can be in the South is a negro...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by scody, blueberry, BrotherCaine
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"Isn't there some expectation of privacy in using memail?
No. There is no expectation of privacy with any form of email anywhere in the world unless a promise of such is explicitly given. Anyone who assumes that emails are private is bound to get..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by CitrusFreak12, Ryvar
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I think that the consensus here is wrong, and that McCain is right. Never thought that I'd type that.
Both candidates are spending significant time prepping for the debate. Right now congress and the administration are hashing out major..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fairmettle
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Commodities Future Modernization Act which started this ... I tried to look into its legislative history, and as best I can tell it was rolled into the budget during conference on H.R.4577 by Sen. Gramm. He's the only one who said a word about it in..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by salvia, LobsterMitten
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm remembering that scene from Becket where he declares lord so-and-so excommunicated. I imagine something similar for expertsexchange at google. The robes, the monks, everything.
Larry Page: Experts Exchange, seized upon the bot of the Holy..." [
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favorited 7 times, recently by JDHarper, jock@law, nasreddin, JHarris, benzenedream, jenkinsEar, grandsham
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"JPMorgan Chase, with $7.8 trillion, is the largest player; Citibank and Bank of America are behind it with $3 trillion and $1.6 trillion respectively.
Motherfuckers. New law: all people in the finance industry regularly tested for coke, because..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nickyskye
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Questions for FinEcon people:
1) should I avoid the side of the street with the Citigroup building on it?
2) I'm a vegetarian for ethical reasons. a) If I come upon fresh killed banker, would it be inconsistent of me to take some home for my cat?..." [
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favorited 22 times, recently by vsync, Duug, MikeKD, Megami, skyper, ShawnStruck, marble, Balisong, schyler523, dejah420, Kadin2048, benzenedream, oozy rat in a sanitary zoo, fillsthepews, stenseng, dhartung, orthogonality, Skorgu, waxbanks, dragonsi55, talos, yertledaturtle
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"The problem with the wait and do stuff approach is that they used the password reset weakness to get access, so the next time palin tries to read her email she notices.
At first I thought "just like /b/, what fail" but now I see it as..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by Snyder, papafrita, quanta and qualia, dd42, davejay, tylermoody, Pope Guilty, chunking express
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Just like a /b/tard, not getting all the data off before announcing. Someone competent would have never announced this until control of gov.sarah could be parlayed to compromise gov.palin, and a tarball of everything put on a server in Indonesia...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by dejah420, five fresh fish, Mitheral, contessa
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"However, I think an intelligent argument could be made that the expectation of a Fed bail-out is part of the problem
They're trying to avoid moral hazard by wiping out the shareholders. FRE got a bailout, but the common stock investors in FRE are..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by iamabot
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm kind of hesitant to take financial information from a site who's header is "News - Analysis - Conspiracies"" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by EatTheWeak, dobie
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I know some people at A Major Insurance Firm who do nothing but enterprise risk -- the kind of singular events that collapse tens of billions of dollars and could send the largest firms out of business. People know about this and take it seriously...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grobstein
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Pantengliopoli: Their simulation methodology is a little complex.
From a weighted average of the polls in each state, there is a baseline for that state.
Next, if you look at the demographics of a given state (say, OH) you can that its polling..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by skyper, Pantengliopoli
3 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"So, hang on, THE VIEW is what we rely on for this now?
Barbra Walters is no lightweight. She also doesn't work for the news divisions, which are cultural and intellectual wastelands now. The other thing that made this possible is that McCain..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cashman, jonp72
Last month
MeFi comment:
"and I can smell the class action all the way from here.
When they discussed this on NPR yesterday the legal expert said there there is almost no way to recover money from decisions based on bad reports in news articles. News orgs make mistakes,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
Last month
Ask comment:
"Here is a link to a guide to evaluating a suicidal patent. Here's another. As you can see, a major part is determining if that person has a plan, although there are a number of factors which would increase or decrease the need to urgently intervene..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by firevoice
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If one were legally maxed out to Obama (both primary and general), is there a way for them to legally donate to the "Joe Biden for Vice President" fund, as they are two different candidates running for two different offices?
Call your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mick
Last month
MeFi comment:
"This is almost totally misguided set of rambles.
1) Fish oil isn't pushed by pharma companies, because it's a nutritional supplement. It's not their business model.
2) Certain supplements had astonishing effects in trials for heart disease...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by fatehunter, MikeKD, Librarygeek, jamjam, Thoughtcrime, zeek321, mippy, dismas, drjimmy11, Arch_Stanton, marble, kuujjuarapik
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Um, you can run Office in linux just as easily. I can think of several apps where the proprietary version is way better: video editing, 'shop, CAD, GIS...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by finite
Last month
MeFi comment:
"That, or the USA is way more bass-ackwards than I thought.
Not just more ass-backwards than you think, but more ass-backwards than you can imagine." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Faint of Butt, Neiltupper
Last month
MeFi comment:
"OTOH they did, by random hassling, catch those nutjobs with sniper rifles. I'm pretty pleased about that." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
Last month
MeFi comment:
"To show that I'm not just being a dismissive internet jerk, these are three plots from a cohort that I happen to have data handy on.
height vs height/weight
height vs height/weight^2
height vs height/weight^3
As you can see, height/weight is..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by eritain, fantabulous timewaster, Monochrome
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Here in Chicago there's continuous discussion of how these corner grocery stores are a blight that needs to be eliminated. They have low quality, high prices, poor selection, worse healthy selection, etc. Areas are called "food ghettos"..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wires
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"Your actual passphrase gets hashed, which is a pretty random injection in the larger space.
Think about how easy it would be to guess. #uncommonEnglishWords**n gets big really fast. It's very bad for your passphrase to _be_ a dictionary word or..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by SeanMac
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If there wasn't DHS money for swat teams, I wonder if this would even be an issue. Police departments should have to pay (in increased oversight standards) for the privileged of these dangerous raids...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Dreama
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Also, given the Obama camp's ability at issue akido, I would expect this to be an excellent launching point for a health/nutrition initiative, especially among the underprivileged and minorities who suffer worse long-term health...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, fantabulous timewaster
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The incredible expansion of real estate values has been an unprecedented transfer of wealth from the young to the old. It really does just take a lot more income to get off the ground now. I'm generally on top of myself and had to ask my dad to pay..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by EricGjerde
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This will look great in a Google brief. "Claimant suggests that we are more than capable of identifying copyrighted material, however they incorrectly identified the following as belonging to themselves: ......" [
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favorited 3 times, recently by oaf, Goofyy, CrazyJoel
2 months ago
Ask comment:
"If you don't know, we don't. It sounds like his drug habits are more having-fun than addict. Most states now take an extremely dim view of underage DUI, and the state's attorney can easily let him know what this would be if he was an adult.
I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by skjønn
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you have a tiny solar cell in the sun, it won't produce much energy because a small amount of light is striking its surface. If you have a wave guide like this, you increase its effective area enormously because now its 'surface' is more like the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I guess I would question, if not algebra, what the hell are they teaching these kids? After 7 years of primary education, you would think multiplication tables and fractions would hvae run their course.
Ms Vegetable was a HS math teacher. A..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by facetious
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"chara: With the wrists it's the effort, not the premeditation. Cutting your wrists deep hurts and isn't easy. You also have to wait a while and fight the instinct to compress the pain; witness the large number of people with wrist scars. Most..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jilder
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"It's a good idea to have the emergency money in a Roth IRA containing whatever investment type (moneymarket account, CDs, etc) you're looking to get. If you go to your bank they'll be more than willing to set this up for you, and most places that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
3 months ago
Ask comment:
"discoverbank.com has a near 5% on a 60mo. Three weeks ago I saw 5.0% on 36mo at national city bank. If you think that rates are going up (everyone else does) then park it at 4.3% for a year or 4.0% for 6 mo and cope. You're also free to get into..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cushie
3 months ago
