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Ask comment: "Excuse me sandra_s, but that's inflammatory hogwash. There are millions of immigrants in Canada who are every bit as much Canadian as any other citizen. It's pure US propaganda that you're spouting, and that you believe it is also the source of many..." [more]
favorited 7 times, recently by peacheater, stinkycheese, aclevername, Phire, jvers, Jimbob, sa3z
2 months ago

Ask comment: "Part of what you're facing is just a by-product of being young and inexperienced. No matter what field you're in, you don't get to work on the really interesting stuff until you have a lot of proven experience. That applies to being a lawyer as..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by LobsterMitten
2 months ago

Ask comment: "I'm going to suggest a completely alternative tack on this one. You don't *have* to telecommute from home. In many cities there are co-working spaces like Station C in Montreal and similar kinds of things all over North America. These aren't the..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by waxbanks
2 months ago

Ask comment: "I'm joking, but there's some truth to this: it should be illegal to marry BEFORE age 30. At your age you're just starting to actually be the person you are. It's hard to get that except with hindsight, but as someone approaching 40 (and still very..." [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by chicainthecity, Jaie
4 months ago

Ask comment: "I'm with misha on this one, and those who have suggested that there's not enough context considering we were asked to discuss this in the abstract and not related to practical issue. In theory polyamory gives both partners the same freedom to..." [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by the luke parker fiasco, marble
5 months ago

Ask comment: "One possible solution is perfectly reasonable - to not invite parents who are known to be difficult is a reasonable answer, as many so far have said. I would tend to look at this from the other side of things. This is an opportunity for her to..." [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by junesix, 4ster, wyzewoman, anildash
7 months ago

Ask post: Help me learn how to write better in French.
favorited 1 time, recently by typewriter
8 months ago

Ask post: Selling my own home.
favorited 4 times, recently by libraryhead, wesley, Umhlangan, RibaldOne
9 months ago

Ask post: Help me find an article!
favorited 1 time, recently by divabat
Last year

MeFi comment: "I'm going to install it on my Win machine at work, but I don't think regular internet browser users are the target market for this - the real target is iPhone developers. Safari is the iPhone API, and by putting Safari on Windows, Apple just made..." [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by Rock Steady, tehloki, Llama-Lime, Servo5678, doctor_negative, null terminated, xthlc, blasdelf
Last year

Ask comment: "You could take another approach and use pretty much any word processor with Antidote. There's a list of programs it integrates with quite seamlessly and you can use it with any program via copy/paste. In my experience Antidote is miles ahead of..." [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by mdonley, furtive
Last year

Ask post: Help me help my father.
favorited 2 times, recently by mosk, timeistight
Last year

Ask comment: "Liberal does not equal libertarian in any way. Perhaps jtfowl0 was asking about the original questioner's terminology though. The most important thing to note about such terms is that they are fluid - they change over time - and their definition..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by DevilsAdvocate
Last year

Ask comment: "15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense from Scientific American." [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by i8ny3x, ilsa
Last year

Ask comment: "I think you're making a mistake thinking that an idea is ever worth anything at all. Ideas are free - it is in the execution of the idea is where any potential for money making comes in. By considering how valuable an idea could be, you are likely..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by fake
Last year

Ask comment: "Are you sure it's Revenue Canada? Regardless, the Canadian Border Services Agency has information for small importers. Poke around there - at the top level of the site there is a menu item devoted to importers that seems on-point. Also, it might..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by chocolatetiara
Last year

Ask post: Help me help my father.
favorited 2 times, recently by mosk, timeistight
Last year

Ask post: Tearin down the house
favorited 1 time, recently by gavia
Two years ago

Ask comment: "The National Gallery in Ottawa is opening a big Emily Carr show soon. The VAG had a good show last summer and probably has a pretty good permanent collection, but much of it will be loaned out. My feeling about a trip such as you're planning would..." [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by chipr
Two years ago