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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A succulent meal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A few things to unpack here.

  • That chicken is roasted nicely, but I completely understand if that was bought in that condition at the grocer’s.
  • Plain bread is a travesty. it needs to be either toasted and/or you need some melted butter or gravy to sop up.
  • Pair this with some fruit or pan seared/roasted vegetables. Even microwaved beans would make this nutritious. Takes very little effort, very easy to do.
  • Even peasants had access to beer, ale, or home-made short-beer/kvass. Gotta calorie-max so you can work in the field tomorrow. Plus, the alcohol helps with the constant muscle-aches and fatigue from endless labor.

  There are innumerable ways to elevate this meal, but I’ll keep this comment short. Anyone, feel free to message me or reply here if you want tips for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A succulent meal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Just don’t drink out of it and you’ll be okay.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As a young teenager, I once went with my grandparents and their fellow pensioners, to see some community theater.

  They were all retirement age and then some, and I must have been the only “kid” on that bus. Let me tell you, the ones that didn’t pick up that I was there swore like sailors (they actually were) and acted like… potty-mouthed teenagers! I was floored by this revelation.

  I’ve had other moments of observation with older folks over the years, and I keep seeing the same thing. At the same time, I’ve paid attention to the growing disparity between my apparent and “mental” ages. So, that sensation that you have to remind yourself that you’re no longer 19 or whatever? It may be a different point in life for everyone, but as far as I can tell, that doesn’t stop.

  What does change is your body and the face you see in the mirror. That alone changes how you see everyone else, their age, and how it all relates back to you socially. You don’t have to like it, but it’s probably wise to get used to it. :/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't wait for 2016!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t speak for GP, but “pipes” was always a solid watch.

  Then there’s this thing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytKVGtJ5yng

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't wait for 2016!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
  • a short story by the Critically Acclaimed author of “The Torment Nexus”.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally, a USB standard that can provide the data AND power requirements of a city.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But it’s a 16-ring barrel plug.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally, a USB standard that can provide the data AND power requirements of a city.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. Now I can’t get the image of a time-traveling DeLorian, with an iPhone plugged in where the MrFusion was, out of my head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sigh⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A few things to consider here that have nothing to do with exercise or diet:

  • Aging trajectory. Remember when everyone was at a completely different point in physical development back in school?^1^ It turns out that everyone’s body-clock for biological aging is just different, and folks hit different milestones at different points.
  • Resilience. We get less physically resilient when we age. IMO, it’s inflammation related. Again, everyone has a different timeline for how fast or slow this happens.
  • Sports (in the past). Some people tore up their bodies playing high-impact sports. Those injuries come due later on, usually in the form of joint problems. At the same time, being sedentary can exacerbate that condition - they made choices as a teenager that obligates them to keep exercising or going to PT.
  • Circadian rhythms. Some people have lifestyles that do not line up with their body’s need for sleep and wakefulness at all. This results in a sensation of being permanently jet-lagged, because they are.
  • Stress. Whether it’s psychological or physiological, it all adds up and does wonders for complicating all of the above.
  • Entitlement. IMO, it’s a natural inclination to feel entitled to a comfy, pain-free existence when you feel that you’ve done everything right so far. That said, your body may decide to have other ideas one day, and leaves one feeling kind of betrayed by forces beyond their control. Not everyone is equipped to handle “it is what it is” and just accept it out of hand. It’s a recipe for complaint and, honestly, requires psychological support to overcome.

  So you may be (naturally) making better life choices in these areas that fit with your particular biology, and/or you have really good genetics at this stage in the game.

  ^1^ - We all knew that one guy that was rocking an adult body at 13, in the same class as some kid that was still waiting for puberty to hit. Shit was wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Start-up idea⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem here is the for-profit model that drives mass (over-)production and planned obsolescence.

  We can do away with this if a company embraces a completely different model. Instead of doing the usual thing, go 100% on-demand with pre-orders, and only build what people want to buy. Then, keep moving horizontally into other product lines, following the demand and manufacturing need. Once pre-orders hit a given theshold, manufacturing starts for a given product. This eliminates all kinds of overhead and allows the company to survive by investing in multiple revenue streams. As a bonus: it’s a lot less wasteful since you never make more units than you can sell.

  Subscriptions are like insurance and gym memberships. They’re profitable only if they represent value that is never fully realized by the consumer. They’re a really bad tax, and people dislike them for good reason. I want to buy a thing from a company, and that’s all; it’s not my responsibility to keep them afloat after that transaction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Start-up idea⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you take inflation into consideration, high quality products still exist at about the same price.

  There’s another side to all this. We used to have appliance and, specifically, vacuum repair shops. Sometimes, the latter were franchise operations by manufacturer/brand. Electrolux and Oreck had stores that also did repairs, to name two. The business model had a lot in common with the auto industry at the time. To me, that stands as a cautionary tale of how things can get twisted around to cost the consumer more money in the long run, not less. I think it’s an important consideration, as old designs/patents were from and for a market serviced on all sides by this business model. But we can do better. If such products were designed to be user-servicable, there wouldn’t be a strong need/want to capture breakage as another revenue center.

  So, we can absolutely bootstrap a new “buy for life” economy, but I think the downstream user hassle, repair, and secondary costs are crucial to consider.

  Its just that there are now MUCH cheaper options now.

  This is the part people keep ignoring. I keep calling it “realizing the actual cost of things.” Nowadays, you can buy cheap, but you’re going to get something fragile and packed-to-the-gills with surveillance and advertising. To get what grandma had (e.g. a refrigerator that runs for 50 years and just keeps food cold), anything cheaper than the inflation-adjusted equivalent costs you in other ways.

  Meanwhile, over in the hobbyist and professional tool world, we’ve been saying “buy nice or buy twice” for a long time now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We really need to bring back the 70s conversation pits⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  or my son.

  I kid you not, when the realtor showed the house they brought their rambunctious 7-year-old with them. Kiddo wasted zero time and did a running full-gainer into the conversation pit, tucked into a roll on landing, and sprawled out flat to stop in the middle of the room. Realtor/mom was NOT amused. Frankly, I was impressed but also relieved that there was no staged furniture in that particular room.

  I hosted a few house-parties over the years and always had to keep a watchful eye on guest’s alcohol intake and all the steps and railings. It was kind of exhausting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We really need to bring back the 70s conversation pits⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had a house with something like the first one, although it had a railing installed.

  At first I hated the railing and considered removing it. Then I slipped on the hardwood steps on my way down into the pit. A whole 20 inches doesn’t seem like a lot, but let me tell you that hitting my ass halfway down was enough to make me re-think all of it.

  Aesthetically, conversation pits are amazing, but they are absolutely built to fuck up someone’s day the very moment they’re not being careful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get that silicussy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that… is that a top-of-the-line graphics card fully-populated with RAM?!

  Still hot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Usually a horrible interaction for all involved⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yuuuuuuup.

  Invite also shows up in your inbox an hour or less before meeting time, and is completely irregular from your normal schedule.

  Protip: BACK EVERYTHING UP NOW if this happens. There’s a chance that IT hasn’t shut down your access to systems yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Work smarter, not harder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just now realized: someone has the most cursed resume on LinkedIn. I’d expect something in line with this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sexting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to see someone try this, get some steamy ankle pics in reply, and then hit it off since they’re on the same (ridiculous) wavelength.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cronch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It gets 1000% more fun when you have a lot of dental work.

  Was that part of a filling or a crown? Did that damage my fillings?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  While I’ve never had the privilege of doing so in-country, it’s not super hard to make and would absolutely pair with Japanese beer*: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsudon

  • • Also something the Japanese refined from the Germans.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure it does, but the Japanese perfected it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time traveler⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ::sigh:: I know what you mean, Vern.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon goes to therapy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, black-hole-ing a traumatic memory absolutely happens to people. That said, that reaction is absolutely not how to go about resurfacing that kind of thing. If anything it needs to be handled with way more care than self-reported trauma.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How far do you wear your daily shoes out before bothering to replace them?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where it gets really crazy is where you have a few pairs that you rotate through for “daily wear”. A whole decade can slip by before you go “how long have I had these?”

  I don’t care a whole lot about fashion so “until they stop working correctly” is about the best answer I can give.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a great idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really the worst. For the uninitiated, the platen where your bags go is actually a scale. The self-check-kiosk software waits for this bagging scale to quit moving (see: de-bouncing) before weighing and approving the scan and purchase of a single item. This is why, occasionally, if you’re too fast or too slow, the kiosk gets angry and makes you flag down an attendant.

  That’s not a problem for 10 items or less, but for a whole cart? All that waiting around adds up. Because of all that, it’s literally impossible to achieve the same or better speed than an employee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Such a dreamy guy⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jeorgia?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dating⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  like sifting through resumes.

  Then we need to call it what it is: This exchange is an HR screen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a great idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a good call. I kinda/sorta figured that the fire department would see it sooner or later, but that’s clearly not the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a great idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It might be a matter of just being under a rock for the last 10-20 years. Retail PoS systems have changed quite a bit in that time, but how you interface with gas pumps and dining, hasn’t changed at all.

  Also: a lot of folks navigate digital systems by rote memorization and don’t read or think all that much. If you throw a new interface in front of them, just sit back and watch the bewilderment. Gotta give people like that time to learn it all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a great idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly, we still do. But it’s really more a matter of vendor preference these days, since some places (usually small/personal operations) don’t do digital payments. That and nobody carries large amounts of cash around, so checks are the only alternative.

  That said, anyone that hasn’t moved on to prefer a bank card or credit-card is behind the times, or doesn’t have a bank account. Still, it’s rare to see these days, especially at the grocery store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What a great idea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the core problem, right here. At a minimum, people need training to learn what information to ignore so you can navigate the whole thing. Even if you know the store’s layout, you still need to have the will to ignore advertising and disregard extraneous information. Being a fast reader that can do fast mental math, also helps tremendously.

  Traffic flow is another problem. Wegmans is the chief offender here, IMO, by putting impulse items in massive crates that crowd the store entrance+exit combo. It amazes me that it’s not a fire hazard, because it makes entering the store a nightmare. But most grocery stores have awful choke points in produce, dairy, meat, and other high-traffic areas. And of course those are the stores that have no small carts or hand-baskets, obligating customers to gum up the works with big metal baskets that are 70% empty.

  A better idea is a store that doesn’t flood your eye sockets with information you don’t absolutely need. Get rid of the special displays, end-cap bullshit, and vendor promotional stuff. Then, normalize all the price tags and include unit cost per lb/oz/L/whatever to make bargain hunting a snap. Then, measure the fucking carts and make sure that two can get by everywhere in the store. Finally, pick a store layout and stick to it. </rant>

  I want to say that Aldi is already doing all of the right things, but I could be wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely the safest source for advice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In my greater friend-group, we call them “shamans”, and rotate responsibilities when people go on trips. Like a designated driver or lifeguard, it’s a position of elevated and celebrated importance, even though the traveler may not ever leave their couch.

  and most importantly be human

  Now that I think about it, it’s key to be the most human possible. People do irritating and annoying stuff when they toss sobriety out the window, and sometimes it takes a lot of compassion and empathy to manage.