Broken_Hippo

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by Broken_Hippo 26d ago
You don't have to do a lot of repetitive, boring exercises to learn piano. Once you learn how to hold your hands a little, read music, and learn where the notes are, you can simply try songs you like, and switch songs when you please.
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by Broken_Hippo 1mo ago
How, exactly, are they working more? How many low-paying jobs offer overtime, if they are full time at all? Any clue how many jobs won't let you work a part-time job or won't work around another job? Can't exactly work for Ub
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by Broken_Hippo 1mo ago
To be fair, "Bac'n Bits" have been made of soy for decades - IIRC, they have always been. That's not them being cheap - they were designed that way. You just didn't realize. A lot of brands are similar - not all are
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by Broken_Hippo 2mo ago
Some of the organizations mentioned have never welcomed me - the first hurdle to some of these is simply being female. Freemasons only accept men IIRC. Knights of Columbus? Catholic. Oddfellows acceptance really depends on the individual
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by Broken_Hippo 2mo ago
It might not be a written metric, but do you actually believe that someone isn't being evaluated partially based on how many times they've had to talk to them about issues? I highly doubt it. If this is the reason your manager k
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by Broken_Hippo 2mo ago
This just isn't true and really glosses over the downsides of the US healthcare system. Employer health plans are only good as long as you pay - if they are good. Lots aren't and they require you to pay so much upfront. Waiting ti
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by Broken_Hippo 2mo ago
I clearly said I buy for two and would go more often if I shopped for more. Many, many people with families do this. I'm in Norway. Vehicles are expensive, children (regardless of age) are used to going outside and going to the stores.
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
not who you were asking, but I walk to the store and carry my groceries home. Usually, twice a week or something. It's great. 10 minute walk each way, approximately, and never more than I can easily carry. I buy for two people. I'
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
In college, I worked as a lab assistant for a professor studying them. I spent a lot of time counting microscopic young, scraping adults off of traps, measuring and weighing them before cracking them open to scoop out their insides and weig
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
Your first link talks about occupational use. Most folks aren't going to have that sort of exposure. A lot of things are definitely a hazard when you work with them often, but doesn't carry over into the general population whose e
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
Yeah, kinda. I moved from Indiana to Norway - Trondheim, which is about in the middle of the length of Norway. During the summer, I can read outside at night even though the sun technically goes down for about 4 hours in June. It never gets
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
For what benefit? Graduating medical school with an average of $250k of debt? Unpaid time off and possible job loss if you have medical issues that require you to be off work? They still worry about health insurance and things like that. Po
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
I'm with you until I remember how expensive medical school plus internship is in the US. If doctors cannot pay back their student loans, it doesn't matter. The majority of folks in medical school have family that can support them
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
Shhh!
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
My earbuds have a setting to allow for outside noises. Wearing them while walking, I often hear cars and other people well before I see them. Even with louder music, I still hear them. I can hold a conversation with people without taking th
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
In other words, you'd ban someone because they might notice that you are doing illegal stuff and you might get caught. Follow the laws and it isn't an issue. I'm pretty sure banning someone for that stuff is probably illega
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
There is a reason such shows are labeled "copaganda" - it affect people's perception of police and their procedures. It makes the dubious seem less dubious and more believable. I very highly doubt any jury is made aware of
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
How common are heat pumps in the states now - and is this something your average worker can afford? I looked into it some time before I moved - and before they were as popular - and installation costs were prohibitive. Moved to Norway over
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
Actually, the US uses more power during the day in the summer - there is a dropoff in the night for both summer and winter. Night time use is somewhat similar. [1] Cooling takes more energy than warming, so the summer daytime use is higher.
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
Not just teens. If you are overly strict, this stuff will begin in elementary school.
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
My parents didn't watch scary movies, eat hard candy, have sex, wander the area cornfields without supervision, or smoke pot in front of me, yet I still did it. (these were at different ages, of course) Not doing something isn't e
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by Broken_Hippo 3mo ago
Uh-huh. For me, that meant that I didn't do something At Home, and was pretty much unsupervised other places. My mother was strict at a time when a lot of kids had freedom. I couldn't do much that other kids did. When I could, I h
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
You are conflicting room layout to home layout. In genreal, blueprints or something similar are available. Where your bed, sofa, and tables are located isn't.
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
I used the plow as an example in a list of things to illustrate the varied information you need to verify things and to illustrate that you can't simply do research on everything. Maybe you missed that? You can't trust the company
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
You are believing a lie, then, and seem to have missed the point. You simply cannot have the knowledge to know if everything is safe - no matter what your specialty, there are things you'll have to just trust others for safety. Sure, y
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
How can you be sure? How can you get the information to know whether or not your children's toys, your medicines, your electic equipment, wall paint, food, and everything else you consume or use is safe? You can't. So... abstain f
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
Common sense? What sort of common sense allows you to remotely assess the safety and build of a product? Even if you get a charger in your hand, can you tell? Can your family? How about your neibhbors? Does anyone you know have this ability
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
They say later in the article that the pill is a good option for folks that can't or won't use the CPAP. A CPAP is really effective, so it would be first line treatment. If I couldn't use one but needed it, I'd be happy
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
That still means you do not get actual public opinion. Public opinion doesn't consist of only strong opinions. You seem to think that voting is a simple choice of "do it or don't" and it really isn't that simple. Yo
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by Broken_Hippo 4mo ago
Unless you make sure that most, if not all adults can vote, it won't show it. If you only have 45% of your population votes, regardless of reason, you aren't actually getting the public opinion.

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