donthellbanme

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by donthellbanme 4y ago
1. Between 2008-2019 they just didn't realize they could. I have found the years you quote to be high priced. Competition just went done in every sector I depend on. Banks, cell phone companies, cable, energy prices went up without
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I have found no rhyme or reason over the huge spike in gas prices other than greed. Granted, our current president shouldn't have been so negative towards fossil fuels. That said, he did nothing to create this particular upswing. My lo
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I worked at a record store in the 90's. It was right after cd's took over. I think we had 1 record in the store. I was shocked over the amount of tranquility music we sold. Tranquility was nature sounds. I didn't know abo
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I'm a inactive General Contractor, and union electrician. I'm not going to read a 49 page pdf today. There are two things that really affect supply. 1. Government regulations is number one by a huge margin. We all know what that
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
There used to be one at one of the Cow Palace parking lots in the 80's. Even then, I was shocked at the low prices. I stumbled on this Farmer's Market by accident. I had this security job guarding the Cow Palace on the weekends.
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
Yea, I used to be a electrician in local 6. Their screwdrivers arn't as good as Snapon, but neither do they cost a fortune. My standard commercial job tooling was a side cutter (Klein, or whatever I had at the time), a slotted screwdri
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
The veting of repair shops is a ploy. The watch industry used to vet repair Watch Repair shops on the guise of "Quality Assurance". They would require Watchmakers buy their expensive cleaning machines, and a bunch of other pricy
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
You would be suprized. I know a few people whom keep up on tech trends, even though it has nothing to do with their job. I follow programming trends, basically through HN, and self study. (I have wasted a lot of money on programming/C
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
For years before Covid, I would wear a N95 mask while doing yard work, construction, biking, and even night walks. I got some stares. For awhile, I felt some of my neighbors thought I was trying to conceal my identity; but it was just for a
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I had that figured out a couple of decades ago. If I started a new business, excuse me Start-up, which college applicants hide in for 4 years would have no bearing on my new hires. And yes--I'm the guy who spent way to much time hiding
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I have no qualms on the salary. I would love an extra $15 a day for food. The size of the classes at Berkeley has always had me scratching my head for decades now. "I found it really difficult to balance CS61A (a massive class of 2000
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I've never said this about anyone in tech, but I feel Louis Rossman should run for the Senate, or the House. I've kept an eye on him for years, and think he's honest, and trustworthy. He does not appear to be a sellout in th
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I didn't watch the shows you mentioned. I was late to Netflix. The original movies I saw were beyond bad. In every movie they used every plot twist ever invented, and every bit of cliched writing. The overpaid actors just read lines.
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I love Navy, and Army, training courses. They even have one on Watchmaking, or Watch Repair. They use a pocket watch, and a Elgin wrist watch, and completely Service both of them. I wish more textbooks were written like this. If I was a p
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I was thinking about this tonight on my walk. I've been noticing some funny looks at my mask wearing. I usually walk with my mask on. I have done this way before Covid. I used to wear it for allergies. My allergies just felt better w
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
Fresh is always better, even if you don't have acces to San Marazano tomatoes. This tomato sauce recipe goes out the the poor guys here. I imagine we are the minority here? 1. Tomatoes--any kind. You will buy them initially to use th
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
Liking the place you spend more time in than your own living room matters. I have stuck with subpar pay because I liked my bosses, and didn't hate comming into work. I have quit high paying jobs, with union representation. (And yes--th
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
1. Solar. 2. 3. Raspberry Pi's are cheap. You could buy a few. 4. You could wrap the Pelican case in multiple layers of tin foil, or sheet metal. 5. Connectors can be stripped, and wires twisted together.
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
NY bagels, and pizza, are always the best. I used to work for Marin Bagels. Hated the owner, but that's not my point. Making bagels last more than a day is difficult task. Real bagels need to be boiled. These boiled bagels that are onl
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I believe all ships have a transponder. Russian criminals were stealing rich boys million dollar yachts a few years ago. They would board the ships when the skeleton crew was off the ship. They would take the transponder, and put in model h
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
As a kid, I used to visit my cousins in San Diego, and two summers in a row we had heat waves. Even though I loved my cousins, the humidity/heat was enough for me to beg to go home. I remember feeling the fog on the Golden Gate bridge
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
We need to throw out Allopatic medicine that does not work, along with Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Naturopathic, Osteopathic bad healing techniques that work slightly better than Placebo in an Indian village in studies with less than 100 poo
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I can add this. A lot of specialized tools like watch tools, like high priced Bergeon/Horia, are found much cheaper on Alibaba with generic names. Vector watch lathes are Sincere lathes but cleaned up machinist wize, and put in a fan
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I feel for the poor, or middleclass, person who is losing on crypto. I do not feel for the wealthy boys whom have been taking advantage of essentially free money (ridiculously low interest rates for way to long) that speculated on crypto fo
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
I saw this in tv. It reminded me City Slickers. It looked fun. When I was burning out in a professional school; I would have jumped at the opportunity to do this program. (I'm not denigrating it. I've been a landscaper, dishwa
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
How about hard caps on who get's admitted to any school that accepts government aid. Reserve 1/2 of the spots to kids from low income families if they can get in, and charge 1/8 of what they charge kids from wealthy families.
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
The heaviest man in Mexico was bedridden for years. He was depressed, but besides being humongous, and trapped in a bed; one of his biggest complains was muscle aches. A doctor gave him vitamin D supplements and he said the pain went away.
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
Don't worry Means testing is in full swing today for all government programs. We are back to making qualifying for aid, welfare, etc. difficult so people who need it give up. They got lax during Covid, but not today. The historical poi
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
Depends on the school, but some will prosecute. My local community college woke up their sleepy 15 unit cop squad, and worked with financial aid, in order to prosecute a few people doing it. (A sleepy community college with 15 cops/de
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by donthellbanme 4y ago
Some people can't afford a a smart phone, and rely just on a landline, sometimes one phone for an entire home. We need a federal law that two factor authencation needs to work on landlines. The technology is there. It's not expen

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