e15ctr0n

8 ms·

1.
by e15ctr0n 3mo ago
Many libraries have a Friends organization that receives books culled from the library's collections. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Libraries The Friends are a separate nonprofit from the library, usual
2.
by e15ctr0n 7mo ago
> In my head, this looks more like a math circle or enrichment workshop than a school. The idea is a small group, maybe 6–8 students. You're correct, this sounds more like an after-school math club. > I loved olympiad-style p
3.
by e15ctr0n 2y ago
The skyrocketing cost of home insurance in Florida is causing some residents to sell their properties and relocate. https://www.newsweek.com/florida- homeowners-relocating-insurance-crisis-cost-1893248 · Apr 24, 2024
4.
by e15ctr0n 3y ago
There's a great podcast episode on the Gastropod that discusses this issue: Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back (2018) https://gastropod.com/mango-mania-how-the-americ
5.
by e15ctr0n 3y ago
Start with this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquired_taste and then explore the entire Wikipedia portal on food https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Food and drink https://en.wik
6.
by e15ctr0n 3y ago
> The only thing I would have wished was solid wood is our dining table. Try the IKEA JOKKMOKK. Made with solid pine and stained with clear lacquer. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/jokkmokk-table-and-4-chair
7.
by e15ctr0n 3y ago
> 0. Literally, $19.96! https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-4-Slice-Toaster-Oven-Bl ... It's a really good toaster, surprisingly. Still going strong for me, even after 4 years. There is an electric kettle in th
8.
by e15ctr0n 4y ago
https://archive.ph/5UNzF Rarely have bosses and workers been so at odds over so much.
9.
Pay. Productivity. Commuting. The War to Define What Work Looks Like(wsj.com)
2 points by e15ctr0n 4y ago|1 comments
10.
by e15ctr0n 4y ago
My aunt endlessly researched all the options at Starbucks and then finally came up with this gold standard. (She writes out on a post-it for every visitor to her home and sticks it in their wallet so they can recite it in front of the baris
11.
by e15ctr0n 4y ago
Safeway's Signature Select Coffee Ground Medium Roast Colombia - 11 Oz for $7.99 (about $12 per pound) https://www.safeway.com/shop/product-details.119010190.html
12.
by e15ctr0n 4y ago
A quiet note of appreciation for Adam Grossman, one of the co-founders of Dark Sky. It's one thing to have an idea about a weather app, quite another to pursue it successfully within a small design agency and then make it polished enou
13.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
Go for a professional match-making service in your city. They will understand your needs and set you up for several dates with different women who also desire to get married.
14.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
See artfullywalls.com for more options for your family member.
15.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
> The fda won’t allow anyone to get these if they aren’t already diabetic. 1. You need to get a doctor to write you a prescription for it. Any doctor will do, even your Primary Care Physician (PCP). 2. Medicare will only pay for it if
16.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
Meanwhile, a 4,826 sq/ft house in Los Altos Hills sold for almost $2 million above asking (~35%) after 16 initial bids and a bidding war among 3 of those bidders. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Altos-Hills/2568
17.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
Jesse Ventura's book on the assassination is also highly recommended. It provides a great alternative to the Lee Harvey Oswald narrative. It's so impressively thorough. They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a
18.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
It would be great if you could make it an interactive webapp, in the sense that anyone could put in their location, and then your code would fetch all the corresponding images and data from the NOAA site.
19.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
I like your project and the thinking that you've put into it. I feel that if you carry forward your thought of comparing several news headlines, scraped from more than just 2 RSS feeds, you are basically on track to creating a full-blo
20.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
I loved your app; it is indeed very simple to use. I would have liked to see the location name and current weather right on the home page of the app. Do you have a Github where I could download the code and deploy it on my own servers? Grea
21.
Getting old is a crisis more and more Americans can’t afford(seattletimes.com)
26 points by e15ctr0n 5y ago|23 comments
22.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
Those people probably wanted to pay with cash. Walmart self-checkouts[0] switched to electronic payment only[1] when the national coin crisis hit in June 2020[2]. [0] https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/06&
23.
by e15ctr0n 5y ago
I got dwarf tomato plants this year, my very first attempt at growing tomatoes or any other vegetables for that matter. I'm growing them in containers on my patio. So far, they have sprouted two tiny green tomatoes each and, for now, t
24.
IBM Explores Sale of IBM Watson Health(wsj.com)
3 points by e15ctr0n 6y ago|0 comments
25.
by e15ctr0n 6y ago
> Bank of America/Merrill Edge also shut down buy orders for GME. I heard that Bank of America/Merrill Edge was requiring posting a 100% margin as collateral if wanting to buy GME options. I didn't hear that they shut do
26.
Being an Amazon Seller in 2020; Year in Review for Viahart Toys(molsonhart.com)
1 points by e15ctr0n 6y ago|0 comments
27.
by e15ctr0n 6y ago
> Clinton's cameo was unauthorized Wikipedia has a good discussion on this topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)#B...
28.
by e15ctr0n 6y ago
For those curious about the fire-resistant plants mentioned in the article, here is a list: http://firesafesdcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Compr...
29.
by e15ctr0n 6y ago
> Raghuram Rajan, who was the Governor of Reserve bank of India, was chief economist of IMF, and now a professor in US Raghuram Rajan has been a professor at the University of Chicago since 1997 except for a 3 year period from 2003-200
30.
by e15ctr0n 6y ago
There was a reality TV show on Netflix where people were looking to matchmakers to help them find someone to marry. The only participant who did end up getting married found her guy through Bumble.

More ›