madskdc

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by madskdc 6y ago
It looks like a paraglider requires a minimum of 30 yards of runway to take off and land (assuming there's nothing obstructing it at the end of those 30 yards, like trees), with some pilots suggesting 150 yards without tall trees to sa
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by madskdc 6y ago
For 5 users, it seems like it would be a waste -- easy enough to hand-hold everyone through setting up a tablet. For 5000 people, I could see paying someone else to manage the technology and providing a 'one-click' solution.
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by madskdc 6y ago
Many people, when done a favor, want to repay it. So when you praise a person to their boss, they're more likely to be on the lookout for opportunities to praise you in return. Speaking from my own experience, I tend to be a quiet pers
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by madskdc 6y ago
You can do pretty well with next to nothing. I spent three months hitchhiking and couchsurfing my way through the US and Canada, covering roughly 20,000 miles and staying with dozens of hosts. I started with $700 in my account, and still ha
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by madskdc 6y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it!
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by madskdc 6y ago
Agreed. I did get a chest x-ray about 2 months after it started (and the rest of the cold symptoms had gone away), to see if there was anything there. Nothing found yet, but I am due for another check-in. This is a good reminder to do so :)
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by madskdc 6y ago
I'm on MyFitnessPal as well, and completely agree with the food library! Though it's a bit of a pain that there's a lot of incorrect data in that library -- mostly typos or mistakes from whomever first input the data. Nice on
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by madskdc 6y ago
One of the best things I heard from my company's CEO when they moved everyone over to WFH was 'your productivity is going to go down. It just is. It doesn't matter if you were fully WFH before, it's going to go down. And
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by madskdc 6y ago
Strengthening my lungs. I've had a persistent cough for over 6 months, and decided that with a respiratory-based pandemic going around, I ought to do what I can to get rid of it, or at least strengthen my lungs while I have the chance.