magic_beans

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by magic_beans 6y ago
Even photographic cameras have difficulty with exposure for dark skin. This is a problem as old as photography.
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by magic_beans 6y ago
Don't be dense. Whether you admit it or not, most people judge others based on appearance.
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by magic_beans 6y ago
20 posts in 9 months is not much at all.
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by magic_beans 6y ago
On fertile days you use a condom. Simple as that.
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by magic_beans 6y ago
Instead of trying to prevent daughters from having sex, parents need to educate their daughters on fertility cycles. Women are only fertile for a limited amount of time during each cycle. Sympto-thermal fertility tracking methods, as descri
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by magic_beans 6y ago
I would guess every citizen of a hosting country has felt similarly.
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by magic_beans 6y ago
I've been blown away by Cuomo's steady hand and calm reassurance in this time. While De Blasio has flip-flopped from apathy to utter panic, Cuomo has remained fairly consistent. I appreciate his insistence on preventing panic by u
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by magic_beans 6y ago
Being a doctor involves at least 4 years, plus an extra 3-4 for residency — and that's assuming you have met the pre-med requirements. There are several other health care options that are much quicker to learn. Such as nursing, physici
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by magic_beans 7y ago
> Gasping and panicking, they inhaled water. Friðþórsson, by contrast, managed to control his breathing. He later described remaining clear-headed throughout his swim. I wish the article had gone into Friðþórsson's breathing a bit m
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by magic_beans 7y ago
I was given cheese and buttered bread on a short regional flight in Italy. Leagues better than any cheese or bread I'd ever had in the United States.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
This classic video begs to differ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKDC_IUnOA
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by magic_beans 7y ago
This is really not true of 90% of churches. Let's distinguish between actual churches and personality cults like Westboro.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
It's not that parents don't want to handle childcare. It's that American work culture and lack of social support makes childcare impossible for parents who don't have a stay-at-home partner/employee to rear the chil
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by magic_beans 7y ago
PS: There's a wonderful This American Life story about a pair of ranchers who cloned their prize bull, Chance. Second Chance, the clone, wasn't quite what they expected. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/291/re
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by magic_beans 7y ago
But why? A clone would be their very own person who just happens to have an identical genome to another person.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Do you really thing a charity can afford that? And mattress companies have exactly zero incentive to fund this.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
I bought a casper mattress. I now wish I had started "return proceedings" and gotten a refund, because it sounds like they just tell you to donate it.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Whoa whoa whoa... I do web animations for a living. What industry/agency/brand do you work with? Are they looking to hire?
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by magic_beans 7y ago
I see a use case: ads. I develop ads for a living. A tool like motion is a GODSEND in this industry.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
While I don't think I'll ever get on board with savory oatmeal, I'd be perfectly happy with savory grits or savory polenta. But really — there's no reason not to have roasted veggies and brown rice for a savory breakfast
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Don't judge yourself too harshly. Cooking requires quite a lot of intuition. Trust yourself and I promise you'll make something worth eating.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
This case, where being "tech savvy" actually produces the ignorance, is actually the opposite of the Dunning Kruger effect.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
If you want to spend a bit of money, there are several legal mushroom retreats in Mexico. And probably elsewhere in South America.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Can you link me to a study that doesn't have a motivated reason for proving something behind it?
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by magic_beans 7y ago
When I was a kid, I had entire recurring plot lines of elaborate day dreams. These days my daydreams are more "realistic". I'm not fantasizing about riding unicorns and wielding ancient magic anymore, but I do daydream about
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by magic_beans 7y ago
While I'm not a fan of DFW's fiction, his talent as an essayist is truly remarkable.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
This country was literally founded as a refuge for asylum-seekers.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
No wonder people thought they were witch familiars.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
This couldn't be more true.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
That's the obvious answer. This is a name that looks great when reading, but sounds awful when spoken.

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