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by memcg 4d ago
Growing up, my Dad would buy cars from bulletin board ads where he worked at NASA. I was third of six kids and we had a fleet of as many as six cars at a time at our house. Oil changes were unnecessary, but adding oil every tank of gas was
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by memcg 11d ago
At some point it feels like blaming someone else for my cocaine problem. If Amazon sucks, stop using it. It would be nice to drive thru my neighborhood without have to sit behind an Amazon delivery vehicle parked in the middle of the road.
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by memcg 12d ago
Is that why it's flagged?
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by memcg 14d ago
I still use two Kyocera Cadence LTE flip phones, but I bought a few smartphones for my children over the years. Also have an iPad that was a gift and I have used it to deposit bank checks. Instead of constantly checking my phone, I just wat
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by memcg 21d ago
"Very few probably care what their local government is babbling about today in general, and even fewer what platforms they're using." Since schools in my area started yesterday, I'll add that parents do rely on communica
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by memcg 25d ago
This is the key in my opinion, and the most difficult to discuss with others without them getting defensive. You have to look at every dollar you spend. For me, debt and inflation have the potential turn my dreams to nightmares.
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by memcg 25d ago
I “retired” at 55 when I was laid off. The biggest reason I didn't find another job is that my spouse was working at a job that she loved. For the previous decades my career and our two children were our priority by necessity, but now
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by memcg 1mo ago
At my location I can get an iced tea with free refills. Then I fill out the survey listed on the paper receipt and use that to get a buy one sandwich get one free deal.
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by memcg 2mo ago
Consumer behavior is absolutely the problem, but it's not just greed, it's also factors like blind brand or retailer loyalty. I have friends that own pick up trucks, tools, sporting goods and clothing that express a personal brand
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by memcg 2mo ago
I just remembered I have a few cans of covid-era Spam (maybe older?) in my pantry. Time for breakfast.
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by memcg 2mo ago
If I go to https://www.reddit.com/ using chrome then replace www with old it works.
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by memcg 2mo ago
I can still access https://old.reddit.com/ using Firefox with Ublock, NoScript Privacy Badger and Old Reddit Redirect addons. Using Chrome I get: You've been blocked by network security. If you think you've been b
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by memcg 2mo ago
"Housing unit 3. A man owns his home. A friend lives with him." I own my home. If I let a friend stay with me for unstated terms(friendship, charity, money, sex, whatever) then I no longer should be counted as owning my home?
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by memcg 2mo ago
We bought our house in 1982 with a 15.5% mortgage rate, refinanced to 11.25 in 1985, then 8.5 in 1987.
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by memcg 2mo ago
I worked in a PCB shop in the Washington DC area making prototypes and small quantities for 25 years. We closed in 1998.
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by memcg 2mo ago
Doesn't a high deductible policy have lower monthly premium? Couldn't you have paid more for a policy with a lower deductible? The author chose the lower premiums and self insured (bet) they would not need to use it enough to meet
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by memcg 2mo ago
I called 911 last year when my wife was unresponsive in Maryland. At least 10 vehicles arrived in under 10 minutes. EMTs worked to revive her for 30 minutes doing what they described as the same care she would have received at the emergency
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by memcg 2mo ago
When I was 17 I took a summer job at a printed circuit board shop that was all in one 1500 sq ft room. Twenty five years later we had 11 bays each 1500 sq ft filled with smaller rooms. I tore down all of the rooms that I helped build using
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by memcg 3mo ago
I think that there are times as a leader\supervisor\co-worker\parent\coach where you might argue despite knowing you won't change the outcome simply to show that you are willing to fight for those you represent.
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by memcg 3mo ago
I helped manage 1500 desktops and thousands of VMs over twelve years in a call center and I preached rebooting at the end of the day/shift. There is no doubt that this reduced ticket volume compared to other sites. This included indivi
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by memcg 3mo ago
Your answer is in the linked article. https://spectator.com/article/why-are-women-so-anti-nuclear/ "Some will inevitably use this polling for point-scoring in the battle of the sexes. They shouldn’t. Everyone
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by memcg 3mo ago
Agreed, being wrong does not always involve lying. The article title is "How to lie about radiation" and the HN title is "The Radiation Exposure Lie", but the word "lie" does not appear in the article except th
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by memcg 3mo ago
Okay, I was trying to separate legislative changes that occurred prior to the invention of the hardware and software that makes coping and distributing digital files or printed copies trivial today.
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by memcg 3mo ago
"As a very flattened retelling of history, it was only with the boomers that we reached the tipping point on how people started to think about copyright (Copyright != Attributed Authorship). With them, a majority started to believe in
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by memcg 3mo ago
John Prine sang the Spanish Pipedream chorus in the 70s: Blow up your TV, throw away your paper Go to the country, build you a home Plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches Try and find Jesus on your own
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by memcg 3mo ago
SEO filled the web with slop way before AI
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by memcg 3mo ago
I have an HP LaserJet 6P that I purchased new in 1996 and it has a page count of 53740. For color, I have FedX Kinkos and Staples nearby.
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by memcg 3mo ago
Is there enough 4K content available to justify replacing an older Samsung 1080P LCD? I still find free TVs on Craigslist. When I see 4K TVs running in demo mode at Costco I'm impressed, but at home watching World Cup over the air or o
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by memcg 3mo ago
What insurance company do you use? I thought that in-network means the provider has agreed to accept the insurers usual and customary rate and that you are not liable for the difference.
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by memcg 3mo ago
Does this analysis only include incorporated cities or does it also count unincorporated census-designated places?

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