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> do you have any understanding clinical depression whatsoever?

Gee, only ALL of my life.

> The problem is that _nothing_ makes you happy.

Bullshit.

The correct phrase is: Nothing makes me happy Right Now.

1. Depression is TEMPORARY. One day it WILL end. That right there is HOPE.

Notice how I also said "right now." No one lives being depressed 100% of their life. We all have an innate curiosity -- especially as children. So what killed yours?? Use the "peeling an onion analysis" technique.

* I am feeling _x_.
* Why?
* Because _y_ happened.
* Why?
* Because _z_ did that.
* How did make you feel?
* I felt like _w_.
* Why?
* etc.

You are slowly peeling the layers off getting to the core of the issue(s).

2. You don't overcome a problem by doing nothing. You overcome it by pushing through it -- in spite of it.

3. *EVERYONE* has talents. The secret to life is find out what they are. You can't find out what they are if you don't try! Even if it means "just going through the motions", eventually SOMETHING will catch your interest. To use an old adage "Shit or get off the pot."

4. "I'm bored" is a fucking excuse. EVERYTHING one does CAN be interesting -- IF one allows it. You can ALWAYS learn from every situation or experience. Boredom is A CHOICE. Start making different choices!

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything -- George Bernard Shaw

Anytime someone whines "I'm bored" that is an excuse for "I'm too fucking lazy to actually learn HOW to appreciate the moment for what it is."

5. You are 99.99999% responsible for EVERYTHING that happens in you life. Yes, (almost) EVERYTHING -- regardless if is positive or negative. You chose your life BEFORE HAND -- you just haven't experienced it -- yet. The sooner one accepts this truth the sooner they can start to make (positive) CHANGES. You have the gift of Free Will. Use it to do something positive.

But the fucking "blamethrower" away and take responsibility for your life. No one else will.

6. Viewing everything as a "problem" shows you don't have the correct mindset. You have literally been brainwashed into the propaganda of failure.

EVERY experience you partake is is NOT a problem but an OPPORTUNITY (to learn about yourself and/or others.)

7. Everyone loves to bitch about how hard life is -- especially the Lie of Buddhism: Life is suffering. No, the correct understanding is:

Life contains suffering. It ALSO contains compassion, and (unconditional) love -- funny how the POSITIVE is left out. Focusing only on the negative doesn't solve the problem.

The reality is Western life is a total joke compared to ACTUAL war victims who have/had survived torture. Is depression hard? No one is arguing that it isn't! BUT compared to THOSE war victims we have no "justification" for excuses. I found Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning -- which changed my life -- to be a brilliant book that describes the human condition. These people had absolutely ZERO reason to stay alive but they did IN SPITE OF the external evil environment.

These people learnt how to surrender to the moment because they knew they weren't DEFINED by the external.

READ books that people have found to be life altering. Anyone of these are good:

* A Man called Ove,
* Hinds' Feet on High Places,
* The Four Agreements,
* The Shack

> do you have any understanding clinical depression whatsoever?

Gee, only ALL of my life.

> The problem is that _nothing_ makes you happy.

Bullshit.

The correct phrase is: Nothing makes me happy Right Now.

1. Depression is TEMPORARY. One day it WILL end. That right there is HOPE.

Notice how I also said "right now." No one lives being depressed 100% of their life. We all have an innate curiosity -- especially as children. So what killed yours?? Use the "peeling an onion analysis" technique.

* I am feeling _x_.
* Why?
* Because _y_ happened.
* Why?
* Because _z_ did that.
* How did make you feel?
* I felt like _w_.
* Why?
* etc.

You are slowly peeling the layers off getting to the core of the issue(s).

2. You don't overcome a problem by doing nothing. You overcome it by pushing through it -- in spite of it.

3. *EVERYONE* has talents. The secret to life is find out what they are. You can't find out what they are if you don't try! Even if it means "just going through the motions", eventually SOMETHING will catch your interest. To use an old adage "Shit or get off the pot."

4. "I'm bored" is a fucking excuse. EVERYTHING one does CAN be interesting -- IF one allows it. You can ALWAYS learn from every situation or experience. Boredom is A CHOICE. Start making different choices!

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything -- George Bernard Shaw

Anytime someone whines "I'm bored" that is an excuse for "I'm too fucking lazy to actually learn HOW to appreciate the moment for what it is."

5. You are 99.99999% responsible for EVERYTHING that happens in you life. Yes, (almost) EVERYTHING -- regardless if is positive or negative. You chose your life BEFORE HAND -- you just haven't experienced it -- yet. The sooner one accepts this truth the sooner they can start to make (positive) CHANGES. You have the gift of Free Will. Use it to do something positive.

But the fucking "blamethrower" away and take responsibility for your life. No one else will.

6. Viewing everything as a "problem" shows you don't have the correct mindset. You have literally been brainwashed into the propaganda of failure.

EVERY experience you partake is is NOT a problem but an OPPORTUNITY (to learn about yourself and/or others.)

7. Everyone loves to bitch about how hard life is -- especially the Lie of Buddhism: Life is suffering. No, the correct understanding is:

Life contains suffering. It ALSO contains compassion, and (unconditional) love -- funny how the POSITIVE is left out. Focusing only on the negative doesn't solve the problem.

The reality is Western life is a total joke compared to ACTUAL war victims who have/had survived torture. Is depression hard? No one is arguing that it isn't! BUT compared to THOSE war victims we have no "justification" for excuses. I found Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning -- which changed my life -- to be a brilliant book that describes the human condition. These people had absolutely ZERO reason to stay alive but they did IN SPITE OF the external evil environment.

These people learnt how to surrender to the moment because they knew they weren't DEFINED by the external.

READ books that people have found to be life altering. Anyone of these are good:

* A Man called Ove,
* Hinds' Feet on High Places,
* The Four Agreements,
* The Shack

Lots of people are paid to work on open source projects

When people are paid to work on open source, they are usually given a specific checklist of things to work on, and are paid by people that have already figured out the UI.

Also, plenty of "UI designers" aren't actually very good at designing UIs. You aren't going to get a world class designer from a Craigslist ad.

Here's a better suggestion: Read some books on UI design. A very good one is Don't Make Me Think.

The Design of Everyday Things is not about software, but is still a good book that every engineer should read.

You should always do "Hallway Usability Tests", as well as the other 12 things on this list.

Lots of people are paid to work on open source projects

When people are paid to work on open source, they are usually given a specific checklist of things to work on, and are paid by people that have already figured out the UI.

Also, plenty of "UI designers" aren't actually very good at designing UIs. You aren't going to get a world class designer from a Craigslist ad.

Here's a better suggestion: Read some books on UI design. A very good one is Don't Make Me Think.

The Design of Everyday Things is not about software, but is still a good book that every engineer should read.

You should always do "Hallway Usability Tests", as well as the other 12 things on this list.

I even heard they are going after Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-...

Want to fight facial recognition, well, start here, https://www.amazon.com/Respira... . It's for your health and factually will extend your life by reducing your exspoure to well, harm of many kinds, including air borne pollutants and pathogen exposure, note not to be worn to hide your identity but the more people wear it, the more pointless facial recognition becomes and banning it is impossible. Although they can request you remove it.

Your choice, either strive to make it popular or enjoy the police state and being selectively victimised by it, when your politics opposes the politics of the current government.

Don't worry, Chris: they make inflatable goats too! You don't have to force yourself to get excited over human females anymore!

I might actually consider this or one of the Samsung competitors. I don't go hiking/canoeing all that often but when I do, carrying a phone is PITA. And I feel compelled to carry one for emergency situations. Also at the water park with my kid. Although I may still go with a cheaper GSM watch that can receive texts and make a 911 call in an emergency. It means a higher monthly fee. But even with the IP68 rating, I'm still scared to submerge an expensive device.

You could just get one of these. and keep your current phone. Not just waterproof, but floats, and the touch screen & camera still work.

> For mothers and mothers-in-law, I recommend mid-level color laser printers.

As someone who has BOTH a color laser printer and inkjet I'll second that.

Canon's color laser printer, the imageCLASS LBP612CDW at $184, is more then "good enough" for most people.

From 3+ feet away you probably can't tell the difference between an inkjet and color laser on "natural" images. (i.e. non test patterns.) But closer then 3 feet and you start to notice the flaws of color laser printers -- especially gradients that have artifacts. If you are printing portraits or HDR photography then the inkjet produces the superior quality -- no contest.

i.e. One of the many standard "litmus test images" are the ones listed on the defunct Outback Print such as this PrinterEvaluationImage_V002_aRGB.jpg

> NO REASON TO OWN A DAMNED DYE-BASED PRINTER

For 99% of people, yeah, they probably don't need their own inkjet but for the other 1% I wouldn't agree with that statement at all.

e.g. If you have a 10-bit/channel color monitor then you probably care about color consistency / correction across the entire pipeline. Especially with Canon's printers having 8, 10, and 12 ink systems now.

It all depends on the quality you want and at what price point.

gman003 confided:

The "beaten" cancers are prostate and thyroid, both above 98% five-year survival.

If you're one of the ones in the 2%, they aren't beaten at all.

I lost a good friend to a highly-aggressive strain of prostate cancer about 12 years ago. It killed him in under 2 years, despite a radical prostatectomy, multiple courses of chemo, and heavy radiation therapy.

When a cancer returns, after chemo, it's usually in a mutated, highly-resistant form. After multiple courses? You're pretty much a goner.

FWIW - "complications from treatment" usually means either a burst blood vessel in the brain (because your platelets are so depleted by chemo that your blood won't clot), or a nocosomial infection (because your white blood cells are so depeleted that you can't fight off infection - and hospital-acquired infections tend to be really freaking nasty ... )

(Posting as AC only so as not to undo prior upmods in this thread.)

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The book Paul Allen wrote avoids a full report, but gives the impression that Bill Gates was so angry, Paul Allen left the company because interacting with Bill Gates was bad for his health.

Quotes from the book, Idea Man by Paul Allen.

Page 49:

THREE DECADES AFTER teaching Bill and me at Lakeside, Fred Wright was asked what he'd thought about our success with Microsoft. His reply: "It was neat that they got along well enough that the company didn't explode in the first year or two."

Page 96:

When Bill pushed on licensing terms or bad-mouthed the flaky Signetics cards, Ed thought he was insubordinate. You could hear them yelling throughout the plant, and it was quite a spectacle-the burly ex-military officer standing toe to toe with the owlish prodigy about half his weight, neither giving an inch.

Page 177:

Bill was sarcastic, combative, defensive, and contemptuous.

Page 180:

"For Bill, the ground had already begun shifting. At product review meetings, his scathing critiques became a perverse badge of honor. One game was to count how many times Bill confronted a given manager; whoever got tagged for the most "stupidest things " won the contest. "I give my feedback," he grumbled to me, "and it doesn't go anywhere."

That's not really true. A lot of small-time investors are invested in funds that charge significant fees based on the amount invested. Almost all mutual funds have some sort of percentage fee, though it is quite small for the better index funds. On top of that, many retail investors are paying a "financial adviser" (really a salesperson) a percentage of assets under management (often 1-1.5%). Total fees can easily be greater than 2% a year. That doesn't sound like much, but if you are a retired person, that amount represents HALF your annual income (not including social security). The sad thing is that all these fees are rarely necessary. Simply investing in low-fee index funds from the likes of Vanguard or Fidelity gets your fees down to a nominal level (like .05%). Indeed, trading makes no sense for the retail investor, but fees on trades are rarely the biggest fees retail investors pay.

Well said. The best book I ever read was https://www.amazon.com/Only-Investment-Guide-Youll-Ever/dp/0547447256. Coming from a blue-collar background with no family history of success in money management beyond my parent's getting a VA-backed mortgage, I bought it after I had gotten out in the workforce in a tech job and started wondering what I should be doing with my excess cash (a novel concept to me). I made some cautious trades in individual stocks and some options, guided by a broker who had picked me up in his stable of marks, but didn't know how to know what I was doing. This book, along with my own experiences and other information gleaned here and there, helped me understand how to NOT get fleeced. I'm not sure that the original article's "proliferation" claim is true - there have always been a lot of ways the unwary will pay for investing, but knowing that there is a need for caution is the first step towards NOT being a patsy.

Getting involved with Vanguard early on through my company's 401(k) plan was another good thing. Understanding the limits on my abilities, and investing mostly in no-load, small administrative fee index mutual funds managed by Vanguard helped me make the most of what I had over the last 30 years. Boring and safe has worked out very well.

Here is a link to a good book to describe what this poster is talking about. It is the one many econ students use. It takes a good 2-3 years to go through and completely understand it.

https://www.amazon.com/Economi...

But basically if you add money to a system prices will rise to match it out as the demand curve will move upwards. The supply curve does not move right away and the cross over point moves upward. But as the suppliers realize they can charge more the supply curve will also move upwards.

In the end it is a wash and 'real' prices end up the same. Because those taxes to pay for this 'free money' will be passed along to the consumer. Paid for by the suppliers. It would be what is called in economic terms 'inflationary'.

Source: degree in economics.

and it has not led to inflation.
This is a real gem!
But here someone did the math. http://www.in2013dollars.com/1...

The depressing thing about our current times, is that people are speaking past each other so much there's little that's agreed on.

Teaching (or at least reminding people of) ethics in technology is a noble goal... One of my favorite courses as an undergrad (despite the textbook itself being rather poorly written) was an Ethics in Computing course, and I'm sure there's a lot more to be said now.

"All science, no philosophy" leads to bad outcomes, I think we can agree. The problem is that I don't know that I trust any of Silicon Valley to do so in any sort of neutral manner.... Mozilla's Ethics are that Brendan Eich should have been fired. Can't say I agree with that.

That sounds as though it could be correct.

I'm reading the inappropriately named book, Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!. (Half the book is about other poor management, before Marissa Mayer worked there.)

As you said about Microsoft, many, many managers at Yahoo, not much clear thinking.

tsstahl confessed:

My Nexus 5 works fine; I suppose I should thank Google for compelling me to stick with it.

Idiot fashionistas accepting micro increments in features for huge price hikes...

To be strictly accurate, "micro increments" is a tad unfair. That Snapdragon 865 is a blow-your-hair-back processor. It's WAY faster than the 800 in your phone - or the 805 in my trusty Nexus 6, for that matter.

As a general strategy, I tend to buy the top end of the previous wave of tech. It usually offers the best price/performance ratio. For instance, I bought my Nexus 6 from an authorized dealer, not long after the 6P became available, and I got it for $349, shipping included.

It's held up remarkably well, considering. (In fact, I just returned it to life after soft-bricking it, while trying to recover from a broken Magisk Manager update.) With a third-party ROM, I could have it running on Oreo - bugs and all - if I chose to do so. I just don't see the point. On 7.1.1, it's smoothly responsive, it runs all the apps I actually use (which is to say: FBReader, Google Maps for navigation, and the phone app), and I have yet to come anywhere close to running out of space.

Having said that, it would be nice to have a fingerprint sensor. Also, the Nexus 6 form factor is a tad too wide for maximum comfort on long calls. So, now that the price of the Pixel 2 XL is about to plunge, it just might be worth it to me to upgrade to one of those bad boys ...

(Posting as AC only so as not to undo prior upmods in this thread.)

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Ok, so let's do a quick price comparison.
Picked the same configuration for both - i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage
All prices are in US$, taken directly from Google's and Microsof't web stores, no discounts applied.

Pixel Slate - $1299
Slate Keyboard: $259
Pixel Pen: $129
Total: $1687

Surface Pro 6 - $899
Surface Type Cover - $129
Surface Pen - $99
Total: $1127

Will even throw a year of O365 Home to Surface configuration ($79), final total: $1206

Now, is the Pixel Slate *REALLY* worth nearly $500 extra?

I notice you didn't put Apple into the mix. Wonder why?

iPad Pro 12.9" with 256 GB Flash (WiFi only) $949
Smart Keyboard $169 (or use the Logitech iPad Pro Keyboard case for $129) https://www.amazon.com/Logitec...

(or use any BT Keyboard, like this $35 one) https://www.amazon.com/iClever...

Apple Pencil $99

Total: $1083 to $1177, depending on which accessories you choose.

Looks like, for the smart shopper, at $1083, the iPad Pro 12.9" handily beats BOTH the Surface Pro AND the Pixel Slate, and even though the all-Apple solution is priced at $1177 ($50 more than the Surface Pro setup, but still $510 less than the Pixel Slate setup), the iPad Pro comes with 256 GB of storage, DOUBLE that of the Surface Pro and Pixel Slate configs used in your comparison.

Seems like, since OSes, App availability, etc. is NOT considered in your comparison, that the iPad Pro is right in the ballpark, price-wise (but with twice the storage), and, like the Surface Pro, is VASTLY less expensive than the SpyMaster Slate...

FYI, pumping that Surface Pro with i5 up to 256 GB of Storage makes it jump to $1299 (plus keyboard and pen), or $1527 total. And for the Pixel Slate, equipping it with 256 GB of Storage takes it up to $1599 (plus keyboard and pen), for an eye-popping total of $1987!!! Meanwhile, the 256 GB iPad Pro system is looking like a gen-u-wine BARGAIN at $1177!!!

But, you can pump your iPad Pro up to 512 GB Storage (unavailable on the Pixel Slate) for $200 more, $1149). Bringing the total for THAT configuration to $1377 (the Surface Pro 512 GB config (albeit with an i7 and 16 GB RAM (and NO battery life!) would be $2127, for a system that honestly can't function as a mobile device, due to battery-life (or lack thereof) of around 4 hours for the i7-equipped system. At that point, just get a laptop and be done with it. Meanwhile, the 512 GB iPad Pro system is still $750 cheaper than the Surface one.

Ok, so let's do a quick price comparison.
Picked the same configuration for both - i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage
All prices are in US$, taken directly from Google's and Microsof't web stores, no discounts applied.

Pixel Slate - $1299
Slate Keyboard: $259
Pixel Pen: $129
Total: $1687

Surface Pro 6 - $899
Surface Type Cover - $129
Surface Pen - $99
Total: $1127

Will even throw a year of O365 Home to Surface configuration ($79), final total: $1206

Now, is the Pixel Slate *REALLY* worth nearly $500 extra?

I notice you didn't put Apple into the mix. Wonder why?

iPad Pro 12.9" with 256 GB Flash (WiFi only) $949
Smart Keyboard $169 (or use the Logitech iPad Pro Keyboard case for $129) https://www.amazon.com/Logitec...

(or use any BT Keyboard, like this $35 one) https://www.amazon.com/iClever...

Apple Pencil $99

Total: $1083 to $1177, depending on which accessories you choose.

Looks like, for the smart shopper, at $1083, the iPad Pro 12.9" handily beats BOTH the Surface Pro AND the Pixel Slate, and even though the all-Apple solution is priced at $1177 ($50 more than the Surface Pro setup, but still $510 less than the Pixel Slate setup), the iPad Pro comes with 256 GB of storage, DOUBLE that of the Surface Pro and Pixel Slate configs used in your comparison.

Seems like, since OSes, App availability, etc. is NOT considered in your comparison, that the iPad Pro is right in the ballpark, price-wise (but with twice the storage), and, like the Surface Pro, is VASTLY less expensive than the SpyMaster Slate...

FYI, pumping that Surface Pro with i5 up to 256 GB of Storage makes it jump to $1299 (plus keyboard and pen), or $1527 total. And for the Pixel Slate, equipping it with 256 GB of Storage takes it up to $1599 (plus keyboard and pen), for an eye-popping total of $1987!!! Meanwhile, the 256 GB iPad Pro system is looking like a gen-u-wine BARGAIN at $1177!!!

But, you can pump your iPad Pro up to 512 GB Storage (unavailable on the Pixel Slate) for $200 more, $1149). Bringing the total for THAT configuration to $1377 (the Surface Pro 512 GB config (albeit with an i7 and 16 GB RAM (and NO battery life!) would be $2127, for a system that honestly can't function as a mobile device, due to battery-life (or lack thereof) of around 4 hours for the i7-equipped system. At that point, just get a laptop and be done with it. Meanwhile, the 512 GB iPad Pro system is still $750 cheaper than the Surface one.

Only if the device can boot. If it starts bootlooping, your life gets a whole lot more complicated.

Also, while Google wants to charge you $100 for an extra 64 GB of storage, Amazon will sell it to you for less than $15.

Hey bro, I understand your frustration. Aviation is expensive, especially as a hobby, and nobody likes Uncle Sam breathing down their neck.

And I hate to break it to you, but ADS-B is also required in class E airspace at various altitudes depending on where you are: FAA Nextgen info. These requirements are subject to change, and we all know the FAA regulatory process is pretty much one way, unless congress gets involved. The FAA grounds planes all the time. Every time an FAA licensed IA mechanic inspects an airplane and determines that the airplane isn't airworthy (like, not having required equipment), it's grounded until it's fixed. And don't think you'll be able to squeak through some airspace undetected. If you knew the capabilities available to track and assign target IDs to anything moving, in the air or on the ground, being tracked by ADS-B would be the least of your worries.

There are much cheaper options for ADS-B than a $5000 radio. However, some use your existing mode C transponder or require an external GPS source, so they have a bit of extra complexity and will be a bit more expensive to install and maintain.

These cheaper options are not more expensive than the mode C mandate was years ago due to inflation. $500 in 1960 is equivalent to over $4000 today. $500 in 1970 is equivalent to over $3000 today: Inflation calculator

And sadly, your $20,000 dollar airplane has a $20,000 engine. It's going to need to be rebuilt or replaced eventually, and your friends will only be able to kick the can down the road for so long by replacing a valve or cylinder here and there. Also, your exhaust components don't last beyond a thousand hours or so, so you'll need new stainless steel exhaust parts. And that muffler! You inspect that flame tube frequently, right? No cracks, hasn't broken off and fallen out, right? Mufflers only last a few hundred hours, and they are around $500 to replace. And those aging Marvel Shebler carburetors, not cheap!

The point is that if you or your friends can't afford to drop $1k every now and then (an aviation standard monetary unit), once or twice a year on maintenance and safety items, then you should probably pick a different hobby. In the grand scheme of things, this isn't terribly different than a nice -ish car that is out of warranty. Timing belts and clutches add up.

And as for ADS-B allowing the FAA to track everything about who, what, and where you go when you fly: yep, it's kinda creepy. And have you seen what it takes to sign up a new student for flight training?! They almost strip-search new students to prove they are US Citizens or are here legally and have a good reason to learn to fly. 911 changed things bro, in a big way.

I do not wish planes to be grounded or pilots to not fly as any form of elitism. In fact, I am rather fond of folks flying anything, even drones and quadcopters, as more people responsibly participating in aviation is a good thing.

And lastly, I am not going to return your ill sentiment, but I will tell you this: you do not have any more of a right to fly or occupy an airspace than you have the right to drive. Flying, just like driving, is a privilege, not a right. Violate that privilege and you'll hurt someone and/or go to jail. And please don't be one of the pilots described in A Darker

words that offend them when uttered, no matter how benign otherwise, are an act of violence.

I can top that.

https://www.amazon.com/Tobacco...

this is the concept you need, 180ft x 36 inch,
find it at Divisoria Market in Manila

hope you get lucky

Well, that's true of the market for everything. The most precious commodity there is for human survival is air, but there is nonetheless the cliche "Free as air."

Market prices in an ideal economy reflect efficient distribution of resources like paint, canvas and skilled labor, without passing any ethical or aesthetic judgment on the use to which they are put. Take for example, this item. It has no utility value, and it's taste is questionable, but the fact that it can be sold for $90 justifies putting the resources into making it rather than, say, medical prosthetics or water purification equipment for some poor village.

The great virtue of the market economy is that it works, not that it makes any sense. It only makes sense in a circular fashion; if you define what is sensible by what the market economy chooses to do.

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

I won't bother listing the prices because from what I've heard not everyone will see the same prices anyway.

Yes, some kits come with different accessories, but look at the pot and pan. Apart from colour, they're all exactly the same. The first one, "AmazonBasics", is clearly Amazon's brand, nothing deceptive there. But when you look at most of the other brands, you start questioning wether they're real companies or not.

AmazonBasics Outdoor Camping Cookware Set

MalloMe Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Gold Armour 17Pcs Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Terra Hiker Camping Cookware

gear4U Camping Cookware

HONEST OUTFITTERS Portable camping cookware mess kit

Bisgear 12 Pcs Camping Cookware

EcoCamp OUTDOOR GEAR Mess Kit (14 Pcs)

Born to Venture Camping Cookware Mess Kit

Yup Affinity stuff is legit. Being able to buy it is excellent to - $50 a month for Adobe adds up. I wrote a book using LaTeX with Affinity designer for the diagrams.

Their stuff comes across as being from a "Let's make a clean sheet version Adobe tools" angle and so it does the same stuff with less cruft and a nicer UI. I don't have to wait a week for it to open either.

why in the name of God do people forget America's history so easily? It's not like it's hard to find out in a post internet age. Do we really need to cling to that happy world were Columbus discovered America, George Washington didn't own slaves and the railroads weren't built in conditions worse than slave labor? What do we think that'll get us?

If a razor can have seven blades, there is no reason to only have five cameras on a smartphone.

https://www.amazon.com/Dorco-P...

A great book about how patents boosted civilization:

https://www.amazon.com/Most-Po...

Three Felonies a Day

https://www.amazon.com/Three-F...

Here you go: https://www.amazon.com/Husqvar...

> would be nice to quit paying the guy to cut my yard $30

In California our local government is paying us to remove outrlawns. Many people now have wildflowers and desert-type plants. Advantage: Very little maintenance required, saves water, saves fossil fuel, reduces pollution, saves $30/week

The badly named and poorly edited book, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer lists numerous ways in which medical procedures in the United States are poor.

On page 8, that book recommends another book, Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health. I haven't read that one yet.

The badly named and poorly edited book, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer lists numerous ways in which medical procedures in the United States are poor.

On page 8, that book recommends another book, Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health. I haven't read that one yet.

I've noticed that economy class seats have got a lot better in the last few years.

Maybe on certain planes for your specific anatomy. I haven't noticed any widespread improvement though I have noticed decreasing leg room.

Used to be that sleeping was next to impossible, there was just no support for your head and lower back.

I've always been puzzled by "lumbar support" because I find such features in chairs to be terribly uncomfortable at least for my particular anatomy. They usually are just a big lump pushing my lower back forward which makes my lower back simultaneously painful and numb. I feel like they are trying to put me in a twerking position at full twerk which doesn't seem ideal.

For noise foam earplugs can't be beaten for comfort. The only down side is that there is nowhere to store them when you need to take them out temporarily.

For modest duration flights of a few hours I would tend to agree. Longer than 3-5 hours though and I start to find them somewhat irritating just like any other thing you stick in your ear canal. (I never understood how people can keep ear buds in their ears for endless hours either - I have to use over ear headphones for long duration listening and even those become a bother after a while even with good ones) They do sell foam earplugs with strings attached so you can take them out without losing them. I've used them and they work fairly well.

Dear Youngling,

Your favorite game controller, Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Game & Learn Controller, is available for under $20.

Hey Cwiss, view those, I am sure that you would be fine with one of those for your apple watch:

https://www.amazon.com/Mens-Be...

Given the option, I would rather wear this Casio Men's CA53W-1 Calculator Watch than any Apple Watch.

The Nostalgia is strong with this one.

The memo you link to doesn't support your conclusion.

It wasn't "a memo". It was an email chain.

Google tried to get Spanish speakers out to vote with Spanish language tools.

Huh, and do you think it may be the case that the majority of Spanish voters almost always vote Democrat? And that it was expected, given Trump's rhetoric, that they'd be even more inclined to vote Democrat?

No admission it was too help Clinton, in fact the memo is careful to remind readers that Google made efforts to be non-partisan with the information it provided.

They tried the fig leaf of "non-partisan", but the main person behind this effort kept dropping the mask. Just couldn't help herself.

First, note the keen interest in "key states":

"A large percentage of Latino voters in Florida were new voters who had become citizens just in time to vote. We saw high traffic for the search queries 'votar,' 'como votar,' and 'donde voter,' in key states like Florida and Nevada. "

But wait, there's more! We have talk of a "silent donation", and explicit coordination with a Democrat senator:

"We also supported partners like Voto Latino to pay for rides to the polls in key states (silent donation). We even helped them create ad campaigns to promote the rides (with support from HOLA folks who rallied and volunteered their time to help). We supported Voto Latino to help them land an interview with Senator Meza of Arizona (key state for us) to talk about the election and how to use Google search to find information about how to vote. They were a strong partner, among many in this effort."

Oh, you think I'm done? Think you could mumble your way around those? Now the mask comes clean off:

" "Ultimately, after all was said and done, the Latino community did come out to vote, and completely surprised us," Murillo wrote. "We never anticipated that 29% of Latinos would vote for Trump. No one did. We saw headlines like this about early voter turn out and thought that this was finally the year that the 'sleeping giant' had awoken." "

Oops. But I'm still not done!

" "On personal note, we really thought we had shown up to demonstrate our political power against a candidate who had vehemently offended our community by calling us rapists and drug dealers," Murillo wrote. "We read the headline and thought WOW, we did it!" "

The headline refers to "2016: The Year Latinos Saved America?", which is a story that refers to a tweet about Trump losing Nevada: "Final (almost) NV early #s are in: Trump is dead."

Still not done! Time to put the nail in the coffin:

"But then reality set in. Only 71% of Latinos voted for Hillary, and that wasn't enough."

I could go on, but that would be beating a dead horse. As for you, AmiMojo, I think this title is applicable.

If you're interested in stories related to codebreaking, Code Girls is a pretty entertaining and informative read. I've read lots of war-related accounts and biographies, but this one had a different flavor, being about war-related work on the homefront, and about codebreaking women, who were not given much if any credit for the work they did in this or other fields during the war.

One could argue that a warming and drier climate encouraged the development and spread of wildfires over a sustained period, but it's pretty odd to not even mention them as a major contributing factor for this season's bad air.

More likely, California has just been so busy spazzing out over Trump that they forgot to restock on these.

Reminds me of this great sci-fi book I just read. If you ever wanted to know what spiders might think about the world.
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

I'm a maker not a taker.

If you were really a maker you would seek great tools.

I've got no use for a spying

Apple does not spy. They do not need to as they sell hardware, not you.

, expensive

Even $1k for a powerful computing device you keep at your side for three+ years is not expensive.

closed-source

Sigh.

sealed battery

All batteries are sealed, or else there would be quite a mess.

Or did you mean you could remove the battery? Funny, you claim to be a "Maker" and yet you are afraid to open a phone case to change a battery manually (which you'd only have to do every 2-3 years)??

Or did you mean you want a second battery, again if you were actually a maker you'd appreciate the flexibility of carrying around an external battery that could recharge any number of different USB devices instead of some lame proprietary internal battery that you have to throw away with your phone.

crippled computing device with no keyboard.

In what way crippled? And rather than "no keyboard" is has an infinite number of keyboards.

If you really have to have a physical keyboard for a phone then why not get one? That's the nice thing about buying popular hardware, is that you can expand it almost in whatever way you like.