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You got some solid tips from the other commenters! The jewellery looks good. Remember, jewellery is about identity - can be to signal to others, can be for yourself. Figure out how…

I'm working on writing up pages for projecthammer.org, the new website where I'll host my database of Canadian grocery prices. It's getting interest from more academics and needs a…

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The great Egyptian desert. Those raised "lines" across the wadis - what is their function? The remote border stations near the Egypt-Libya-Sudan border: what is life like for the s…

I appreciate your comments here. My takeaway is that the lack of family bonds/expectation of contribution within the family is a bigger factor than simply Capitalism. The key to re…

I think it would be wonderful if there were more work arrangements that fit a person who can write a lot - but intermittently and unpredictably. Right now, that's not the case. Tha…

This thought pattern of "I will die if I don't work" comes up so often. The streets are not filled with bodies. There are people who are chronically unemployed, and women who left …

Bingo. And remember, these lawsuits to establish the magnitude of the payout/severity of the injury: you'll be going through them shortly after sustaining a disabling injury.

Does anyone have examples of peasants' revolts that were effective? (excl. the 20th century Communist revolutions) Each one I heard about was suppressed by the aristocracy.

I am in the same boat as you and OP. For me, its partly age related, partly a (normal) boredom with my profession. I find my mind intentionally trying to switch tracks/find a distr…

"The plates were originally engraved in steel to ensure fine lines before being hand-colored on the small prints which measured only approximately 4 × 6 inches... Once the black-an…

Your portfolio site is neat! Let me know when you launch your blog - I'm a fellow Torontonian and will add it to my RSS reader.

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Ooh, sharp eye ;-) You are correct.

I'm glad it hit the spot. There is a piece by Christian Miles that got me thinking in this direction, which you might enjoy: https://ammil.industries/i-know-you-didnt-write-this/

I took quite a few accounting courses in University. For every topic we covered, our business school ensured that we wrapped up by examining a case of fraud involving that mechanis…

I asked Google AI what I should think about this piece, and it told me that if a writer can't write without constantly asking Google AI things, then I should probably go read somet…

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There is an episode of Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild (S18 E2) where you can see what it's like to be a caretaker on this island.

I love that!

Thankfully, our body is already compensating by growing sturdy protective skull spikes to repel predators ( https://www.earth.com/news/looking-down-phone-skull/ )

Regular end-consumers didn't pay them anything. The people paying were corporations that advertised online. Through Google's publisher network (Adsense), their Doubleclick acquisit…

A free market with functioning anti-monopoly enforcement is a simple solution. Why trust in a government enforced Supply Management system when the same government can't manage to …