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regularemployee
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Comment #27030218
I tried this myself too and when I try p2p with 4 people, out of 10 tests about 50% of the time I won't be able to see all 4 people or someone wouldn't be able to see all 4 people.…
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Comment #27018442
when food breaks down in the soil, the compost is integrated into the soil so it's already used. Plants then grow better apparently, I've never had to buy soil from the shop
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Comment #27017717
I had a compost bin but I eventually just dig a hole in the ground and bury my food wastes. Every since doing that, our weekly trash has been reduced pretty significantly. Instead …
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Comment #26947208
can someone enlighten me? I was always taught growing up that weeds are good for the soil, they will generally die out once its done its job. Is killing weeds generally used in uns…
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Comment #26865305
> is doing a bunch of stuff people don't enjoy I enjoy writing documentation and writing tests. To me, writing documentation is like teaching others about the awesome product / fea…
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Comment #26801053
In January, I took 2 weeks PTO from work to visit this community to checkout what they do: https://wheaton-labs.com/ What I saw was incredible! They were making homes that keep coo…
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Comment #26220382
Yup... I think finishing the game (in the sense that I've done everything fun about the game) put a closure on my desire to play MMORPG games in the forseeable future.
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Comment #26206747
So am I right in saying that this money went to other players/farmers, rather than the devs? -> Yes Did you manage to sell your account in the end? -> Nope, still have the account …
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Comment #26201688
"The person used an unofficial server with cheats to instantly get the best gear" > Smart, unfortunately I didn't think of this. I feel like if I did, maybe I wouldn't have spent s…
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Comment #26201572
Having been hooked on Diablo 2 in high school, I made the terrible decision of playing Path of Exile (POE) last year during thanks giving break (cuz we had 5 days off, I thought he…
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Comment #25664394
one feels like a personal attack and the other seems like an opinion.
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Comment #25472600
> "help people more" Thanks, I agree :) > If anyone you're helping comes to rely on your continuous support From my experience, everyone I've helped is trying to get out of the sit…
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Comment #25472392
"And good people are the kind of folks who don't stomp right over and ask for help" -> sad, but true.
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Comment #25472375
> But imagine if you didn't have any of those friends to give money to - how fo you then know how to allocate your money? Not sure tbh. > Or let's scale up your salary so that you'…
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Comment #25472242
Heard this so many times before, please embark this endeavor yourself. I don't really have that time / bandwidth / interest.
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Comment #25472200
> The fact that you give money to people you know rather than to nonprofits suggests that your motives are not as purely altruistic as you'd like them to be. I think this is passin…
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Comment #25472016
> Sounds like a man about to get divorced who really resents his soon to be ex wife and didn't want her to get a single penny from his lifetime of hard work. Sounds like you are pr…
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Comment #25471943
That was in a different comment with a different context from a different perspective. Yes yes everybody knows and accepts it. I'm supported by loving people in my life, and that e…
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Comment #25471900
Yeah this is what I meant, thanks for helping explaining it so well.
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Comment #25447251
> I'm sure many billionares are only doing it for the PR - but if they want to give away $4B for good PR then isn't that a still a benefit to society? I'm not sure. Growing up, I'm…
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Comment #25439798
"my wife and kids depend on my salary for money" -> This part I lied, sorry. I have no kids and my wife works too.
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Comment #25439760
> Why did he feel the need to compare himself against MacKenzie? I thought about this and in hindsight I think I was unhappy because it seemed to me that billionaires get glorified…
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Comment #25439723
The replies to your comment is correct. If you are making 300k+ a year, you can borrow money easily for rainy day. I also have many close friends and I have a developed a habit of …
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Comment #25439637
"Similarly I believe giving money to random people is primarily making you yourself feel good" -> I don't think this is true. Parting ways with my money was an incredibly painful e…