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scott_siskind

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    Comment #38303328

    It's not just about the stove. It's also about the state of the wood you're burning (humidity mostly). Very dry wood burns much more cleanly than less dry wood.

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    Comment #38291295

    > fixing our broken culture and allowing the average parent the time, financial security, and social connections to cultivate a meaningful, fulfilling life why focus on parents? Pe…

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    Comment #34937173

    I'm curious how you came up with that rent values ($800 - $1200). I'm in Western Europe, a medium sized city, and I can't get a studio without 1000 EUR. Similarly, I imagine that i…

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    Comment #34488226

    Out of curiosity, do you have a partner/girlfriend/wife? Because much like you, I haven't really kept good friends along in life. I've had periods in my life when I had a "good" fr…

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    Comment #34143060

    I've done it at the edge of a small town (~12k inhabitants). My grandparents' home was sitting uninhabited for a few years and it once had a beautiful vineyard, a big orchard, and …

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    Comment #34121928

    > It is very noticeable on a bicycle at high speeds Huh? I've been cycling for 15 years, many of those years doing 15k km a year, all year round. Mountain biking on mountains at -1…

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    Comment #33954187

    It's not just that. It's an annualized return of roughly 116%, when for comparison, the US stock market has a long term return of roughly 7%. In the investment world, anything clos…

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    Comment #33156647

    I lived for a while in a 12-15k small town, having spent most of my life in much bigger metro areas. As a single, 20-something, who spends a lot of time alone, and loves nature, it…

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    Comment #33148844

    You need more tire pressure then. Either that, or you're using tires with some heavy-duty puncture protection.

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    Comment #32539890

    Why would they clear out djvu? It's one of the best/most efficient storage format for scanned books.

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    Comment #32393275

    Same here. Have been trying to use search for the past 10 minutes, and 9 times out of 10, i'm getting error 500.

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    Comment #32314645

    Anyone got a mirror of a release zip (such as https://ourmachinery.com/releases/2022.5/the-machinery-2022.... ) ?

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    Comment #23948836

    Homelessness alone is only a small factor for that drop in life expectancy. Lack of social bonds is probably way bigger (of course, you probably don't end up homeless if you have s…

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    Comment #23948771

    I find it very easy to understand where parent commenter is coming from. Even though this may not be obvious, this is very much a competition. A competition for attention, for emot…

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    Comment #23938864

    Out of curiosity, what country offers disability benefits for these conditions? This is for me a (as a fellow sufferer of some of these conditions, who has never received any state…