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It stays empty. My business partner checks up to make sure the landscaper, cleaners, etc, are doing their job. I sometimes need to come back to US for a quick visit during my Tel A…

I think the genesis of this can be traced back to Reddit deciding that an anti-obesity subreddit couldn't be hosted there because it hurt people's feelings. But back then, pre-Trum…

I read the article. He robbed 4 people, with a handgun. The robbery for which he got caught he tapped a person with a gun and waved it around, demanding more and more. "Then Michae…

Not if your source if income isn't there, or if needed amenities aren't nearby.

"Housing" and the housed population that lives within my city (Sunnyvale) is not a net negative.

> In fact, you're benefiting through increasing home values (for which you are not taxed due to Prop. 13) This is completely untrue. I have a house in 94087 where I live about 7 mo…

True, but the most likely cause is hemorrhoids! Still, this should never, ever, be ignored.

Oh we know why! It's just not acceptable to talk about it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3311490/ Asking people to take responsibility for this one simple thing is t…

Quite a bit! A number of discussions in the Hebrew Bible: https://torahlive.com/articles/halacha-teachers-articles/201...

It's called "Pe'ah" (corner) and it's in the Hebrew Bible. See http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/961516/jewish/... It applies to grain harvest and fruit trees and is ta…

Sometimes sites are "punished" for aggressive / misleading "SEO" tactics.

Ahh! Violet! I miss her.

I saw all sorts of attempts to pwn me when I was there this year!

Exactly. I don't think the guy who said "nobody uses a burner phone" has ever been to DEFCON. And given that phones cost $10.00 why not? If people are on iPhones, they're on their …

Counting calories _always_ works. Period. Why do people make this so hard? Exercise is tricky because--as the Times pointed out--it makes many people hungrier. And if you're overwe…

Most people at Defcon use a "burner phone" (a cheap supermarket feature-phone) while there. Nobody who is sane would turn on their work phone anywhere near the Defcon conference. I…