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If you live in an area of sufficient density, I think it would make a lot of sense not to own a car. Most people's vehicles sit unused 90% of the time and tie up a noticeable chunk of assets/income. If I could replace my car with a $5-10 per trip ride hail that I could schedule in advance for...

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In arguing about the audio quality for Tenet, Christopher Nolan has said that last year was the highest grossing movie ever for theaters. That's only true in nominal dollars. Adjusted for inflation, box office draw has been decreasing since 2002. Last year was the lowest since 1995. The industry...

Well, in fairness, it didn't. =)

Actually, a beer is a good idea. I developed a much better adult relationship with my parents when we started drinking together.

I lived with my parents for a year after graduation (2001, had my first "real" job yanked out from under me by the tech crash). The only way I got through it was by either locking myself in my room or being out of the house. I had a pretty good relationship with my parents, all told, but it...

“I never imagined I’d be sitting up here,” he said. That makes two of us. WTF, Huntington Beach?

Honestly, babies are mostly cute and there's obviously a major component of duty/responsibility, but I didn't really feel deeply bonded to either of my kids until they started to get more interactive at 12+ months, and it didn't peak until they could talk functionally. The early phases are just...

Always better to look for a new job before you have to leave your old one.

Nice! I bough an off-brand planer hoping to save money. I wish I'd sprung for the DW735X instead. Now you just need a helical cutter head.

Etymotic IEMs on sale right now. I had a pair of these for years and loved them dearly. These are updated versions that allow for replaceable cables, etc., and at 60% off they're an absolute steal...

Ripping your own narrow stock out of wider dimensional lumber isn't really cheaper, but you do get MUCH better wood. You simply can't make a 2x12 out of the same bullshit they sell as 2x4s. If you buy 2x10/12s and rip down you get reliably decent section of quartersawn wood (grain perpendicular...

There's no better way to learn a new skill than to needlessly overcomplicate a project you could otherwise complete easily! (For real. Go for it.)

Those are some dogshit funds, just based on the expense ratios alone. If by chance this 401k is from a past job, roll that over into an IRA you control. Otherwise, you're kinda SOL.

Cool tip that goes in the "Why didn't I think of that?" bucket. Making a shim exactly the width of your blade kerf is super useful for various kinds of cuts and jigs.

If you like pornographically perfect joinery, check out this guy's channel:

Anyone getting into powered woodworking should spend some time looking for "<machine> accident" on YouTube. It's easy to get complacent, and you see even very experienced woodwoorkers can have bad accidents. It's healthy to stay a little scared of your equipment.

As long as you got good closure on the side of those fingers you should be fine. A joint with modern glue is stronger than the wood itself, so your configuration should be roughly equivalent to a solid piece with some narrow through mortices. If you really want to test, clamp one end to your...

I've made zero-clearance inserts for every blade width I use. It's definitely worth the time for the reduced tear-out alone.

@Kovaks - is that a DWE7491RS? I have one which I generally like except that the miter slots are loose and several tens of thousandths out of parallel with each other and the blade. Do you have any such trouble?

No idea; I was mostly joking. As far as I know Pfizer is making their own vaccine transport equipment. You'd have to do some research to see if they're subcontracting somewhere investable.

Makes me feel pretty good about having put some money in on the 30th.

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Vaccine news is great, but this definitely seems like a euphoric reaction. There's no way it's going to be widely available until next summer. Time to invest in dry ice and specialty freezer manufacturers.

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Friend of mine had his kid wake up, eat breakfast, and get ready for school on his own. He stops them right as they're about to go out to the bus, and whispers, "Hey, you want to play hooky? If you mow the lawn I'll let you skip school!" They run and hide for five minutes. Kid spends the day...

We gave this shirt to my daughter. It's well earned.

A few years back a local BJJ gym got busted for showing the UFC at a private party. Some Zuffa agent masqueraded as a new student and then turned in the owner. He ended up paying thousands in fines and nearly had to close the business.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe you want zero risk of fabric hitting the bar? Seems like the 1-2mm for a more conservative pair of shorts wouldn't matter, but who am I. I'm fine with it as is.

That's going to be a great way to make my kids freak out over an order of toothbrushes.

That's just the advertised latency, too. In practice my dad gets 1500-3500ms. It makes even skype calls difficult. He and I are business partners; it drives me fucking bananas.

My dad in the FL panhandle has HughesNet. It's utter dogshit. If Starlink can even provide a stable connection it's worth double the price.

Ouch. Yeah, that wasn't her elbow; the forearm just snapped Tim Sylvia style. I've seen that injury from biceps slicers, but that's a weird one for armbars.

Like any other satellite internet. You > AT&T>> Internet at large >> SpaceX/Starlink ISP division > Starlink ground station > Starlink satellite network > my antenna > my PC. Reverse, repeat.

Weird place to draw the line, IMO. Weight cutting is encouraged and is a much bigger health risk than coming in fat. We don't tell Cormier he can't compete at LHW because he's fat. The 205 limit isn't making him in better shape, it just makes him cut more. If you're worried about out of shape...

If you want to keep that from happening, eliminate weight cutting. Dude went into the fight with partial renal failure and should never have been allowed in the ring.

Why not? They'll just lose and self-select out. It's not like some 400 lbs dude is going to beat Stipe. I don't think the upper HW limit matters at all; it just costs us a freakshow match every so often. If there were enough athletic, skilled 300+ fighters to dominate everyone under 250, then...

Ten days later, eight books gone. I fucking hate having to wait for series in progress. I got SO burned by the Wheel of Time as a kid. Fortunately, Wight seems unlikely to spontaneously die (Jordan) or stop writing (Martin).

My kids spent months in those things. They're goddamn kangaroos now.

People have short memories. In the '00s I was working in Latin American telecom. Argentina crashed hard in 2001 and their GDP dropped by ~2/3. Over the next several years they grew at ~25% (from the trough) and all the headlines were looking at that high rate and proclaiming how Argentina was...