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  1. tango

    Car Crash

    I ran in the back of a car because the sun from behind was bright enough I didn't see their brake lights come on. Nobody was hurt in the collision. The driver of the other car, who was significantly smaller than me, thought it was clever to threaten me with violence. I can only assume he was...
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    How do I destroy a hard drive?

    What I do is physically dismantle it, run the magnets from inside the drive over each platter individually, and then put the platters with the platters from other similarly destroyed hard drives. The individual pieces get put in scrap metal buckets - the steel is junk but there are a few pieces...
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    Know-it-alls

    I had a temporary doctor when my regular doctor was sick. His response to some blood metrics being marginally outside of whatever is considered normal these days was that I should be on a load of different medications. When I asked him about lifestyle changes he couldn't understand why I didn't...
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    Do you like self-checkout?

    One time I tried the self-checkout at Lowes and something went astray. The machine thought I'd put something in the bag without scanning it. The assistant was pretty quick to resolve it - I was the only customer using self-checkout and she clearly saw me scan the item before putting it in the...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    My run on Sunday was harder than I'd planned. My suggested workout was at a threshold pace and I didn't feel like doing that. I considered setting up an open-ended base run but in the end decided to just do a completely free run where my watch would only beep at me if my pulse went very high. I...
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    “Ebony Alert”

    Or to build a taller fence so that nobody can see.
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Yesterday was gloomy all day but nicer than the forecast said it would be, even if only by virtue that the rain was lighter than expected. This afternoon is supposed to be OK so I can go and run properly, with any luck.
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    Do you like self-checkout?

    I hate it. If I'm going to do someone's job for them I want to be paid for it. For one or two items I'll consider it. If the machine starts acting up there's a good chance I'll just abandon whatever I had and buy it from somewhere else. If I'm expected to work with your systems they need to...
  9. tango

    If you're a congregation with older members...

    It's tricky to see how the church can stay "relevant" (whatever that means today) without losing sight of the core mission. One church not far from where I live is the same as it was 40 years ago. Nothing changes except the members get older. Young people raised in the church may stay but will...
  10. tango

    How many different houses

    Honestly, I have no idea. My parents travelled a lot when I was very small and I have no memory of most of it. Starting from the age I remember, I think 7 if you include student accommodation. I've considered a different room in the same hall of residence to be the same house for these purposes.
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    “Ebony Alert”

    That's why I said what I did about more complex situations. In a situation like the one with the boxes equity makes more sense. In more complex situations where it's not necessarily as easy to determine individual need it's not as clear cut. But hey, good job on taking one thing I said and...
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    Lots of rain today, so probably walking in the hall at church. Hoping tomorrow is nicer. From the forecast it could go either way.
  13. tango

    “Ebony Alert”

    Equity is also a handy term because it's easy to point at specific examples of how it works and is better than strict equality. But then come the blurred definitions that make it mean more or less anything. Edit: when done well the idea of equity can mean something like this: But in more...
  14. tango

    “Ebony Alert”

    Maybe there are a range of alerts from full-on Ebony Alert for people who are as black as it's possible to be, to a kinda-sorta Milky Coffee Alert for people who are paler. Maybe there's an Ebony And Ivory Alert for people who are black/white mixed race, or Ebony And Coffee for people who are...
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    “Ebony Alert”

    Ebony alerts seem very exclusive. What if someone was of broadly Asian descent - will there be a Brown Alert for them? What about a Yellow Alert for people originally from Oriental areas?
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    Lämmchen's Workout Thread

    10k of speed repeats. Today they hurt, which is a good thing. If speed repeats don't hurt it means I need to go at them harder. Looking at my charts is interesting - there's a section early on in the route that's almost exactly 1km and it's a steady downhill the entire way. So today I took it...
  17. tango

    Tiny Homes

    I did live in a tiny apartment for longer than I originally planned. A tiny home seems very similar in concept, although I don't know how much space you get compared to my tiny apartment. I guess if I had to I could do it again, but I wouldn't choose to. As far as a starter home is concerned...
  18. tango

    What is the best way to disagree

    It's very well known that calling someone with a different opinion a Nazi is an effective way to persuade them of their error. If you manage to call them a communist and a fascist in the same sentence you get bonus points.
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    Know-it-alls

    Sure, a lot of the times experts have a very broad knowledge that includes a good sense of where to go to fill in the gaps. Of course that assumes enough humility to know that there are gaps. When people assume that "the expert" must know everything about the subject because they are, after...
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    Dealing with friends who lie online

    If I can't trust someone it's hard to see how I can stay friends with them. Maybe acquaintances, drinking buddies or some other more casual version of friendship where no particular level of trust is required, but not a deep friendship.
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