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I’m sure they sleep at least a quarter of that time.

I use iBroadcast — you upload your own library, then stream it anywhere. Free tier has no ads but a fixed bitrate; premium is available. Dev team is super responsive, too!

I thought of a better one: low-competition positions

low-barrier labor

low-investment labor

fungible labor

Most users haven’t set a display name. Look at mine, though: You should see ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 rather than Nemo. The former is my display name (emoji letters) and the latter is my username (plaintext).

Where he ruminates on the finger pointing-flicking being like the lights on construction barriers flashing? And he meets Eliza and rubs the foundation off his thumbs? I’d say that’s where it kicks into gear, yeah.

Tom Waits, maybe?

If you only read the pool scene, you didn’t really get into the meat of the book. That said, if the content of the pool scene was a big turn-off for you, there will be several other scenes throughout the book that will also be big turn-offs.

That self-defense is not a justification for lethal force.

Surprisingly little, so far. But I’m not retiring anytime soon, so even if I lose now I hope it’ll be just a four-year blip.

Adam Levin’s The Instructions

Ecclesiastes

Philip K. Dick’s Galactic Pot-Healer — actually most Dick outside of A Scanner Darkly

Neal Stephenson’s… well, anything, but especially Zodiac, Anthem, and Diamond Age

Brian Daley’s Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds

Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood and The Blind Assassin

Anything by Ursula LeGuin, ever

Hugh McLeod’s Ignore Everybody

Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain series

Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Trilogy

They have the same amount, but on the rocks is stronger because it’s less diluted.

I’m a sucker for all kinds of pickles on pizza, especially peperoncini or pickled red onions.

No. The games are more fun. There’s so much variety available: A lot more games that you won’t like but a lot more games that you will like, too, you just have to find them.

I don’t like lootbox shovelware, either, but you know what? I just don’t play those games. I play other ones, new and old, that I actually like. So can you.

Seniority is the stand-in for merit. Until merit can be evaluated, it’s presumed that someone more senior in a position has more experience, training, and connections in that position, and thus higher merit.

I love acidic foods. It’s essential for cutting through the fatty richness of some dishes. Bacon’s nice but bacon with tomato is amazing. Ham and cheese on bread are dece but it’s not really a sandwich without mustard. Most soups are better with a squeeze of citrus. And so on, and so on.

Vinegar is another kind of acid, or really two kinds: Fermented vinegar is very different from distilled vinegar. Most people like fermented vinegar in moderation, and some (including me) like it even out of moderation. I will soak good bread in balsamic and eat it strait, for example. I barely put oil on my salads, it’s mostly vinegar.

Distilled vinegar is the kind you clean with, but you can eat it, too. I think maybe overfamiliarity with it as a cleaning product may dampem some people’s desire to consume vinegar; I myself never used it for cleaning growing up, except small amounts to treat laundry.

Big fan of “openness”, not a big fan of spelling.

executive dysfunction

In my experience, most karaoke companies have it in their database. If you can do crazy eyes and a decent falsetto, it’ll be unforgettable.

If you have 4-5 guys: “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys

If you have 3-4 guys: “Greased Lightning” from the musical Grease

If you only have 2 guys: “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler

If you are singing alone and want to rock: “Summer of '69” by Bryan Adams

If you are signing alone and want to make sure nobody looks at you the same ever again: “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha…!” by Napoleon XIII