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cainxinth

9,319karma·1,597submissions·May 18, 2016
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I also tracked my clothing for three years, but not to evaluate expenditures. I recorded what I wore while cycling along with the weather conditions that day and notes about how my clothes performed. …
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I'm fascinated by people who get Type 1 fun from reading the classics. I get type 2 at best.
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I virtually never click anything texted to me (other than personal stuff from friends and family). If a bank or a shipping company texts me, I go to their website and look up the information myself. L…
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https://archive.ph/r7Rbt
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>As for semicolons, semicolons are neat, they are like the coolest punctuation mark after the em dash — the fundamental indecision compressed into a single punctuation mark — you are neither starti…
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Learning that MIT has an ancient bottle of rotting milk reminded me of my 9th grade science teacher. He had been teaching for decades and had a tremendously messy little office attached to his classro…
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> It’s a classic small business supplier story: the big guys will do what works best for them and the little guy will have to deal with it in order to get the benefit. “The strong do what they can …
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When my niece was very young, I showed her my Polaris pool cleaner. It’s a simple contraption. Just some hoses attached to a small box with a few wheels. It rolls around the pool, sucking up leaves on…
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https://twitter-thread.com/t/2078514339552628880
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Preach!
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> The student admitted to the allegations, saying, "I started using computers when I was in the fourth grade and taught myself everything I know. I happened to be able to access the informatio…
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> I’ve learned that there are many unwritten rules behind the scenes, and when you speak their language, you start to understand them. That is true of every country.
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