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both a culinary choice (do I want sticky or non-sticky rice) and rinsing off contaminants (who knows who/what urinated on it even if only microscopic amounts are left, seriously)

But peanuts and white rice, the most common ones have already been 'peeled'

I'm certainly a fan of Japanese products. They are high-quality, etc. And everything was clean and orderly and amazing as a short-term visitor over 20 years ago. I would not be quick to say it is a better culture though, I suspect some negative are quite hidden, and lurking underneath the cultural norms. Again, as an outsider, I have lots of positive thoughts about Japanese culture.

Their rotisserie chicken is certainly a loss leader, even if they don't call it that.

I know 2 middle-aged to older ladies who both had bad accidents after their husbands bought or rented an e-bike for them that they did not have the skillset to handle. Months of recovery, thankfully nothing life-threatening.

> To those people I wish a slow and painful death. I'm on generally the same page, but this is a bit much.

The biggest problem I've seen with bicycles is that SOME bicyclists act like they are a car when it suits them and a pedestrian when it suits them, even when infrastructure is properly in place.

> I just choose not to be a miser and I hit yes on the lowest tip option for every purchase

Calling others a miser but always hitting the lowest tip option

Then why don't we tip at the deli counter? Or at the supermarket? Tips have always been about the service.

Speaking English well is very hard unless you were born into it, and even then people struggle

Yeah, probably. Its too bad.

I really don't like this guy, seriously he's a shark (he's probably right, but what a jerk): "If you know somebody has to liquidate, the best thing you have to do, unfortunately, sadly, Darwinian is to go sell all the positions you have in common, then start shorting everything they have. It accelerates the downfall as quickly as you can." of course then he says 'It's nothing I would ever do...'

Dropped a couple spots in my area. I like seeing the deals in the community section.

I use my well seasoned carbon steel, but with a very nice metal spatula with a fairly 'sharp' edge. It really is necessary to scrape under the egg in a quick motion. Works great even without too much oil. You do have to use some oil.

Have you not seen the Mechanical Watch work of art by Bartosz Ciechanowski? My goodness it's beautiful.

https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/

Looks like the Ian Knot, seen on hackernews everywhere.

China does a terrible job of it.

> black garden ant (Lasius niger) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garden_ant

Probably from Latin or Greek.

... and fire alarms? carbon monoxide detectors?

I think not, mostly just removes ads, and a few other features

This is the completely wrong take. Yes, perhaps GP may have gone a bit far in his comments, but so have you. I also don't see the point in bringing up the current US situation when the UK has had similar issues in the past. The pot calling the kettle black.

I have also been frustrated in the past with organizations putting stickers haphazardly over screens etc, and it's worth reminding them.

This completely ignores those of us who fill forms by tabbing through fields to stay on our keyboard.

TAB into the country field, type 'Uni', down-arrow a couple times to United States. TAB to the next field. Simple.

Having the suggested country at the top for mouse-bound folks helps, but a standard select dropdown can also pre-select a default choice (via the 'selected' attribute).

My wife is MUCH more nurturing, than I am. I'm glad she is taking on the role of caring for our children full-time. She is also homeschooling 2 of our kids at 3 and 4, and "has her finger on the pulse of our children's lives" as I like to say. I don't think she'd be able to do that with a full-time job, and I definitely wouldn't do as good a job as her. Also, if she had a full time job, she would still feel the drive to take on household and family tasks that would fall to the wayside if I were in charge of them, and frankly find herself overloaded. It's working well for us to fall into traditional roles.

Yeah, but I want to get to that point.

Currently, there are a lot of things in my life (old house, old cars, etc) that more money will simply remove from being a headache in my life.

I have that same problem but I attributed it to gaining weight. I'm sure it's the shirts.

I think of Social Security as an annuity, or reverse life insurance.

I was able to take the little rubber piece out of the remote. just left 4 little openings.

They were rolling out matching services state by state. Something like 12 last year. And Turbo tax is NOT "free for federal filers with no business income". Just look at the Costco Turbotax stands every year.

She has both. I described both, and I think they are related.

It's not a confusion of terms. I can easily conjure up picture-quality images in my head, whether my eyes are open or closed. Compare that to my wife who says she can't even see my face in her head, at all, and has a hard time recognizing faces to the point where she asked my not to do anything about the red dot on my face (broken capillaries) because that's one way she recognizes that it's me. She can't see images in her head. She can't recall visual memories in her head, she sometimes struggles to remember which shelf the cups go when emptying the dishwasher. Perfectly normal and smart and capable. Not arguing that it's binary, but there are distinct ends of the spectrum. It might also be stronger for me because I tend to 'think' in pictures when the problem calls for it and it's a 'style of thinking' I'm used to.

Well, the right answers have been put in the knowledgebase. It's just that the prompt may be wrong.