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  1. Trevor Kuntz

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    I wonder if sense of direction is an innate skill or learned. I don't feel like I ever learned sense of direction or am consciously registering my position or direction on a mental map, yet I am able to very quickly orient myself and stay oriented subconsciously. In college, I went on a study...
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    It's funny that you mention dishwashers because I hate dishwashers. In a commercial kitchen or if you have a large family, I suppose they could make sense, but for 4 or less people, they make no sense to me from an efficiency perspective. I remember growing up, as one of my many chores, I had...
  3. Trevor Kuntz

    Vegan / Vegetarians Only (Chat about lifestyle, opportunities, food, whatever...)

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    MJ, are there any raw/natural vegan foods (not talking about processed foods) that you avoid in your diet? Do you particularly limit any specific natural foods?
  4. Trevor Kuntz

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    I've been away from the forum for 9 days because I was in Alaska and the internet there is not sufficient to load anything but image-less Wikipedia, but I was very surprised to read many of the replies from last week regarding travel. I get some of nuances in why certain forms/methods of travel...
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    https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/7/15/23219277/amazon-basics-private-label-antitrust-concessions?fs=e&s=cl Amazon Basics might be on its way out, which really doesn't bother me since that time when Amazon ripped off Peak Design and copied their IP
  6. Trevor Kuntz

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    I was actually going to mention Game of Thrones as a comparison since it brought so much tourism to Northern Ireland, Croatia, etc but yeah, that last season was so bad, I wonder if that is still the case. Lord of the Rings, on the other hand, is still generating strong tourism for New Zealand...
  7. Trevor Kuntz

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    Now there's a statue that, once erected, we could all support tearing down. Future Fastlane summit group activity?
  8. Trevor Kuntz

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    I'll be honest, before Breaking Bad, my only mental connection to Albuquerque was the Museum of Nuclear Science and the city's proximity to Los Alamos. Apart from that, ABQ had no unique aspects or reasons to visit. After watching Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul and seeing all the local landscape...
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    Lol. Definitely not the last 10 years for a country that is frequently mentioned in economics classes with its own subsection on the Argentine Paradox and has defaulted nine times since independence including twice in the last 8 years. Argentina's economic problems are a 100-year-old story now...
  10. Trevor Kuntz

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    Would you like to renew your heated seat subscription, sir? https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature
  11. Trevor Kuntz

    Fighting CV19: Please send thoughts and well wishes to Greg B (Runum)

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    Hope you feel better soon, MTF. I went through my own bout in June and was pretty fatigued for 48 hours. Not sure if it was BA.2 or BA.5, but BA.5 is becoming the dominant subvariant now and seems to be more severe than BA.2 was, so I wish you a speedy recovery!
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    Fighting CV19: Please send thoughts and well wishes to Greg B (Runum)

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    I still check daily and no recent updates since 29 June. It seems like his wife, Kathy, has switched to only updating every few weeks now which makes sense since the updates have been about gradual progress and no longer about acute illness. It seems his recovery timeline is happening over spans...
  13. Trevor Kuntz

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    Marburg virus is pretty wild, but tiny outbreaks are not uncommon in west-central Africa. If you want a super fun read, I highly recommend The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. It's pretty terrifying to wonder what other highly-lethal viruses are lying dormant in some cave somewhere...
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    Analysis of 2,310 urine samples of Americans finds glyphosate traces in 1,885 of them (81.6%) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/09/weedkiller-glyphosate-cdc-study-urine-samples Between stuff like this and micro plastics, both of which seem to be mostly unavoidable from keeping out...
  15. Trevor Kuntz

    Is reading pirated books ethical?

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    I know @Kak said that he prefers to get all of his books from a local public library or, better yet, a public school library! He also said if you can't walk to the local library, taking a city bus is an excellent and efficient way to get to the public library :smile2:
  16. Trevor Kuntz

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    Yes, and depending on the grass type, it can be very difficult to control from spreading through rhizomes so that if someone stops edging their grass for even a month, the grass will spread into bordering areas like planters, gardens, etc. I've installed 16 inch deep bamboo barrier running...
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    Lawns are not that great anywhere, but particularly worse in arid places. Since Arizona has such a high number of people who moved here from other states (often, much greener ones), it is not uncommon for new residents to want to recreate their former lush green environments in the middle of a...
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