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The PC repair guy wanted $40 to replace the broken DVDRW drive in my MacBook. (I think it costs $200+ at an Apple store) I did it myself for $20. Let's see how well this works.
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"One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil." ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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People are always blaming circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. --George Bernard Shaw
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"There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." -- Phil Karlton
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"... as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I look upon the history of men, which I have learned from the books, and I wonder. It was a long story, and the spirit which moved it was the spirit of man's freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else. At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he bro...
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Any surveys on the percentage of mass shootings that happen in a "gun-free" zone? Just wondering...
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Although I believe in the individual's right to own the means to defend himself, I want to say that I do not believe that the reason that there are so many violent shootings in the USA is that too few people own guns. Nor do I believe, that the main problem is that people do not receive enough mental health services. The chief problem is that we are sick to begin with. The main cause of violence in America is that America has a culture of violence. It is everywhere -- in our movies, citie...
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"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense? Where is the difference between having our arms in possession and under our direction and having them under the management of Congress? If our defense be the real object of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands?" -Patrick Henry
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My new Galaxy S3 smartphone went flying out of my pocket while running, leaving a tiny scratch in the silver trim. It bugged the hell out of me, so I tried sanding it down - turns out that it's just black plastic underneath. I tried silver nail polish - that just put a glittery blob on it. Now I've ordered several varieties of silver automotive paint. This will probably result with me painting the whole phone to match.
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Fact: An ignorant and misinformed response to anything I say is still more likely to lead to creative thinking and new insights than one merely expressing agreement.
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There are two ways to measure life expectancy: objective (wall clock) time and subjective time: life as we experience and remember it. A long boring life is subjectively shorter than a short, exciting life that is full of memories. The best way to live longer may be to maximize the quantity of memorable life experiences.
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"Must be a yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please. Rules, laws- always for other fellow. A murky part of us, something we had before we came down out of trees, and failed to shuck when we stood up. Because not one of those people said: Please pass this so that I won't be able to so something I know I should stop. Nyet, tovarishchee, was always something they hated to see neighbors doing. Stop them for their own good." -- Robert A. Heinlein (points if you...
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One of the few downsides to losing 40+ pounds eating Paleo has been that all my shirts became too big. I've been shedding clothing for the last two years, and I was about to get rid of four of my favorite shirts, but Sarah suggested that the tailor could resize them. It was 20RMB ($3) per shirt and they turned out really great. Picking clothing in the morning used be sort of a hunt to find things that weren't too ill fitting, old fashioned, or worn out. My standards would lower as my laun...
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Honestly, the number one thing I miss about living in Dallas is having Costco, Wall-mart, and an Apple store practically next door to me. There is an Apple store nearby, but in China the prices are 30% higher and all the new products are many months delayed.
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Basically my wardrobe is down to four outfits: 1) Dress pants, shirts, jacket, and nice shoes for work 2) Athletic shirt, shorts and FiveFingers for running 3) Jeans, casual shirt, casual shoes for weekends 4) Pajamas for winter evenings/nights I'm getting rid of everything else, especially anything I don't wear on a regular basis. My closet hasn't been this light since college.
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"Twin and family research show that sexual orientation is 50% genetic, but it is unknown which genes are responsible. The other 50% derives from the development in the womb. Girls with higher testosterone levels in the womb have higher odds of being homosexual, and the chance of homosexuality with boys rises with the number of boys that came before them. Stress during pregnancy also increases the odds of homosexuality, through the influence of the mother's cortisol on the hormones of the chil...
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Men, here are the three very basic rules for getting clothing that fits you: *If your pants need a belt to stay on, they're too big *If your shirt billows rather than contour your torso, it's too big *Your shoes should have thin soles and taper in the front