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Sam Lin

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  1. You sure? Because Alpo definitely looks like my brain on drugs.
  2. You never go wrong with flowers. Don't question, just get them. Not sure? Get them. Sure? Get them. Think there's zero reason to get them? Get them.
  3. Don't reply at all, just toss it. I thought I read somewhere that if you get in contact it may reset some sort of collection timer in their system so they keep trying instead of abandoning the collection sooner. (This is based on random shit I read on Google, so it is worth less than you paid for it and may have come out of my ass after coming out of someone else's ass first.)
  4. You didn't let Roflbox borrow your car for years, did you?
  5. The feature you are looking for is called "pass-through charging" and is somewhat rare. Anker doesn't do it any more, here's their explanation why: https://support.anker.com/s/article/Do-Anker-power-banks-support-pass-through-charging Their wall plug power banks like linked above will not simultaneously charge the power bank and your connected device, they will finish charging your device first and then to back to charging their internal battery.
  6. If that's the goal, have a local metal shop laser cut you a piece of steel to fit your grill. Much less fiddly than a bunch of griddle pans, and you don't have the lost cooking space from the joints between pans. Or, even easier and cheaper, just buy a griddle insert that fits your grill: https://www.amazon.com/SQ180-Stainless-Universal-Griddle-Tailgating/dp/B000HQHBSQ
  7. This. Criteria #1 when I bought was no HOA. I dgaf what my neighbor does with his property, because it's none of my damn business.
  8. You need to watch Ping Pong Playa. It is stupid and hilarious.
  9. Snakes on a Plane
  10. I'm down 92% on Alpo, so :hookem:
  11. Finished this a few days ago, definite quick read. But great, simple message, though I feel it could be made more concise. The steps in his process have names that are just unnecessarily complicated, and the process itself is a bit overcomplicated. I think a bit of editing would make this "management method" something that could be easily grasped by more people and therefore more effectively implemented. To me, it comes down to Empower: Share Common Goal (and he mentions referring to Start with Why, which I am currently reading and will comment negatively on when I finish), Ensure Skillset, and Trust (but Verify). Found a lot of parallels between the examples in the book and management structures I've experienced myself. Highly recommended. Easy read, easy concepts, fairly simple to act on, and big ROI effects. I would recommend this as a read to anyone wanting to improve "management" - and by that I mean anyone who has any responsibility for anyone else, at any level of an organization. This is a layman's book, entertaining to read, but with a strong, effective message.
  12. Zen: Become One with the other Two. Pick up your phone and start fucking around on it.
  13. I think black or cayenne pepper is supposed to deter them? Might try sprinkling the planted areas around your flowers.
  14. Ordered an AnOrdain, and am quite impressed with the level of "custom" service on what is not that expensive a watch (~$1500). Tons of (much) more expensive mass market product that doesn't give this level of personalization. On top of already being able to select multiple strap options prior to checkout, and offering custom engraving or map graphics engraving at no additional charge, here are the custom questions after order. Even strap length choices are uncommon, but regulation to account for which wrist worn and storage position at night?? Unheard of: So that we can tailor the watch to your specifications, could you please confirm: your preferred strap length (please refer to our fitting guide) which wrist the watch will be worn on (we will use this information to regulate the watch) which position the watch will be stored in at night (for example, dial facing up) the name of the wearer as you'd like it to appear in the certificate of authenticity
  15. You'll get all kinds of opinions on it, my opinion is don't bother if it hasn't failed by then. Many of these cars never have IMS issues. Do oil analysis and frequent changes if you want to be paranoid, but even that is arguable whether analysis gives you any meaningful early warning. I'd just get it and drive it. Replace IMS whenever you need a clutch. Do use the lack of IMS or lack of records as a bargaining point, pay 3k less than you would for one with proven IMS replacement - then, if it does fail on you, you pay the 3k and fix it, end up with the same car same price.
  16. Definitely going to start adding a "side of burgers" to my BBQ orders. Genius.
  17. Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix AZ is an Austin? transplant, he was on the old site and posted when he was starting out. I find it too salty, otherwise it is good. He's kicking ass, I think up to 3 locations now, big line basically every day for lunch.
  18. I've had a few bikes stolen over the years, and would vote for an instant death penalty for bike thieves. And cat (catalytic converter) thieves while we're at it.
  19. I would attend one of your seminars on The Emu Principle, if you offered free pizza. And the building had parking.
  20. Doesn't say it's a wife, but...
  21. That's not unpopular, but at least it isn't as bad as Marvel, where their universe got so meh and stupid they had to create multiverses just to be able to keep making shitty movies.
  22. Just finished both of these. (Thinking Fast and Slow first, and then The Undoing Project.) I'd call The Undoing Project a teaser for Thinking Fast and Slow, it's much more about the individual life histories of Kahneman and Tversky, and the people around them, than about the theories they developed. It touches on the theories in basic, easy to understand examples. (Feels like 80% biography, 20% theories.) Much easier read, also 200pg shorter. And it's a genuinely entertaining and enjoyable read, lots of historical content about life in early Israel with constant war. Thinking Fast and Slow is all about the theories, much more explanation of the theories as well as the formulas that are used to define the theories, and many more varied examples. Analogy: if Thinking Fast and Slow is a movie, The Undoing Project is the trailer for that movie. Would recommend reading The Undoing Project first, it is the more "enjoyable/entertaining" read, and then continuing into Thinking Fast and Slow if the theories grab your curiosity. As for the theories themselves, by now they are widely accepted as correct and as revolutionary; the Nobel prize doesn't come easy. It's real, useful food for thought. I hope to keep their lessons strong enough in my mind to question my own intuitions and decisionmaking at least part of the time.
  23. A real 1%er would have bought a new car.
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