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  1. Does anyone have any thoughts on these inline humidifier replacement things?

    I bought some last year to use while traveling, but they dry out (during in home testing in DFW) much quicker than the advertised seven days. So I experimented with "refilling" them with distilled water. I was able to stretch one to a month by refilling it every few days. Without taking that one apart and testing it in a lab, it wouldn't be possible to see if there is no mold or other contaminant on the filter, but there were no visible problems.

    Any thoughts?

  2. On 4/19/2018 at 9:56 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

    This "hobby" utterly bewilders me. There were a ton of dudes who were really into it on a cigar forum I used to post on. They were all middle aged and older, not just hipster dilettantes. 

    It seems like it might as well be boutique deodorant, or collecting and using vintage toothbrushes, or getting stoked about trimming your toenails. I'm sure I'm missing the point and overlooking the type of enjoyment and satisfaction that people get from it, but if it takes even 30 seconds longer to go through this type of ritual each morning, I would rather spend it sleeping in.

    I'm not at all knocking it - I really enjoy the weird (to me) shit that people are into. I am just totally perplexed by the "shaving enthusiast" thing is all.  

    The hobby should not be surprising. The vast majority of us probably did not learn to shave with safety razors. When we first start using them, there is a period of searching for what works best for us. So the guy with a single long-handle Merkur might cycle through many blades, soaps, and other disposable equipment in his search. Some guys take it one more step and cycle through razors and brushes. I never did.

    When I was unemployed a few years back, I bought my first safety razor. (It really is much cheaper, and, once you get used to it, it takes roughly the same time as shaving with a ten-bladed monstrosity.) Except for buying a smaller version for travel, I've stayed with the same razor. I've gone through a number of blades and soaps over the years, but it didn't take long to find what works best. I think this might be the best explanation: Because you can find so many quality razors in thrift stores and at garage sales, (and because soaps and blades are cheap), unemployed Millennials were able to indulge in this hobby. (It's no surprise DE shaving took off at the same time as hipster beards.) The employed could also indulge in it to a greater degree. 

  3. Vernor Vinge’s Peace War series would make a good television show. The Ungoverned could be a six-episode Season 1. The Peace War would make a great (and longer) Season 2. Then have Marooned in Real Time as the final season. All the serious CGI costs occur in season 3, so production would only continue if it is a hit.

    Speaking of Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep would make a great anime. The Peddler’s Apprentice would be a great one-season, live-action show.

  4. 17 hours ago, honolulu horn said:

    Gotta be honest, if someone is dumb enough to wear a shirt like that then they should get all the repercussions that come with it. Including reactive idiots making his life miserable, such as calling the police.

    The weird part was that the resulting conversation on Nextdoor was 100% civil, even when people disagreed politically. I can see how the shirt could be interpreted as threatening, especially when worn by an open carrier. But the police didn't overreact and the complaining neighbor was widely condemned, even if only as the second dumbass in the situation.

  5. Another thing common on next door is selling old shit for stupid prices . Seen people try to get 50+ for a crt tv, or 400 for a DLP.

    People way overvalue shit



    My favorite overpriced item was a $400 office chair that might retail for under $100 new.

    My Nextdoor isn’t too bad. My suburb requires solicitors to wear yellow vests with badges, which we all know now thanks to Nextdoor. So anyone who isn’t wearing the vest is some sort of criminal.
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