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Unfamiliar measurements in US recipes by fruntin Cooking

[–]metl_lord 7 points8 points ago

Baking is easy. You just need to completely understand Baker percentage.

As for a measuring tool, I find that particle physics labs or cocaine dealers are good sources for scales that are precise enough.

Best Ubuntu-compatible laptop for around £500? ($785) by jonesey95in Ubuntu

[–]metl_lord 0 points1 point ago

I am waiting to hear back from him. He has the Pangolin, so the battery life will be a rough estimate. The Lemur seems to be pretty new. I hadn't seen it on the site before today.

Best Ubuntu-compatible laptop for around £500? ($785) by jonesey95in Ubuntu

[–]metl_lord 1 point2 points ago

It's a US company but they do ship to the UK. I think you will need an adapter for it.

Best Ubuntu-compatible laptop for around £500? ($785) by jonesey95in Ubuntu

[–]metl_lord 6 points7 points ago

The System76 Lemur Ultra is within your price range and size. My father-in-law just bought one and it is very nice and seems well built.

Plus, you don't have to do a clean install.

Pit Crews Are Incredible by ostrichyin sports

[–]metl_lord 1 point2 points ago

I heard that the tire changers will often keep a lug nut in their mouth in case they loose one. It's faster than reaching into a pocket.

Klout by ani625in xkcd

[–]metl_lord 7 points8 points ago

Why can't we just use hover text? It properly describes the text and is tag neutral.

Obama's Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: 'Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii' by spartacus_1138in politics

[–]metl_lord 3 points4 points ago

The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister,

Oh, so his mom was an American citizen. Even if he was born in Kenya, he would be a "natural born" citizen.

The weight of more recent federal cases, as well as the majority of scholarship on the subject, also indicates that the term “natural born citizen” would most likely include, as well as native born citizens, those born abroad to U.S. citizen-parents, at least one of whom had previously resided in the United States, or those born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent who, prior to the birth, had met the requirements of federal law for physical presence in the country.

(http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf)

Wi-fi 'lingerers' in coffee shops are causing territorial disputes by metl_lordin freelance

[–]metl_lord[S] -1 points0 points ago

I found this in a co-working newsletter. I think co-working places are using a business model based somewhat on this.

ELI5: When writing a number in a sentence, when should I write it as a number and when should I write it as a word? by IsUpTooLatein explainlikeimfive

[–]metl_lord 17 points18 points ago

According to the Chicago Manual of Style, in nonscientific writing numbers under 100 should be written out.

Some exceptions:

  • ages should always be written as a number
  • dates and times should be numbers
  • If you first reference a number over 100, then a smaller number of the same thing (ex: Of the 144 apples, 12 were bad.)
  • decimals and fractions should be numbers unless there is an easy way to express it (two and a half vs. 2 1/2)

There is an entire section of the manual related to numbers, so not everything is included here.

Felidae by TheMostDangerousGamein xkcd

[–]metl_lord 6 points7 points ago

OSX Cougar - The operating system for the discerning older woman.

NC Passes Ban On Gay Marriage by LeonitusNathanielin politics

[–]metl_lord 0 points1 point ago

It wouldn't be legalizing slavery, it would be 'protecting traditional farm labor'.

After that, it would be allowing only white, land-owning males to vote, or 'protecting traditional voting rights'.

IAmA technology journalist. I'm leaving the internet for a year at 12:01am by futurepaulin IAmA

[–]metl_lord 0 points1 point ago

That's just a commercial for women's shoes.

"91-Year Old Grandmother Loses Right to Vote Under PA GOP's New ID Law" meanwhile in same story "Official found guilty of voter fraud " the same photo id laws do nothing to stop by georeddin politics

[–]metl_lord 7 points8 points ago

Student IDs need to have an expiration date. I have never had one that had an expiration date.

HEY GUYS I BUILT A SQUARE BOX BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A MODERN HOUSE by Tyloorin MinecraftCirclejerk

[–]metl_lord 1 point2 points ago

YOU SHOULD MAKE A TUTORIAL VIDEO!

Senate Republicans block "Buffett Rule", which would have put a 30% income tax on millionaires by EthicalReasoningin politics

[–]metl_lord 0 points1 point ago

Even more interesting is that the majority of the Senate (51 members) voted for the bill.

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