It sounds like providers are trying to hide monthly fees in an attempt to obscure them. My ISP will let me ‘rent’ a modem for $10 a month, but I just decided to buy my own for $60 fifteen years ago. My brain says that’s $1800 (it could be wrong, it’s late). If I didn’t know I was paying a $10 monthly fee, I’d never have bought my own.

And if a fee is actually a tax, just put that on the bill. It’s pretty simple.

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I’ve been going with EyeBuyDirect the last few times I’ve gotten new glasses. I’ve used Zenni a few times, and they’re definitely on the list of places I check, but EBD has a better selection. I save so much money on frames I can afford better lenses, and they run 2 for 1 deals pretty often. So I get a pair of regulars and a pair of polarized sunglasses.

You can upload a picture and then try on the glasses virtually and judge that way.

qBittorrent, activate the search plugins, look for “2160p XXX”

US, Mechanical Engineer here. It definitely depends on where you are. In a city you’ll start out between 60 and 75k. Rurally, between 45 and 60k. The size of the company will also play a big role.

Also, consider that you won’t really get any raises unless you move to another company. Talent retention doesn’t rank as high as talent recruiting unfortunately.

While this is a good first step, let me know when we start applying this standard to US companies.

Arthur C. Clarke wrote a sequel to the sequel to the sequel of 2001 (called 3001) where Frank Poole is rescued a thousand years after been lost in orbit around Jupiter/Saturn. By then global warming isn’t caused by carbon dioxide or methane or even water vapor. It’s from 1,000+ years of waste heat generated by each human that’s ever lived. Even with 100% clean energy, everything still creates heat, and it has to go somewhere.

The screen is giant. Giant isn’t even the right word for it. And with stadium seating, you don’t have to worry about people sitting in front of you.

It reminds me of how the movie screen seemed to me when I was 5. If I’m too close, my field-of-view won’t include the edges of the screen.

Regular theater: in the center, about 1/3 back from the screen.

IMAX: in the center, very back row against the wall.

I will reserve my judgement until someone else repeats this. Too many times these types of papers end up being retracted due to mistakes or proven false later. FTL neutrinos come to mind.

You’re thinking of Nitrous Oxide (N₂O). Nitrous Oxide is used during some surgeries (I took it when they pulled my wisdom teeth) and abused by people trying to get high. Nitric Oxide (NO) is apparently a vasodilator (it relaxes blood vessels allowing more blood to flow). It’s produced naturally by the body, and you can buy supplements if you really want your pee to have more Nitric Oxide in it (taking most supplements just makes your body get rid of the extra by filtering it through the kidneys).

I don’t know anything about the Buteyko method, but it sounds like a fad/scam medical practice with no proven benefits. But you do you, just don’t do the tape thing, that sounds dangerous.

Do I have access to a What-If machine and the Finglonger?