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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • The biggest risk out in the woods is microorganisms. If you boil it or use a well designed filter you are likely going to be fine if you’re drinking otherwise clear water.

    I wouldn’t just filter the water from the Hudson river and go to town, but if it’s 10 miles to the nearest road I think you’re probably doing better than your tap





  • I think this is true ONLY in formal writing, which this document clearly intends to be despite it’s complete inanity. Asterisks are used in computer code for multiplication and shorthand messages/emails all the time. Not many scientists/engineers/mathematicians out there that can’t write at least an excel formula










  • I’ve been listening to the audio books when I do my 10 h drive home for vacations/holidays and I watched the show first. I’m on book 7 now.

    I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed book 1 and 2, but 3 through 6 I did find tedious to get through having seen the show and knowing what happens. I’m enjoying 7 again with a fresh story.

    Personally, one of my favourite things about the series is the realism of the sci-fi setting and the use as a setting for a political drama.

    Sort of agree on the filler and formulaic type writing as well, but I haven’t noticed it as much with some fresh plot development


  • I’m an engineer. Writing by hand I would always use a fraction. If I had to write this in an email or something (quickly and informally) either the context would have to be there for someone to know which one I meant or I would use brackets. I certainly wouldn’t just wrote 1/2x and expect you to know which one I meant with no additional context or brackets