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Wouldn't it be cool if
@SingPostCusCare had a service like http://stamps.com ? Pay for the postage online and get a printable stamp. Web app UX: type in the recipient address. Estimate the weight (num of sheets of paper). Download a printable envelope where stamp = QR code.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Bought stamps online today from SIngPost. Pros: free delivery of my order, as you would expect. Cons: they pretty much admit they expect to screw it up lolpic.twitter.com/GckwHtznMB
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You'll know it's working when https://www.google.com/maps/timeline?pb … starts showing where you've been. To turn it on, give Google Maps privileges to track your location all the time: settings / personal content / location history. You can scrub it later.
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If you’re a digital prepper thinking about
#2019nCoV contact tracing: you may want to turn on Google Maps location tracking so it can build a timeline of where you’ve been. For privacy considerations see thread.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1224216828739772416 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Meng Weng Wong Retweeted
I hadn’t even thought yet about the degree of digital surveillance that may have kicked in. Forget traditional epidemiological contact tracing. For every infected, the Chinese government can pull up their location history and find every other cellphone that was nearby.pic.twitter.com/4mxlmI3N39
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Here's a crazy idea to make De Beers mad: You know all that money you're planning to spend on an engagement ring? Put it toward therapy instead to make you a better spouse
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Are quarantines and travel bans an overreaction to ncov2019? https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2%25+of+world+population+in+2020 … If it mutates from a 2% CFR to a 20% CFR, and no containment measures were applied, governments will be blamed for not having done more.
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if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were
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Meng Weng Wong Retweeted
omg this cruised past again and i am arr-teeing it because THERE IS A LOGISTIC MAP HIDDEN ON THE EDGE OF THE MANDELBROT SEThttps://twitter.com/BuildSoil/status/1079522391011733504 …
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Meng Weng Wong Retweeted
Not a Harvard, but MIT CS Professor here. I’m sorry you are experiencing all this. We’re in the same town. I’d be happy to meet you and listen and chat with you. Please feel free to reach out by email whenever you can. My best.
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To learn more: This book teaches knife skills and sharpening technique: https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Kitchen-Ultimate-Guide-Knives/dp/0061188484/ …
@seriouseats has a major knife fetish, with nearly a dozen articles on the subject:https://www.seriouseats.com/search?term=knives …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
I have also previously enjoyed the Misen knife, the latest entrant on the scene: https://www.misen.co/products/chefs-knife … I found it a little too light and food tended to stick to the blade, but it works well and is likely to be the sharpest knife in almost any drawer.
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What do I personally use? 8" and 10" Victorinox/Forschner chef's knives https://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Fibrox-Chefs-Knife-8-Inch/dp/B000638D32/ … carbon steel gyuto https://www.amazon.com/SAKAI-KIKUMORI-Japanese-Hi-Carbon-Professional/dp/B07GXLNLQ5 … stainless steel gyuto https://www.amazon.com/Misono-440-Molybdenum-Gyutou-21cm/dp/B000XT2Z2Y/ … damascus santokuhttps://www.amazon.com/Yaxell-69-layer-Santoku-Kitchen-Centimeter/dp/B018FZSGR0 …
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And a DMT folder to keep in the EDC bag:https://www.amazon.com/DMT-FWFC-Double-Diafold-Sharpener/dp/B00004WFTW/ …
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These above basics are all you need to reset most any knife to better than factory edge, on par with a straight razor. Completists may want to get an old-fashioned whetstone, e.g. a 1000/6000: https://www.amazon.com/Whetstone-Corundum-Sharpening-Slip-Resistant-Sharpener/dp/B07G2RQMVF/ …
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The step before the Sharpmaker: (once per decade) coarse sandpaper for quickly resetting a badly dinged-up edge (usually for friends' old knives) https://www.amazon.com/Abrasive-Waterproof-Sandpaper-Furniture-Improvement/dp/B01B2SWZ9W/ … (in fact you can do it all with just sandpaper; see this 1995 Usenet post. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.woodworking/rGAGAPR-6ks/o-ajwPtph3kJ …)
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The step before the hone: A Spyderco Sharpmaker (once or twice a year)https://www.amazon.com/Tri-Angle-Sharpening-Kit-Medium-Fine/dp/B00JHX512S/ …
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The step before the strop: a ceramic honing "steel" (once a day to once a week) https://www.amazon.com/Cooks-Standard-Professional-Ceramic-Sharpening/dp/B00KLGSP3M/ …
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zomg if you sharpen your knives yourself but you're not using stropping paste, you are missing out i put this green stuff on a soft cloth towel and then it put a razor edge on my 10" Victorinox https://www.amazon.com/Polishing-Compound-sharpening-straight-Leather/dp/B07W6RNCNS/ …
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https://mercurylang.org/documentation/papers/mc_owl_mercury_talk_14_08_2007.pdf … shows a case study using Mercury, a functional statically typed logic language
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