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Honestly NYC tap water is amazing. IF you let it rest first.
It's not hard water. Kettle has no residue. It's just perfect.
@vivtek @mcnknopp @datarama @bumblebeedc @Npars01 @ainmosni @Flo_Rian @FediThing
Honestly NYC tap water is amazing. IF you let it rest first.
It's not hard water. Kettle has no residue. It's just perfect.
That's his only opera I just don't enjoy. Something about the counting winds me up the wrong way.
This scene makes me think of the ants in my fiction book. 
Hanging out by the exit to the NYSE in ominous dark robes with a bunch of guys with good baritone voices going "Koyaanisqatsi"
"Koyaaaaanisqatsiiii"
over and over
Behold the Ortho C144
This is for the person who has never felt like there were enough buttons. This is your total solution. A play-space for the fingers. #mechnicalKeyboard #mechnicalKeyboards #Koyaanisqatsi

Have you ever written longer documents, such as essays, short stories or novels on your phone? Likewise, have you ever composed music that way?
@roknrol if I lived in the kind of space where a robot vacuum made even the least bit of sense I would absolutely have one NOT because itโs effective or efficient, but because *I want to play with a robot.* Please consider this regarding your wife. A girl needs her robots.
Iโm the same!
๏ธ However instead of being minimalist, I just go with the always being anxious. 
I'm working on making major changes to my apartment. I'm just tired of it always looking the same and it feels cramped and too stuffed with items.
I was very depressed by this process at first. It seemed impossible.
Then I started thinking about what furniture I could get rid of. We are getting rid of:
* a couch (we have two)
* a bed (we have two)
* a bunch of stuff we don't use
Just removing these items has made a huge difference. If feels like a whole new space.
A lot of design advice sounds alien and just ... not for me or most people I know, but buried in there are some useful tips. And I really do need ... guidance.
"Interior Design" is like 80 percent cleaning and organization is what I'm learning. Only 20 percent is the more fun and interesting bit about "style" and color pallets.
The "design experts" do know things worth learning even if their advice can sound alien. The best advice I've learned is:
* open shelving can look messy, it's good to put things away sometimes
* think about how much furniture you have, in small spaces you may have too much.
But also this is hard! Hard but worth it.
I've never purchased a TV. But I feel like I watch so much video on my computer it doesn't count?
I used to not have a TV and not watch much of anything.
"I really dislike when people heat water in it for things like tea because it tastes like the ghost of every microwave meal you've ever cooked"
I had people argue with me about this "not if you have a clean microwave" etc. etc. I must say this happens even with my mom's microwave which is spotless always.
The water tastes wrong. It has a smell.
It is me. I am the "area man"
I like this kind of poetry.
I keep my label printer at work and it's how I manage my aggressive impulses. eg from people taking my very nice office supplies. I will label a *dry marker* (mine are refillable and someone was "borrowing" them then tossing them out! )
SUPER MARKET
I think if you like these signs you should get more of them. Lean into it. Organize the world.
The 2010s trend of having signs on the walls in your house has been getting a lot of hate but it won't go away.
I don't have strong feelings about it. Of all of the things I dislike about the first photo the sign is at the bottom of the list. It's funny. It's the only memorable thing.
What is going on in the suburbs that these signs are needed?
What are the things your phone does that you'd rather not have?
I generally love my smart phone. I love it for writing on the go (I've written most of my book on the phone) for listening to audio books, and reading books, for taking photos, for social media and texting.
Love love love it all.