^This. Complaining that some customers aren't tipping when you admit to making a decent amount of money from other people's tips is just petty. As wrong and jerk-ish as it may be, it's a customer's right to not tip, if they don't want to. And it's the server's responsibility/duty to still be cordial and give them good…

Every two years? Good lord. Even replacing them every 6 years would seem a little excessive. But then I buy good ones for my electronics, and really good ones (i.e., with a UPS) for my computers. There's no way I'm gonna be changing those latter ones that often.

Yeah. Though I'm still not sure I understand why this helps, I may have to try it out.

Yes, but in the American version, Sylar slices off the top of that kid's cranium using the powers of his mind right after he slaps him.

Heyyy... wait a minute here — that's the same kid from The Slap, right?? I smell a viral conspiracy, man. This is bigger than anyone ever suspected...

Possibly. Although I think I could definitely benefit from this advice, myself. I can recite a few random moments over the past decade or so where people have reacted to things I've said in a way that completely took me by surprise. It's been most surprising when those reactions came from people who had never shown…

Nothing wrong with that name, per se. Nor with names like Taylor, Dylan, etc. It's just that it's one of those that's become so fashionable among that generation of young parents, it's become synonymous with that current naming trend (and its entire sub-culture), unfortunately.

This thread reminds me of the fake Twitter account @LosFelizDayCare, which if you haven't heard of it, is pretty damned funny... and satirically spot-on. (Especially their mention of some of the children's names, such as Creedence, Declan, Yukon and Apollo.)

According to the "stats for nerds", I'm seeing both of the above at 60fps, but yeah — aside from them looking good, I honestly can't tell any difference from any other HD quality video. Brain must be computing too slowly to see it. ;-)

You can heat up food by holding it over a flame?!? Gosh, what a hack — I never would have thought of that!

Ostensibly, this is a handy tip, but I've noticed that most of the goo.gl links I get in DMs are from people whose accounts have been hacked, so I never click on them.

Yep. Dried beans can be "soaked" in a pressure cooker in 35-45 minutes. If you want to combine the soaking and cooking, just add that much more time to your total. Put in your beans in the pot, fill 2/3 full with water, and pressure cook on high. Just make sure to add a small amount of cooking oil to the water, to…

Well, yes, the scenario you describe would certainly work, as long as the person sending you the link was someone you trusted. (However, if it's someone you really know well, likely you'll be reciprocal friends, and so you could just send a Direct Message instead. So, this service would likely be used by people who…

Heh. A lot of assumptions, perhaps, but I think they're all entirely logical (and probable). A lot of "people I already know" on Twitter have had their accounts hacked and have sent me messages with links. Generally, the nefarious entities behind such attempts are also getting more clever with their messages these…

There's an inherent problem with this idea, as I see it. Assuming I had never heard of this service (and I would assume most recipients of said links would not have), if somebody were to send me a link that asked me to log into Twitter to view it, I'd ignore the message completely, assuming their account was hacked…

Here's a radical idea: people could actually wash their hands before putting away the dishes and silverware. Result = booger-free spoons!

That would indeed make a lot more sense, but alas, that's not what the linked article says:

Yeah, that's... that's a little extreme. I don't know too many real-life work situations where estimates on a project range from 4 weeks to 8 months, for example, or 4 months to 8 years.

Hey, I believe that he read Salinger to her... while she gave him a hummer. ("That's not sex, right?" ~ JF)

Maybe if you're measuring every ingredient before you add it to the glass, but otherwise, I think this is a terrible idea. I was always taught that you put the alcohol in first, so you can clearly see how much is in the glass, before you add the mixers.