What's a check?

I will be using this idea when scanning in receipts for reimbursement from work.. it's always a pain trying to lay them out on the scanner bed, then hoping they don't move when I put the lid down

You currently live in the lap of luxury. You have electricity, food, access to the internet, clean water, 'free' security and fire prevention. If you work for at least minimum wage and put in at least 20 hours a week, you're in the top 50% of earners globally.

You and I ARE the rich, my friend. If true wealth…

balled up aluminum foil works pretty well too

"workers of all types are equally likely to produce a useless project as they are to produce an important one."

I strongly disagree with this. As you become more experienced with your craft, you will learn what is useless and what is not. You may be equally likely to THINK of a useless project as you are an…

I don't think 332.5 million cubic miles of water is a small amount. There is enough water to cover the entire United States in water 87 miles deep!

Working hard hasn't made people rich since before the industrial revolution. The world has changed. Your expectation of what makes you money should also. I can spend 40 hours in an air conditioned office with a nice chair and typing on a keyboard, deploy my code, then make money for weeks/months/years without…

I built an IKEA bed a week or two ago and for me, the trouble was because of poor quality control. Every hole was a different size (or every dowel was), meaning some dowels would fall out and others required a mallet to get into place. The screw holes were drilled in the wrong place, as much as 1/8" off in one case.…

Lifehack #15: Don't use Wells Fargo for your banking because they will totally screw you every single chance they get... Same with Chase, BofA and every other big bank out there... look for a credit union.

Calling them names (medieval or anything else) is dismissive. These are people, not monsters. They have real motivations and real reasons for why they do what they do. They are reacting to more than a century of Western control. We CREATED these countries. We deposed elected leaders. We defined borders. We…

He's neither a badass or wearing 'protective gear'. At most he has an air source and a heat-resistant body suit with multiple layers of insulation. It will keep him from dying from the radiant heat, but if that thing burps, he's dead. He's either suicidal or a dumbass completely ignorant of the risks. byronmatthews…

I wish they would have told me this didn't work for car batteries before I tested it...

"whether you're in Australia, Austria, or Austin, Texas." This looks like a job for semicolon!

"whether you're in Australia; Austria; or Austin, Texas."

Although, that would probably be less clear than the original sentence for people not familiar with using semicolons to separate lists of items containing commas... But…

As you predict the events, the accuracy of your predictions will be reduced since revealing the future will alter people's behavior, changing the future

Great idea as long as the ice is made somewhere outside the area you're trying to cool... Otherwise, it's an utter fail...

A lot of what makes women beautiful is their distinctiveness... The final morph looks very generic and unremarkable... And a bit like that chick from Twilight without the dark circles, but I repeat myself.

Ebola is not a guaranteed death sentence. Most cases have been in areas with really poor medical care, but the survival rate for outbreaks ranges anywhere from 50% to 10%. With better health care, you could have a 50/50 chance, which isn't great, but it's not end-of-the-world panic time.

So you'd be OK if your food contained feces, for example, as long as the food was cooked at a high enough temperature to kill all pathogens?

Oh. My. God. Kate, look at her butt. It is so big. She looks like one of those rap guy's girlfriends. Who understands those rap guys? Her butt... It's just so big! I can't believe it's just so round. It's just out there. Look! She's just so.... black!

"This is largely an issue relating to black people. If you can't see that, I can't help you." And that attitude is why young black men will be targeted by police and oppressed by schools and courts for the foreseeable future. Try not to alienate the people who are on your side of the fight. This isn't about black…

I know it sounds racist, but black people do seem like they'd be much happier in circumstances that would make the average white person bitch and complain.... Maybe happier is the wrong word? Maybe they're simply more resilient? Maybe Song of the South has tainted my views?