When CCSS math was initially introduced, they claimed it was internationally benchmarked, I can tell you it is absolutely not true. I have B.S in chemical engineering degree and M.S in organic chemistry, I know type of math skills necessary in order to succeed in STEM majors. I also grew up in Japan until high school a…

FWIW, I live in a tech corridor near a national lab. Nearly everyone I know is a scientist, engineer, inventor or professor. Every single one thinks that while the standards aren’t terrible, the CC-aligned curricula and the associated methodology are nauseatingly awful. Every. Single. One. These are not people in the…

1 can root beer + one pork tenderloin + one crock pot + 8 hours = deliciousness ready to eat when you get home from work.

If a “news” site has been saying that Trump colluded for 2 years without proof, and now continues to say so, they may be “fake news”.

Happy No Collusion Day.

“The geese are just trying to survive in a world that we’ve fucked up beyond belief.”

I work in a pseudo office park that has many drainage ponds, which means we’re basically infested with Canada Geese (gooses).  On my way into work the other day, someone before me had hit one and it was dead smack dab in the middle of the road.  Car in front of me stopped, leaned out, flipped the carcass off and…

Go fuck yourself, Nick!!

Be honest. They did not publish evidence. They made a claim. No one corroborated it. Then it was announced that it was a lie. How is their behavior, and yours (Lifehacker) to pander the political division considered right? I have followed LH for more years than I can remember. It is hardly a shadow of what it used to…

Good point! All you critics out there who demand other people help them. Do your part and open your doors up! If you dont, you must be a racist.

Correction to the credit card payments fearmongering: late payments don’t affect your credit score longterm until you go 60+ days past due. 30 days isn’t even reported to the bureaus at all, it just shows as a general “not up to date” that’s overwritten as soon as the next report goes out after a payment is made. (I…

I was an EMT, I treated strokes.

If you can’t talk, just call 911 and keep the line open. If you don’t respond, or if you can just moan, they’ll send the fire department to investigate.

The EMTs need to keep you from choking, so they’ll likely lay you down on your side so they can vacuum out your airway in case you…

Such a snowflake article. Hey, we all get it—elections have consequences (Obama said that), but if you can’t go through an election cycle without remaining reasonably calm, collected and intellectually and emotionally gathered, go to Mars. Shit happens. You win some, you lose some. Life goes on.

I will certainly donate my points to reunite separated families. Provided the flights are to where they originally came from.

Can I donate points to send them to Guatemala?

Any way to use frequent flyer miles to build the wall ?

Can we use those miles to send them back to where they came from with instructions on how to do it properly next time?

I didn’t use to believe in fake news in the past but my eyes have really been opened to the fact that yes, it does exist as I work for ICE and see so much misinformation. For instance, there was a Dreamer in Seattle who was arrested and he made a big issue about being detained for a few months. What the media didn’t…

Would you let someone come into your house and just start living there? Oh, they also expect you to provide them with meals and some spending money too.

Thanks for asking. My answers, in the order they were asked....