A difficult issue, with no clear correct answer. Perhaps an assumption of risk might be in order, as well as penalties for the use of resources. In other words, before you go, you have to be educated about what the risks are (and how best to avoid them), then agree to both those risks, and to the cost of any rescue.…

And, see, I’m definitely one of the people who a) would like a single-source food replacement that’s inexpensive and convenient (and non-perishable, since I spend a lot of time away from electricity), and, b) doesn’t assign any particular value to the experience of eating. It’s awesome that some people love eating…

If you enjoy eating, and if you don’t have any problems with how, when, and where your food is getting into you, and no problems with what that food does once it’s there, then Soylent probably isn’t for you.

The blog doesn’t read - to me - anything like an attempt to sell Soylent. It looks like one person’s methods to reduce fossil fuel consumption and act on his environmental conscience. On his personal blog. The day before the President of the United States made his energy announcement. Why all the hate, and why connect…

The last big one is feeding cost. As dumb as it sounds to use the Wrangler as an example of “good fuel economy,” you’re lucky to get 15 MPG in real-world driving, it beats the hell out of its predecessors which get around half that.

University of Florida toxicology professor Bruce Goldberger was quoted as saying, ““I don’t think it’s possible to rule out the possibility of use while in jail,” a notion so unlikely that it seems odd to publicize it; no evidence has been found to back up that claim.

With the caveat that carabiners have weight ratings for a reason, and that your big dog will not long be restricted by a small, consumer carabiner (like the one pictured above). Serious dogs mean serious carabiners (like climbing units). Also, tying your dog to things is not appropriate for all dogs, or in all…

Maybe it’s something about Jeep owners, but nearly every Jeep I’ve purchased has come with some sort of drug paraphernalia: roaches, roach clips, hat pins (for roaches), lumps of dried weed under the carpets. Come to think of it, maybe these things are in all cars, but only Jeep owners have to dismantle the entire…

Exactly! I usually do it with soapy waste water, like that left behind in the wash sink itself (which I suspect is what you’re doing, too). Not sure what I’ll do once we finally hook up this used portable dishwasher we were, delightfully, given.

It’s nearly a physical thing, my desire to reach into the image above and start editing: “Not to mention its instant cross-device sync,” I’d correct.

Agreed. Filtering and unsubscribing and actually talking with your contacts (“Hello, fellow: please stop including me on these sorts of things. Thanks!”) is all you need to “tame” an inbox. I’m utterly bewildered at the number of people who are overwhelmed by useless email, and thus surrender useful email as a result.

Actually, come to think of it, I know why they can’t take pizza boxes or other greasy paper: because you can’t get the grease out of it, and when you pulp the box, the grease and water won’t mix, leaving a layer of grease on the top of the vat. Worse, it’s still all embedded in the pulp, so some of it never rises up…

Me, neither! And I really would like to. I suppose it gunks up the works - technical term - in some way, but I’d definitely like to know more.

Greasy paper would be even harder to recycle, I suspect, but it’s good that some places will take foil with grease, as well! Obviously, you’re 100 percent correct that reuse is the payoff strategy: I always (pedantically and condescendingly, because that’s how I do pretty much everything) remind people that the right…

I’m trying (and failing) to figure out if the environmental and economic cost of covering the stove in tin foil is worth the e/e cost of the water I use in cleanup. Particularly since my local recycle is fairly clear about not really wanting “grease-coated metal foil” in their bins.

To confirm: the living bacteria themselves are not ancient, correct? We’re not talking about a given microbe being 20 million years old, but rather being the descendant of a 20-million-year-old lineage?

If the pre-screening is of low accuracy, then it should certainly not become universal.

Ultimately, it seems as though the solution is to not give the child an abundance of any single thing. Children should take in an array of experiences, such that their physical and mental development are varied, and strengthened by learned associations between these activities. And that doesn’t need to mean setting…

Goodwill almost always has old, simple mics for a couple bucks. Amazon has brand new ones for $3 or so. That said, a quality-ish mic is helpful when doing voice control, but I managed to pick up a studio-quality mic and hardware, used, for basically nothing, so that’s a good route to go.

Another option is to consider that it is not in your best long-term interest to behave as though you deserve a “rich modern life” simply because you graduated from college or got your first sweet job. You don’t “deserve” that sweet new car, and you can’t afford that sweet new car. Good news: a car that costs a tenth…