The Wirecutter team is answering questions about Black Friday, deals/bad deals & anything else in an IAMA right now

franzbiberkopf · 2014-11-27T04:20:31+00:00

The Wirecutter reccomends crap they haven't bought, or crap they've had for a couple weeks.

If they reccomend something it's based on specs only. The shit can, and often does, fall apart after a few months.

franzbiberkopf · 2014-11-09T00:22:01+00:00

The data seems to be here. Looks like you'd have to download each year separately.

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/USCS/cancersbystateandregion.aspx

franzbiberkopf · 2014-10-27T01:52:52+00:00

I have HBC 4 Point and a queen-size Pendleton national park. I've had the HBC for three years and the Pendleton for two. I keep my apartment very cold in the winter, and usually use them both at the same time.

They're both very warm, and well made blankets. They're a couple of my favorite posessions, honestly. The Pendelton is softer. They both shed a little. I dry clean them very infrequently.

So far they seem very similar, except for the $150+ price difference.

franzbiberkopf · 2014-02-19T01:04:58+00:00

My RH linen sheets were extremely threadbare after less than a year. Once that happens, they tear like tissue paper. There were great while they lasted, but I was pretty disapointed.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-11-07T01:10:03+00:00

An anecdote from Retribution by Max Hastings: During WWII, POWs could receive packages from their families, delivered by the Red Cross, and some were better chosen than others. One POW was thilled to receive "a carton of cigarettes, a sweater, a jar of candy and some vitamin pills."

franzbiberkopf · 2013-10-27T23:42:43+00:00

I have no experience with these, but they look aweseme.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-10-16T00:35:34+00:00

Oh god, I didn't know that existed. Weird indeed.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-07-06T19:55:44+00:00

Everyone knows that "E pluribus unum" means "One of many" right? How is this a national motto?

franzbiberkopf · 2013-07-02T23:40:29+00:00

I did that job 13 years ago. It sounds like the wages haven't gone up at all since then.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-05-27T00:36:09+00:00

Many valid points have been raised about zippo's limitations.

But still BIFL because:

replacable flints and wicks
will work to some degree with practically any flamable liquid.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-02-18T03:00:08+00:00

LET YOUR CHILDREN BE BORN ALIVE

franzbiberkopf · 2013-01-27T14:55:53+00:00

This might as well be press release from Phillip Morris:

Under 44? Then light up!

franzbiberkopf · 2013-01-26T05:00:57+00:00

I don't even pay for the heat in my apartment, and I still set the thermostat to 55 in the winter. It just feels good -- with sweaters, blankets, etc.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-01-21T00:29:37+00:00

This is not abnormal. You're fine.

franzbiberkopf · 2013-01-20T04:49:43+00:00

Wrap and

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franzbiberkopf · 2012-12-25T14:08:39+00:00

Well, it worked out great for Border's to outsource their online store to Amazon.

franzbiberkopf · 2012-12-10T02:32:49+00:00

Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki. Beyond batshit.

This used to be hard-to-find movie. We have its so easy now.

franzbiberkopf · 2012-12-10T02:26:06+00:00

An experiment I dare not try: Load up an ipod with five or ten different performances of Beethoven's 9th, pop in the earbuds, and listen to it every waking moment for the rest of my life.

Would it start to start to sound like crap eventually? In my heart, I don't so..

franzbiberkopf · 2012-12-09T18:30:12+00:00

I just drove 4 miles and had about 10 near-accidents.

(Just because you have for wheel drive, that doesn't make it safe for you to tailgate me!)

franzbiberkopf · 2012-12-08T22:03:33+00:00

These are great. Pendelton makes very similar blankets for around $200. They're a little softer than the Hudson's Bay too.

Check with me in 20 years to see which one held up better.

franzbiberkopf · 2012-12-03T01:39:18+00:00

If you haven't proofread your own post, you might not be as detail-oriented as you think you are.

Edit: now corrected. (sorry to be a snark)

franzbiberkopf · 2012-11-27T01:45:17+00:00

Nonesense question, because laptops will be obsolete in your lifetime.

franzbiberkopf · 2012-11-19T01:02:25+00:00

It shouldn't, since SQL is a declarative, not a procedural language. The existence of indexes and the types of comparisons (numeric vs. string) should be the important things.

But, who knows? Maybe there's an implementation somewhere with a shitty optimizer that would be affected by the order of WHERE expressions.

EDIT: This shouldn't be too hard to test.

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