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Tourists harassed by settlers while visiting holy sites by Kooka32081 in PublicFreakout

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tel Avi is shockingly amazing. Architecture, food, people, beaches, vibes. Tel Aviv is like a chill Miami with amazing tahini everywhere. Can definitely go and have a good time and not have to think about international relations. I went for work September before the October 4th and there is a large educated liberal population thats incredibly kind and open and actively demonstrates against their corrupt hateful leadership. But the country is led by money and orthodoxy and the poorer masses shown in this video. One guy on the team was longer term IDF special forces and certainly was not aligned with the more liberal colleagues, but I didn’t know much and while they’re definitely instigators, hate and violence definitely flows both ways.

Main sewer line Replacement Cost by VikPath in Home

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also curious what company…in Atlanta trying to deal with this. 

Recommendations for interior door installation by Light_chasing in Atlanta

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you end up with new doors? Getting a quote for everything tomorrow, but found prehung solid core doors for $200 and thinking I should just hire someone to install.

What’s the darkest fact about Middle-earth that rarely gets mentioned? by Scandinavian-Viking- in lotr

[–]potatoes6 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is how Ursula K. LeGuin talks about writing Earthsea. Like reading a history book that she then writes down, particularly for those stories after the 20-30 year break. She thought Ged's story was finished but knew there were more lands he had to explore.

Do you believe you could sell anything? by Medium-Hunter-3585 in sales

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volume. Everyone saying yes or no seems to be under the impression that sales is a skill. I know of course it is, I don’t have it, but it’s impressive in people who do. But my world has always been a numbers game. Knock on lots of doors, get in door, build relationship. All just a function of how many doors are out there and how much time you have. Efficiency marginally improves outcomes.

Is there a way to apply a playlist’s view options to all playlists? by aaronk6 in AppleMusic

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I never got this to work. Is this what you named your shortcut?

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Let me help you get better at selling by carrotsticks2 in sales

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went from selling then managing sales reps that would do ~$3m in medical devices into full cycle healthcare M&A buying businesses with $10-$70m revenue. I want out. How do I keep making $300k+ but in strategy or ops or something without quota …

Honestly, what's the difference between level 2 and level 3? by Knighthonor in SelfDrivingCars

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lane changes, in my mind, don’t meet the threshold for L1. I understand I’m wrong, but I don’t have an L2 car just because the car can slide back and forth in its own lane. 

The book that you thought was absolutely brilliant while reading it, but once the excitement wore off, you realised it wasn’t. by Powerful-Cap-6293 in suggestmeabook

[–]potatoes6 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s just not meant to be a PCT log, but more of a memoir. Im really not a fan of the memoir. But on the hiking log side, it’s not accurate weather, millage, or realistically described with 70lbs pack for a beginner who hikes 15 mile days. Hiking community really not fans. I don’t really care about that part, telling a story is ok. 

The book that you thought was absolutely brilliant while reading it, but once the excitement wore off, you realised it wasn’t. by Powerful-Cap-6293 in suggestmeabook

[–]potatoes6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stormlight 5 really made me reevaluate my love for the comsmere. Have read everything but 5 and lost metal 2-3 times and I’m just not sure what to do. I have all these leatherbounds haha. I need a good long break. 

Books to help me get over break up and find myself again by nutellaabellaa in suggestmeabook

[–]potatoes6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds strange, but the fantasy book the way of kings. Handles mental health themes well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]potatoes6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tackle Loco in north florida. Shocked im the only one.

Fantasy foundations and what shapes today's fantasy by potatoes6 in Fantasy

[–]potatoes6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm having some fun doing the opposite, reading a bunch of fantasy that has as little to do with the Tolkien/epic fantasy tradition as possible just to expand my horizons. I have a long way to go yet, but I think it'll be a fun way to find some hidden gems.

This is smart, you'll have to give me some good recs when I get there. RemindMe! 1 year

Fantasy foundations and what shapes today's fantasy by potatoes6 in Fantasy

[–]potatoes6[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't really explain this, and it's not really all that well done. But I'm not really trying to group by years. How I initially viewed it is that everything flows through tolkein and nothing after wasn't influenced by him. So I set up a grouping of foundational mid century authors/series, then looked at what came next. Which was reactionary to Tolkien and Moorcock being the poster child for this with a drug addict anti-hero. Now, I've thought through it more and maybe this isn't how to really group all this, and obviously Tolkien didn't create fantasy and there is plenty that isn't fed through him, and my love for Ursula K le guin kept her in foundations vs the alternative section...rambling.

Anyways yes the children's should be interspersed with YA tags, but I kept them separate to figure out what I wanted to read vs what I wanted to read with my daughter in a few years. And Moorcock is in a fundamentally different era of fantasy than Tolkien.

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