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Even photographic cameras have difficulty with exposure for dark skin. This is a problem as old as photography.

Don't be dense. Whether you admit it or not, most people judge others based on appearance.

20 posts in 9 months is not much at all.

On fertile days you use a condom. Simple as that.

Instead of trying to prevent daughters from having sex, parents need to educate their daughters on fertility cycles.

Women are only fertile for a limited amount of time during each cycle. Sympto-thermal fertility tracking methods, as described in the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler, empower women to understand exactly when in their cycles they are fertile.

Understanding your personal cycle of fertility means you can accurately predict your period, understand precisely when you have ovulated, know when you are fertile and infertile in your cycle, and avoid the side effects of hormonal birth control.

I have personally used sympto-thermal fertility tracking as my exclusive method of birth control within a relationship for 2 years.

I would guess every citizen of a hosting country has felt similarly.

I've been blown away by Cuomo's steady hand and calm reassurance in this time. While De Blasio has flip-flopped from apathy to utter panic, Cuomo has remained fairly consistent. I appreciate his insistence on preventing panic by using specific language.

Being a doctor involves at least 4 years, plus an extra 3-4 for residency — and that's assuming you have met the pre-med requirements.

There are several other health care options that are much quicker to learn. Such as nursing, physician's assisting, lab work. Etc.

Gasping and panicking, they inhaled water. Friðþórsson, by contrast, managed to control his breathing. He later described remaining clear-headed throughout his swim.

I wish the article had gone into Friðþórsson's breathing a bit more. It seems like this and/or his body fat are what kept him alive.

I was given cheese and buttered bread on a short regional flight in Italy. Leagues better than any cheese or bread I'd ever had in the United States.

This classic video begs to differ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDKDC_IUnOA

This is really not true of 90% of churches. Let's distinguish between actual churches and personality cults like Westboro.

It's not that parents don't want to handle childcare. It's that American work culture and lack of social support makes childcare impossible for parents who don't have a stay-at-home partner/employee to rear the children.

PS: There's a wonderful This American Life story about a pair of ranchers who cloned their prize bull, Chance. Second Chance, the clone, wasn't quite what they expected.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/291/reunited-and-it-feels-s...

But why? A clone would be their very own person who just happens to have an identical genome to another person.

Do you really thing a charity can afford that? And mattress companies have exactly zero incentive to fund this.

I bought a casper mattress. I now wish I had started "return proceedings" and gotten a refund, because it sounds like they just tell you to donate it.

Whoa whoa whoa... I do web animations for a living. What industry/agency/brand do you work with? Are they looking to hire?

I see a use case: ads.

I develop ads for a living. A tool like motion is a GODSEND in this industry.

While I don't think I'll ever get on board with savory oatmeal, I'd be perfectly happy with savory grits or savory polenta. But really — there's no reason not to have roasted veggies and brown rice for a savory breakfast.

Don't judge yourself too harshly. Cooking requires quite a lot of intuition. Trust yourself and I promise you'll make something worth eating.

This case, where being "tech savvy" actually produces the ignorance, is actually the opposite of the Dunning Kruger effect.

If you want to spend a bit of money, there are several legal mushroom retreats in Mexico. And probably elsewhere in South America.

Can you link me to a study that doesn't have a motivated reason for proving something behind it?

When I was a kid, I had entire recurring plot lines of elaborate day dreams. These days my daydreams are more "realistic". I'm not fantasizing about riding unicorns and wielding ancient magic anymore, but I do daydream about starting my own company.

While I'm not a fan of DFW's fiction, his talent as an essayist is truly remarkable.

This country was literally founded as a refuge for asylum-seekers.

No wonder people thought they were witch familiars.

This couldn't be more true.

That's the obvious answer. This is a name that looks great when reading, but sounds awful when spoken.